The Washington herald., 1916-08-30
NEW YORK, DAY BY DAY
by o. o. MCINTYRE.

Special Correspou lent Of The Washipr1op Herald
New York, Aug. 2S.-What news OF the
Rialto? dropped into several man
ayers offices looking for crumbs OF eos-
sip. heard marvellous tales OF starr
in the making, sure nre hits on the
griddle-but 1t was the same old line
Of chatter that is always dished out
10 the visiting scribe.
And then I visited the Broadway Super
Farm right in the neighborhoOd Of the
Forty-second Street Country Club II
is hang-out for extra men Of tho
drama, 10 me the most pathetic people
in all the world
They are men who have dreamed big
things and have seen them come 10
naught They have wound up serving
as extras for 90 cents a night They
sWagger, they try pitifully to keep up
their personal appearances on their pit
not whine
Two Of them told me they were sp-
pearing in a Broadway production ana
an innocent bystander would have i'm
agined they were starring joinl The
agent told me they appeared for about
hNe minutes in a mob scene They did
not lie, II was the way they said IL IL
seems TO be a part Of their very belnE
to create false impressions about their
stage ability.
But they are harmless and there In
spirit Of fraternity among supers that
Is even stronger than the fraternal feel
ing among the more favored folk OF
the stage
Gotham is excited by the real japanese
INVASION Of America which has come by
the way Of Manila and reached Bay
Ridge and the Atlantic seaboard. The
invader is Ichiys Rumagae and his bat
! lIef are being fought on the smootheEt
OF battlehelds-the tennis court
I This why little Jap had all the gal
Iaries against him at the start but
| now they are with him In a few short
days he slashed his Way into the fore
most ranks Of the worlds tennis play
| ers. he has shown he can keep his
head under all circumstances and thus
is entitled 10 all the honors and banzais
! he has won
/ He has made a lot Of friends in
! America Even the reporters say many
KIND things Of him without suffering
/ from the dlslocstinE OF their conscience
And that is something Of an achieve
ment on the part Of the young man who
has had tougher battle To- wage aEatnst
J the linguistic inferno whIrh tho numoris,
calls the king English than ne has
against tn" cracks uf Jh, tennis courts
! Find the woman" Is ~ Dles Of
feminine Long Bea h 10 solve their great
/ bathing mystery. More than S4D0 worth
| Of daintiest silk intimate garments we're
stolen from the hath house locke roor,
I Of the Nassau Hotel
! But owing 10 the fact that the were
! not the articles Of feminine attire. which
are displayed in public. the deretcives
I have little hope Of finding the .rufrIos q
| who stole them. "RuHles' is used ad-
! Flsedlv and with no intent n pun.
/ The hotel voranda and the boardwalk
/ and the beach are buzz.nE with the
news Attempts were made o. kser the
. losses under cover bur word or them
7 would "reep around. inssmurh as the
losses really were no longer under
! cover"
Excited assurances that Ny dear. I
, lost beautiful pair Of pink SIX buzz
buzz or Did YOU hear ] was robbed or
my pale blue silk whisper whisper.
were heard all around The locker rooms
| are under the hotel and the girl in
| charge went to the phone To talk 10 her
sweetheart-and then It happened When
the losses were discovered. wireless calls
for help were sent to husNznds across
| the corridor. The calls were not =
O. 8" nor &C. Q. d" but 'B Y d."