The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
New York, Day by Day
by o. o. MCINTYRE.

Special C0rrsspondcnt Of the Washington He'dlf.
New York, July 3-Right in the mid
rift Of NV York there is at present
a more than ordinarily pesky anthro-
noedea an O. iadrumanous mammal OF
arboreal form. who has placed his
prehensile foot in the boullion. Jerry
is his name. and there is no good
reason for hiding the fact that he Is
a South American monkey with no
home or manners.
He has become a matter Of news in
terest for several reasons. one of the
most important Of which was that he
threw a banana in such a manner
that a street sweeper was knocked
over by it.
The man chased the monkey, and
in his fight the monkey took two hats
belonging to school children and
threw them into the river, scared
horse so it ran away, and stole
paint brush from a man who couldn't
do thing all morning after 1t dis
appeared.
Jerry escaped from the Willard
Parker Hospital ten days ago. He
had been employed there as A recep-
tacle for germs regarding which the
physicians were curious, and he had
the rank of chief inoculatee.
When he escaped the hospital noti-
fed the police that Jerry had gone
and was full of dangerous germs. His
frolic. however. has made 1t clear that
he is full of nothing more serious
than pepper-unleSs the germs OF
kIeutomania are to he considered.
The evidence against Jerry might,
anropos Of the language he has made
porular, be called damning. He has
swiped so many different articles that
the police department is determined
to capture him.
Will Rogers is quite certain that
the terrible conflict abroad will he
over very shortly. 1T will be over
pretty soon" he ruminates. Il got
a brother-in-law in oklahoma who
enlisted. That guy never held job
over six weeks in his life"
The past June has brought more
brides than ever to New York hotels.
counted six newlywcds at the Astor.
| four at the Waldorf and three at the
| Claridce. Other hotels. too. have
their quota. Hotel clerks can spot
| them at once.
"These brides and what Is with
them are the toughest guests we have
! 70 handle" said a veteran room
clerk. Some of them think they can
get away with it and pretend they
are old-timers by putting on big
front and acting as If they knew all
about things.
..They insist on having everything
| lust so and they boss us around a
| lot. or think they do. hut We can
spot them. Then there's the other
kind. They are scared to death and
make all sorts Of breaks as a re-
suit"
Justice Is not the easiest thing ir
the world to understand and so there
NAV be an excuse for Andrew Buck.
lev in the Jefferson Market Court
He was charged with disorderly con
duct. He became angry at the
plaguing of a group of boys and
threw a brick with great inaccuracy
through the window of a neutral
laundry.
1--WE got me temper and don't
propose to let no kids shoot putty
blowers at me without defendin' me-
SELF" explained Mr. Buckley. TN
sorry I busted the windy, but I AIM
sorry that I slammed the brick
now"
You shouldn't take the law into
your own hands. my man." said the
court, when there are policemen tc
protect you. Now you have youl
choice Of so or ten days"
Mr.. Buckley looked somewhat sur
prised, but gave a momentary imita
tion Of deep thought.
WELL" he said finally. "rn taxi
the money"