The Washington herald., 1917-09-03
New York, Day by Day
By o. o. MCINTYRE.

/ Special correspondent Of the Washington Herald.
New York, Sept. Ait Is indeed q
great war. Over the late afternoon
Scotch and sodas in the Fifth avenue
clubs the college graduates are talk
ing about a fellow they all knew at
Cornell many years ago and the way
he was snubbed.
"Willy-boy." and Sis" they called
him. The other day he was qualified
for the Cross-not the wooden one but
the Croix de Guerre and every one
around the clubs is wondering how he
ever did II.
coolest under FIRE and courageous and
untiring in his ministrations TO the
| blesses." At school, II seems. he used
to shy when some big bully of a foot
ball player elbowed him of the Walk
and when he was hazed he skunk on
and wept.
, He liked to read the works of Mat
lihew Arnold instead of kipling OF
Walter Camp. He never wore garters
and his socks were always around MS
ankles, and sometimes he would reach
down and pull them up in chapel, In
class, or anywhere.
He was a freak. He went in foT
debating, for essay writing and other
unmanly things. and he even wrote
poetry and took a prize in Greek. He
didn't care for girls and he never
smoked in dormitories after the lights
were out.
And he never dared to sneak down
the fire-escape at night and take a
trolley ride to sit in at the Dutch
mans. One OF the men who used to
bully him was the big football back.
The other day he was rejected by
army doctors for a weak heart And
some Of those who hazed him are
claiming exemption. Yes, indeed, 1t is
a great war.
A man with a variety, of beard
known as a waterfall strolled leis-
urely through a cross street down.
town. His whiskers and matted hair
gave every appearance of many days
insulation from shears and soap. The
rest OF his ensemble was in keeping
with his hirsute features.
He passed ruefully at the entrance
OF the Biltmore. After a swift survey
OF the externals OF luxury he ambled
on. A block away he stopped at a
public pump for horses. He removed
coat and collar and began TO wash
his beard while the traffic in all sides
stopped to gape.
Then he used his hands as a wringer
for hair and beard, donned his coat
looked up at the hotel with a smirk
OF triumph and went on.
Down in the hot canyons of Wall
street the bankers and brokers are
lunching in their shirt sleeves. Even
the Bankers Club has lifted the ban
during the torrid weather. 1t used TO
be that Wall street made an event Of
luncheon. Most OF them went TO their
BARRIERS TO get slicked UP before lunch
ing, but now they are so busy they
haven't time for the sartorial niceties.
A long step forward has been made
in the economic life Of the theater
players. To many the actor appears
to be a favorite Of fortune, but little
is known OF the struggle to get en-
gagements ana keep them.
The players and managers have
just signed an agreement Hereafter
there will be no unlimited rehearsal
without pay. After four weeks the
! players will receive one half the
salary which their contracts call for
during the run OF the piece.
Nor will there he any half ray dur
ing Christmas and Holy weeks; IL
the piece runs, full salaries will be
| paid. For the actors this new order
! Of things presents many reforms for
which they have been fighting for
years. Many capable actors were
! leaving the stage because they be
| Iieved that the system would even
/ tually deprive them of a decent liv-
ing.