The Washington herald., 1917-06-08
New York, Day by Day
By o. o. MCINTYRE.

New York. June THE White Rats
have reached the end of a long and
disastrous scamper. The White Rats
are vaudeville folk, mostly In the
cheaper houses, and they have lost
their strike. 1t means that thousands
Of them are out Of jobs and will never
be recognized by the powers that con-
trolNthe vaudeville bookings.
1t was at II o'clock at night when
the blow fell. At that hour the bar
In the White Rats clubhouse was
and what promised to be the most
promising actors union in the world,
ls now q page in theatrical history.
Leaders Of the White Rats, includ-
ing some Of the brightest wits in
and looked wistfuily at its sparkling
glasses and supplies. As they looked
there were repeated lines Of such
humor and philosophy as were worthy
of such a scence In such a place.
Even the back-breaking straw was
versatile enough to tickle the White
Rats OF America. Many OF them are
fiat broke. They know no other pro-
fession but acttng-but there was not
a tear shed. Stoieally they accepted
and cracked their jokes with rare good
humor.
One actor admitted that he didn't
knor' where he and his wife would
sleep that night. But" he said with
a quizzicsl smile. the grass Is long
and Craze with the sheep"
Ambrose Glutz, who has a keen
sense OF the ridiculous, wrote a song
some time ago entitled Amt There
At Least One Gentleman Here?' II
was warbled wherever the literary
crowd gathered. Now he has fur;
be just as popular. 1t is entitled,
Don't Make Ny Son Fslon." Here
Is the first verse:\
A young lad was on trial for the steal
Of q hack,
He had been caught red-handed, and
for him 1t did look black.
But when his dear old mother heard
her son was back in Jail
She hastened to the courtroom-she
locked so white and pale
And appealing to the Justice who
seemed so gruff and stern,
She made these touching statements
about that boy Of hern.
Refrain:
Don't make nv son a felon, Judge; It's
true he stole q hack.
But know within q month or two. he
would have brung # back.
! II amt as IL he had OF stole a hand
some taXicah
That would Of been real stealing. but
this amt SO bad.
The grand annual exodus to the
| summer resorts has set in. New York
| hotels usually suffer during this per-
| iod. but the closing of Europe to visi-
tors has kept up the steady stream Of
| transients to New York SO that while
there are plenty Of rooms in hotels
there are no vacant Hobbies and rows
Of empty suites. George Boldt, jr., of
the Waldorf; Copeland Townsend, Of
| the Majestic, and John K. Bowman,
of the Biltmore, have organized for
the hotel men to instruct all summer
visitors to wire direct to their favorite
hotels for accommodations. 1t ap-
pears that last year many were dis
| appointed when they arrived by not
making their reservations In advance.
| A sartorial expert has noticed the
| dearth of red neckties in New York.
| Haberdashers say that they are not
salable any more. Just q few years
ago there was always a demand for
red scarfs. The same sartorial expert
toured Broadway all one afternoon
and found only one necktie red in
color. 1t was worn by a barker In
front Of a cheap movie theater-and
he also had on pearl gray derby anc
checkered clothes.