The Washington herald., 1917-02-16
New York, Day by Day
BY o. o, MCINTYRE.

sp-c,l Correspondent Of IN. w.shinrs- p-,s
New York, Feb. l5-It was IN.
quiet hour along Park row. In on. os
the Newspaper orices somebody over on
the copy desk waved a piece Of paper IN
the r and shouted "Hey-peace hs.
been proposed"
And there was a queer little hush in the
room, and then everybody started to-
ward the desk, like strsws sucked into
a whirlpool, wanting TO breath with =
sort of gasp: Gee, just at Christmas
time"
And in the midst Of all the scurrytn,
excitement Of getting out an extra then.
seemed TO be hale OF Joy on the gray.
dr1zzly day. And one OF the girl report
ers cried, and there was a breathless,
rapt sort OF feeling such as there must
have been on a Christmas Eve all those
ages ago when there was peace on earth
And most OF the grizzled old copy read
ers sucking al their pipes and cigarettes
threw back their green shades and smiled
And most all wanted TO cry and laugh
and dance and shrek with Joy.
They never realized before now that
red thing over on the other side had got
to them until there was a chance Of end
ing it all. And then they went limp
Newspaper men are the most human folk
in the world, but they show IL least in
their actions.
The Park Avenue Hotel built by the
late A P. Stewart, has been leased BY
George c. Brown, owner Of the Martha
Washington. The Park Avenue is one
Of the finest structures in New York
and is noted for its sunken gardens where
aristocrats flock IL they remain in town
for the summer.
Peculiarly the Park Avenue was in
tended originally for q hotel exclusively
fpr hg1F tai
the idea in that day. Mr. Brown has
made the Martha Washington the only
real successful hotel Of this type in the
world and il is . coincidence that he
should secure the lease.
Associated with him will be Copeland
Townsend and together they have taken
over three big New York hotels in the past
year. Brown was an expert accountant
with no knowledge of the hotel eusiness
when he took over the Martha Washing
ton = few years a go. Since then his sue
cess has been phenOminsl. He plans
many changes in the hotel and IL will
compete for the patronage In the heart
of the city.
press agent to keep II q secret In Pas
sion." one Of the Seven Deadly Sins. .
movie play, the character Of Looeiskd.
wrestler. is played by an actor named
Harry Gripp.
Gus Nothing the miodls-ared. medium
sized citizen who knows all about Il, has
suggested brand new arrangement for
freeing the streets Of New York from
snow this winter One Of the beauties of
the idea-which Is equipped with endless
charms that not only will the streets
be spotless, driftless and gooless but the
weak will be strengthened, the halt
speeded up, the tired made industrious
and the poor comfortable and the care
less fsstidious.
Outside OF that the scheme is practi-
cRlly devoid OF merit. The novel notation
is that the tremendous task OF snow re-
moval be placed on social strata hereto
fore unknown in the slush world. He
sees no reason for laying the burden Of
the difficult task upon the poor, who a.
class dread shoveIling, but suggests
that citizens Of all types gather in SHOW
ellins clubs and devote their evenings to
the city's cleanup
There will be nothing to distinguish
the shoyeler after gold from the seeker
for health and in this metropolitan con-
fusion all classes may meet on an equal
footing and UP TO their knees in the
problem at hand