The Washington herald., 1917-12-15
By DWIG

cpec1al Corresponoent o. Inc Ntsnington Herald
New York Dec S-To those con-
trivers Of platinum settings. builders
OF tufted Limousine bodies, matchers
of rare furs. toolers OF gilt and vellum
bindings and connoisseurs in vintages
whose rank in their professions en-
ables them to administer only TO an
| informed and fastidious custom there
was envisaged a winter of lean and
furuve pickings this week. when this
bombshell was exploded into the cor
ridors of the New York Stock Ex-
change:
Resolved. That the transaction of
! any speculative business either by
his employer or by any member of the
| exchange. or firm represented therein
directly or indirectly. with or for the
account OF any telephone clerk en-
J ployed within the exchange building.
to the interest and welfare of the ex-
change"
With rare linguist powers. one
gathers that in common language the
cruel exchange forbids all stock phone
boys TO purloin wire tips. At Delmon-
! ico's after the news was announced,
there was a direful meeting of the
phone boys before their sedan cars
carried them to their modest abodes on
Riverside Drive.
Several were so angry that they
were unable to touch their champagne
and one or two, seeing hard times
| ahead, reminded the waiter that the
country was at war and tipped him
less than 30 per cent of the wine
| check.
At least a dozen will refrain as vet
from throwing, their yachts on the
market and the one who maintains an
orchid house says he will not turn 1t
| into munition factory before spring.
They call them phone boys"-and
while one cannot help but admire the
chiselled purity OF the word boy
the fact must be told that all of these
/ stock phone boys" are too old for the
draft and many are ready for the Old
Mems Home. For years they have
had rich picking in Wall Street. Many
OF them are millionaires-but they
have had their day.
Frederick knight Logan, who is
heralded as the Waltz King of Amer
| lea and is composer of '"The Missouri
Waltz" Is soon to leave his home in
Oskaloosa, Iowa, and come to New
York to play Santa Claus for twenty
four of the poorest children he can
find in New York. Mr.. Logan is to
engineer the party at a hotel. 1t must
be said that Oskaloosa is a wierd
place for Americas Waltz King to re-
side. Still John Philip Sousa was born
in Punxatawney.
Broadway is getting ready for the
era of war beer, which by Presidential
order is to contain only per cent al
cohol. It is declared that war beer
will contain about the same exhilara-
ton per glass as the average table,
spoonful of celebrated bitters praised
as a cure all.
The talk about war beer has brought
about some curious facts about sys-
TENS and temperaments which respond
quickly to the smallest stimulant
There are persons who have shown
symptoms of intoxication after par
taking literally of beefsteak.
Strong coffee is known to be a
bracer and no wine ever promoted
more conviviality and confidence than
the tpple which is purveyed at some
of our tea parties where the serious
thinkers gather. Some breads con-
tain per cent alcohol.
Seen around the town-A girl with
flaming locks wearing a red hat and
red shoes. A floorwalker waxing his
mustache in front of a mirror oblivous
of a group of grinning young girls
who looked on. A silk shirt for a man
In a window bearing the price tag, s45.
A pretty girl with her mother slipping
a note slyly to the chauffeur as they
alighted. A man selling little puppies
off push cart on the East Side. Ruth
Law. the daring aviator. hesitating be-
fore crossing the street at Fifth Ave-
nue. and Forty-second street. A hum
ter with q shotgun being followed by
a curious crowd on Broadway. A
Park Row reporter enjoying a ride
with Andrew Carnegie on the latter's
birthday