The Washington herald., 1917-06-28
New York, Day by Day
BY o. o. MCINTYRE.

Special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald
New York, June 27.-There are a lot
OF things that George S. Williams, the
tinancier, can do better than ne can
orate-although his friends say that
at times he has been known to soar
Rtalto phrase. make EN- grip their
seats.
But Mr.. Williams was not at his
best at a private dinner given at the
Waldorf the other evening. He had
been busy all day. and at the last mo-
ment remembered the dinner and
taNicabbed of to 1t from his Office.
The time came when the 'unaccus-
toned as l am TO public speaking"
nuisance began and Mr.. Williams was
called upon. i did not come pre-
pared to talk" he began, but this
dinner reminds me of a story. There
was a famous Russian general. Let
me see, cannot think OF his name.
Well, anyway. the Russian general
met japanese general whose name
was "-er-err l cannot recall his
name . Il now.
But the Russian general whose
name has slipped my mind and the
Japanese generality George. l don's
seem to be able 10 remember that
name at all-met. They shook hands
and walked armin-arm to the edge of
a battlefield.
The Russian general and the Japa-
nese general, whose names I've for
sian general exclaimed -" (Mr.
Williams paused) the Russian gen.
eraI exclaimed" HE looked around
at the diners hopelessly). Then he
got a new start. The Russian gen
eral suddenly exclaimed-Oh, what
the hell did he eXclaim?" And Mr..
Williams sat dowD-little realizing
that he had furnished the brightest
spot in an otherwise dull evening.
When poverty strolIs in the door,
love romps to the nearest window, as
any one who has ever attended a ses-
sion of the domestic relations court
will understand. But when things
started to develop in the household of
Jacob Bonner 1t is almost impossible
to calculate from what height love
leaped.
Mr.. Bonzer was answering a charge
of being all that an ideal husband is
home in a manner which promised to
reduce the furniture TO debris and his
neighborly reputation to a rimless
cipher. He explained:
when a couple amt no longer
young" he allowed. ''and a man amt
never liked his wife, anyway. an both
the husband and the wife each thought
the other had money when they mar
ried; and when neither amt got none;
and when each has got five children
and the children hate each other, and
a feller is out of work, he gets mad
easy"
Billy Sunday has completed his re-
vical in New York. On Broadway
they say it was a failure because,
perhaps. Broadway is Just the same
1t is true that Broadway was not
made over by the revivalist. but 1t is
equally true that thousands of men
and women walked up to the altar and
promised to lead better lives. Whether
they obey this promise is another
thing. One thing stands out promi-
nently in Billy Sundays work. Peo-
pie are going to church more. Even
with the summer coming on a greater
attendan e Is reported in all churches.
Sunday did not get one cent for his
visit to New York. He worked hard.
Thousands went out of curiosity and
were not Influenced by his talk, but
Just as many thousands were.
The new roof gardens in New York
are charging 20 cents for a glass Of
beer and so cents for a highball-and
they are crowded nightly. A cocktail
is sold for 40 cents, and in all the
places a cover charge of 81 a person is
made before the diner has anything to
eat Food is a shade higher than In
most cafes, but no one seems to COM
plain. Roof gardens are considered
smart and when a thing Is considered
smart" in Gotham the people do not
care what Il costs.