The Washington herald., 1917-03-30
New York, Day by Day
By o. o. MCINTYRE.

Special Correspondent Of Tns Washington Herald
New York, March 29-The principal rea-
son for the arrest OF Vincent Jager the
other day in a bird store on Fifth avenue
was that he was making a clumsy effort
| to brighten up the little corners" In
| the process OF Frightening said corners
he freed six canaries and a cockatoo, let
/ ten goldfish swim to certain death and
scared Herman Gather. owner of the
store, within an inch of his bird-selling e
| life.
Mr.. Gather was calmly going about his
work busting on the goldfish when Jager.
who was becoming a little bit loud from
giving the wine a peep, wandered in and
around the store. Gather followed the
! staggering customer for several mo-
ments. Il have just dropped in," an
nounced lager, ito let all your birds
go and to give those fishes q chance"
Then he set about the great emanci-
patton. Mr.. Gather. with a voice like
his. and with such anxiety as he then
knew, had little trouble to attract the
I attention OF the police.
lager was arrested and disgusted He
explained that he was a driver and had
been arrested a few days before for
cruelty to animals. The woman who
made a complaint against him begged
him to treat all animals kindly and to
brighten up the corners everywhere"
He Immediately went out, he explained,
obtained some stimulants, Of which he
drank heavily and began to brighten
things up.
And speaking Of goldfish, two incidents
are brought to mind The first u the
never-dying QuIp OF Irving Cobb, who
gave to the world the simile, "As much
privacy as q goldfish" The second is
the demand for goldfish In New York.
There are-the city directory shows-
ten stores IN the Times Square district
that deal exclusively in goldfish They
are always well patroniBed-
There is scarcely a homo in Harlem
that hasn't a goldfish bowl well filled
In the lobbies of the Vanderbilt the Wal
dorf, the Majestic, and the Ritz hotels
goldfish are on display in luxurious
aQuariums- Goldfish as pets rank next
to dogs in New York.
George s. Kaufman, who broke into
newspaper work through his clever con-
trfbutions to newspaper paragraphers,
was married this week and in order that
Franklin P. Adams, the paragrapher Of
the Tribune, might attend the wedding,
Kaufman wrote his column for that day.
Adams has probably placed more men
in newspaper work through his column
than any other newspaper man IN New
York He was an insurance solicitor in
CnlCaRO Wnen MS contributors 10 berI
Lesion Taylor's column IN the Chicago
Tribune attracted editors and resulted in
his becoming famous as a humorist.
Each year his contributors give him a
dinner at Keen's Chop House. The din
ners are called the contributions and arc
an event in literary circles.
Maud Fulton, who used to be a dancing
partner of William Rock, has burst forth
on Broadway in a play she wrote her
self and in which she is the bright par
ticular star. The critics were kind to the
play but not overenthusiastic about Miss
Fulton as the star.
However, the play promises to have .
run which is indeed an achievement. No
one knew that she had any dramatic
ability. She was always a good dancer
but several years ago she decided she was
going to write play SO she retired from
vaudeville and kept at It until Oliver
Morosco was convinced He was willing
TO hack his iIldornant With