The Washington herald., 1917-01-08
New York, Day BY Day
Nv O. q. MeTNTYuE.

Special Correspondent Of The washington Herald.
New York, Jan. THE blisterfng scorr
Of the lamp bearers who are guiding ths
world to higher attitudes via Washington
Square. had no effect on the attendants
In the Essex Market Court, where Guido
Bruno. who bats 800 In the league Of
genius. had been questioned on q charge
OF Offering an improper book for sale. The
attendants heard everything but had no
opinion to offer.
Mr.. Bruno. you see. 10 a person who can
recognise genius when II cannot recognize
Itself. For years he has listened In his
little Washington Square garnet for the
whisperinss Of talent The book that
he is accused Of selling is q little thing
Girl OF the Street" Nov Bruno 10 out OF
his garnet by Chris(nes 70 defend poor
little Edna. -
The book has been - sale for three
years, but the Society for the Suppress
sion of Vice. which regards It as un-
speakable. did not f)rd n Until last week
And so Guido was n.sQpr4 to defend f.
Frank Harris. the ~ editor Of Pear
sons. was one Of the's&itnesses for Mr.
Bruno.
What is your work. Mr.. Harrisr' the
Vice Society lawyer INQUIRED.
Mr.. Harris very nonchalantiy answered
'Oh. a writer of sorts"
The stenograpber came to with a Jerk
"A writer of sports?" he asked. Where
upon Mr.. Harris lost all interest in the
proceedings.
A small and busy commuter, with sorre
side curtains. was passing through the
great vaulted rotunda Of the Pennsyl.
vania station the other afternoon. He
saw spattering drops Of water fall OF
Immediately he assumed an air Of i'm
portance as though he were tired Of pay.
ing plumbers bills for that station and
placed himself sdusrely on the "cros,
that marks the spot"
Then he threw his important little heat
back and looked to see whence the drop
were coming. The very next slobul,
smscked him in the region OF the fronts
occtpital. He oufvered under the blow
staggered and slipped, south end first, OF
the wet spot.
That roof is leakingI" he chIrped. An,
msrveling at his powers of perception n
crept toward his train
| I saw Chrsty Mathewson on Brosdws
the other morning Respondent In bi
fur overcoat He passed by hundreds un
noticed. Can It be possible that Nev
York has so soon forgotten its bssebal
4 idol7 Three years ago he would hav
well-nigh blocked trafhc on the sam
| streets.
Msthewson will move permanently {
| Cincinnati in the spring and his son wi
go to military school on College Hill
Mathewson plans to sell life insursnc
here for a while this winter and earl
in March will go TO Omaha, picking u
DR.. r. NJ. Planck and party en- route I
Kansas City. to do some clay piseo
shooting.
Last year he made such a poor shown
that he is determined TO turn the table
this time. He is in splendid conditio
Gnd likes Cincinnati very much-despit
the fact that he once pitched there an
was released as OF no value to the club.
The New York newspaper fraterntt
heard with regret the news Of the pass
ing on OF Sergt. Robert z. Gonzales, Q
the Second South Carolina Regiment q
El Paso. He was the sprghtly para
grapher OF the Columbia State" an
was only Is years OF age. He had man
offers to come to New York, but refuse
them all. He wrote many pieces OF vers
for his own paper, but rarely contribute
to newspapers outside OF his home city