The Washington herald., 1917-02-22
New York, Day by Day
By o. o, MCINTYRE.

| Sp,ciL Correspondent Of The Washington Herald
New York. Feb. 2l.-He was a shabbily-
dressed man. A plnnCd-up coatsleeve
indicated the absence Of his right arm. He
came from somewhere on the Bowery. He
had slipped the drugs and he didn't be-
lteve that life was worth living.
So he leaped from the center span OF
Brooklyn Bridge and hundreds of home
goers watched him with quIckened
breath as he disappeared in the cold
waters Of the East River. He was most
deliberate about ending his existence and
as he stood ready for the plunge. a
policeman. unable to reach him though
only few feet away, begged him not
to jump.
Wait" cried the policeman Just a
minute old man. Hold tight. II be with
you. Don't do anything foolish"
Safely out OF reach of the policeman
the shabby man turned patiently and
with tired voice said: Don't bother
with me, son, know what I am doing"
And, putting his hand over his eyes, he
jumped far out into the air and hurtled
away down to the river below. The body
was not recovered
Around the little gas stove in a lo-cent
lodging house that night the hots and
jets that collected there wondered why
Abe" didnt show up
YOU KNOW, said one. He's been
actin crazy Ike OF late. I ketched him
twice readin' A Bible And he told me
he believed that God was merciful to
sinners. lie said he kinda felt It and
Re had thoughts that made him happy.
wonder if he's gone to the Mission and
got converted?"
The most interesting hour in New York
is 6 o'clock in the evening. In the morn
ing New Workers are tired, dull and stu
pid. But when the lights start to glow
the city seems to waken Many young
men. who have nothing to do but spend
the roll tn" pater toiled for. do not break
fast until in the afternoon.
Six o'clock is the magic. trystinE hour.
Dinner is always an event whether II IL
in red ink table d'hote or Sherry's. The
ever-lit cabarets begin to show signs OF
l:fe about . and the banjo twangeth and
the ukalele uketh
The chorus girl meets her gentleman
friend for the hurried bird and cold bot
tie at S, for at a little after 5 she must
declaim her deathless line: "Oh girls,
here comes the crown prince" Most din
ners along Broadway are merely the post
script TO a flock of cocktails. but then
this is the gay Metropolis. you know, and
must metrop with the rest Of 'em. II f.
almost impossible to use a phone at 6
clock.
Leo Feist. dean Of the New York music
publishers, was at a banquet the other
night and punctuated his talk with a story
that Is going the rounds of Broadway.
y Pennsylvania judge. according to Mr.
Feist, had a crieT named Thomas Grimes.
who had not missed opening court with
his "Oyes! Oyes!" for twenty-five years
One day. however. Grimes failed to ap-
pear.
Where is Thomas Grimes, the crier?"
asked the judge after a long wait
May 1t please your honor" replied the
clerk, Thomas Grimes sends word he
can't cry today. His wife died last
night"
A new magazine that isn't a magazine
has just been issued. 1t is called The
Spawn" Fancy that for a title 1t Is
composed of a series of drawings slipped
into cover and unbound. The cover is
Of butchers paper and the title is printed
in red ink.