The Washington herald., 1917-04-23
New York, Day by Day
BY o. o. MCINTYRE.

Special Correspondent Of The WashinRtan H.-,h
New York, April 22.-He wore a bI1h
silk hat and looked much like a city
sncker Some liquid substance he had
inhaled made him perfectly oblivious of
dlrection- He cared not which way his
gray spats strayed. He stood up majes-
ucally in a northbound Sixth avenue eIe-
waited train as 1t pulled out OF Thirty
eighth street station and after walking in
circle and on several feet anonymously
owned he reached the door and struggled
to open it
The guard went to his aid and wa,
nearly upset. He recovered the mans
glossy hat and patiently asked him What
street he desired.
ANY lilo street Is good enough for
me. Pick me out one where its pretty
and where there amt no dens Of IN
iQuity. i want to commune with natr,re
Amt nature grand?" Then he plucke6
ten-dollar bill from the roll and gave II
to the guard.
The guard thanked him and the moist
customer got on at the next station. A
uniformed messenger boy on the car
platform began to chirp.
Some bundle that bird Is CARRYING al
And, say, loose as ashes with his change.
Git many like that?'
Tons OF EN-" said the guard. I'VE
handle all kinds OF cuckoos. The only
passengers that are regular folks are
Cinnamon. They are always sober. they
only ride on Sunday when there's no
rush. they always keep their feet under
them and they are on their way to Chi
natown and know just how to get there.
The more high hats see the more like
them ChInks."
Unless the Kaiser, the noblest German
Of them ALL and his brother, Prince Hen
ry of Pussia, give up their warIike nom
sense and report at once before the ex-
ecutive board OF the Atlantic Yacht Club
their membership in that organization is
doomed.
II they do not come forward to answer
the charges against them they will be
dropped from the roster and II they do
arrive they will In all probability be
dropped from the roof
When Teutonism began its recent Teut
II was found that the constitution Of the
Atlantic Yacht Club was so arranged
that even honorary members could not
be sunk without warning. But now the
yacht club has decided to advise Bill and
Hank by publication that they are per-
soma non grata at the old marine hearth.
A slightly bibulous and very talkative
individual sat near me In an Italian table
d'hote the other night. His loneliness so
worked on the sympathies Of the proprie-
tor that-it being q quiet evening-the
gray-bearded French cook was called
from the kitchen to come and share the
bibulous individuals wine.
The cook was a good companion and
kept ordering more wine and finally the
two got into. a violent argument and in
the melee that followed the bibulous par
ty got away without paying for his
check.
Three big medical societies are now
whooping things up at Albany to wipe
out the curse of drug addiction in Gotham
Charles B. Towns, the leader In the war
has stirred the State by his forceful cam
paign to wake up New Yorkers to the
seriousness Of the situation. On the eve
of new laws on the problem, o reporter
who has been studying the situation
found fifteen drug addicts among men
and women who were socially prominent.
OF course, no names were mentioned. but
two of the men are high IN the industrial
world. When the war started they found
they had to work night and day. Soon
they broke down under the strain, used
drugs as stimulants to tide them over
and emerged as confirmed drug addicts.