The Washington herald., 1917-10-19

Special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald
New York. Oct. 13.-Manhattan Is a
city of moods. The little coin grab
bers presented by the bus conductors
betray one. AS your dime is pressed
into the aperture something grasps It
forcibly from your fingers and it is
whisked away. So does all New York
reach out foS the coin of the casual
visitor.
But New York is mostly camou-
flaGe. 1t hides its great, throbbing,
patriotic tender heart beneath a su-
perficial area of fun, froth and frivo-
lity. 1t is a tender city and ministers
well to the craving hunger of wander
ing souls.
The other day a young girl artist
came to New York from a city to the
SOuthward. She had gained some dis
tinCtion in her section of the country,
and magazine editor had encouraged
her to come to New York without any
definite promise of work.
Then the magazine editor lost his
job and she was alone, friendless and
practically penniless To cap the
climax of her troubles she left her
purse with all the change she had left
on restaurant table. Some enc took
it, and when she got home that night
sneak thief had taken all the De-
longings out of her room.
She wrote a letter to a newspaper
describing New York as a cold and
ritiless city and told of how every
body tried 10 rob her. As a result Of
tho 1attnr fhn dc, -, NJ
offered two positions. and anony-
nous persons sent her more money
tha she had had when she came.
New York is the most sympa-
thCtic town in the world" she told a
reporter. 'if you just let your trou-
bles be known. But people haven't
the time to see your plight. and that
is why newcomers suffer so. II such
things had happened to me in my
home town. where ] was born and
raised, I would not have received
the consideration that 1 received as
a stranger. in what / believed to be
the chilliest city in the world"
Franklin p. Adams. F. p. A.. of
the Tribune, has been given a COM
mission in the army, and his coll
umn of pungent paragraphs in the
Tribune will he discontinued during
his absence, although he will send
occasional contributions. Adams and
Don Marquis are probably the most
popular column contributors in
town, although Roy X. Moulton, a
newcomer. is not far behind. Adams
quit soliciting insurance to write
out in Chicago. When he came TO
town nearly every editor refused
al
would he glad to have him. That
is another New York idiosyncrasy.
An ambiguous-with the accent on
the big-party slumped into and
flowed over n stool in a one-arm
food distillery on Broadway. He
ordered a heavy meal, and, await
ing the coming of his order. reach
ed up on the counter and cut him
self a huge piece OF pie. His meal
appearing, he ate that enthusia stic-
ally and audibly.
In the midst of his gustatory mel
ody he struck up an amazingly
quick friendship with the man near
est him. 1t was then that he sprang
hi coupp d'etat. Suddenly, as if re-
membering something. he seized
two more pieces of pie, wrapped
them in a paper napkin, and, mur-
muring to his new-found friend to
watch his place for a minute, moved
toward the door.
AT the cashiers window he paused
to say he would be right back as
soon as he carried the pie to a
friend in the office next door. and
that his friend would watch his
place and check for him. And. to
make long story brief. he did not
return. Another New York idea.