The Washington herald., 1917-01-24
New York, Day by Day
BY o. o. MCINTYRE.

Special Correspondent Of The wasninstou Herald.
New York, Jan. 2.-The Wall Street
nerves were set a-Quivering last week
Just like the nerves of the nervous old
lady who felt the brazen mouse scamp
ering UP her stoc-Ing. There were war
baby millionaires who became pale as
ashes and some of them got SO sick that
they had to be taken home In cabs. II
was concrete example of the theory
that mind controls matter.
Just little talk of peace threw the
widest scare into the street that has
ever been known. On the curb there was
complete consonance with the stock ex-
change-its big brother. but there was
one stock that was eagerly goboled up
and that was the Emma copper stocks.
There was a wild rush for Emma Con-
solidated and Old Emma Leasing.
These are the stocks that were recent
pups" on the curb but which have
brought about enough speculation almost
to entitle them to a place on the big ex-
change.
Wall Street is the most psychological
place in the world as this most recent ex-
perience has shown. Sound brokers de-
clare that the pendulum is bound to
swing back and that the worst is over
and the trend of the market will be up
ward-out you cannot convince the spec
ulator.
a
at the most obscure news. The Indus
trial and Mining Age has just pointed
out that the metal producing companies
have been earning from two to five times
their dividend requirements and that
their future is on a frmer basis than at
any time In the past, but even this bar
ometer of conditions there cannot free
the speculators from fear.
other night to see Mime. Sarah Bern
hardt- Directly in front of him were
two women and during an intermission
they began discussing the great French
actress
shes only got one leg" said the
woman
II don't care II she has" replied the
other. She's as good as any OF the
others in the company"
AND then there is another story they
tell on George Ade which shows ths-
ne Is the same old Joker. He was u
In connecticut and Nine. Bernhardt'
manager wired him to attend a spec
performance she was giving
Ade wired back: Il accept Tell Ort
Welles. at the Astoria Hotel, to dig up
some dope on Bernhardt so I'll know
who she is and why she is being hon
ored."
An effort is being made to save ''OId
Loughlin." whose usefulness is gone
from being sold under the hammer,
old Loughlin" belongs to the police
department, and is to be knocked down
for few dollars to the highest bid
Eder' probably some peddIer, in whose
service the proud beast will soon pass
into the scarecrow class
The poor brute's last rider is willing
to give his old mount a good home, but
the great rich city of New York needs
the few dollars the animal will bring.
There isn't much sentiment when IL
comes to dealing with the police de-
partment horses
And yet "Old LoUghnn- on two occa-
| sions raced after runaway carriages
carrying his master on his back and
saved the occupants of the vehicles
from possible serious injury.
The waltz is slowly passing out Of
dance life in New York. They tried 10
revive II with the old-fas ashioned waltz
this winter. but il has failed. In two
of the largest dancing places in town
they play only the one-step and fox
trot with now and then a tango. The
fox trot is the most popular dance OF
all