The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-12-21

New York, Dec. eo.-The meeting OF
the Adventures Club in Gotham is
Just like q stay In the trenches-ex-
eept more so. The Adventures are
supposed to be Travelled persons,
those wanderers who know Rome as
well as Bagdad or Terre Haute.
From evidence adduced in court the
other day 1t became clear that one
Of the first requirements for eligibility
to the club is physical ability to with
stand a meeting Of the club.
It was also established that unless
some OF the clubs members develop
less speed and more control future
meetings will be held at such gas
houses. open barges, or Kinks as may
seem impervious to slammed china,
furniture and bric.a-brac.
The Adventures met the other
night at a red ink palace TO elect off,
GERS The discus throwing. water bot
tie hurting and chair propelling start
ed early and continued late. Two
members OF the club-both in good
standing-appeared in court the next
day to answer charges.
While at the restaurant where the
meeting was held employees were
sweeping up ex-mirrors and chairs
which are now exempt for future
meetings. Any one familiar with
either adventure or furniture could
tell that there had been dispute.
The president of the Adventurers'
Club attended the meeting and told
the white-faced reporters later that
he had not noticed anything unusual.
All Of which proves that it is posi-
bic to become accustomed to almost
anything il one does not weaken,
A new type Of CRATER has been re-
vealed to Broadway. He Is known
as the Penny CRATER. These men
work in the box offices of the small
moving picture houses. When the
ticket purchaser buys his ticket, the
box office man says: II am sorry. but
I am one penny short" The careless
ness of many people who do not wait
for change make up a tidy sum each
day for the penny grafters. Then the
theater war tax has developed a sim
liar CRATER. They appear in the the
alter Hobbies with the plea that they
did not know of the war tax and
haven't sufficient funds to get in.
They generally always collect.
o. Henry's story, THE Cop and the
Anthem" was told. nearly word for
word in the Criminal Court by Mich
ael Sweeney, who was up for smash
ing a glass window down in the Bow
cry.
Sweeney. who Is thirty years old,
was out of work, tired, hungry, and
discouraged a short time ago, when
the autumn frosts were blending into
winter freezings. It occurred to him
that he was actually worse OF on
the street than the derelicts in jail
So he obtained Q brickbat, and wait
ing until a cop came along, hurled
the missile through the store window.
He thanked the court for sending him
to jail for three months.
The curtain had gone UP. The or
chestra was playing for the Military
Maids to make their grand entrance.
An elderly couple with cooperative
rheumatism, q ponderous gentleman
whose watch charm hung q good ten
inches in advance Of him, and q dra-
matio critic struggled down the aisle
to the seats. A whole row Of people
had to rise and let them in. The CO.
median looked down at the commodon
stopped shortly and rang down the
curtain. Ten minutes later the cur
tain went up and the show started ali
over again. It was not any wonder
the next day the critic gave the show
a severe panning. The fault was with
the theater management. People who
came after the first act has started
should not be permitted to take their
seats. Most theatergoers in New
York dine at 7:3o. They rarely reach
the theater before 9. Otherwise people
would not notice them.