The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
New York, Day by Day
BY o. o. MCINTYRE.

Special Correspondent OF The Washington Herald
New York. Aug. 12.-As Samuel
Pepys would record in his diary:
Awakened at dawn by a motorist
who unlimbered his machine shop un-
der my window and tried all the tools,
finding the hammer made the greatest
noise. Unable to sleep 1 walked
through the park with my dog and
; talked to a man who had slept on the
bench all night, and he told me his
struggles in the big city. and how he
had spent his last penny to write a
letter to his wife in Tennessee.
And he went with me to see w. Nc
Grath, who gave him work, and never
have seen a man so grateful To
the East Side with R. Brinkerhoff. the
sketcher. to see an immigrant mute
who recovered both speech and hear
ing by a sudden shock. And I Won
dered IL he had been greeted pleasant
ly by playhouse ticket seller.
For a walk through the Bowery,
which / deem the most interesting
thoroughfare in town, and l gazed in
the windows of the many pawnshops
and in one saw unredeemed gold
teeth. and an invalid's chair; and three
crutches, and locket marked From
Mother" and l thought what good
material for f. Oppenheim and C. Dor
sey and other scriveners.
To a bizarre inn for luncheon with
my cousin from the West country and
found him funing because Of the
great heat and calling down curses
upon such a wretched city. and yet
he saves each year his stint to come
here.
Came B. Mantle, the drama critic,
and tells me of the new play "Mary's
Ankle" which / deem a trashy title,
yet 1t will attract New Workers. Much
talk on the Rialto of the Staying of
j. De Saulles and sympathy for his
wife.
Home for dinner with my wife, poor
wretch, and came II. Roth, the artist
in his new sailor uniform, and ht
seems happy that he has given up his
career temporarily for his country. To
an apothecary for a beaker of sweet
ened milk. And so to bed.
John Clerkin, a bill collector, is
minus his two central upper teeth
and has a crouch in full bloom to
boot. The other afternoon he pulled
his chugging flivver to its launches
on Third avenue in the Bronx. He had
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moving his gauntlets, without which
a fiivver is uncomfortable, entered an
office building.
He remained not more than fifteen
minutes and upon coming out adjust
ed his gauntlets, goggles and spark,
kicked the fiivver where it is sensi-
tive and drove east.
He heard clatter behind, saw
olo ~ aithar ell Nd lOnk-
ing hebind haw that a donkey was
tied to the whopple-choke or the whiz
zle-whaz of the car. Joseph Blier.
the owner of the donkey. was run
ming after it. and when Mr.. Clerkin
stopped Mr.. Blier remarked breath
lessly that for two pins he would
blue up his eyes.
At this juncture the donkey kicked
Mr.. Clerkin in the leg. and Mr.. Clerk
in became so enraged that he struck
with all his force at Mr.. Blier, missed
him and fell headlong. 1t was then
that his two most promising chewers
splattered out into the open. A good
time was had by all.
She was a sweet, young thing, with
delicately penciled eyebrows and one
of those gowns that might be de-
scribed as drafty. She fiuttered in
to Red Cross headquarters on Fifth
avenue like a gentle breeze.
Il should like" she said. ito be-
come Red Cross nurse. and minister
to the brave boys in the trenches"
She made out her application blank
and she was sent to another room
to be examined by the doctors. Final
ly her turn came and she stood up.
Just at this juncture a clerk dropped
a book behind her. She jumped and
let out scream that could be heard
block. THAT will be ALL" said the
doctor wearily.
italian engineers have reported en-
tirely feasible a proposed tunnel from
Venice to the Island OF Lido, which
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