The Washington herald., 1918-01-12

Special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald.
New York. Jan. 1L-Chivalry did
not sink into oblivion when Walt
Raleigh permitted Queen Lizzie to
French heel it over his brand-new
salmon pink cape. oh. my. no! Just
for a strap in the subway most peo-
pie believe chivslry is as dead as
Ramcses the Second. Not so: not so.
Jersey City is now entertaining a
gentlemanly hold-up man, who is such
stickler for fair play that he al
ways notifies the police department
when he is about to remove a rope
of pearls. a lump Of sugar or some
other valuable.
He set out with the intention OF
holding up twenty persons. and he
now has seventeen to his credit
Three more to go. When he lands his
twentieth he is going to shake the
dust of Jersey City from his feet and
beat it for some other city.
The highwayman has done more for
humanity than he thinks he has. He
revived chivalry just when it was
staggering at the count Of ten. He
may abolish seatless days for women
in the subway by his thoughtfulness.
Wouldn't it be nice If jsnitors would
take the hint and stop spooting us and
tell us frankly tina: the radiators were
placed in fats only for ornamental
purposes so that the tenant could
prepare and import a cargo OF bear
hides from the Arctic during the win
ter?
Or Il might be that the price raisers
will see the idea and tell US just when
the price of food is to jump about
ninety points So trat the ultimate
consumer can get used to straw as
diet when the crash comes.
The Jersey City Galahad is said to
be a demon for style Like all his Xix
he wears a silk hat. a fur coat and
the conventional pearl gray spats.
And-almost forgot-he smokes cigar
cites and carries a mOnocle in his
optic Sometimes one wonders where
those Jersey City reporters get their
hop with the war going on and every
thing.
Harry Kemp. the tramp poet from
Kansas, is going to start theater
of his own SO he can produce his own
plays. He wants to revolt not only
from poor old Broadway but from
all the little theaters. He says his
actions will not be bullied against
their better instincts into certain ar
bitrary notions and intonations OF
voice by managers or directors or any
of that breed. Instead each group in
the play will work out their own busi-
Ia
this freedom will result in an en-
thusia site succession of comedies.
tragedies. pantomimes, tragi-cOme-
There was a real Kris Kringle in
New York around Christmas time. A
tall, slim, clean shaVen, well dressed
man. from his beaver hat TO his
patent leather shoes walked up to
the desk of the Hotel Majestic and
wrote his name on the register. The
clerk looked and saw: Kris kringle,
Tuscola, ILL.,"
MY, you have changed" said the
clerk.
"Changed-what do you mean?"
"Well-er-the last time l saw you
was when 1 was a boy and you were
stout and had whiskers."
"Ah, yes" said MIR. kringle,
gimme a pack of cigarettes"
Yes" said the clerk, handing him
pack of Paresis III. and you were
smoking a pipe then"
Then Mr.. Kringle smiled and or
dered a taxicab to take him to the
theater. His real name is Kris Kringle
and he is a stock raiser in Illinois
And he has a lot of fun out OF his
name around Christmas time.
There is a haTd-ooiled patriot IN
New York who has never given a cent
to war charity but he has decided 10
turn over all his Christmas cigars 10
the boys "Over there" As il BENG
in the trenches was not enough.
Do artists like the community plan
of living? 1t is a subject that mas
long been under discussion. The best
answer is that a cooperative studlo
building in New York has proven
failure. The building was erected
at a big cost, and was Ideally To-
Gated. There was a spirit of good
fellowship at first. but finally some
tiffs developed, and now the artists
have moved away
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