The Washington herald., 1918-05-14

New York, May l3-They were dis
cussing in a downtown luncheon place
man who not so long ago was in
the public eye. J. Frank Howell. presi-
| dent of the Consolidated Stock Ex-
| change. who is sort OF a local oracle
and whose philosophy teens with wis
dom. told OF some OF the eccentricities
Of the subject OF the discussion. For
obvious reasons he will be called
Blank.
Most of US are dreamers." said Mr..
Howell. At idle moments we like 10
| build air castles. For instance IL is
possible that when I'm at home in a
comfortable chair putting away at a
| pipe / can picture myself starting 10
Europe alone and unaided.
when l arrive there 1 get through
the lines of the allies. over No Mans
| Land. through the German lines and
into Berlin. Remember. 1 am day
dreaming. I get into Berlin and even
| into the palace OF the Emperor. He
is in his study.
He Is all alone poring over his
| maps. He looks up. BILL l say. I
have come for YOU He protests and
grab him by the of-tip OF his curled
mustache and drag him through the
| Berlin streets, back through the lines
and into the American camp. Then
l send for Gen. Pershing.
Gen. Pershing comes. General.
! I say. saluting, L have brought this
beast to you Gen. Pershing looks
| at me and tells me it is an excellent
! days work and tells me that / may
have a half hours respite to go get
bite to eat. or something like that. e"
The lunchers listened with increas-
ing fascination. There was a pause.
Well. gentlemen" said Mr.. Howell,
Il would dream that sort OF thing.
But Blank would try to put II across -
; 1t is no secret in the New York
business world at the present time
that office boys are far scarCer than
! $l0O. .0O0-a-year men. However, the
| proprietor OF a haberhashery store
on Fifth avenue admittedly stands a
slight chance of ensnaring one Of ne
prizes. A card in his wondow reads
as follows:
Wanted: One Office boy Salary.
IS. One afternoon a week of With
baseball pass"
1t was the first warm day. IHder
spreading maple tree sh" @2t-a
little bit of lavender and old ace in
| real life. A book of Emerson ES-
says was in her lap: Across the
green from her in Central Park the
| sheep grazed in content She had
| brought a dainty lunch with Avr too,
and she was preparing to eat it. ON
ali four sides was the whirr of a
busy city. A policeman came along.
IT was against the rules to nave a
picnic on the grass. He tod r"r So
and she sighed and gathering ur her
belongings walked away. The IoiI7e-
man returned to his fixed post. ""Gnn
spring. he said, II wish il wouldn't
come. I'd rather be shot than do a
thing like that"
Five great hotels have m"r@"i in
| the Grand Central Terminal zol.'.
| And simultaneously there is Great d A
powerful rival combination in the
merger Of three big hotels in another
Zone. The object of all the COmHna-
1 tions is to increase efficiency IhrouCh
| operating economies. Small hotels
| that were before the war on the
verge Of bankruptcy suddenly UIazed
into prosperous institutions. After
the war the hotel man believe that
this present prosperity will he as a
drop in the bucket. The floating pop
ulation in New York is about loO,00O
a day. After the war. hotel nen g.
innate that 1t will be more than 2Oo.-
900 day. and IL that is so New York
needs more hotels.