The Washington herald., 1918-11-30

Special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald.
New York. Nov. ga vaudeVllle
ventriloquist on a subway express
train the other morning had his run
out OF the early crowd being shuttled
down town. The long seat extending
down opposite the ventriloquist was
| filled with grizzled middle-aged men,
! all deeply immersed in their news
papers.
Suddenly from their very midst
came the unexpected sound of a oaby
crying. With one accord the papers
were lowered, and each man turned
and looked at his neighbor with as
tonishment and suspicion. No baby
was to be seen among them. and yet
every other minute came this fretful'
unhappy cry that would have told any
mother that the child had an attack
! of collie
! AS II continued the nervousness OF
: the gentlemen, among whom 1t SEEM
ed to be. increased. Finally, one rose
and reaching beneath the seat brought
forth a small paper parcel which ne
held in plain view of the crowd that
they might see that no baby crud
possibly be concealed within its linn
tied confines.
Then his curiosity and nervousness
! increasing. he got up and went and
stood in the doorway looking back
intently at each of the rema ming
ones. among whom suspicion now cen
! tered, and peering at the space be-
! meath the benches.
Then all at once from the Sma v.
tight bundle in his arm came the ve-r
| cry he was trying to locate. He
I glared at it helplessly while it waiI-d
| and wept. and the FIIiltless Gentlemen
whom he had left behind rocked to
and fro with mirth.
When he left the car the bundle was
still sobbing bitterly and the amazed
holder rushed with it up to the near
est policeman, where they united the
package and found a simple monday
! luncheon and some old magazines.
! He was countryman unused to
New York He went through the re-
volving doors of a Broadway hotel
and slid his travelling case across the
| floor to the desk. and, after giving
| a wave of his hand to the clerk.
went out.
Later in the evening he stopped
at the desk and inquired if his grip
had been checked. The clerk knew
nothing of any grip. The countryman
told of sliding it toward the desk and
leaving for downtown on an engage
ment
The clerk explained that he was
foolish to do such a thing, and that
his grip had probably been stolen.
The guest had heard of the pitfalls
of a city. and his anger rose quickly.
After a few hot words he shook his
fist in the clerks face and shouted:
/ You amt impudent to run hotel"
Then he gulped and wound UP weakly
in spite of hell"
! When the city officials made cleo
ton night an excuse to permit the
| lids to pop off of nineteen merry cab
arets so they could run all night. New
| York got taste of war
/ bound people about to resume
| their normal frolics. The cheer
| ing was news and the belief that
peace was almost a reality made
Broadway like a gay pre-war night.
| Diners appeared in evening clothes
there were many cOrks popping and
the dance floors were filled. The night
marked a revival of the spirit of
| Broadway for the cabarets and res
taurants have been doing a big busi-
ness ever since. The more exclusive
places like the ErilIs of the Ritz.
Majestic. Plaza and Sherry's are also
entertaining larger crowds than they
have since America entered the war
And while II is not like it used to be
! it is an indication of return of nor
/ NAL business among the pleasure
haunts