The Washington herald., 1918-07-11
By DWC

New York, July 1o.-It was not so
long ago that Tony. Pasquale and
/ Mike. keepers OF two-penny shops,
boottlacks. peanut venders and Ice
men. were the butt of much ridicule
in New York. "Wopsi" even The
street gamins jeered. Italy had lost
and the Italians in Gotham, grimy Of
visage and dress, tattered Of hat and
OF shoes, were hooted as towards.
Down in Little Italy. filed with
smudgy-faced children. tired olive
skinned mothers, red-shirted laborers.
there was much gloom. The section
| seemed to silhouette the soul Of Italia.
Ever the corner cop sneered DIRTY
Dagoes,"
But when the backbone Of Italy
stifiened and men stood there at She
battered-in portal fearlessly to die
Little Italy was regenerated. The
7 gloom was whisked away.
Mothers with their broods sleeping
out on the fire escapes atop the bal
loon beddings sang of Italy all through
the night. Shamed children crept out
| into the street-their only playground
again to play. The music boxes in
the corner saloons renewed their
! jingles.
And so New York sings:
Tony, Pasquale and Mike. feeble the
catch that we troll.
Not so the blows that they strike;
not so Italia's soul.
Little there Is we can say; less is
there left we can do.
Only take notice, we pray. "Dagoes, :"
our hats of to you!
Tony the bootblack;
Pasouale, the iceman:
And Mike. who sells peanuts,
Our hats OF to you!
The perfumed young faneurs who
fox-trot their way through life in
the dansants as paid escorts" have
had many titles conferred upon them
Among the appellations are Parlor
Cobra, Lounge Lizard and Sofa Snake
But the prize nomenclature comes
from a breezy Canadian, just home
from the trenches. He was with a
party Of friends in a Broadway cafe
At another table he saw a species OF
| the Broadway hoofer.
"Well," he said, 'I see the Couch
Coolies are still with u.s."
Many American cities have lost their
wits this week. Business of Blush
ing) The American Press humorists
are In convention in Chicago. The
delegation from New York was headed
by J. A. Waldron, who edits Judge.
and included K. c. B.. Jimmie Mon
tague, Orson Lowell. Fred Schaeffer,
Roy X. Moulton, Clara Briggs and the
writer, who stayed one day and spent
all his money and came back home.
Chicago is no place in which to be
broke. People are rough out there.
Are magazine editors people? On the
word Of s. ]. Kaufman, who rounds
the town for the Globe, a well-known
author submitted an article on Zola
to a magazine editor. The editor re-
jected 1t on the Recommendation Of his
assistants, who said it was too pessi.
mistic. And wrote the author, 'If
you have something else let me have
it." The author cut the article into
two parts. One he titled "Tolstoy."
The other "Balzac." Instead Of the
works Of Zola he substituted the work
of Tolstoy and Balzac. The editor &C.
cepted both articles. I have a friend
who recently came into prominence
in the fiction writing field. A maga.
zine on the Pacific Coast asked him
for story. He was too busy filling
other contracts, but dug up a story
he had written many years ago. He
sent 1t on. 1t was accepted. The
same editor had refused the story
twice before. And while on the sub.
1ect Of fiction writing. Now is ths
time for all good writers to come tc
the aid Of editors. The stars of fictior
have Joined the colors. There is 9
dearth Of good fiction. Editors arr
crying for it. The next year IL goins
to see q lot Of unknowns win fame