The Washington herald., 1918-10-19

New York, Oct 1S.-M adiso n
Square is to have an Open Forum.
The stand has been completed and
IL will after the war stop the pro-
cession of torch-Hght speakers who
nightly take up the trail from the
queer haunts of the town to Madi-
son Square and there upon soap
boxes expound various theories.
Hyde Park in London has an open
space where any one may talk on
any subject. II is the meeting place
OF nuts long and short haired
Even George Bernard Shaw used 10
Ialk there. New York Is seeing the
possibility of the idea.
80 the stand at MsdIson Square
now used for review purposes-will
remain apres la guerre" There
Will be other places like it-one at
Longacre Square, one at the Circle
and one up in Harlem.
Such distinguished speakers as
Claiming Pollock, Rennold Wolf
Irwin Cobb like the idea and NAV be
induced to drop in at the open
Forums now and then.
The new forums will automatic
ally put an end TO the street speak
ers to be found on almost every
corner nightly just now. On Broad
way from Forty-second TO Thirty
second-just ten blocks-a pedes,
trian counted fifteen street speaker
the other night.
Some were discussing matters
akin to birth control. others wer,
discussing the war, the draft, tn,
newspapers. criminals. and one wo.
man was speaking for the organiza'
tion of a Society for the Prevention
Of Husbands-whateve that may
mean.
Many OF the speakers are what
the police term nuts" while ther,
are some who are well educated and
believe in their mission and believ,
the best way to spread their pro.
paganda is on the highways. They
do little harm and sometimes good
and there is no reason why they
should not have an Open Forum fol
their discussions.
Telephone girls in New York ar,
doing double duty There is A short
age OF girls and an increase in calls
The biggest nuisance the phone gIrli
are forced to contend with is tn.
crossed wire fiend. Once on tht
wire, the ''nend" will not get on
and they are always impertine'.t arc
sometimes insulting. One young To-
got on the wire the other day :
lady was in conversation with az othel
lady. The Young fop waxed fresh
Finally he asked one Of the ladIeL tc
meet him next day. She said Sht
would and mace an appointmen: al
certain address. The young ToI
- l..
address was the Office OF the lady's
husband and the young man left With
a nice brad new purple eye
Joel runs a chilli con carne hashery
in the shadow Of the Metropolitan
Joel Is a member of the Iiterati, belnE
responsible for the publication OF IN,
"polygeneric theory" He is also tht
New York banker for actors and act
resses out on the road. They sens
their salaries to Joel in the winter
and he gives II TO them in small bits
during the hard summers. Joel is I
Mexican whose last name is Rinsldo
and aside from writers who NEE
there many revolutions have beer
brewed over his peppery dishes. HI
is never up until O'Clock in the even
ing and always goes to bed at il
the morning. Just now he has adoeC
a bookshop to his eating place. Whil'
food is being served the waiter put
a catslog before the diner so that h
can read while he waits for his order
Novel IL nothing else.
William :. Hart the movie star. blew
into Broadway from California tht
week with Gerald Duffy his goo,
and handy press agent. Hart did no
shoot up anyone when ] saw him III
was. in fact. eating a nut sundse y
a Times Square soda emporium