The Washington herald., 1918-01-11

Special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald
New York, Jan. 10.-One by one
the ancient institutions and rsVer-
&c landmarks of Manhattan pass
away. People write to the news
papers deploring the fact that COM
munity life is not longer pictu-
rescue. There is. as it were, a con-
spiracy of the gods to destroy the
cherished ideals of the metropolis.
Lyons. the Bowery Delmonico.
where the singing walters dealt the
food of the arm. shut up shop long
ago. Suicide Hall, where many a
wayward girl dropped carbolic in
her beer and dropped to the floor.
is but a memory. The Bucket of
Blood-the famous saloon of MUIR
ders-is ne more and even The Doc
tors, where one could buy a "shock"
of wniskey for five cents. is de-
classe.
And now comes the gnnounce-
mcnU of the debacle of the Grel1
line, tie collapse of the can:cnment
of ncmeless men who are clean
down and completely out. Because
Of the general employment last var
many OF the missions on the Bow
cry suspended the free distribution
of bread for lack Of pate br.cgc.
The bread line was a great insti
tuition for the sob sisters. May
times they found former tankcrs
and men high in the professional
life CT the city shivering iE the
line to get a piece of bread and hot
coffee. o. Henry wrote Of .he bread
line and SO. did Jack London and it
hn Of
our latter day poets.
The abandonment of the bread
line will fall heavily upon those
pathiZe with the miserable. and,
impresarios of Summing parties.
/ But one thing is needed to close
the scroll and completely deuature
temperamental New York. suppose
the fake actors of Chinatown
should respond to the lure Of the
munitions factories and the rubber
neck wagons should go into cold
storage? .
Seen around the town: \ publicity
seeking actor in a Palm Beach suit
and a straw hat on Broadway. A
led-capped depot porter singing a
darky lullaby to a little lost child.
A man with a throat mufflCr ana
ear muffs wearing low shoes. A
Bowery peddler crying on the curb
because a limousine upset his stock
of apples. A policeman taking a
New Year reveler home in a taxicab.
James Montgomery Flagg .romping
with a dog in Central Park. A IA
nous singer singing six Drinks and
the World Is Mine" at studio
frolic. "A millionaire debating to his
secretary in. limousine.
A New Yorker cannot walk into
Sherry's. Delmonico's or the Ritz-or
any other moderate-priced eating
pavilion--these days without encoun-
tering. numberiess maids Of the -Four
Hundred. Thy are behind flag-cov-
cred booths, and have handful OF
engraved tickets, another handful OF
s. bills and one of those voices ike
a siren on a battleship.
Benefit work is now their hobby
when they are not foX-trotting with
able seame1 off on shore leave. IL
means the loss of money to enter a
nOlGl lORDN unt0SS ltlt EOOA AAAetiN an
NAL has enough courage to Withstand
the appeals.
There is an efficiency man in New
York who carries his profession to
excess. He has girl who lives ~
Albany. He visits her every Sunday
and writes every day. For want OF
a new topic the girl asked him in
a recent communication IL he really
did like he eyes In reply the eff
cheney man replied: Replying to
your inquiry OF even date, beg to refer
you to my letter, July 6. 1917, where
in the subject was treated exhaust
ively."
During November. the United
States mints coined 100000 pen
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