The Washington herald., 1919-09-19
NEW YORK CITY
By O. o. MCINTYRE

New York, Sept. 1S.-Thoughts
while strolling around Manhattan:
Portly little man with the big derby
and dragoon mustache is a great
criminal lawyer. Goes to burlesque
shows every week. New Capital
Theater opened. Largest in the
world. Seats 100 more than Hippo
drome. Bake shops are getting
high toned. That one calls itself
"Patiserie ct Confiserie."
Wonder where all these horsey
looking men with hoars~ voices you
see around Times Square came
from. They're not ticket specu-
latOrs. They seem polite. Mayhap
their polished Bill Sykes exteriors
are bizarre domiciles for lofty
I souls. Or maybe they are revenue
agents.
sam Blythe admiring some walk
ing sticks in a cane shop. Getting
thin. Cozy little portico OF a cafe.
I Amid the din of the Roaring For
! ties. Only room for six. There goes
{ a Turkish lady with soulful eyes.
Dances in a cabaret.
\ teamster smiling cocaine and
, making no effort to hide it. Group
- PiCNNy Jew lSh Slils- onlTl waist
workers on strike. Wish l had
enough money to strike! Or take
vacation. Eva Balfour. the Eng
, lish movie vampire. Looks more
lik" milkmaid. Come 10
think of it. l never saw a milkmaId
in my life. Asa, the hired man, all
ways milked cows.
Fellow talking to flower boy is
Finley Peter Dunno. Just resigned
as editor Of Golfers. Here comes a
band. Hope they play Lullaby
! Blues" Some song. Think I'll take
mail order piano lessons. Fall hats
are fuzzy again. Old Jim Robson,
the colOred man in the livery Stable
back home, wore straw h->t the
year around.
All you could hear around the
actors strike headquarters was
Don't Talk" That's all they'd say
I'm going to stay away. There S
Wolpins. The hang -out for clog
dancers. Somebody said they sold
wooden shoes at the cigar counter
HeiSh no! Time 10 eat.
There are some queer occupations
in this metropolitan center. But
the most unusual came to my notice
on a ferry boat trip to Staten
Island. In the waiting room my
ntighbOr seemed intent on CONVEX
Sation. He discussed the fresh,
clean air. the rock Of the boat and
other things. Tie was sturdy,
viriIc -person md had unusually
shaggy eyebrows. His glasses gave
him a certain dignity and he had a
JohnsOnian voice. Before he left
h
Ft"Wery name-the last being In
three sections. And down in the
corner II -Ave his occupation as
partment Of a weiI-knOwn ten cent
store. That was a new one to me.
The walters in the cheap res
taurantS and lunch rooms on the
Last Side are on strike. The strIk-
ers stand out in front with signs
on their hats reading: We are only
striking to keep from starving. ."
The walters in the all night res
taurants claim their job is a haz-
ardOus One. About ten all night
lunch rooms are stuck up" every
week by hUId-up men. GENERALLY
they OVerpower and black Jack the
waiter and in some instances leave
him Hfeless. The East. Side wait
ers must be husky for at times they
are forced to night to get their
money from customers. Then, too,
these days. the East Side toughs
carry their whisky to the lunch
rooms and generally Get rOwdy ami
IoU-..
The ultra modest at Rye Beach
are up in armS-nO pun intended
because tho shining sands are in
tested with water nymphs and
bathing SUIT lizards. A bathing
suit lizard is a young person. male
"r female. who, like the darnnG
daughter OF the immortal doggerel,
hangs up his or her clothes on Il
riCkOry limb-but carefully re
trains from going near the water
the ultra modest have asked their
chief OF police TO eliminate the al
lurements of the water nymph and
OF at least the female Of the spe-
Cies OF the bathing suit lizard
doubtless on the =rOdnd that il Is
deadlier. because far more beautiful
than the TnalF