The Washington herald., 1919-12-26
NEW YORK CITY.
By O. o. Mcintyre

New York, Dec 25.-Thoughts while
strolling around Manhattan: Big fell
low directing traffic at Forty-third
and Broadway Is Babe Mcdonald.
Champion hammer thrower. Never
had collision at his corner. Pair OF
midgets taking a taxi in front of the
Claridge. Eddie Dunn. who writes the
press puffs for George M. Conan, has
the fanciest vests on the Riaito.
Never saw so many japanese. Hotel
foyers sprinkled with them. They are
good spenders but tip but little.
Brander Matthews. of Columbia An
ancedotal specialist. Lots of hawkers
stuck with Christmas trees. Served
'em right. Tried to sell them at SO
much per pine needle.
Cocktails now a doi1ar-each In the
old days at the Knickerbocker under
old King Cole they were two for q
quarter. And how Broadway howlcd
when the price was lifted to Is cents
straight. Bar room quartettes stood
around that night and sang: The
bells Of hell go ting-a-ling-a-ling." etc.
Park avenue. A strangely quiet
street. And so close to Fifth avenue.
Hoof-beats of a horse clip-clopping
in the distance sounds like village
stun. Children Gathering by to school
Wonder If anyone ever hated school
as I. Shudder now to think OF it.
Sinking girl! A nynph du pave.
Rather a pretty face and a tender
mouth but hard lines. Police have
run them OF Broadway. Their feigned
buoyancy is depressing. More little
pastry shops springing UP. Make you
hungry. Wood and mirror interiors
AL. n
like. And they're getting the trade.
Hear you can't get lunch any place
now for less than a dollar. Except
in the cheap gin-mills. And shop
girls can't go there. Elsie Ferguson
In a dress trimmed in monkey fur.
New one man street cars. Zbyszko
riding a bus. I'll ride too. Not that
I'm curious. But.
Recently a New York paragrapher
told his readers that he would receive
any money they cared to send for a
brilliant poet stricken with a wasting
illness. He did not mention the poets
name. More than $1,000 was received.
1t is indicative of New York's tender
heart. 1t may be cruel in business,
but in affiiction or some sudden mis-
fortune the city is unusually generous.
Wrote the poet in Appreciation: Il
don't want anyone to preach the old
sermon about the neglected genius. 1
have been hammering away at the
heavenly art Of verse all these years.
with Indifferent money returns. II Is
true. but with a sufficient recompense
in the joy of the work. For a good
many years l managed to keep even
with the delightful world"
New York tourists are getting
courteous letters from hotel-keepers
in Vienna and Berlin asking them to
stop with them when they come over
AL dwell upon the fact that dollars
are magic in Germany and that 1t
takes very little American money to
live in comparative luxury. Inciden-
tally they do not fail to mention that
Germany is rapidly approaching nor
NAL and one wonders if that means
the German officers are still parading
the streets and cafes, with their
blouses covered with decorations and
iron crosses.
The Mills Hotels in Manhattan for
the workingman seem to be the only
hostelries that retain the old-time
lobby flavor-such as was found in
the Grand in Cincinnati or the JEFF
ferson in st. Louis years ago. One
may see guests in these places sit
ting at the street window in straight
wooden chairs and their feet rested
against the window sill. They watch
with fascinated idleness the money
makers outside. There is a smother
ing odor of pipe smoke floating in
vague ribbons above clustering heads.
1t is a community of equals.