The Washington herald., 1919-11-04
NEW YORK CITY
By o. O. McNTYRE

TO-
New York. Nov. Ss--Miner's drug
store. a famous Bowery landmark,
founded In 1904. has closed. It Is the
last Of those romantic places with
the red and green globes-the old
time prescription clerk. who wore sus-
penders and goid-rimmed specs and
stopped making a prescription long
cigar.
Tine passing Of Miners signals also
the passing Of the Bowery type-the
square-tawed. unshaven, hard-flsted
type In a striped sweater. The Bow
cry Is becoming commercialized, but
even so II Is still picturesque and
many Of the old institutions are there.
The Bowery Is only fifteen blocks
long. 1t extends from Chatham
Square, on the hip Of Chinatown, to
Cooper Union. Fewer people are liv-
Ing on the Bowery each year. Such
local names cas- Busy Jacks Lunch
Room" fred Donovans Eatery" and
the like are submerged In such titles
as Manufacturers of Rubber Stamps"
Auto Supplies" Store and ofios
Fixtures
And on the corner OF the Bowery
and Delaney street there Is the Pur-
itan Hotel. Still up few blocks is a
florist shop known as the Queen
Anne" o yes! The Bowery can show
ciass-even IL u does still cling to the
mountainous toed, shoes.
A young girl cashier, who has
worked on the Bowery ten years and
who incidentally won a beauty prize
in q newspaper contest. declares that
In all the years she walked up and
down the Bowery she was never in
suited. On a single walk up Broad
way one evening she was insuited
twice.
But few more words about Miners
drug store. II has seen four genera
tions and has administered to millions
from the remorseful twinges expert
enced by little Antonio after a too
rash mixture Of dill pickles and ice
cream to the Bowery flop-house hab-
itue who wakes up In the early dawn
with a case of what Bowery calls the
''shakes" and Broadway "a hang
over"
Inside the entrance OF the subway
station at Cathedral Parkway stands
blind vendor OF chewing gum and
shoe strings. thin. patient of face.
motionless. Now and then his lips
move and he smiles wistfully.
The other day watched him while
young man pEsempted a spot near
him for his sale OF newspapers. He
had freshly printed papers and during
the slack sales went over and read
the headlines to the blind man. There
was a running fire comment as he told
Of the strikes in the tones Of capiell-
istic esprit de corps.
There is more of this sort Of thing
In New York than the outside world
realizes. One sees 1t when a blind
man starts across the stree-two or
three jump to help him. That is true
Of the cripples on stretchers and in
other places.
The end of the war has brought a
new type Of dance music. All the new
pieces have a plaintive wail-the sob
bing. dying note. Nobody seems able
to account for 1t but e. F. Bitner. the
Feist Major Domo, declares that the
demand is for that sort of song and
he points to the popularity Of "Klon-
dixie Blues" Star Of the East" Per
sian Moon" Dreaming of a Sweet
Tomorrow" and ~Bells of Bagdad"-
all of which have the plaintive strain.
Since the actors strike Ed wynne.
who was the strike leader. has not
appeared on the stage. 1t Is a pretty
fine compliment to his ability to note
that every dramatic critic in town has
run articles asking that Wynne be re-
turned to the stage. Wynne himself
Is silent on the subject. He may have
offers and he may not.