The Washington herald., 1919-06-27

Special correspondent Of The WASH
ington Herald.
New York. June x-rhoughts along
Broadway on q hot afternoon: Don't
mind the humidity 80 much as the
remarks about It That Hawaiian at
the claridge had an idea. Wore q
rubber cap fiied with shaved Ice.
That's Mime. Yvette Guilbert talking
to. Mr.. welch, OF the Evening Tele-
gram How young she grows. Funny
sign in that beauty parior: Eye
brows shayedr'
Broadway getting ready for the
liquid finish on June 30. Literary
Digest wxaders II literature must go
dry with the country. Understand q
long list Of writer's. editors and coll
lege professors have endorsed the 30
, per cent beer-but want wines ana
hard liquors abolished.
Hello! De Wolf Hopper wearing
sandals. Going to star as Old Bill
next year in THE Better ole" Bill
Flynn. the great detecinve, talking TO
Sam Bernard. See the Episcopal
Church has taken up Christian heal
ing. Never could believe sickness was
sent by God to develop spiritual life
Foolish. Think III go to church next
Sunday.
Funny old buildings below the
Metropolitan. Spoil Broadway. Love
to hang around this newsstand at the
Times Building. Hope I run into
Scotty. the old Bowery tramp. A
great guy-Scotty. Very religious. but
won't work Says the Lord will pro-
vide. Always quotes the Bible. Says:
THE ravens fed Elijah" Has never
been hungry either and always has a
little money. Queer world. And I
work Ike q dog. Every time 1 tell
my wife that she laughs and It makes
me mad.
That Persian philosopher spouting
about paradise beneath a bough never
saw Broadway. Can't help but love
the crowds. DR.. johnson was a lover
Of crowds. So was Charles Lamo
Wasn't II Socrates said: From fields
and trees ! can learn nothing. but
can from the men in town." He
spoke a mouthful, that bird.
Never saw an Irishman carry his
clay pipe In his hat band before, ex-
cept in vaudeville. More of those
funny little pearl gray derbies. Dick
ems called EN- pot hats" Think I'll
stop In this movie.
The resignation Of Frank n Van
derlip as president of the National
City aBnk the other week resulted
in many editorial blurbs for the news
paper reporter as business man.
Vanderlip was 4 reporter on a Chi
| nd he
York and to Wall Street a large, fine
; Western vision. A great banker once
told me that he never knew a trained
newspaper man who did not make
good In business. But he added they
| should stick to their newspaper work.
They are never happy in the COM
mercial world" he said. There was
a well-known head of a corporation
who graduated from a newspaper
| shop. Now and then he used to go
over to Park Row and snoop about
the newspaper Offices. He confessed
that he liked the smell of printers
ink and to dream of being back on
a newspaper. He was making more
than $4,000 d year.
Talk about gliding refined gold or
painting the lily! Listen to this: The
United states Marine Corps has ap-
pointed a new press agent. As II the
Marines needed boosting. During the
war Burns Mantle used to say his
idea Of soft job was getting stun
In the papers about the Kaiser. A
prize after the war job must be press
agenting the Marines.
For the last few days before prohi-
bition the anti-prohibitfonists are put
ting up stiff old fight. They have
just dug up the financial statement
of the Anti-saloon League of new
York. which shows an expenditure OF
Z71.S23.e6 for political purposes in this
State and the antis declare that there
is not a single record of any purchase
of liberty bonds for either of the tive
drives or the purchase of any war saw
ings stamps.