The Washington herald., 1919-10-17
NEW YORK CITY
By o. o. McNTYRE

New York. Oct B.-Thoughts while
strolfing around Manhattan: Newsie
with CLASSY brilliant eyes harangue-
ing crowds Il fun Of herofn- A devil
drug Chfpmunk IN q drug store win
dow Lot Of new fur overcoats. Of
hce sign says man is q specialist in
chiaroscuro! There's a word for you,
men! Big BIZ Edwards. most popu-
lar man in town. perhaps.
Pauline Frederick In q leopard coat.
Cider sells for . cents giass. Grand
father used to give II away. There's
Charles Livingston Bull tho animal
artist Modest and shy. Sidewalks
getting crowded again Wonder what
It b like in the Klondyke
Gumlooktng man going out Of his
way to help cripple over car tracks
Considering everything. people are TO
markahly good. Believe IN 60 10
church Sunday. President of cuba.s
wife going into Altman's. Crest on
the car and everything.
Novelist Louis Tracey taking a
stroll. Very English. Brown coat.
Gray vest. Checkered trousers. And
spats- Studious looking fellow is
Joel Runs night life chill con carne
place Writes high-brow books and
publishes them himself Mexican rev.
olutions breved In his place. Pal Of
Fornaro, the artist Walls plastered
with original cartoon drawings.
Hope the moths have overlooked my
winter clothes Afraid to look. II
they're ruined there's nothing left but
the river. Wonder II IT'S true about
all your sins coming before you while
drowning. II II is IL will take me
some time to emit the last gurg1e.
Jack Latt here from Chicago. Al
ways raps New York Still, notice
he has to come here to sch his stun.
Funny! They don't miss him when
he goes. At. that he's one Of the
worlds best humorists. Richard Or
dynsk1. the Metropolitan director,
reading the bill OF fare in q French
pastry shop window. II he goes in,
I will There he goes!
Houdini. the handcuff expert. Is
back from California. where he has
been escaping from things for the
camera men. He has q fine home
now In Hoboken. but he spends most
OF his time around Broadway. The
other day recalled to him the time
he gave a performance for some
newspaper men and the chief of Do
lice in q Western city. At the time.
naked. he escaped from every cell
and dungeon we put him in. And he
also swallowed a paper Of needles,
let US examine his mouth under a
strong light. then swallowed a piece
-of thread When he brought thread
up the needles were all threaded. I
have been interested In magic for
years, and that trick always got my
goat.
Houdfni says It is simple-but he
won't reveal It There was a time
when Houdini could not afford chicken
and ice cream every day. In those
days he boarded at fifth-rate board
ing houses and did not always have
money at the end of the week for
his bf11 On one Of these occasions
his landlady asked him his line Of
work.
oh. I am a speciality actor he
told her.
What do you dor- she asked.
on spend my time getting out Of
tight places he replied.
He had to pay six weeks board
in advance right on the spot.
Older inhabitants in Manhattan are
chortlins over the sudden rise IN
the price Of cider apples. These ap-
pies used to sell for s cents a busheL
Now the price Is 81 a bushel. The
sudden interest Is tied up to the fact
that. II left to itself. cider develops
an alcoholic content serenely fndifr-
erent to the phrasing Of Federal or
ders or enactmenta The sudden in
terest in cider Is very interesting.
Grocers- used to buy It, then have
to give It away before the end OF
the season. And they had a hard
time giving It away.