The Washington herald., 1919-10-02
NEW YORK CITY
By o. o. McMTYRE !

New York, Oct. 1.-The two most
famous night places of the Tender
ioin now are Wolpin's. q glorified
pastry shop on the corner next to
the Palace Theater. and Childs. at
columbus Circle. Further up on
Broadway Is Reuben's-a pure
food" dclicatessen. lined with one
armed chairs and q little inside
room for the inflated. Reuben's
may soonf compete with woipin's
and chiIds. The patrons, OF course,
bring their BOOTED Joy with them.
dropped into wolpin's at mid
night. The roar OF plates and forks
sounded like an Aida" triumphai
chorus. There were many dizzy
blondes with pimpled escorts and
everybody was smoking cigarettes.
At the table where sat q loose
Tipped young man with much cheap
jewelry was arguing with q tam
o'shantercd gum chewing maid
anent the relative merits Of tho
Eagle House in one town and the
Roach House in another.
Over at another table was Harry
Hershfeld. the cartoonist. He gets
most of the ideas for his connie
strips in the place. was told A
heavy chested brunette sat alone
across the aisle. She was patting
her foot and there was a half sneer
on her face. Finally she bawled
out: Great Gawd, bring me an
other cawfeer The lady was
hungry.
From Wolpin's i went to Childs.
It was around o'clock. Not ham
and! But hams-and! never
saw so many stage folk together.
All were calling for .sinkers and
cotfee-and coffee Is now 10 cents
smash. The musicians from the
Rialto and Rivoli came in with their
instruments. They had had a morn
ine rehearsal after their last show.
| Half-awake dregs OF humanity
oozed In dragging their bundles Of
morning papers for which they
charge double price. They under
stand their patrons are In q mel
low. generous mood. Everybody
carried a bottle Of whisky or gin.
II seemed. Some were in evening
clothes with limousines purring
gently at the curb.
Many of the patrons were ar
ranging dashes out to road houses
for breakfast where, II is said, the
drinks are not camoufiaged by
using china cups but are put In
regular cocktail glasses.
william Handy. who learned to
write in Missouri. but moved to San
Diego when he got prosperous. was
in New York this week. He was
telling about a recent libel slut
that was threatened on account of
his stories by an indignant reader
in Oregon. The man came all the
way to New York to see the editor
and brought his lawyer with him.
He claimed that Handy had libeled
him by using his name in . story.
His name was Jake Jones.
He stood at q corner on Broad
way. A cap was pulled down over
one eye. His faded red sweater
was loose at the neck and he wore
those shoes with the mountainous
indestructible toes-the kind the
elite wear in Chicago. He was
briefly q tough mug. A stubble of
beard stood out in blue black feroc-
ity. He seemed to be debating
something terrible. watched him
from the doorway OF q soda en-
porium. He kept feeling something
/ in his pocket. A black jack. II oc-
CURED to me. Suddenly he made
UP his mind. He gave the cap o
yank. plunged through the street
traffic and on the other sidewalk
walked up to an old flower woman
and bought bunch Of flowers.
School children in a New Jersey
town near Manhattan are now
striking because they Want their
| principal retained on the job. Don
Marquis. of the Sun. who recently
became a papa is living in fear the
babies will be forming q Soviet next
and demanding q later bedtime and
no barley water in their milk.