The Washington herald., 1919-11-27
NEW YORK CITY
By o. 70. MCINTYRE.

New York, Nov. es.-The Manhattan
underworld vendetta reared It's head
out of the darkness of Shlnbone alley
the other night and hacked Louie
the Barber" to death. Shinbone alley
Is a short dismal squat stretch Of
ugly thoroushfare between Bleecker
and Fourth streets. So far as know
It is the only alley In the city.
II Is frequented by heavy jowled.
blue bearded youths with very low
foreheads and of foreign nationals
ties-chiefiy Italians, They are gradu-
ates OF the corner cigar store and
poolrooms OF the neighborhood and
live OF low women and pretty graft.
The murder serves TO remind New
York Of the continued activities Of the
vendetta and OF the inexorable char
ncter Of the nemesis of the under
world In daylight society Louie the
Barber was known as Ediriago Giuli.
ano and for years he had been a
marked figure in night society-for
even Shinbone alley declines to har-
Dor deeds OF darkness in the light of
day.
Giuliano had gained the enmity of
the gangsters by an infraction of the
ethics OF the etiquette OF the under
world OF which he had elected to be-
come a citizen. His life since that
violation of the code of thieves and
murderers has been beset by watchful
eyes in all his soings and all OF his
cofnings. He never went out to buy
paper but what his shadow"
watched
He was a marked man. The re-
volver shot. the stiletto and the black
jack have been shadowing him by
day and by night. The discovery OF
his mangled body in Shinbone alley
the other morning was no cause for
surprise. The neighborhood shrugged
its collective shoulder.
People in ShinJ,ne alley know that
the vendetta never forgives-never
pities. 1t wreaks vengeance with an
unfailing hand. 1t applies with sinis-
ter exactness the Mosaic principle OF
tooth for a tootn.'
The police believed that the ven-
delta would die with prohibition. They
attributed its sudden iare-up TO
drink-crazed impulses. But since July
there has been more trouble In the
underworld than there was in the
preceding six months. The under
world. so il Is reported. has taken to
drugs which means increased vio-
ience.
Newspaper readers who remember
the Buster Brown" cartoons of Rich
ard Outcault. with their famous char
acters-Buster. Mary Jane and Tige-I
will be pleased to learn that Mary
Jane has grown up and is playing a
role in "lishtnin' on Broadway.
Mary Jane was the original little girl
Of her fathers cartoon. Most car
toonists draw upon their ina gination
for their characters but Mr.. Outcault
merely transferred his little daugi-
ter from real life to paper. And now
Mary Jane is big girl and playing
on the White Way.
There were some. rare old-time
minstrels at the fortv-fifth anniver-
sary of the joining together OF McIn-
tyre and Heath. the comedians. [
.aw Harry J. Sayers who wrote TIA
Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay the first popu-
lar song hit | can remember. And
Hi Henry was there. Most of this
generation remember Hi He had
a good minstrel show. He wore
lot of diamonds at the banquet. Their
there were Fred Wilson. Edward lie
Roy Rice, Lew Benedict and Charles
Morris.
Theater tickets are selling fSr IS
and SO apiece for many OF the best
shows. Vaudeville too Is taking n
great new lease OF life. Never was
the theatrical business so good-but
the cafe business Is dead. People
rush home to their own little cellars
and suppers. Among the popular
songs in the vaudeville theaters for
the week are "Freckles" and 'Ha-
waiian Lullaby" which seem to have
registered the most popular approval
Moving picture theaters are not being
forgotten in the rush.