The Washington herald., 1919-08-10
NICOTINE NEXT
WORRIES LITTLE
OLD new YORK
Ideas Brought Forth on
Prohibition Leading to Eff
cheney to nth Degree,

the thought that prohibition would
ever come to their doorsteps-out II
came. And so when the news trtckled
from Washington the other day that
Nicotine Next" was the new battle
cry and after that-cotTee and tea
well all the newspapers slapped the
story on their front pages and the
shock proof village buZZed with ex-
element
Life would be insufreraole TO New
Yorkers, IL would seen. without tobac-
co and all the Park Row editors illed
their pipes and slashed out some rip
pingly caustic editorials hooting at
the whole idea That Is the trouble
with New York-they hoot and the
rest OF the country does things anu
soon New York finds itself dry or
tobacco-less as the case may be.
Shrewd chroniclers OF events de-
clare that there is more to this war
on tobacco than people seem TO real
ize- In fact one noted lawyer de-
clared that the whole tobacco indus
try was already in jeopardy and must
begin at once to fight for its life.
The Anti-Tobacco folk. it is pointed
out. have some mighty strong argu-
ments which can be driven home in a
fOrceful way. The world needs food
and the tobacco acreage is enormous.
The industry crowds thousands OF
freight cars out of commission for
carrying other provisions. Growing
tobacco exhausts the ground. they
claim. and OF course they are playing
strong on the health features-the IT.
ritated throat. highly jumpy condI-
tiOn Of the nerves. the heart and other
physiological horrors that have been
handled down from our school book
physiology.
One learned educator pointed out in
a New York interview that the grow
ing OF tobacco was Of much greater
agricultural harm than beer making.
Making beer requires only about one
third of the barley crop whereas the
tobacco crop is an economic waste
There is no effort at evasion on the
part Of the Nicotine Next" crowd
as to the reason for the campaign
The frank statement Is made that
large employers OF labor are crusad-
ing purely from a standpoint of the
emCienCy Of labor" A horse or COW
is not allowed to smoke or drink a
cup Of tea 1t has never been found
necessary TO consult the wishes OF
these patient animals.
The same line of reasoning is fol-
lowed by the crusaders. The worker
who cannot have his glass of beer,
or pipe Of tobacco. or cup of COree,
would like the horse and COW. theore-
tlCally. be a more efficient labOTer.
And the logic of this might lead still
further. Ii the worker would so TO
bed Immediately after his supper as
the horse and the COW are made 10
do, then he would be sure Of a fun
and refreshing nights sleep and wake
up ready for a very efficient day S
work
Excursion crowds ON Baltimore
steamers used TO he entertained by
two eaEer young dancing men who did
dexterous steps OIL the promenade
deck for the jadCd thrill chaseTs.
These same two young men are now
SIX years later-the rage on Broadway.
the hit Of ZicEfeld's roof show ana
the two most talked about actors the
length and breadth of Flash Alley.
They are Jay Brennan ard Bert
Savoy-who are billed as Savoy ana
Brennan and they have coined more
picturesque slang for siang-lOvlnS
mIe McFadden or even George NJ.
Cohan Il am glad you asked me. 90
Il silly expressIon-but one in much
vogue Just now among those who
keen brushed up on snapPy sayings
came from the fertile brains Of Savoy
and Erruuln And so did "Iou don I
know the half OF II. Dearis," Ana
too that country wIdo scnseless re
marx III sav So
-a-ov and Brennan have one OF the
most ridiculous acts in the art or
-IreI -uurIesque which is after all the
Rel VT SAVOY takes the part OF
middle aged Broadway burlesque
ErrI and brennan as the snappuy
dressed fashion plate Of the White
Wav They merely talk in the YER
raruIar Of Broadway-the argot OF
the tr-atrlcal boarding house and the
patois " the one-armed lunch But
u j. scream from start to finish
Funny. because everyone who knows
his Broa dway knows that the charac-
tsrs are not oyerdrawn-and Savoy in
his spanEled gown and large t1apper
hat does not give any naUseate tinge
of the usual female inpersOnatOr lie
Is simply bUrlesGuinz a part Brennan
aside from his quick wit Is a clever
oil The team has made such a hit
that ZieEfeId has featured them in
all Of his shows-The Folies. Nine
O'clock Review and the Midnight
Frolics and they are TO remain on
Broadway another year.
Other1ise -Never-N -NIind-Note from the
Herald: IF alive. will John ]. Nc
CIasseI communicate with his Aunt
Box 245"
Some silly creature-known in
society page parlance = society buds
are wearing crosses Of the war as
earrings and parading down Firth
avenue Croix de Gu-ears-as II were
Also there are stockingless women TO
be seen on almost every Fifth avenue
bus. II is dtticult to stop a dress
fad here once II gets started
Among his eccentricities the late
oscar Hammerstein never would en-
pIoy a stenographer. preterring to
write all his letters with pen. which
having served him for many years
was chewed down to a stub Of A
holder three inches long. Neither did
he believe in bookkeepers, a fact which
accounts largely for the reports that
he carried his Office IN hIs hat In
stead Of using a pad to mark down
such data as future enga gements
names and addresses and telephone
numbers. he used the bare walls or
his little ofice.
Also. the wall served as a set or
books for Oscar on which he noted
down in pencil the nightly receipts