The Washington herald., 1920-09-09
New York City
By o. o. Mcintyre.
Loved HI. Alma Mater.

New YORK, sept o. ohip inc
Rat" was pistoled in Chatham
Square the other night. The roar OF
the elevated drowned the sound of
the shot and he was found In the
entrance of a movie theater. The
picturesque sobriquet was conferred
by his consorts of the underworld.
He made his living lifting leath-
ers" in the subway and that his was
a profitable calling was evidenced
BY the stunty roadster he left at the
curb. His clothes came from fash
ionabIe tailor on the avenue and
! that he had a taste for fine litera-
ture was discovered when pocket
volume of the essays of Anatole
France was found in his coat.
His lair was in a dark under
ground nest Of Chinatown and he
was a slave of the needle and the
pcppy, but he was also a philoso-
rher and some manuscripts found in
lis room showed that he might have
made his mark in the field of bellies
| lettres.
He was just 80 and the records
show he and his Moll often attended
| the opera, dressed in fine feathers,
| but Snip" did not let his hours in
/ pursuit of pleasure interfere with
! his more sordid profession. Several
! jewel robberies in the opera foyer
were traced to him.
He had much of the gift loosely
defined as personality. AS a sales
man he once called on a prosperous
| downtown banker. His glib tongue
! inspired the bankers interest and
he invited him to a club for lunch
| con. They sat in window over
| looking Fifth avenue.
As the waiter went away with the
! order Snip" looked about him and
| across the street staring at him was
\ a Central office detective. When
! the/ bankers attention had been
! turned, Snip" inelegantly thumbed
/ his nose at the mlnlon OF the law.
When the banker went to settle
| the check he discovered his wallet
missing. Furthe- search revealed
/ his watch. a scarf pin and some
/ other vaIuables also missing. snip
escorted him to a police station In
| an auto but when the banker went
/ inside Snip" disappeared.
The next day a messenger dellv-
!
/ was a note which read: 81 robbed
| you before you told me Of your son.
/ Peculiarly we were classmates at
/ college While you can afford to be
I robbed cannot afford to disgrace
! my Alma Mater"
Oscar of the Waldorf.
The illustrious Oscar of the Wal
dOrf served the most expensive din
ner ever served in New York just
/ twenty years ago this week. 1t
/ cost S12 a plate and the elegance OF
| it was first-pa ged in all OF the lead
/ ing journals the TeXt day. The same
| dinner now would cost s86 a plate
| ard Oscar says that II is a staple
| matter to prepare $50 plate dinner.
! Oscar began as n waiter under the
/ late George Boldt. Now he directs
I the, destinles OF the famous hotel.
| He has 10 large scrap books filled
with accounts of his culinary ex-
: plOits.
Permit Actresses to smoke.
Cigarettes are now served with
/ light luncheon during theatrical re-
/ hearsals. Directors were opposed
to it at frst--but after eating the
! girls would sneak ontto the dress
/ iHS iOOlliS dAtir inc VAL abo4s ASOulu
! have a difficult timet getting them
back until they had enjoyed a pun
! or so. The chorus ladies may also
/ smoke between acts nova privi-
/ lNge that was denied them until re-
! Gently although the men could
/ smoke as much as they pleased.
/ Some Academic Career.
Frank Harris. the radical New
{ York editor and friend of Oscar
! Wilde. had a most discOuraging
academic career. according to the
/ latest Who's Who" 1t says: Har-
riS. Frank. ....... educated univs. Of
. Kansas, Paris. Heidelberg Strass-
| burg. GOattingen, Berlin. Vienna
/ and Athens tho Gegrees).