The Washington herald., 1920-07-08
New York City.
By o. o. Mcintyre

New York, July 7.-Someone ue
scribed Broadway as a punchpo"i
of champagne with roses noatins
on the surface. and sharp, cruel
piercing briars hidden underneath.
This no doubt proves true TO the
wastrels and cleaners OF the Wnlte
Way who plunge into the buooiing
froth of life for Broadway likes 10
welcome heroes and prove thetn
clay.
But Broadway is not all song
laughter, color and frivolity. Indeed
il is a state of mind-a comedy
tragedy, frown. cynic, optimist. roy
al good fellow and headacne.
The more one studies the most
widely press agented street In the
world the more one Is convinced
that Broadway Is typical only OF
its thoughts.
And there is a soul to the street.
Its aura Is not only the lieht from
the millions OF light that prick the
night sky. Touch the heart OF
Broadway and II is, believe, the
most generous street in the world
Every week veins of sentiment are
tapped deep in its fiinty heart.
There was william Raymond Sill,
former critic of the drama and
later a theatrical press agent. Sill
has made $3.50 a week for years.
But typical of the writing man he
dealt generously with his friends
and when a mysterious malady re-
suited in the amputation OF limb
he was low in fiances.
Broadway was quick to realize II.
Stars came from all parts OF the
country and at a benefit more than
| $4,000 was raised for Sill. Ana
I Broadway returned to it's fun. Last
week Broadway heard that Nellie
, RevelIe was in a hospital suffering
| from a malady that doctors believe
| cannot be cured for two years.
/ Two hours after the news was
received on Broadway a huge ben
! eft was in the process OF making.
| Not a man or woman was asked.
! They volunteered and a big theater
was donated and no doubt Miss
Revelle will be made comfortable
! for life. Nellie Revelle was a cir
Gus and thatrical press agent--an
! old vocation for a won an-but she
was one of the best in the profess
sion. She was a jolly spirit in the
| life of Broadway-and Broadway
did not forget her.
Something has got to be done 70
keep autos from shimmying Off
smooth roads around New York I'm
/ to bitches. The New York State
registrar of motor vehicles in an
| censes Of fourteen drivers. declal es
TIA, tho use If liquor by autUmo-
bilists in this state is on the ir-
/ crease, DESPITE the dry laws. In
! Nav 1919, there were forty-hve
court convictiCns Of drunken opera
tors whereas for May. 1870, the rec
| nrds show f0rty-siX such Conric-
! tons.
! Some time ago | wrote series
of articles called Back Home
! Stuff" for the New York Tribune.
/ \ recent post from England brings
: them to me in hook form selling
| for a shilling. WHICH is more than
! they are worth. But If the cover IS
! to be believed they were written
! by Royal Denlopp. l don't know
Royal. hut My Eye. there's A chap
pic with touch and go. l hope he
gets lost in a London fog and
barks his shins
Away. off in the upper reaches Of
the Bronx they are holding bioy-
Gle tournament. And curiously IL is
proving one of the biggest attrac-
tions ever held in New York.
Crowds motor to the place and re-
main all day. Nearly every car
passing through the Bronx has a
bicycle rider pedaling away flu
riously in the rear. The riders use
the automobiles as pace makers.