The Washington herald., 1920-10-07
New York City
The NameIess Man.
By o. o. Mcintyre.


New York, Oct. C. - Anarchistic
teachings are not alone heard amid
the squalor and the wretchedness
of the East Side. They are some
times voiced in the parlors OF the
rich. People here seem to forget
that in the poorer sections of New
York there are thousands who spurn
radical views and cling to American
ideals as devotedly as those in the
perfumed areas.
In the same building that houses
the Russian Voice, a radical paper,
there resides a little bald, gnome-
/ like fellow who is known as the
Nameless Man. He tolls with pick
| from sunup until sundown in the
! bowels of Manhattan Island, emerg-
! ing at noon to sit in the sun and
wash down his crust of bread with
a flask of cold coffee.
And at night he goes to his small
room, fusty and bare, and the for
eign born come to him to hear the
! wonders of America in half broken
English from his lips. The only
decoration in his room is an Ameri-
/ can flag. He has not yet found
America overly kind, but he believes
in the great country and is potent
force against the waves of Boil
shevism.
| Old Fanny, whose prototype Be
lascO put in a play was once a
! favorite, in a small way, in the
theaters of Broadway. She now
sells soap at dressing-room doors.
TImprOvident, she failed to look out
! for the rainy day, and so she be-
came submerged in the pOlyglot life
/ of the slums.
One might think of her as becom-
/ ing embittered and an easy prey to
the voices of discomfort. But it was
| Old Fanny who snatched "a soap
! box orator off his perch, boxed his
ears and stilled the flow of anarchis-
/ tic OOze that fell from his Shiny
, tongue
! In ramshackle building on
| BroOme Street the young boys of
| foreign parentage gather each eve
ming to sing America" and learn
something of it's ideals. Their
teacher is a man who once followed
( Emma GOldman's teachings until he
saw the folly of his ways.
Last Months Things.
| In a smart tea room the other
! afternoon there appeared young
girl whose father used to live in a
Bronx fiat until the war came and
he suddenly became rich. The girl
was Stunningly gOwned
My gracious" said one of her
companions, but that is a beautiful
frOCk you are wearing"
20, this she said, nonchalantly.
This is one. Of my last month 5
things"
Morning Shirtings.
\ Fifth avenue haberdasher ad-
vrrtises: Smart shirtings for town
wear And there are also morning
shirtings and afternoon shirtings.
And l wonder if there are men who
change their shirts several times a
day. l tremble to think what might
happen if they discovered some
afternoon at tea that they were
wearing morning shirtings"
RAWLINGS of Vanity.
George NJ. Cohan and Willie COL
.
| Someone sent out Il notice that
collier would appear in support OF
Cohen in new revue the lat
ter is planning. Collier retorted
that he didn't have to appear in the
support OF anyone and Cohan came
back with the reply that he didn',
think he really needed anyone TO
support him. OF course, both are
stars Of the first magnitude and
the public knows it and their
/ squabble Is merely the petty raw
lngs of vanity. 1t all goes to show
that there is one thing the actor
cannot escape. no matter how big
! he is. and that is an exaggerated
idea of his own Importance. Cohan
and Collier together and singIy are
GN'ruclatingly funny comedians
, both on the stage and OFF