The Washington herald., 1920-06-10
New York City
B, o. O. Melnsyve

New York, June Silt seems TO
the casual observer that New York
is always undergoing one exposure
after another-and nothing ever
happens. The Becker scandal It
was said would, clean up the poi'ce
department and yet every year
there is a new police scandal rear
ing its forked tongue from the
Nth of the underworld.
During the days when the cente.
Of the theatrical belt was presioeo
over by the Bennett owls on the
Herald building and the statue OF
Horace Greedy a little to the soatn
II was said that crime was never
SO rampant. The Tenderloin was
afiar,e with night life. Long rows
of hansoms waited at stage doors
so that their occupants might make
merry until dawn
DR.. Pafkhurst was on the. job ex-
posing slum wickedness. There Is
no change. The stage doors are
now lined with limousines and the
occupants bowl out to the West
chester road houses to make the
night joyful with wine and song.
And DR.. Straton. the newest pull
piteer-re.ormer. is taking DIR. Park
hurst's place. q.
The business of assassination py
motor. car bandits goes on daily.
The searchlight has scared beyond
the clay feet of Manhattan and
found Its face Of brass. Broadway
still has-the same number OF dis
graceful mesalliances and just as
many sons of riillionaires are pay
ing court to mistresses. 1t seems
quite useless to be bothered with
the morals of Broadway.
Nearly every district attorney
has to tight to hold his job. He
Is accused of all sorts Of wicked
ness and his aides are generally
reputed to be grafters. Back of II
all seems to be rotten politics.
Hangers on who live by their wits
spread the slanderous gossip hop
ing for some change SO that they
can get an easy berth.
In the meantime the respectable
element. of New York continues to
live wholesome lives-going to
church. the opera, lectures and the
neighborhood movie. The noisy
spectacular brass-band set whose
escapzdes fll the Sunday supple-
ments Ngo on and on and no re-
form wave ever engulfs them.
Following the closing 6f the
Knickerbocker comes the announce
ment that the Hotel Manhattan
will be turned into an office build
ing. The Manhattan long has been
. favorite stopping place for per-
sons who wanted an atmosphere OF
quiet dignity rather than the live.
illness of some of the newer hotels
Somewhere in this roaring towr
is a press agent crying Aha" and
wondering how much of a raise ht
| will ask for. He is the prodigiou.
| fellow who doped out that stor,
about "T. r. Zann,' and his pet lion
T. r. Zann and the lion were found
in a Broadway hotel when hi!
owner asked that 16 pounds of raw
meat be sent up TO his room. In
vestigation showed the lion hat
been smuggled into the hotel in {
| piano box. And then 10! by pag,
ads in the papers the next day cam,
the news that Mr.. Zann is TO Ap,
| pear personally in conjunction will
the flm. THE Return OF Tarzan.'
Do you begin to smoke the jest, a.
Keats might have said? T. r. Zani
I-Tarzan.. And mo doubt the filn
makers have handed the pres.
| agent a brace of -chevrons.
1t has been some time since tn,
Epublic heard of Nornnan Selby, bet
teri known,aas Kd Mccoy. The KID
has settled down into a peaceful
commercial; life but there are
things that at times stir the slug
gish blood. This happened whel
| Governor Smith signed the stat,
boxing bill That night the KID
and merry party appeared a
Reisenweber's and it seems tha
some plates and cups were thrown
innocently about the cabaret place
But the next morning in court Nc
Coy made profuse apologies. bowed
to the judge and smilingly left tn,
court room promising to keep 81
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