The Washington herald., 1920-06-17
New York City,
By o. o. Mcintyre

New York. June 1s.-On the sun
ny side of o Harlem street lined
with apartment houses one may ma
an hours amusement In just wateh-
ing the activity of the thoroughfare.
1t boiis and bubbles. SINNERS down
to the oily calm of a southern sea
and flares up most unexpectedly.
enjoyed Il fully waiting for the
lady I most admire the other day
while she visited dressmaker.
A white wing stroiled up from
Broadway with a tin cup he had
attached to his perambsiator. He
had the wrench for the big n.y.
drant and turned 1t on and then
waited. A lady cut diagonaily
across the street. He waved at ner
excitedly TO move on. She stopped
arms akimbo TO know what the
matter was-and she found out
when a great foaming turrent OF
water shot from the hydrant. But
she was untouched and went away
/ smiling while the white wing ac-
tually blushed. Then took long
cool drink from the spray.
A row of mothers sat on the
shady side in camp meeting chairs
knitting, sewing and peddling lit
|
swarmed with baby carriages ana
children. The children play n sort
of hop-scotch game by marking out
squares on the pavement and skip
ping from one to the other. The
| game was progressing with great
! excitement until one curly haired
boy began to mark on the side or
the building. 'Isador" shouted
! mother you stop that of Mr.. Geg-
! &c uhsimcr will get you" The boy
stopped. Mr.. Geggenheimer, one
hazards is the ogre VINO 1anlts
there. Children and tenants in Har-
I lem stand in great fear OF Janltors
these rent raising days.
| An old man with tobacco-stained
whiskers and very bent came doWn
! the street. He stopped every few
steps and with his cane turned over
bits of paper In the gutter all the
way. He picked up nothing ana
with my eye 1 followed him down
Broadway, where he continued his
odd hunt for something. Now and
| then ,blurry figures. clad in kimono
like costumes, would emerge from
the apartments, drop a furry little
! dog and walk hastily up the street,
! Grinning elevator operators came TO
| the doors and yelled across the way
to the neighbor. All seem to be
from the West Indies and have gold
teeth.
| Then a moving picture machine
came. carried by a man In a shiny
blue suit and derby. Three others
joined him. They pointed and whis-
pered as IL in a momentous confer
ence. The children soon swarmed
around them. Windows went up
Clerks left their shops. The news
spread like magic. But nothing
happened. The conference suddenly
ended and all moved away. And
the street died down again. A
drunken man emerged from a base
ment place, batted his eyes at the
sun. took a few faltering steps and
went back from whence he came
1t was probably too good to leave
Then the lady came and l left.
| New Workers are complaining that
they do not know how much they
weigh since the saloons closed. Az
ter a few drinks they walked w
bravely to be weighed. But there
is a strange psychological trend
which tends to halt the public eX-
posure of a mans weight whether
1t be 11S or 320 and consequently
he shrinks from the subway and
elevated scales.
The police have found a new use
for bloomers. In "a Thirty-fourtf
street department store two young
women were invited into the man
ayers office. Women attendant.
were called to search them and
found that both wore heavy pair:
of woolen bloomers larger thar
Henry Hudson's famous leather
breeches. Within the roomy depth!
of these garments were concealed 9
bolt of ribbon. a half dozen pair:
of silk stockings and two silk petit
coats. Department store detective:
always trail the women who carry
large shopping bags. This type oi
bag has cost the stores thousand:
of dollars yearly although they are
constantly watched.