The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
New York City
By o. o. Mcintyre.
Rich Men Reporters.

hand to mouth waiting for the Big
Chance has always been pretty
much of a ,myth-but just now sew
eral sons of millionaires have been
added to the journalistic f1ock, A
good reporter in New York these
days makes from 500 to $3.50 a
week. But they must know the
town and be skilled in interview
ing.
The newspaper training school
has turned out some pretty big ma
terial in all lines of endeavor.
Frank A. Vanderlip was reporter
before he became big fnancier
Ray Long, director OF all the
Hearst magazines, was police re-
porter. Galliard Boag, a new and
successful theatrical producer, was
on a New York morning paper two
years ago, John. NJ. Gregory, a pros
porous Wall Street broker, was a
we'll known newspaperman. More
than half of the successful play
wrights got their start with brisk
order from a Park Row city editor
But these are all what are
termed self made men. The new
note of wealth in journalism re-
suits from rich mems sons entering
the profession. Cornelius Wander
bilt was one Of the first recruits
He is now on a leave of absence
from the Evening Telegram-hon-
eymooning in Europe.
Bruce McRae, jr., son of veal
thy actor, is "a years old and is
employed on police run for the
Evening Telegram. He covers the
route in a seven-passenger touring
car.
over in the West Side Court,
Roger Batchaelder, %, is the as
sicnment man for the Evening
World. He is the son of rich Wor-
cester, Mass, manufacturer. When
he was married last April. his
father gave him a s25,000 home at
Larchmont Manor. He comes to
work. in a big car.
Herbert Pulitzer, "a, the young
est son of the late Joseph Pulitzer
is on the staff of the Morning
World. He lives at Fifty-fifth street
and Madison avenue!s and has a
country home at Garden City. He
could use a different automobile
from his own garage every day in
the week and wear a different suit
of clothes every hour If he. had the
time and inclination to put on airs
Fred Knowles, managing editor OF
the Evening Mail, started as a re-
porter in Brooklyn a few years ago
He started in life with much wealth
but has worked his way up through
Irving Lewis, of the Morning Tele-
graph, is rich, but he prefers tc
stick to feature writing.
Hurdy Gurdy Disappearing.
1t is a melancholy fact that the
hurdy gurdy is slowing disappear
ing from tho metropolitan streets
The phonograph, the mechanical
piano, the movies and postwar pros
pcrity are to blame. A little while
and the hand organ and street piano
viii be only a memory. Thrifty
Italians have deserted the business
The new organ grinders are the hu-
man fiotsan, and 5etsam that a great
city tosses up to drift about. One
told me the other day that in a
whole day-it was dusk then-he
had collected only seven pennies. He
must pay SS a week for the rental
II the piano. Il have been grinding
away for six weeks" he said, "and
the illObl L llldAt .ONtt tue ICHIdI W e
50 in a week"
Probably there are fewer boot
black chairs on the streets of New
York than in any city OF the first
class in the United States. One of
the gradual changes of street life
during the last decade has been such
an improvement in the shoe shining
ind tgf a-1,
have been removed from the side
walks and housed in frame and
glass inclosures or installed in a
store where the general business of
hat cleaning, clothes pressing and
shoe repairing is conducted with
sometimes a dozen or more en-
ployes.
The few bootblaCk chairs of the
old style now in use for transient
customers on the sidewalks are not
occupied regularly and the license
ts never busy except during certain
hours on Sunday morning.
Bobbd Hair Craze.
The bobbed hair craze continues
unabated. A barber at the Ritz re-
ports bobbing 200 debutante heads
in a month. The bobbed head
sprang like the lilly out of muck.
n lot of free love advocates in
Greenwich Village started the idea.
1t gained impetus when Mrs. Vernon
Castle was shOrn of her locks fol-
lowing an attack of fever. Now the
smartest dressed girls in town have
bObbed heads. On the roof gardens
and in the most exclusive cafes the
pTettiest patrons are generally
bobbed. The fashion grows with the
matrOns. Mrs. Caruso, a striking
beauty of a statuesque type, has
bobbed hair. Even the older ma
irons with gray hair are going in
for the bobbing. 1t has ceased to
be a fad and threatens to become a
permanent style. 1t is convenient
and it is said to give longer life to
the hair. In the exclusive hairdress-
ing establishments the charge now
for correct hair bobbing is SIS per
head.
Contains Powerful Drug.
The Broadway wet belt was
tipped off last week that a dry
raid was near. And the street went
dry in a few hours. Sure enough
the raiders arrived and found no
evidence. This has happened time
after time. The booze dispensers
seem always to be able to keep in
touch with those who know what
is going on. Flasks on the tables
were even barred. OF course the
scare was temporary and soon the
same old places will be dispensing
the same old drinks. One of the
aspects of boot1egging is
to be seen on the streets daily. Men
walk about in a silly stupor, appar-
emily half paralyzed from the eff
feet of some blended poison they
have purchased from the Broadway
army of bootleggers. The stuff Is
said to contain a powerful drug.