The Washington herald., 1920-12-07
HOW TOLIVE
WITHOUT WORK
Cleaners Along Broadway
Invent Various Ways
OF Doing 1t.
Bx o. o. McINTYRE.

NEW YORK. Dec. e.-There are
innumerable sordid ways of making
| a living among the cleaners along
the White Way. Their highest pur-
pose. of course, is to exist4in plenty
without work, sleep Though the
MORNINGS and bask In the white
glare at night. Cappers for gam
bling games, cabaret dope sellers.
escorts for foolish women and of
late the bootlegger. all appear to
prosper without any more physical
enort than the cunning. broad grin.
But OF late Broadway has a. new
bird Of prey. In the peculiar jargon
OF the street he is known as a simH
trailer-the name implying siangily
his job. He trails simps. A simp is
a mental vacuum Of the male per-
suasion who has plenty Of money
and Is looking for the hioh spots of
pleasure.
one OF the most prosperous in this
new profession is a head waiter who
mas an acquaintance with any num-
Der of beautiful show girls who
drift into his place after the ~theater.
When he has q simp ready to be
tapped for the simples. he makes It
point to tell some beauty that he
knows a millionaire who is bursting
with desire to meet her.
Very few show girls make mil
lionaires their pet aversions, so the
job of planning introductions is not
dimcult. But before they meet. the
simp trailer makes a charge Of 500.
or more IL he can get II, for the
Introduction ceremony.
He has been so successful that his
fame has spread. When BERTHE
wants to meet Lolotte de We're he
conhdes, perhaps. to some friend.
eventually he learns through the
secret channels of Broadway that IL
ne goes to the simp trailer and fur
nishes him with a century note, the
Introduction will be fixed forthwith
This would appear on the surface
to be a prccarious way of making a
living, but in this particular in
stance the head waiter Is said to
be making 100000 a year on the
side.
There are many ways of seeking
the spotlight. Mr.. William Faver-
sham Is evidently seeking IL
through his announcement of a
movement to have Mark Twain's
birthday made a national holiday.
1t would seem to the casual OBJ
great writer-one who knew his
thoughts on such matters-would
be better fitted for the task. II is
needless perhaps to. add that Mr..
FaVersham Is starring in a Mark
Twain story.
Feathers for trimming on wo-
mems dresses does not seem to be
enough. A lady on Fifth avenue
appeared with slippers adorned with
feather anklet.
Baird Leonard is a columnist on
the Morning Telegraph-the lO-cent
daily journal of the Rialto. All
strangers write addressing her as
'Mr. Baird Leonard" That is not
unusual when one follows Miss
Leonard's really brilliant paragraph
ing. She does not hesitate to men
tion her liking for the cigarette and
cocktail. She even goes to prize
nights. She Is the only woman COL
umn conductor in town and is one
OF the best. She Is a graduate of
an exclusive Eastern school. Her
verses are bright and her comment
on daily topics reveals wide
knowledge of the world.
The report is being revived that
George Bernard Shaw is to visit
America early in January. H. G.
Wells and G. X. Chesterton are
coming at that time and It is said
that Shaw wrote a friend in New
York that he might break a reso-
luton he once made never to visit
AMERICA