The Washington herald., 1920-07-23
New York City
By o. o. McInsyre

New York. July s2.-rhoukht
while strolIing around New York:
BLOCKS of homes boarded. Care
takers sitting idly In basement
doorways. Incurious, unaiert Hun.
ters waiting on the ferry platforms
with painting dogs. Wonder II New
Workers ever heard the baying Of a
hound. That fellow has q buiging
grip. The revenue hounds should
apply the stethoscope. Soft Job the
bootlegger has. All he has to do
is to find people in.
A lover apd his girl holding
hands on a street corner. That girl
with vermillion lips passed ana
sneered. Carpenter and his snappy
little manager on the steps OF the
Elk's Club. A weary laborer mods
on the curb. A popular leading
man with hair Of patent leather
and a ruler-drawn white part. I've
got hair like an Airdale dog.
A tenderloin mission. stays open
all night so wanderers may pray.
A row OF quizzical faces In the
doorway. Flung together line
pile of leaves. Nothing so ludicrous
as a fat man In a pinch-back coat.
But they will wear them, There's
a friend of mine In this hotel. But
/ have an intense fear OF MOTEL
clerks. always approach them
like one does the whipping post
Whenever / near them they begin
polishing their nails.
I'm hungry enough to eat mashed
| a a
little French basement cafe four
wears ago was a sign reading: Din
ner with wine so cents. Holidays
and SUNDAYS rs cents" Now you
pay for pink lights and stuff with
pastry. I'm glad I'm still holding
| out against the tea habit. It's an
awful thing.
A group of immigrants being
shunted from one station to another
by a blue coated inspector. Re-
minds me of calves in a freight car.
Dumb helplessness. There goes
Mrs. Caruso and the infant bam-
bino. Her hair is bobbed. Children
scampering for the park. And the
police will show their authority by
chasing them of the grass.
six Hotels Razed.
Six hotels of great prominence
| have been raZed since the frst OF
| the year to make way for sky
| scraping office buildings. Prohibi-
! ton coupled with the demand for
office space was the cause. Wall
| Street is crowded to capacity and
| Ave new banks have moved into the
Forties starting an uptown Wall
| Street Office and apartment space
is becoming such a problem that the
| island will soon have to be en-
larged or some of US will have to
move.
Just as all of the New York news
papers were demanding action on
the part of the police to fnd the
Elwell murderer, two Central once
men with only a name as clue
started out and in two weeks time
captured Handsome Charlie" Ro-
shore. a dashing young crook, for
the murder of Manuel Cabin, King
of the Spaniards.
Handsome Charlie" was found
in an obscure town in Iowa. He
went home with the victim and In
the night while he slept Roshort
shot and killed him. Then ht
went to a Broadway dancing place
picked up his Moll and went to At
lantic City for a fling, spending
most of his money for silk shirts
and socks and snappy clothes.
Novel Money Making Scheme.
1t developed in police court the
other day that a man who had q
troupe of trained fleas for exhibi
ton at parks around New York
rented out the pocket picking priv
ileges to a shrewd dip. 1t proved
very profitable as the audience had
to come close to see the feas ir
their refined acrobatic and Other
specialties and the exhibitor alsC
was a golden orator who kept tht
audience entranced while his con
cessionaire did the dirty work
Each day there develops some new
way of making a living without
hard work. 1t is very discourag
ing.