The Washington herald., 1920-05-15
New York City
B, o. Q. Mclntyre

New lOrks may lfs--lt 10 pSSoASAS
"a. step from broadway into Forty
sixth street and enter an almost DIFF
lferent world Forty-sixth street be-
tween Broadway and Sixth avenue is
.Movieland. 1t is lined with moving
picture agencies, film clubs and
other organizations devoted to the
silver sheet There are also many
costume shops.
The sidewalks are filled with Eek
dwarfs. old men, men
with long whiskers, side burns, cow
boys, young girls. old women. faces
that are wrinkied, fiabby and gaunt.
There are Chinese, Japanese. In
dams. weatherbeaten seamen and
almost every type imaginable.
They move up and down the street.
gather in little knots at the curb
and there is an atmosphere Of COM
radeship that is delightful. Most of
them have had their big dreams and
are now contented with the realities
of life-a job now and then and the
ordinary comforts.
There are voyages to Florida, Gail
fornia and even abroad for some,
but the majority have only jaunts
to Fort Lee and New Rochelle. Pc
teuliarly they get their recreation in
going to the movies Just as the ac-
tor enjoys going to another play.
Movieland is a street OF rumors
and high hopes. Griffith Is going
a .DA,fonlo Sn and
so has quit starring on the screen
to go into the legit. Salaries VIII
be doubled next year. Mr.. Henen-
meyer will drop the star system and
so on and SO on.
The extras" are at the agencies
at 6 o'clock in the merning waiting
for the early calls. The average eS-
ira makes about $40 a week. He or
she lives In 4 $40 hallroom-for the
days of The Sc ballroom have passed.
The rest goes for food and front
In the good old days, when the
New York hotels were the scene OF
many merry parties, it was quite
the thing for guests to gather silver
teaspoons. napkin holders and sugar
bowls and depart in the merriest Of
moods to add the evening spoils TO
the collection at home.
But those who contemplate COM
ing to New York to filch a few SOU
vcnirs-and who does not?-had best
think twice Eefore filching. Such
hotels as the Pennsylvania, Ritz,
Majestic, Waldorf and st. Regis have
evolved a plan to thwart the filchee.
From hence on the name of the
hotel will be engraved on one side
of the article while on the reverse
side will be stamped: Should this
silver be found outside of our serv-
ice. phone Immediately to Blank
Number" The number Is a detec-
tive agency that runs down swiped
silver.
OF course one will not be thrown
in the Tombs or anything like that
but it will be embarrassing to have
square-toed detective call and
gently ask for the return of the
silver. The losses in silver by SOU
venir hunters runs into thousands
of dollars weekly.
Dana Gatlin, the magazine writer.
always get mail addre 5sed to Mr..
Dana Gatlin, despite the fact that
she is one of the prettiest young
girls to leave Paola, Kans.. for the
lights O. New Yawk. On the other
hand Verne Porter. a magazine edi-
tor, gets so much mail addressed to
Miss Verne Porter that he had his
name changed officially to Hardin
Porter in the New York courts the
other day. Hardin is his middle
name. The first time / met Miss
Gatlin she spoke of being a native
of Kansas l suggested hopefully
that she would no doubt come to
New York eventually. Later I
learned she had lived here twelve
years-longer than I. 1t will be my
luck IL l ever meet Miss Ethel
Barrymore to suggest that she take
IN a Stapa caraar