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The Washington herald., 1921-01-07
New York City Day By Day
BY o. o. MCINTYRE.

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-Thoughts
while strolling around New York;
There's something pathetic about
grown man in a cart driving a pony.
Ian the Fifth Avenue children have
| ponies. And they cost more to keep
than an automobile. Wonder how
much those men make a night let
ting pedestrians look at the heavens
through a telescope? Delysia, the
French actress. She parades with a
shepherds crook and an anklet
watch.
They say all the clerks in Tiff
fany's now carry guns. That cop
yelled at me for jay-walking. And
my face is crimson. Raggedy East
Side boys playing on the library
wall. That shop advertises paper
suits. II I bought one it would be
my luck to get caught in a shower.
Even pianos are being marked
down. The older I get the more 1
crave an open fireplace and detest
dancing.
A bunch Of film actors. Just ar
rived in New York to make West
ern scenes" The only way to es-
cape the beggars these days is to
become a steeplejack. Not such
heavy lines, at the movie ticket
windows. Those dogs are on their
way to the Bide-a-Wee Home. Poor
little friend1ess fellers. A heavily
veiled woman always gives an i'm
preston Of mystery. And maybe
she has just come from a beauty
doctor.
They call this block Musical
Flats. Most of the musicians in
the theater orchestras live here. I
wouldn't want an office overlooking
Broadway. Especially during the
short skirt craze. The crime wave
is so fierce that detectives are act
ing as buffers in the homes of the
rich. There goes Arnold Daily with
sassafras coat.
1t is tragic to see so many stoop-
ed old men plodding homo, from
work. Their eyes lack luster and
their faces are expressionIess. Dusk
is a picturesque hour. The clat-
ter of restaurant dishes whets the
appetite. Pity the poor fellows who
have to gallop around Central Park
on horse before they show en-
thusiasm for food. could even
eat caulifower.
hard-working editor decided to
spend Christmas in his old-fashion-
ed town in the Middle West. There
was a log fire, apples and sweet
cider and he took with him some
rare books he wanted to read. He
decided not to do any visiting. For
three days he lolled about before
the blazing logs in his pajamas and
house robe. He left of his cigap-
cites and took up his pipe. The
The Washington herald., 1921-01-07
JOHN A. COOK.

lTHERE is, perhaps, among resi-
dents of Washington the mis-
i taken belief that all the equip
ment any one needs to become a
lecturer aboard a sightseeing bus
is a guide book of the city and a
few days experience.
Spoilers" are often turned out
in this quick-lunch fashion-but
not lecturers" You should know
there is a great distinction in the
John 4. Cook, of 127 c street
southeast, at present head lecturer
for the Royal Blue line sight-see-
ing busses, has been studying his
game for fifteen years. Lohg be-
fore he took to telling other 'peo-
Pile things they never knew OF
Washington and it's history, he
spent a period of training at the
Arlington Hotel studying the char
acter of Capital visitors.
In point of continuous service he
is the dean Of WashingtOn's sight
seeing bus lecturers. His claim to
the title has never been pressed,
for there has been no need for it.
On every trip through the city's
streets he proves it. He knows in
timately many of those whose
names are page one stuff in the
daily news AS he guides his
travelling audiences through Wash
inCtOn's cluttered corridors of
fame, he points out to the visitors
faces which are unknown to those
who might have become spoilers
overnight.
In the past fifteen years Cook es-
Inmates he has personally talked
with 100000 visitor- told them
interesting facts about government
The Washington herald., 1921-01-07
Congressnien Judges
+ In LdlU School Debate

Senators Kenyon of Iowa, Ashurst
of Arizonia, Spencer of Missouri,
Representative McClintic of OKLA
homa and Albert Z. Berry, president
of the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company will act as
judges at .the second prize debate
of the Georgetown University school
of Law tonight.
The subject is: Resolved, That
ships of American registry should
be exempt from Panama Canal
tolls" Upholdlpg the Affirmative
wfil be Frank William Cullenp2 Of
New York; John Joseph Darby 20.
and John Emmett Haltigan '2l, of
this city; Charles William Faulk-
ner '22, of Massachusetts; Howard
f. Brecht '22, Of Washington and
Frank Joseph AIbus '22, Of Wash
ington. will uphold the negative.
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Good Morning,
Judge!
BY RUDOLPH PERKINS.
Says Hunger Drove Him to Theft

Says Hunger Drove Him to Theft.
Another man has pleaded hunger
and lack of job as an excuse for
stealing.
This time it is Albert B. Sunday,
a chauffeur, who claimed that after
a ten-day search he was unable to
get work.
The man was arrested with Carl
Bayliss by Detective Frank Alligood
and charged with stealing a laprobe
out Of an automobile.
The machine was parked at Thir-
teenth and H streets, and according
to Alligood, Bayliss stood guard
while Sunday swiped the robe.
Bayliss' denied knowing anything
about the theft. The court believed
his story and let him go.
As for Sunday, the court put him
through a REORGANIZATION.
The judge wanted to know all
about a man who was so near star
vation as to steal. The boys his
tory was not bad, but he failed to
make a clear statement about being
unable to find a job.
However, the court referred the
matter to the probation officer for
investigation.
An Ardent Angry Sutton
James Mckinney was once advised
by his landlord to beat it for the
wilderness whenever he became so
much in love with a woman that it
went to his head.
He did not take this advice, the
landlord said, but kept paying at
tention to Helen Jones, the woman,
with such energy that she called a
policeman.
The girl said she told James she
no longer cared for his company,
and IL would be an exhibition of
good sense on his part to make him
self scarce.
Instead, the evidence showed, he
hung around and threatened to kill
her II she chose another beau.
He even followed her into a drug
store, where she went to phone for
the police, and, it was testified, he
created such a row there that he
was put out.
Previous to this, the girl said,
James made her give back a mani
cure set he had given her. and as
she handed it to him he smacked
her.
The court fined him SIS and suE-
gcsted that he now take the advice
so freely given in the first place by
'A~ landlord
The Washington herald., 1921-01-07
n THE. INoU1RING
NEPORTER
THE QUESTION.
THE QUESTION. :
What Improvements Would
You Advocate for the
New Year?
THE ANSWER.

THE ANSWER.
CHARLES II. MAYERs. preSi-
dent of the North swnshinxten
Citizens Association, 40 Bryant
street northwestI "a branch
pOstofHce, for the North wash-
ington section. At present the
residents of this section are
forced to travel more than n
mile to procure postage stamp.
Washington Topham, 43 U
street northwest. "a general
cleanup of waste and rubbish
in the North Washington sec
tiOn and other parts of the city
before the arrival of the throngs
for the Inauguration eeremo-
nies.7
Gen. CHARLES H. OURAND,
211s First street NORTHWEST, "a
four-room addition to the Gaze
School and an assembly hall and
increased pny for school teach-
ers.". fzS y 'o-'
JOSEPH w. 'CLARY, LEG Bry-
ant. street northwesti sarhe
most-needcd improvement il a
branch postoftiee in the North
Washington section.o ..
CHARLES w. KING. .2,s
Fourteenth street northwest,
''rhat the District Cemmfssiop-
crs take some .rction toward
the elimination of muddy cross
inss where the streets are un-
2ayed.,
The Washington herald., 1921-01-07

buildings, pointed out homes which
once housed the great and have
now slipped into mediocracy, spun
for them yarns which have never
been typed.
From the corners of the nation
during the year just past he has
spoken face-tO-face with $4,000
visitors who chose him as their
guide into fascinating realms OF
facts which need no fiction as a
garnish. From $50 to 200 greet him
daily and IKE Raymond Hitchcock
he can, from his storehouse of facts
infrequently told, warp his Zine"
to fit the moods and characters of
his changing audiences.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-07
Woman Brings Suit
For Alleged Gas Leak

Wanda L. Fraley filed suit yester-
day in the District Supreme Court
for $4,000 damages against Frank L.
Wood, a plumber, and the Fidelity
Deposit Company, of Maryland,
surety for the plumber.
The plaintiff claims that she was
injured from breathing fumes from
a gas radiator which she claims was
not properly installed by Wood. The
surety company is held Jointly re-
ponsible as it is alleged to have
Guaranteed Woods work to be- per-
formed according to regulations.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-07
Wage Board Den.
Aim to ProsecdI

The District Minimum Wage Board
denied yesterday that Il planned 20
prosecute the Nationai Laundry
Company FOR its alleged failure 70
comply with an order requiring the
concern 20 pay skilled female labor
a minimum OF SIS weekly.
The board was sued by the lauA-
dry company to forestsll these pro-
ecutions in order that the courts
could pass upon the constitutional
ity of the law creating and empow-
ering it.
The order requiring laUndries 90
pay a minimum Of SIS becomes ef-
fective, II Is explained. on February
20. and. the board states, at this
dats or at the time it was sued by
the laundry company. there was ab-
solutely nothing TO fear In the way
Of prosecution.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-07

fourth day he was in telephone
communication with his office and
on the sixth day he was started for
home. His explanation was: 1T
cant be donew All of which is not
very lucid.
Indiana the other week to be the
guest of honor at the Lotus Club
dinner. told of a young man from
small village paying his first
visit to New York. When he got
back home he was relating his ex-
periences to the crowd at the store.
He said he was standing in Times
Square one afternoon Just watching
the crowds and finally got to watch
ing the pigeons fiuttering around
the Times Building, A very au-
thoritative person stepped up,
bristling with Importance, and said
What are you doing here?".
Nothing; just standing around. ."
was the reply.s Well, you's doing
something-what is it,, want to
know" and he threw back his coat
lapel, revealing a badge.
II was Just watching the people
counting the pigeons"
There was a half sneer. so.
You were counting the pigeons,
were you? Well, how MANY did you
count? Speak up? It,wilI cost you
81 for each one"
"SeveRteen"-and then he added
to the crowd: But really count
ed twenty" 80
The Washington herald., 1921-01-07
Is Years Gathering
Bits of Information

John A. Cook, dean of
sightseeing bus lecturers,
knows Washington and its
nOtnbles, and the intimate
way he cOnfides with Royal
Blue Line passengers has
brought to him the distinc-
tion of being remembered by
many visitors long after their
initial trip under his guild
ance.
Cook took hfteen years to
get acquainted with the in
side Information tidbIts
which jazz up his 'IIneo and
make the tour of the city
one of fascination for his
listeners.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-07

Gowns, sI.4S-in flesh or white. made
with low V round square neck and
short sleeves daintily trimmed with lace
and embroidery. insertion and edging, or
tailored and finished with French fold and
fancy ColOred stitching.
flesh and white. Loose and empire styles,
Trimmed with val lace and embroidery
simplv tailored. A good assortment Of
pretty styles.
Envelope Chemise, 5sc-in flesh or
cover or Camisole style, tailored, or trim
med with lace and embroidery.
RIoouer. sI.4S-in flesh or white crepe
or mil Tailored and attractively I'm
ished with hemstitching and fancy colored
stitching.
Muslin Underwear Section, Third floor.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-07
January Clearance
Curtains and Drapery Fabrics

CUI VdIIIo dIIU Di dp6I IdDTlCS
kind, at very special prices.
Upholstery and Drapery Fabrics of tapestry velvet
rep PoPhn mercerized danask and others; many bolts
Short lengths of fine Soinch Silk VeIours special S.
yard In rose. blues, gold brown green and mulberry
suitable Tor upholstery, pillows cushions, table runners
etc Lensths S yard to yards Less than half price
Short lengths of soinch Mercerized Poplns, special
SSc yard. Colors blue, rose mulberry tan brown
green etc For draperes upholstery cushions and other
decorative purposes. In I to yard lengths
a7-lneh Silk Velour, very high grade rich green col
orings; lengths up to 10 yards For upholsterv etc
Marked less than 1-3 regular price. Now ss7s yard
Corset Section Third floor
The Washington herald., 1921-01-07
friday
Our Usual Remnant Dav

1t day when preparations mad throughout
selling such
there only kind the
lection is naturally that of the early shopper.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-07
January Sale
Bungalow Aprons

Attractive Bungalow Aprons,
made of percales and ging-
hams, in striped, checked,
Dresden or plaid effects, also
plain white trimmed in colors.
There are all colors in the as
sortment, and they are made
with square, V or round neck,
short sleeves, adjustable belts
and pockets, trimmed with ma
terial of contrasting color or
rick rack braid: Sizes sc to A.
Special, $l.ss
House Dress and Apron Sec
tion, Third floor.
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Offers New and Fine Goods at Remarkably
u Low Prices
d. 8.Dozen pairs Fine corsets, IS and $3.50 pair
An assortment of sizes and styles from finest makes
They of handsome brocades brooches and Cous either
low bust Of wastne models. They corsc that have
formerly sold from $3.50 $50
N Dozen pairs w. & L. Special corsets sa6s pair
Waistline model in pink SATIN with medium length SKIRT
sizes to 26.
100 pairs corsets r. & G. Make
$500 pair; were S. and So
S2oo pair; $3.so and 81.
sI.so pair; 81 and S. 50.
Waistline Lowbust and Misses Corsets; also part
elastic styles in grde models perfect quality and desirable
styles. '' -
Curtain and Drapery Section, Fifth floor.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-07
Very Attractive Are the VdtueS in the
January Sale of Muslin
Underwear

BIOomers, 7sc-in flesh or white null
plain styles or in blue butterfly patterns.
tailored and finished with colored hem
stitching.
Envelope Cbemise, S1.4S-made Of fine
nainsOok, in corset cover and camisole
style, also some in surplice style tailored.
or trimmed with fine lace and embroidery.
in very pretty effects.
Pajsmss, s1.4S-in twO-piece or Billie
Burke style, made OF flesh null, in tail
ored style, with low neck, short sleeves
shirred to form empire style, fastening
down the front and finished with hem
p stitching.
Outing Flannel Gowns sI4s-ip DlsiD
white or pink and blue striped, in high
round and neck, with long sleeces woke
effect finished with hemstitchinE fancy
braid and scalloping.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-07
. January Sale
FlOwered Silk
Negligee

Attractive Negliges Of flow
cred silk, in rose, old blue and
navy, loose or belted style, COL
lar finished with hemstitch-
ing and fancy ruffling, and
trimmed with pockets.
Chsngeable taffeta Break
fast Coats, trimmed with fancy
shirring, rosebuds and pockets.
shirred effect at bottom, and
adjustable belt, in rose, orchid
and blue.
Special, $l0.ss
Negligee Section, Third floor.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-07
Special, $l.9S

House Dress and Apron Sec
tion, Third floor.
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CONTINUED tomorrow
Evening star., 1921-09-25
What 1t Means.

MORE like some strange creature
III from Mars. as conceived by H. @.
Wells, than like d modern commercial
machine is the enormous "hell-dig 1
ser'-a gold dredge used in opera 4
tions in California. These mighty ma
chimes and their work form the CEN
trail theme of new story for the
screen by Byron Morgan. which will
receive its initial screen presentation
in Washington today.
For a number of years California
farmers in certain regions of the
state have waged unceasing war on
the operations of these great ma 1
chimes. Actually dredge is a hug 4
floating ship that navigates by dig
rine its own channel as il goes. win
moving the gold from surface to bed
rock. leaving in its wake the rich
ton soil at the bottom and the glacial
stone deposit on the surface. thus de-
stroying the commercial value of the
soil for centuries.
The war between the farmers and
the gold dredgers is an old story to
Californians. but it is a story that is
new and strange to the rest of Amer
jca, and it was this strange warfare
that stirred the imagination of Byron
Morgan so powerfully that he made
it into a screen epic. =
Evening star., 1921-09-25
Suppose!

CUPPOSE you should be killed and
should awake to find yourself in
Heaven and there you met glowing
spirit all in white that came to you
and told you every wish would be
granted. And you also learned that
your wife was there and when you
met her she looked many times more
beautiful than she looked even on the
night you proposed to her.
And because you wished long and
often everything that was beautiful
and enjoyable was brought to you.
And you and your wife got together
and laughed over the petty bicker-
ings and jealouSies that creep into
life on earth. And you discovered
she even knew of your wanderings
from the path of rectitude while on
earth and where you really did go
on those Friday nights you were sup
posed to be at the lodge.
This situation is declared but one
of the many that arise in Monta Bells
ity playlet and satire in four epi-
sodes which will be seen here this
week.
While in "the Hereafter" the soul
goes through eternity with perfSc-
ton on every side. There he meets
Cleopatra, Camille and Helen of
Troy. There he has all music, every
play that has been produced. every
book that has been printed-in fact,
everything that he can think to re-
quest The atmosphere of the play
let breathes perfection, yet it ends
with one of the most startling sur
prisaa ever seen on the stage.
Evening star., 1921-09-25
One Precocious Child.

MANY people are inclined to agree
with Gilbert in his opinion that
those precocious children who
speak pieces never would be missed
but those who know Vivian Kicker
son. who plays the part of the
mayors daughter in Welcome
Stranger" declare, it is said, that
whatever the poets opinion may have
been, at least she is an execution to
the rule.
Vivian's father was a teacher of
dramatic art. and that is hos she
was launched on an elocutionary
career. When she was twelve years
OLD she and her sister Valeria found
ed the Brooklyn Junior Musical Art
and Literary Society. OF this she
says:
We were an ambitious lot of
youngsters, and we did SO well that
we attracted the attention of some
wealthy people. They took an active
interest In our work, and soon made
1t possible for us to establish a
conservatory Of music and dramatic
art. Our institution became self
supporting in a short while. and we
I'VE gave several plays at the
Montauk Theater in BROOKLYN, and TO
prove our courage We even rushed
into Shakespeare and produced "a
Midsummer Nights Dream and ''The
Merchant of Venice
Miss Hickerson played for a season
in the Crescent Stock Company i'm
Brooklyn. doing important young
girl parts.
Evening star., 1921-09-25
Keith Anniversary.

TOMORROW begins the celebration
in the Keith vaudeville theaters
OF the United States of the thirty
eighth anniversary of the founding
Of the present great vaudeville in
stitution called the two-a-day."
1t began in storeroom in Boston,
where a single attraction. Baby
Alice was exhibited by Il. +. Keith.
Later Edward F. Albee joined Keith.
Mr.. Albee has built palatia! thea
ters all over the eastern United
states. Having established what is
calied the biggest popular circuit in
the world. he turned his attention
to the stage end of the business.
and for this the present-day actor is
everlastingly grateful
The managers were organized to
unite in teamw ork for the aims and
ideals fostered by MIR. Albee. and
then the National Vaudeville Artists
Club was originated and the two
bodies commenced to pull to-
gether."
Today they have 10000 members
flying the N. V. A." with a fire e
life insurance policy for $1,000 each.
wonderful clubhouse, beneficial
fund, prority handling of baggage by
the railroads and a dozen other com
forts and conveniences at home and
on the road under organized local
arrangements for the circuits and
the detached affiliates
For the coming year Mr.. AIbee
promises the greatest stars in every
sphere OF art and amusement in
America and foreign countries
Evening star., 1921-09-25
The Royal Rooneys.

DAT ROONEY. the Second, was well
directed child. He made care
full and wise selection Of his father,
and came into the world the inheritor
of the best talent for dancing the
world has ever known.
Pat Rooney, the First, received the
highest salary ever paid to a vaude-
Vile performer up othe time Of his
death. He was the Irish comedian,
monologist and stepdancer par ex-
the first weeks of proposed tour as
star in play called Lord Rooney"
that the elder Pet was taken suddenly
Ill and died.
Pat II. then mere lad. was with
his father and doing u smart dancing
speciaity in the show. An Irish
comedian named Kelly was engaged
to replace the famous star, but with
out the services of the great Rooney
the play had no attraction for thea
tergoerS. Pat II declares that at the
second performance in Salt Lake City
there were but thirty-eieht people
"out front" by actual count. The
show stranded in Butte.
But young Pat found little difficulty
In securing an engagement, earning
money enough to provide for his
mother and small sisters, who resided
IN Baltimore. he mas danced ana
acted his way ever since steadily up
the ladder of stardom.
Continuing his alertness of judg-
ment, Pat II chose the one girl in all
the world to match his talents. and he
married Marion Bent. Pat was in a
big musical extravaganza in New
York when he met Miss Bent. She
had a small part, and used to tie q
huge Scotch scarf on him at every
performance. Then Pat became in
terested in her, and used to take her
as near her home as he dared. then
run, for she was engaged to a strap
ping big police captain andPat may
have been afraid Of him. He was de-
lighted when the show was sent to
Boston. Pats courage probably rose
rapidly as the distance between him
and the police captain increased, for
it is a matter of record that he and
Miss Bent were married at the Hotel
Lenox on the Sunday Of their arrival.
There is no intention Of letting the
name of Rooney vanish from the
stage. There is now a Pat Rooney. the
Third. manly chap of twelve. who Is
attending a military school on the
Hudson. Pat II declares that this lad
will become the really famous mem
ber of the family. II he does he will
have to be a humdfnger.
Evening star., 1921-09-25
A Fine Characterization.

ONE of the most artistic as we'll as
one Of the most difficult char
acterizations in the performance of
Lulu Bett" is said to be that OF Ina
7 Deacon. played by Catherine CAL
houn Doucet. The fatuous, sap
headed sister of Lulu is portrayed
in manner that must have brought
delight to the heart of Zona Gale,
when that author saw the perform
ance last season in New York. 1t is
so true that the character seems to
have taken life and stepped from
the pages of the book. Miss Doucet,
who is one of the Calhouns Of Vir-
ginia, has inherited her talent for
acting from her paternal great
grandmother, a celebrated actress of
a half century ago.
In the early sixties young actress,
named Mary Provost. came over from
Europe. where she had won success,
and began an engagement in New
York under the management of
James Wallack. She achieved q
quick triumph in the role of Julia in
''The Hunchback." Her beauty was
the town talk and brought to her
feet many admirers. among whom
was a young southerner, one of the
Calhouns. The meeting resulted in
Mary Provost marrying him and CIV
ing up a career in which size prom
ised to be another Siddons
1t was here in Washington that the