New-York tribune., 1921-10-07

whites in The Morning Telegraph, than
that of Harry Davenport in Thank
You lead NE to it," Mr. Davenport's
performance couldn't be better, but
consider yourself, Miss Leonard, here
by guided, if not led, to the per-
fcrmance OF Mckay Morris as Dr. Will
kcnnicott in "Main Street" He's SO
good you could almost say he plays the
title role.
The DOwntrodden Reporter
r. =. A.: AS a former cub now safely
out of the reach Of City Editors Local
NO. ], want to register the following
moans:
First Hcte.: Somebody or-Other Sey-
lnour, night city editor Of The Evening
sun during the days when it had a
lobster trick. At 3:45 one Monday
morning he sent me, during the apogee
OF hurricane, to interview Pres dent-
elect Wilson, week-ending at Stevens's
in Hoboken. Mr. Wilson was to tell me
whether Mr.. Bryan would be his Secre-
tary of State!-the question having be-
come then what the class in journalism
Calls moot. At 9:45 a. M. Mr..
Wilson pcered through the steam that
was Kissing from my raincoat, and gave
me the startling information that he
was ohso- grateful to the Hoboken
Letter Carriers Association for their
| floral Offering.
Second Hctc: Good old Tommy Dicu-
aide, who sent me out on the funeral Of
General Frederick Dent Grant. The
funeral was postponed, and when re
turned and asked how much | should
write about it he said, ooh, about a
column" and turned away before
could catch the accompanying grin.
1t was my second story. | wrote
column and quarter. not emitting
mention of the precise number of tons
OF concrete that WAS to go into tho con-
struction Of the generals mausoleum
THIRD Hate: Don Marquis, in his ca
pacity AS editor of The Evening Sun
article a "scientific" article. if you
please-on the fate of the Titanic a fter
she sank. couldn't resist toying hy-
pothctically with the thought, buried
away deep in the copy, that supposing
pressure became equal on all sides of
the hulk-and it went down in twelve
miles Of water-it could never com
Hlctcly sink. Like cat proudly bear
ing q prize mouse into the parlor, Don
seized upon the fanciful bit and
splashed it across the page in So point
q
BOTTOM. For weeks afterward
every professor of physics in the world
every druggist, every submarine diver
everybody capable Of taking his pen
in hand wrote to the managing editor
to ask who his young Newton was.
A. Mex.
This is as good time as any to
chuck a bay-wreath, with deep afrec-
ton, at the brow of Mr.. Sclah NJ.
Clarke, night city editor of The Sun.
One hot Sunday night in 1908, as we
were writing a column and half, or
$l2, story, all in rhyme, Of a baseball
game, Boss Clarke, whom We had
caught smiling as ne read the copy.
came to where we were versifying, and
said, Nothing wonderful about this.
Oliver Wendell Holmes did it years
ago, about horse race"
yankees or Giants?' he was asked.
Judge Lands smiled at his inquisitor
and good naturedly remarked:
Il hope a New York team wins
The World.
IT is this good nature, combined with
quick thinking, that put the judge
where he is to-day
Nitellius, the emperor from
whom We get our word "vittlcs" Some
people will remember that after they
forget to-day's orc-Arthur Brisbane
in The American.
We shall try to remember it, though
it upsets all our pathological theories.
Perhaps the series should have been
played, G. G. II. meditates, in Iankton,
S. D., or McGrawyille, N. Y.
"The company"-an this, from Au-
tomotlVe Industries, shows how sonsi-
tive Busincss is-"manufacture motor
hearses and has become financially in
volved as a result Of the business de-
preston"
Guarded as any sport writer Of the
However school is Mr. Frank Tinncv.
Who. endorsing, writes "Beine in a po-
sttloH 70 appreciate q soap OF TINS kind,
feel it is worthy of all the praise it
deserves"
Replying to the esteemed News's
query "Whom do you hope viii win the
series?" six of our contribs hope it
VIII be their old friend Cyril.
Says He Also Had Shoes
The late William Clarke, according to
Mrs. Osgood, had retained the shoes
worn by Lincoln at his death and other
articles having a close connection with
inc end Of the President. The Times.
AS, for instances. socks and goloshcs +?
Don't leave that money lay idle an
other day. advises, in, circular, the
American Adjusting Association, Of
and why not Boston
The La Lorraine will sail to-day. -
Tribune.