The Washington herald., 1921-03-08
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New York, March THE doom
Of the Herald Building has been an
nounced- One by one the works OF
Stanford White have been destroy
ed The airy lightness, the elegance
of its facade and its studied silhou-
ette have caused many returning
travellers to lift their hats in rever-
ence. Remember me to Herald
Square" ran the popular ditty and
indeed II has for years been a SYM
Dol OF the Manhattanist.
There, was romance about the
Herald Building. 1t lurked in the
grinding presses, the green eyed
owls that looked down on the
iron men who with mighty strokes
with brass hammers sounded the
time on a huge bell.
It's lure was SO appealing that
James Gordon Bennett in his ONCE
IN Paris would now and then close
his desk with a snap and be OF
on the next ocean liner for New
York. The Herald Building will be
scrapped and in its place will rise a
mighty skyscraper to house hun
dreds of Offices.
The Herald Building has had
many famous visitors. Plans for
the biggest news stories in history
wele made IN the counsel room
Nearly all Of the PROMINENT editors
IN town at one time or another
were attached to the Herald staff
, When Bennett fired them, II was
proverbial that they got better
posts. There were times when AN
sntire new editorial staff would
thow up Sunday morning for work.
, list Of Herald "Don'ts" for the
EDITORIAL stan would MI a large
tiEed volume. One order that was
hsrer disobeyed was the one de-
nanding a story about a dog on the
frst page every Monday morning.
Herald Square was honeycombed
With traditions. At night II filled
with odd characters. ''Old Horse
and Wagon" the only Chinese va,
grant ever listed at headquarters,
held forth there after midnight.
fGold Tom" who won his sobriquet
by,. having his teeth crowned with
gold. made a fortune in his Herald
Square Lunch Wagon. serving corn
beef hash and coffee.
I Bn the old days II was the parade
ground for the army of fallen
vonen who came out at night to
PeEuile in their silks and satins
5nd pungent perfumes. Confidence
men, cadets, race track touts, and
stool pigeons loafed in the gin-mills
that abounded in the neighborhood.
Herzld Square was picturesque. 1t
epresented days that were hallow-
ed.but are now dead and gone.
Magenhals & Kemper dropped
out, Of the theatrical world for
eight years. A year ago they staged
a eome-back and have reported
gross receipts from three compan-
les of s1,0oo,o 900. And yet II has
been the poorest theatrical season
IA ten years.
Candles stuck in bottles are no
longer permitted to furnish light
for serious thinkers in the Green
Tich Village sanctuaries of mental
uplfft- The village cleaning has
been almost an institution in itself
and no attic or basement was COM
Hete without IL. The other day
nrsenen swooped down on the vii
hax and snuffed out the candles.
desIaring them to be a menace.
Chndies are old fashioned and
hpmey and take one back to the
days when II was possible to- get
a big meal for 40 cents. Thus the
VISITOR to the village was on his
gpard and ordered recklessly,' He
khsv better when he got his check.
ftr village prices are as high as
atY cafe uptown.
We used to scoff at wrist watches
ahdh now we scoff at the anklet
v;ateh-and yet four women ap-S
pesred on Fifth avenue in a single
afternoon with jeweled watches
strapped about their trim ankles.
o. eourse, Il might have been a
pfees agent nare of the ankiet
watch manufacturers, but a lot of
fadS are given impetus ID just that
s3rti of fashion.