The Washington herald., 1921-01-04
New York CITY
Day by Day
By o. o. MCINTYRE.


! Thaw, now merely a Broadway
memory. bobbed up in a police court
on the West Side the other day to
press a charge against her brother.
Out of funds, she charged she had
given him a $4,000 ring to pawn
for 1000 and that he withheld some
of the money. Time has not been
kind to the Floradora girl whose
name used to NIL first pages.
She was dressed smartly-still af-
fecting the white collar and wear
| ing a jaunty tam. But there is no
denying that her beauty is gone.
There is a brooding look of lasting
sorrow in her eyes. Even her mar
yelous profile seems altered. Her
hair has been bobbed and there is
flash of youthfulness in her car
riage, but the general appearance is
that for her the wine of life has lost
| its bead.
Now and then there is a touch Of
that defiance that even humbled the
doughty District Attorney Jerome,
but this is rare and those who have
seen her lately are struck with the
impression that her spirit is crush
ed. And yet Evelyn is still a wom-
an in her thirties
1t seems only a short while ago
that she sat in the witness box, her
feet not touching the floor, to tell
the sordid story, new to the public
but old to the Gay White Way. Ir-
vim Cobb was then a reporter on the
Evening World and Will Irwin was
on the Sun. Both wrote their stories
in long hand and dispatched them
by winged but freckled Mercurys.
There is a story that Cobb and
Irwin, who watched every express
sion Of her face and whose beauty
left an indelible imprint on their
memories, were standing on upper
Broadway recently when EVELYN
passed. They both looked at her.
but she was unrecognized by them.
That illustrates the change that the
former toast of Broadway has un-
dergone.
Evelyn's life,is said to be wrapped
up in her young son and it was to
spend Christmas with him that she
pawned her ring. Her success on
the legitimate stage was due only
to the notoriety she had gained but
in the moving pictures she attained
a certain value and was highly paid.
Those who know her say she is
studious and extremely ambitious
and that moving picture directors
say that with little more expert
ence she has a great career-at least
financially-before her.
The Smiths again lead over the
Cohens in the 1921 city directory.
The Smiths have fifty-two columns
as against forty eight for the Co.
hens-which is a lead of four COL
umns over their nearest rival for
the most common name In New
/ York. The first name in the book
is A. Aagaab and a man with a name
like that is entitled to almost any
thing. In fact he is almost entitled
to new name. Incidentally my
mail will be cluttered up with good
natured Hbes about having such a
first name as odd"
Tombs Prison is crowded with
prisoners as the result of the round
up Of criminals. Two are sleepine
on a bunk intended for one. Most
OF them are young foreigners and
East Side toughs. They sing, laugh
and joke. as II they were on a holt
day outing. When new prisoners
arrive they greet them with Hail!
Hail! The Gangs All Here" The
waiting rooms are filled with young
girls, sweethearts as true as the
movie types: who bring cigarettes,
candy and paper back novels.
1t takes twenty-eight-minu to
walk up thes stairs of the Wool
worth Building. There is a walk
ing club composed of men who have
offices there and twice a week they
walk to the top. All declare the
walks have improved them ply
sically and mentally.