The Washington herald., 1921-12-21
M'ugTYRE TELLS
OF HOT-DOC MAN
BEING ROUNDED
Vacuum Peanuts, Ham.
less Sandwiches Figure
At Polo Grounds.
BY o. o. M'INrYRE.

NEW YORK. Dec. 7o.--Harry
Stevens. the Polo Ground hot.dos
epicurean., is in fine moss. Hs
IL being bounded to death bv the
owners of the Yanks. Harey has
slipped along. serving his vacuum
peanuts and invisible butter sand
witches until about all he has 10 q
place at Palm Beach. q town house,
a sextette of automobiles and . few
other trifles.
Now the owners Of the Tanks say
he owes them $1,000 and have been
brash enough to sue him. Away
back In 1918 Harry and the owners
entered an agreement cluttered up
with whereases and to wits and so
help me Bobs where Harry was to
peddle pop and peanuts at the ball
games and was to give the owners
5000 smackers or berries yearly.
Harry found he could only make
$1,000 that year selling ice cream
comes at the top of his voice. He
tried to pick up a little extra jack
selling homeless bacon sandwiches
but they didn't go. Then he IN
vented the double Joined peanut
with one end empty-guess which
end the nut is in. But the police
said 1t was gambling and he had
to quit right off.
After that he tried ham sand
witches. You know = ham sand
witches, 10 cents; with ham, 10
cents. Still his Industry languished,
and in the meantime the owners
would pass poor Harry and hiss;
Remember the contractf' Harry
tried slicing the sandwiches with
safety razors, but the profiteers put
up the price of razors and hooey!
went another hope.
Tough world. No end. Going
home nights tears would splash on
his chinchilla -coflared great coat.
Meadows. his butler, would find
Harry many mornings in the Louis
Quinze room gazing out over the
terraced garden as IL nothing mat
tered,
Lots of times he didn't even care
whether :hc temperature ~of his
bath was taken or not. And tho
villains still ursued him Twice
the case has gone into court. Harry
is getting to the point where he Is
almost willing to chuck II all and
dash right away in his yacht for
the Mediterranean and just cruise
and cruise and cruise.
A group of burlesque girls was
approached in a, West Forty-sev-
cnth street supper place the other
night by a book agent. He had
some volumes of Shakespeare and
all seemed to brighten up with in
terest. In one he showed a pic
ture OF Shakespeare's home at
Stratford-o Avon.
That's where he lived" said the
agent.
"why. 1t is a house?" chirped one.
Certainly a house. Why7"
ct dunno. Somehow I had the i'm
preston that Shakespeare was born
in a Manager"
The six day bicycle race has come
and gone. Madison Square Garden
was packed with enthusiasts who
stay for "a hours at stretch. many
bringing their lunches and pillows.
There il nothing to see save bicycl-
lists with drawn, tired faces pedal
ling the seemingly eternal cycle.
Once in awhile there is a spill and
the audience sits up with renewed
interest. Toughs of the town occu-
py the upper galleries and while
away the hours rolling dice and
playing cards. At midnight smart
crowds come from the theaters. And
New York chuckles at the county
fair.
Women are refusing to check ex-
pensive wraps in the cafes. Twelve
ermine coats have been purloined
this winter and those who held the
checking privileges were financial
ly unable to meet any of the losses.
And hat tipping is slowly dying. The
New Yorker is simply getting tired
of the annoyance and 1t is consid-
cred smart net to tip. The hat
checking concessions in hotels are
going begging. Two have abolished
hat tipping.