The Washington herald., 1922-06-11
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NEW YORK. June 10.-A midnight
side on a roaring subway express
from Brooklyn Bridge to the far
flung Bronx-some say not flung
far enough-gives a close up of the
row upon row Of fantastic faces,
shifty. shiftiess and stoical. Types
not seen by day seem TO seep from
the tubes cavernous bat-like
shadows at night,
The subway provides its huskiest
guards. fellows with undershot jaws
and bulky shoulders, to take care
Of the midnight crowds. A chlorine
In white shoes sits knitting un-
mindful of the lurching car. At
Fourteenth street a friend joins her
Whats all the scandal in your
troupe. dearie?"
'Nuthin' much" is the reply.
"'Cept Bob's off the needle. Gawd,
what total loss he turned out to
be. Once PLAYING leads-now an
extra for Griffth."
Giuseppe with his gnarled, grimy
hands and red shirt farins at the
throat holds a little garden spade
and rake. He Is undisturbed by
the demoniacal screech of grinding
steel upon steel. He dreams con-
tentedly of the tiny garden in the
tenement back yard
"A grooming negro fragrant with
fumes of water front gin warns up
a. pair of dice with rubbing hands
1t is a certainty he will get off In
Harlem. A haggling old woman
auarrels with the guard in strident
voice. Her teeth are stained black
and wisps of matted hair hang over
her sunken eyes. And her nails
are long and claw-like.
Pale faced men with expression
less eyes OF a fish. their coat COL
lars turned up winter and summer
They are the market stall barkers
and are on the job before dawn.
Night watches with pockets bulgine
from clippings and notebooks and
stamped with the enduring shy
ness of chronic loneliness.
Times Square brings it's mood of
sleek. closely shaven men In gaudy
clothes. Each studies and pencil
marks a racing form to be ready
for the next days high adventure
An odd collection of Humankind
oppressively Sophisticated, manner
less and hard
One of New York's editorial
writers decided that he wanted
surcease from the gruelling grind OF
fast metropolitan existence. He
rented an abandoned farm so miles
from the city. He wanted to study
the wild creatures and get close
20 nature. After two weeks he
gave It up. 1t seems that a moth
eaten deer slept in his hen-house
every night. And he couldn't keep
his shaggy little white dog from
frightening the wits out Of the hired
man.
Fred Detwiller, the landscape
painter, journeyed with fellow
artist into the scenic beauty OF the
Adirondacks recently to do some
landscapes. One day while they
were at work they happened to stray
to a certain peak to view some
bit Of nature. A stray COW ambled
up to the canvas and licked or
all the paint. The artists departed
Immediately. fearing that they
would have to pay for the loss of
they read in a New York newspaper
a dispatch from a small village in
the Adirondacks stating that the
countryside was excited over a COW
that had been giving forth red and
green milk.
This is the definition of golf given
by one of the few of New York's
golf atheists: Golf Is an effort to put
a small ball in a small hole with
Instruments Ill designed for the
purpose.
Street sweepers were washing the
asphalted roadway in front of the
Grand Central Station around mid
night. A stray cat was accidentally
washed into the sewer. Three
sweepers quit work and rescued It.
And the crowd collected $40 for each
Of them.