The Washington herald., 1922-08-17
Nev York City
Day BY Day
By o. o. Mcintyre.

white marble and brilliantly light
ed main room of the public library
the heroes Of the penny dreadfuls
of an older generation are being
gloriied. It is called Dime Novel
Exhibition.
The exhibit consists Of more than
i,4oo books. The volumes were
lent BY DR.. Frank p. O'Brien. a
New York dentist. who has made
the gathering Of these dime novels
the hobby of his life.' It IL an alb
sorbingiy interesting assemblage of
pioneer literature which has now
wholly vanished, but which for
generation exercised . profound in
tiuence on the nations thought.
me nrst volume In the series is
dated May. 1859. The stories were
puohshed In pamphlet size with
oeep yellow backs on which were
cuts representing the thrilling
scenes in the narratives. They
portray In vivid language the
trials. failures and triumphs of the
settlers who wrested the continent
from the wilderness.
They abound In fights with In
oians' thrilling battles with Red
Coets. and are filled with the color
aho iife OF periods ranging from
.ne Gays OF the Puritans to the
times OF Gen. Custer. Among the
.,"ries .Tn OF this early period are
Ihe Grizzly Hunters" Indian
LIN I'm. Oregon SOL" Kit Carson"
Tne Texas Spy" The Scalp King"
ana ker Whoop. Ker whoop.'
In the early nineties there
sprans up what was called the
Beadie series dealing with New
iork. Among some of the titles
are: broadway BilIie's Doodle"
Bowery Ben in Chinatown" and
Tne Big Four of the Rowerv :,
TOO, there were many portrayine
tne green countryman on a visit 10
the city. One was called. "Bicycle
boos Hot Scorch. a Story Of the
York" =" Ne"
DR.. o'Brien has also collected
many Of the songs OF the period
Among the titles of the ditties are
Grease the Griddle, Birdie. Dar-
ing. She Was a Clerk In a Candy
store and a Pitiful Sight to Re-
noid. Come Home, Mother. Don't
Roam No More" and Get Ont the
riddle. Pops Comm Around the
corner with His Little Brown jug"
incidentally another mid .v,cto-
ran custom is returning. The
cigar stores are now handling sev-
erai brands of cigarettes that offer
.ne oid-time cigarette pictures. In
tne old days they were miniature
photographs of the stage favor
ites or the day. I remember trad
rhE three Lillian RusseIls for a
Jena FOX and spending a sleeple,,
hisht OF worry. The new picture.
are or motion picture stars. And
out In Plainfield. n. J., the other
oay the natives were stirred by the
appearance of a resident atom a
high-wheeled bicycle.
New York hospitals are filled
WIN sun -blistered beach visitors
nany OF the cases have arrived I'm
anoulahces In a delerium and one
youhe man has completely lost his
o.s NO especial reason Is as
sneo for the large number of pa
S. 80 serious has 1t become
mat All the bathing beaches have
80 vahhers warning bathers
until they have become used
- ,he sun 1t Is dangerous to re-
IN the water or on the
ior more than a half hour.
Hoppy. the famous teIeer,nh
messenger of the theatrical dis.
.rict' has doffed his uniform ana
become an actor. He is appearJns
monolosue that he wrote him.
sei' IN the more obscure tbeater.
On the small-time, but bookins
scouts who have seen him saw thar
ne IS sure to land on the bie.tir,a
mlthin a few weeks. Horny has
iurhIshed material to many com
eoians and has picked up many
extra dollars writing Jokes and an.
ecootes for the newspapers ava
magazines ana
Inc unusual quality of booze tha,
being served to hard drinkers
'nese days has resulted in ne
cuiiar Jargon among its consumer.
Men used to awaken with a "hsnp-
over or "a big head" Now tbev
AWAKEN with what New Workers
call the itchy gibbies" and .tb.
mumbling Mamies." The "itcby
gibbies" describes what in the old
days was known as the shakes"
And the "mumbling Mamies" is
where fellow after a bad night
sits about on the side of the bed
and talks to himself. Lots of 'em
do, too.
There was a party given recent
ly which was attended by w. C..
Fields, a comedian and pantomimist
He is an erudite and cultured man,
knowing his Aristophanes and the
history of his art. Toto. the clown.
was also there, a sad-eyed, shy
little fellw with pathos in his voice
Fields and Toto spent the entire
evening discussing Byron. Shelley
and Trelawny. All the while a
guest watched them, hoping and
rather expecting that they would
begin striking each other over the
heads with slap-sticks at any mo-
ment
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