The Washington herald., 1922-11-08
Net., York City
Day BY Day
81 q. @. McIntyre.

NEW YORK. Nov. 7.-society|
mammas are worrying about their
fair-haired boys. Youngsters who
have been born to the purple and
groomed for matrimony with the
eiect are selecting mates outside the
charmed circle. 1t is getting worse
AL the while.
The morning paper is not com-
pietea without the elopement OF a
social scion with an obscure chlorine.
They crank up the bus and hit it up
to Greenwich, where marriage is
easy. Then Dad has to have the
marriage annuIied and dig down In
the bank-roll for what the head
line writer's term Heart Balm"
Ii is not only the chorus that Is
attracting the bloods. A chamber
maid in a Fifth avenue hotel hap
pened to look out a floor. window
into the home of a millionaire. The
/. favorite son was at the window A
Irritation started. secret meetings,
and then the romp to Greenwich.
The bride came over In the steerage
Just nine months ago in shawl and
wooden shoes.
Three Wall street stenographers
have quit their keys for the indolent
life with rich mems sons in one
week. Horrified mothers are en-
ploying detectives to watch their
sons. and secretaries watch their
mails with scrupulous care.
The young husbands generally
L. Oh
clination to marry in their own set.
Said one: "All the so-called society
girls are silly fappers whose only
charms consist OF having money.
They want to lead a butterfly life.
go to teas and eat chocolates in bed
while they read racy novels. The
girl who Is making her own living
is appreciative of fine things we can
give them. They are more loving
and trusting. And they are not
snobs."
So that seems to be a couple or
SO of real hot that's. The head OF
private detective agency tells me
that any number of his operatives
are retained by the month to trail
sons of the wealthy.
The nickel cigar has staged a
comeback. 1t has not appeared in
the classy shops on Fifth avenue,
but II is being sold in all of the
side streets and other main arteries.
1t Is a bit thin from its long exile.
The automatic telephone is now
established in New York at the ex-
change known as Pennsylvania
There are 1.S00 Instruments in the
new centralless district. Upon the
efficiency of the try-out depends the
future of the "hello-girl" in Gotham.
II 1t proves a success all the other
exchanges will adopt the dial sys-
tenn. 1t will, however. take Is years
to cover the entire city. and by that
time most of the telephone girls
will have captured millionaires. and
so they should worry.
A whining little puppy was shiv-
ering on the curb in front of a big
department store on Thirty-fourth
street the other day at midnight.
Late home-goers stopped to pat It,
Soon crowd gathered-one got It
hot milk and another took an old
blanket from his automobile to wrap
1T up. At l o'clock a policeman on
his way home picked up the puppy
and took it with him. There isn't
much news to all this save that 1t
shows a big city has a kind heart.
The pending effort to close Reis-
enweber's, due to violation of the
liquor law, has stirred brilliantly
lighted Columbus Circle In the old
days Reisenweber's was one Of the
gay places of the town. Nearly all
the crop Of expert ballroom dancers
began their professional careers
there. Just as the restaurant was
to be boarded up the other day, a
new court order came in time to
save the place for a whila LONGER