The Washington herald., 1922-11-15
NesD York City
. ]! Day 81 Day
b Q. o. Melusyss.

NEW YORK. Nov. 14.--A sweep
Ing stretch Of Riversids Drive above
crant's Tomb Il known, a. Physical
Culture Row. II IL the Mecca Of
the outdoor faddists ana begins to
NIL with its strangely garbed
devotees N the sun comes up.
There are bicycle riders. hurdle
Jumpers. barefoot dew walkers.
runners and early morning steppers.
Medicine balls ny through the AIR
ana there Is even an Australian
boomerang thrower who keeps up
his practice. Too, there IL one group
that whistles. They are singers
VINO have new theory
Now and then the picturesque old
Roman, William MuIdoon, on an
early trip from White Plains to New
York. stops alonl. the "row" and
mods his approval. The tedium Of
the bank clerk and once worker In
greatly iightensd by the morning
pow-wow. -
New York is a sluggish city.
There are very few of those brisk
young mon who can touch the hoor
twenty times before breakfast with
out fainting. subways ana elevated
nave almost made walking " lost
art. Strangers invariably comment
about the New York tailor"
In a downtown office building re-
Gently twenty-five employees were
gathered together for examination
/ for q form Of blanket insurance.
Not one weighed more than 13s
pounds and one tipped the beam at
ninety-eight. He said he didn't
walk because he had a corn.
Physical Culture Row was started
by chif-dweller In q Drive apart
ment who took his dog over each
morning for a romp on a grassy
spot. He soon noticed that he was
developing a healthy breakfast
appetite.
He got his whole family out. Then
he told others and a playground
bloomed magically. The New
Yorker Is SO cramped and hedged In
by buildings that he welcomes the
open spaces. IL he can find them.
The fact that the physical culturists
are violating city ordinance by
trampling upon grass is being
sensib1y overlooked by the mounted
police. They gallop by. looking the
other way.
1t is said that Flo Ziegfeld, the
theatrical producer, spends more
money for living expenses than any
other man in New York-the multi
millionaires included. He keeps a
! hotel apartment. an apartment on
Park avenue, and an estate at
Tarrytown, q Palm Beach villa, and
homes in Paris and London. He
| goes on the theory that the more
he spends the more he must earn
o, yes. he also has a house boat that
y veritable palace. All of which
| goes to show IL pays to "glorify the
beauty Of the American girl"
Little Florence Mills, the mulatto
girl who is the featured attraction
at society's latest sutper club
rendezvous, drives up to the club at
midnight in an imported car,
swathed in furs and cleaning with
diamonds. Social lights who group
about the fence Of the plantation
! setting where she performs wave al
her with easy familiarity. In fact
the night I was there one dowager
who is prematurely young and has
her hair In permanent snarl
tossed her the large corsage OF
| orchids she was wearing.
In the days of Canfeld's gilded
gambling house. he was one OF the
highest fiyers along the Gay White
Way. His bachelor apartment was
| filled with art treasures combined
from all corners of the old world
| He thought nothing of wagering
| $4,000 on the Nip of the card. And
he chartered a steamer once to take
a group Of friends to Europe. He
now has the concession at one OF
the city parks that rents out pony
teams to children. He is crippled
with rheumatism and a cataract has
destroyed the sight of one eve. 81
once gave my butler a Christmas
present" he said. 'that cost more
than I have made in the past three
years"
The term "Ritzing." including an
attitude of superiority. has been
supplanted by the term "high-hat-
| ting" ] heard a musical comedy
/ actress tell a friend that her pro-
ducer was ''high-hatting' her.
II is a story typical of Broadway
| told as humorous story. There
is young girl from a small town
| in the West who came here a year
ago with bright promise. The usual
story Bad companionship. Night
| life. And the crepe de chine idea OF
existence. A friend saw her pull
IT,.
ported car with her own crest on
| the doors.
What are you doing" he said
riding around in a car like that?
What do you expect me to do:'
she replied. ride to hell in a hack %
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