The Washington herald., 1922-06-29
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craze for news photographs in New
York has opened up new channels OF
free puffery for those who thrive on
publicity. An obscure dancer going
abroad is on the first page before she
reaches the three mile iimit--that is.
II she will pose stockingless on the
promenade deck.
Vaudeville actors don trick clothes
and achieve the same page by merely
walking down Broadway, where the
Photographic sharks lie in wait for
heeting flashes of the odd and bizarre.
The success Of one illustrated paper,
fashioned after the London Mirror.
has caused other New York news.
papers to plunge madly into an orgy
OF picture pages.
TWO evening newspapers are now
printing a 10 o'clock edition composed
entirely Of news photographs. 1t is.
| OF course. passing fad. and will be
followed by journalistic sanity. In
the meanwhile the publicity seekers
| are fattening their clipping books to
the bursting point.
Society folk are actually calling up
the photographers when a new frock
arrives from the modiste. Then they
pose in front Of their homes--careless
like as IL they had been caught un-
awaIes.
| The news Photographic are hard
| noiled' young men with ready fists
When they go after a photograph
they get it-no matter IL the subject
Is John d. Rockefeller or a sandwich
vender.
The huskiest OF the lot cover the
Criminal Courts Building. where they
attempt to photograph lady murderers
and pardoned criminals In the pub
lie eye. They have been shot at by
lrate prisoners, but they got their
pictures. They are men who could
easily carry a message to Garcia
perhaps before breakfast
Two vaudeville .actors met in the
lobby OF the n. V. A. Club. "How's
the new act going?" inquired one.
Great" said the other, 'ft is the
biggest sensation next to RADIO
Manhattan's street gamins have un-
| questioned courage. They begin early
10 hate the corner cop and bait him
| Many East Side youngsters invade
Central Park in the early evening and
attempt TO swim in the sparkling
| fountain at Columbus circle OF course
they are not allowed there, but the
invading army has its pickets TO
watch forSeops and the rest plunge
| into the cooling waters while the pa
trolmen are out OF sight. They will
to
OF the fountain, splash water on the
despo!lers of their pleasure. then hoot
and run. They enjoy being chased
| and they carry heavy stones to hurl
at the police as they run away.
The women agents provocateur of
the sightseeing buses that line the
Broadway curbs have gone on strike
They are known as "decoys" They
work in pairs and sit nice and COM
fortably in one of the rear seats in
| the role of unsophisticated provincial
ity. People will get in bus partly
hlled, but an empty bus never at.
| tracts the sightseer. So the "decoys'
lure the hesitant fare The women
are paid So day. They now ask for
81 day and Sunday on As Sunday
is the biggest day the proprietors are
firm in the refusal to grant that par
ticular demand.
The patient, scrawny women who
stand in the glare of the theater
lobbies selling the birth control
| journals have been ordered away
from the curb. They are standing
now in the darkened side streets
gently calling out to passersby.
They are usually dressed in gray
and seem to be immersed in dis
pair. The corner cop at Forty
seventh street and Broadway point
ed out one of them and said that
he had watched her for more than
| a year and not once had he seen
her make a sale. But she comes
back each day at the same hour
he said, 'and never seems to mind
her failure"
The Rialto now has a japanese pro-
| ducer. He IL Michio Itow, who has
| staged summer revue