The Washington herald., 1922-05-06
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NEW YORK. May 5.-Morning-
side Heights Is Boarding House
Town. On the fringe of Columbus
University this section Is the last
stand of New York boarding houses.
Ten years ago every shah6y brown
stone front was a boarding house.
Today they make them over into
apartments with a shop blooming
In the basement.
body takes at least one student
roomer: civic duty. they call 1t.
Each type OF landlady Is represent
ed. The commercial one with jing-
ling keys, the weary slattern who
applies such epithets as elegant"
and refined to rooms smelling
with age and the big busted one
who tells OF opulent days down
South over the morning prunes.
There is a cot in every hall and
all the side streets are dotted with
eating places-table d'hote. lunch
counters, tea rooms, cafeterias.
coffee shops and sandwich stands.
The cheaper the price the bigger
the patronage.
At noon the streets are clotted
with perambulatoing food wagons
hot buns. stesming doughnuts.
fried fish and the like. Footballish
fellows with conquering pompa-,
dours stroll with college fiappers In
goloshes. There is high hearted
talk of fudge parties. class skip
ping and secret societies and some
of the co-eds smoke cigarettes as
they walk.
Popderous looking. but underpaid
professors stink into the little hole
in the wall places to snatch an in
digestible bun between classes. In
one street are the following eater
les. The Spinning Wheel, Hamburg
Joe, The Cats Meow. The Alpha
and Omega. Boston Ted, The Har-
lequin. Eatabite and Cozy Cave.
At night romance comes to Board
ing House Town. Just a few blocks
away is Riverside Drive with the
black waters Of the Hudson gleam-
ing with reflected lights. The
benches are filled with hand-hold-
| ing students and sailors with
boarding house maids, bit more
cavemannish in their love making.
A theatrical Sunday writer was
sent to visit a new female imper-
senator who is trying to outjulian-
eltinge his profession. The imper-
room on a chaise Tongue his legs
crossed very unladylike- He was
dressed like Partisan fashion
plate but there was a noticeable
little puff in one rouged cheek. AS
he talked of his art, he suddenly
| puckered his mouth in the direc-
tion of a yawning cuspidor. BE
careful" shouted his dresser. don't
spit any tobacco Juice on your silk
lingerie"
1t is a gloomy view that Joseph
Hergesheimer takes of the career
of, writing. Unless struggling
author is endowed with an income,
he says. his chances of success are
| exceedingly slim. 1t is true that
most novelists in their earlier pc
RODS are forced TO write for popu-
lar magazines or hire themselves to
newspapers and this, IL writing is
| great art, prevents the leisure
| that is necessary. There is some
Justification for Mr.. Hergesheimer's
views. Six of the most popular
novels of the past year were writ
ten by men who had plenty of quiet
and leisure and many other novels
written by men under pressure of
debt failed and in most cases the
writers of the failures were better
equipped from purely literary
standpoint. Two New York novel
lists who have had several successes
went through bankruptcy this win
ter.
On the other hand Arthur Somers
Roche wrote Loot" which was one
of the best mystery stories ever
| written. in three weeks. He was
broka at the time