The Washington herald., 1922-11-11
NelO York City
Day By Day
d o. @. MeInsyrs.

NEW IOHk~ Nov. i0.-Ih1tnHm
Square was caught IN the lset lap
Of night-the mysterious hush that
precedes the dawn. The chatter OF
elevated trains and the roar Of
trafiic were stilIed. Cooks and
cries. A pack OF alley cats skunk
along the shadows.
The oppressive pail OF poverty
hung as heavily as the river fog.
In front OF a closed pawnshop a
shswied woman huRsed a whimper-
Ing mite OF humanity. At her feet
was an old-fashioned pendulum
clocks pledge for tae morning
breakfast.
A hoiiow-cheeked rag picker
moved along the Curb with his
spiked stick. In doorway a
sprawied figure with morth agape
slept on a rot-gut whisky stupor.
From a Chinatown crooked street
a half-caste woman stole forth for
q breath OF early morning air.
Northward along the Bowery the
dim light OF an Undertaking parlor
threw a dull greenish splotch ON
the pave Then from the East
River tug shrfeked it's siren.
Chatham Square began TO awaken.
The first Of the elevated expresses
came rushing from 1rookIyn Bridge
Fire escapes filled with dressers.
There Is not rom in a crowded
tenement Of mornings for all. On a
hash emporium blackboard a sleepy
eyed waiter began TO chalk Beef
stew ard coffee. Is cents" The
FIRST OF the stragglers seeped up
from dugouts under the Bridge
the shifters and pannandlers
Newspaper wagons numbered up
town from Newspaper Row. Bread
and milk carts added their din to
the gathering crescendo. The
newsies began their foghorn aria.
A hurdy-gurdy ground out Some
Sunny Day" Cleaning women
their days work done-moved
along in groups to mass.
And as I walked to a bulletin
board in front of a newspaper shop
a fresh poster read:
AMERICANS SHOCKED AT EU-
RoPEAN POVERTY"
Real life situations are often too
impossible for fiction. A New York
Judge paid a recent visit to sins
Sing. lie had a dinner engagement
and remained longer than he in
tended. He asked the warden IL
there was a barber shop near the
station where he could be shaveI
while awaiting his train. The war
den suggested the prison barber. He
was very capable. he added The
jurist settled himself in the chair
A prisoner came in and began
stropping the razor. He looked Al
the Judge and they recognized each
other instantly. The judge had
sentenced the prisoner 20 life i'm
prisonment. Il was never so anx-
ious to get through a shave in my
life" said the judge. is Il any won
der i told him once over. please?"
A cross section of the sordid side
of Broadway was revealed in the
criminal courts the other day. Be
fore the bar stood John Paul Jones.
one OF the most handsome musical
comedy juveniles that ever ap-
peared on Broadway. Ee was sen
tenced TO the penitentiary for SELL
ing drugs. C>ce the best-dressed
man on Broadway and still youth-l
full looking. he stood tremblfngly
awaiting the verdict.
Il did not sell drugs he said.
p gave them away. 1t is an un-
written law on Broadway that drug
add.cts supply each other when
drugs run low
Every now and then a build
ing in New York becomes hoodooed
1 for no apparent reason One Of the
most magnificent OF the recent Fifth
avenue skyscrapers is practically
tenantless. II is in one Of the best
corners, the rents are reasonable
and no finer building has ever been
erected OF its kind. All about IL
space is being eagerly sought. yet
there are few applicants for space
In the new structure.
The cruelest man in New York
had his merry moment the other al
ternoon in Central Park. 4 tfm!i
little park squirrel had made sew
eral starts across the roadway. lie
was sitting up viewing his chance
when the cruelest man came along
behind in a low-slung car As he
reared the squirrel he suddenly
swerved the wheel and the squirt!
was crushed TO death. II got him"
I heard him shout to an occupant in
I the back seat Seldom does murder
surge into the heart OF the writer
! but for once I saw the red that
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