The Omaha morning bee., 1924-10-08
Neu York
DAY by Day.
By o. O. MCINTYRE.

New York, Oct. 7.-They trapped
one of Broadway's biggest spenders,
wanted on a criminal charge, In q
tiny walk-up apartment in Harlem the
other day. He had been hiding away
tectives sought him.
It Is exiomatic among criminals
that the best place in tho world TO
hide Is in New York. And 1t is. Yet
nearly all criminals are captured be-
cause they overlook the first lesson
in detective work: "Cherchez la
fene"
This man had many Broadway
loves. He spent s25o,ooo a year in
the cabarets and cafes but when
cards turned against him out of all
those upon whom he had squandered
fortunes only one showed any degree
of loyalty.
Detectives working on the Look
for the woman" theory found out
the address of every woman to whom
he had paid attention. A sleuth was
instructed never to let them out of
sight.
One night one left her apartment
heavily yelled. She took a taxi to a
subway station. boarded an uptown
express, doubled back downtown and
took an elevated train. 1t was all
done with a rush but she never got
out of his sight.
And he followed her to a tiny
apartment where her fugitive sweet
heart was hiding. He who had tasted
of the sweets of Broadway was alone
trembling from the Indulgence in
liquor. All his fair-weather friends had
Stunned him. His bankroll consisted
of o5 cents.
This Is the inevitable toll Broadway
exacts from those who stem the
whirlpool. And the laughing waters
mock the lips OF those who sink.
Men have been able to play Broad
way a night or so at intervals and
survive but those who make Broad.
way habit are invariably losers.
New York has several lost streets
shinbone Alley Is one. 1t is tucked
away down town and seems uncon-
scious Of the world about II. II Is
shabby and run down at heel. The
criss crossing of cloths lines from
house to house suggests ships aloft
and there is enough canvas strung
on them to send a barkentine spank.
ing along. Many washwomen live in
shinbone alley. There Is the pungent
oder of suds and the smell of cabbage
cooking.
Then, too, there Is Cherry Lane
where city dwellers have fled for a
little Of quiet. Away back It bloom
ed with cherry blossoms. Tt IL the
home of Edna st. Vincent Millay, the
poet. Where there was once an old
malt house there is now the Cherry
Lane playhouse with smart little
porte-cochere. Many sculptors 1--we
there, quite few painters and a
novelist or so. A few years ago a
single cherry tree stood In Cherry
Lane but 1t was cut down. 1t was
old guarded and bit passe.
The other day ] visited man held
In the psychopathic ward of Bellevue
lie had been untrussed by booze and
for three days was In the strait
jacket He had been friend OF other
days--a clear eyed. manly fellow
with much ambition.
What made you take TO hard
drinking?" / asked.
Because I was a damn fool hs
replied.
I don't know how 1t will impress
others but 1t struck me ms being a ser
mon straight from the shoulder
Truth without frills
The venerable orderlles about hos
pitals are odd characters. Each hos
pital has them. They, like the Cherry
Lane tree, are old. guarded and bli
pssse and New York in It's usual
fashion passes them by. They are
very comforting to the sic,.
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