The Washington herald., 1916-06-05
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
BY O. O. MCINTYRE

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Special Correspondent OF The Washington B.-,Jd
New York. June L-The dinner hour IN
New York is retresting rapidly. In the
rood old days the dinner hour vas from,
TO s. Now il is between and 10 O'Clock
IN the smart cafes and in many private
homes. At many Fifth avenue clubs tbe
dinner menu is not ready until 10 O'Clock.
The old-fashioned American supper has
long since died. A generation sFo in
New York people were dining between s
and Z. With the change has come the
moving on Of the whole day ss we'll
The lawyers and brokers Of New York
begin work later. lunch later and leave
later. Very few lawyers reach their o.
about 1919.
For better or for worse the larks who
delight to arise with the sun are losing
ground before the owls. whose ewes are
brightest after dark. Between 6 ana 8
o clock is the dullest time OF dsv in IN.
downtown cafes and between the hours
OF 10 O'Clock and in the morning /, IN.
hVeliest tmes-except at Jacks
Edna Ferber was seated a tSherr,,', IN.
other afternoon. At a nearby table vas
friend-s crusty old bachelor. They
chatted back and forth as they diDed
flnally AT an intervening table d vor1an
OF uncertain age seated herself opposit.
sleek looking tango hound all dollcd
Up with pommade.
The woman felt that the other diners
were watching her and Waxed ldtteuish
Tor their benefit II went on all throlgb
the meal Finally the bachelor cold
stand 1t no longer and got UP TO 70 A,
ne passed Miss FeTbers table he sad
Every move PickfOrd. And so girl
ish withsL"
Dr. Arthur Waite attended Christian
science services in the Tombs just be-
fore he was sent to the death boUso 7,
is said that the services intnjre5 IN, -
read the Bible. He told a feIIow-prisoner
aiterwaTd that some reading from Mrs
Lddy's book had Immediately DESTROYED
his fear OF death
PSYCHE analysts might explain On.
thing about the case. Something in Dr.
Waltes manner when he stood before
the judge for death sentence soFtene5
the attitude toward him. The newspa-
pers spoke OF him without referring to
him as q monster
For two weeks the yellow journals have
been stopping over about the case and
the reading public drew q SIGH OF relief
when "Flnis" was written.
Tao little girls. daughters Of famous
'0ii~el' appeared IN princess robes before
[ two real pTincesses in New York last
week al an entertainment given BY Pad
erewsh and Madame PadereWsEi for the
War Children's Relief Fund
The children were Helen and Frances
Chsllf, and they danced Russian folk
dances before Princess Paul and Princess
Pierre TroUbetzkoy. After they had been
spplauded until they were almost ex-
hausted by the distinguished audience
they were personally Complinented by
the two princesses
An interested spectator was wsrslav
, Nijinsky Of the Russian Ballet, who
/ said atterward that the children would,
| If they continued to improve become the
/ greatest interpretive dancers the world
J has ever known. And that is praise In
deed.
The Weasel Word Son is ALREADY on
/ sale in Broadway music shops-showing
that all the song writer's need is an idea
and they can attend 10 the tunes Tn
Pan Alley scans the newspapers every
morning for some neW phrase that will
tickle the public fancy and II the music
/ sharks fnd one the song is on the presEex
/ in forty-eight hours. The best that can
/ be said Of the new song is that Il y
printed on nice white paper. And paper
] Is so high too.