The Washington herald., 1916-05-02
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
BY O. o. MCINTYRE

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SPECIAL Correspondent Of The Washington Hsrsld
New York, May 1.-The Earl Of Lin
erick is In our midst When he IL not
earling he writes poetry 70 keep his es-
tates away from the clutches Of the
sherffs. Some say he is the william who
invented the metre that bears his name
and II 1t is true he should be sentenced
to associate with the Verse Libre group
in Washington Square.
The Earl wears a monocle, Just as any
self-respectinR earl should. He was tot
ing the monocle up Fifth Avenue the
other afternoon when gust Of wind
blem It right out Of his eyes 10 the
asphalt
A low-browed. common person picked It
up and said, Mister l think you've
dropped the crystal out Of your watch"
My word how eXtraw-dinsry!" was
all the earl said. He says he much pre-
fers New York 20 London. for one does
not have to keep looking up in the air
all the time. II seems the Earl had an
! experience recently with a Zeppelin
bomb II almost shook OF his crown
He does not think they are nice things
TO have around the house.
/ Karl X. Kitchen, Of The World, has
| plunged into literature by writing q book
/ between assignments Not long ago his
,
some time in Germany He thought the
material he gathered would make good
reading and a publisher, like BarlEus.
was willin'. so the book will appear IN
very short while
| The son Of F. Hopkinson Smith is also
a new author 10 make his bow. His
/ book is to be published shortly Despfte
Gently it is said the sale for them-Food
or baC-is very big
! Edward Henry Gift. the tariff expert.
was dining the other night in the Union
/ League Club with group Of friends
when he directed Comps snion's atten-
( ton to a very dapper-lookin man with
( a suspiciously red nose, who had just
1 passed.
a very prominent member Of the
LaTChmont Yacht" announced Mr.. Gift
with grave cir.
! "I0 that So" asked one Of the group.
. who as Mr. Cliff knows. always evinces
a strong interest in the doinEs Of society.
What is his official capacity
About three gallons, think" said Mr..
( Gift All Of which shows that the
prominent and wealthy men who loaf at
! the Union LeaEue-despita their heavy
/ business Cares-know how to crack a
I Joke now and then
/ The club is the mecca for the men who
.
an exclusive section Of Fifth avenue and
among its membership are men who have
4 made history-makinS business and
. political deals
, In one OF the al-ni-ht restaurants the
! other night there vas very pretty
young Eirl-of on' of the best Of New
. York families At her side was a tango
worm, who is Of the y pc OF the original
/ social EsnEster"
| A newspaper reporter stopped In for 4
/ bite and saw them. He had the makinEs
Of a fine first page yarn. for while he
was there he saw the girl hand the man
roll OF bills
I u" began To- spend % like drunken Ia "
4 for wine for the house. The girl was be
oming flushed with the wine and the re
porter slipped out to the phone. csIleG
uD the Young lady's father and told him
TO come TO the cafe at once. He pointed
out his daughter 10 him. she was taken
nome. and the reporter went out int
I the night.
, And yet there are many who say the
! New York reporter has no scruples about
despoilinE good names.