The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
DOLLY RETAILS SOME GOSSIP OF PEOPLE
 SHE MET IN NEW YORK; AN INCIDENT
 OR TWO AND A STUNNING NEW JOKE

draws an enormous salary and her po- litical articles are regarded as time ly and just and always accurate and conservative.
 I had chatted with Miss Rodgers several times at different affairs and she had been most hospitable in in- viting me to luncheons and parties, and one evening toward the latter part of my visit I chanced to see her down at the Cafe Lafayette; everywhere she goes she is bowed to, and kow-towed to, and ashamed to. as though she were a queen-and she is-by divine right of exquisite grace and intellect. She was adorably pretty that evening, surrounded by a coterie of congenial spirits and she had a brand new story; she's the cleverest story teller I've ever met by the way; being southern, she has a penchant for darkey stories and this is her latest:
 Said she: There was darkey who had saved up enough money to buy himself a watch and so he instantly invested in an Ingersoll; he took 1t home and showed it to his affinity; she was little jealous and suspected that some rival had given it 10 him, whereupon he denied the accusation strenuously. 'Jes' look at hit fer your self an you kin see dat hits not CT expensive watch; but hits CT good one, jes' de same he said. The dusky one took the watch in her hands and ex- amined it very closely, the works and all, and finally spying the letters F. and S. on the watch she said: Oats what I tole you, nigger; now what does dem initials stan fer?
 Flaw honey, dat'S easy,' he said quickly. Doan you know what dem letters stan's fer? Why, dey stan's fer Forenoon and 'Safternoon. Oar, bless Gawd.'"
 Inumerable other delightful occasions might be recorded; but time and space forbid; and then, too one must always come back home and the good time ends at last. It occurred to me, though, coming down on the train that I would like to have added two "don'ts," to 'Lfe's very clever Don't Number of May 4, which might have prolonged my trip namely: Don't ever employ young, pretty society editor on a newspaper, be- cause some nice boy is sure to come along and marry her and the Veteran Newspaper Woman Ga widow, of course, who'll do anything once, and she's done that, and therefore, can be depended on) who is off on a perfectly good ''vaca- tion-ing'' fest gets wire from the pow CTS that be, asking, ''When are you re- turning?'' (when it is known throughout the length and breadth of the office that she intended to stay a month), which being translated into plain, everyday English means, "Get a move on you; you are needed" also Don't ever be induced into buying one of those darned fool ~return trip ticket effects that the railroads bait you into purchasing by their vivid advertising for because you are a woman and you see something marked down. you can't resist the temptation to save your poor little life and on the very day that you have the most important engagement of your visit, the thing runs out and you have to hike home.
 These are two of the reasons why Pm here today pounding a typewriter, in- stead of 1unching with Colonel Roosevelt and getting story for my paper, wa.ch T had an engagement for last Thursday; and filling an appointment with the Princess Troubetzskoy fAmelie Rives, whose play "The Fear Market is one of the most stunning things of the sea son), and also enjoying a tea at Madame Sembrich's, at which the Duchesse de Chaulnes and other notables were to be present, and which the adorable Miss Rodgers had asked me to attend with her. f-Al