The Washington herald., 1917-03-09
New York, Day by Day
BY O. o. MCINTYRE.

Special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald.
New York, March s.-As Samuel Pepys
would record In his diary: Up betimes
and breakfast with Morgan Kingston. the
tenor, and am fascinated by the English
accent of his brother-in-law and would
give five pounds could I say ''extraordi-
nary" in the same fashion and wondered
what would happen should 1 ever learn
to talk that way and then visit my ma
tive heath.
Receive many messages by post con-
graduating me on my birthday and one
In especial delighted me from my old
employer who said things that were not
true but pleased my vanity.
In the afternoon r. Rohn calls and We
wait for two hours for A. Roche. the
pamphleteer, who by phone said he would
arrive in Is minutes and he came not at
all and we discussed the irresponsibility
of writing folk in general.
For a walk through the park to the
studio of A. Freuh. the artist. where we
find A. Roche and learn that the mistake
was ours not hls-but being bull-headed
offered no apology Freuh displayed to
US the odd toys he has designed since he
left Mr.. Pulitizer's journal and seemed
far happier in pleasing tots than news
paper readers.
Laugh heartily over the Jingle of F. P.
IA. to the tune of Wait for the Wagon"
1t goes:
Wait for the overt.
Wait for the overt.
Wait for the overt act.
'N'weu all go to war.
In the evening to the Dutch Treat Club
show at Delmonico's and see a ludi-
crous cinema-like play. entitled western
Stuff." And NJ. Flagg, the artist. as the
director was screamingly farcical. Joe
Chase as the bartender wore lavender
socks and sang "Over the Bar very
touching And SO homo and to bed.
Policeman Curran was standing on
Seventh avenue the other day when a
middle-aged man with no end OF beard
walked up to him and gave him cigar
box.
"well?" asked the policeman.
Hold that" said the man. until I see
my manager. That is the model Of q
submarine which it has taken me twenty
nor come to the surface and from its
sides can be belched great guns and lit
tie fishes.
My manager has stolen some Of my
ideas and I can trust no one else. so you
hold that until see him and ask him fol-
my royalties. II he does not pay me
will kill him with this without so much
as a word" The man drew forth four.
inch piece Of rope.
When questioned. he said he wai
Charles J. Destiny, inventor OF the Des-
tiny torpedo boat He did not know he
was destined for Bellevue. but that Is
where they took him. whiskers and all
Down at the Friars the other day Rem
mold Wolf was heard telling of a friend
of his who went to a bank to borrow
s., 00C
The cashier took him to the president
in order that the head Of the bank might
quiz him about his financial responsible
ity." said Mr.. Wolf. Fifteen minutes
later the president went to the cashier
and said: Let him have the money. He's
all right
How do you know he isr asked the
cashier.
Hes got an onion breath replied
the president"
Seen around the town: A sailor trying
to comfort a pigeon with q broken wing.
Chinese family in native costume rid
ing atop a Fifth avenue bus A fashion
ably gowned woman weeping in a linnou-
sine. A beIlboy from the Ritz eating in
q one-armed lunch