The Washington herald., 1917-10-09

Especial Correspondent Of The Washington
Hersh.)
New York, Oct. SIN the large win
dows Of the Millionaires' Club on
Fifth avenue the Four O'Clockers
were lounging about. killing time be-
fore the dinner hour. They discussed
the war. tariff and the increase In
price OF rare old vintages-
AT length one man started q discus
sion regarding the personal qualities
Of recent Presidents of the United
States. Some related anecdotes re-
rarding the nobility of character of
Grover Cleveland. while others praised
the candor and trustworthiness of
President Wilson as exempiified in his
notes to Germany.
Still another spoke of courteous
acts performed by Colonel Roosevelt
while at the White House-and IL was
then that a small man with mutton
chop whiskers, who had been silent
and who didn't look like he had II in
him, offered just one observation.
That single observation was sum-
cient. others Agreed, after he had
been expelled by unanimous vote from
the discussion.
Speaking OF politeness. said the
little man, 'I doubt IL there was ever
a more chivalrous man. not only in
the Presidential chair. but even
throughout the whole country. than
Is William Howard Taft"
why. gentlemen. time and again !
have seen him arise in q crowded car
and where you or I would only have
given our seat to a lady. Mr.. Taft has
given his seat to two ladies-as I say,
the most polite" but by that time
all backs were turned and the tariff
topic was resumed as a fit subject for
conversation.
An artificially exhilirated man was
zig-zagging up Fifth avenue near
Fifty-seventh street, and he finally
stopped to gaze in the window Of an
art show at a series Of paintings.
The Spirit Of '7s." by Willard, with
title attached, caught his rowing eve,
and he gazed on the three figures
with great interest. The fiutist, with
his head wrapped In bandages, fasci-
mated him especially.
Gee whiz," he calculated In admi-
ration, 'the-hic-spirits of '7s must
have had some kick"
wall business men ana DrOk-
ers somehow have a passion for little
notices that hang directly over their
desk. Apparently it has outgrown
the fad period. For years a framed
printed card reading, do II Now"
has hung over the desk of one of the
greatest financial geniuses. He de-
clares it has saved him hundreds or
dollars.
over one desk is big Wall street
office l saw this: THE reputation
that gets you a job will not hold il
for. you. On each new Job you will
have to make a new reputation"
Among those who have notices over
their desks are Otto II. Kahn. Jules
S. Bache, ]. Herbert Case and Max
May.
New York has a young writer who
Is a combination of Horace Trumbel
and William Reedy. He Is S. J.
Kaufman. of the New York Globe.
who got much of his journalistic ex-
perience on Fleet street, in London.
He just ambles about Gown writing
Of things as he sees them. In short,
snappy sentences inscribed In perfect
English he tells stories OF pathos and
OF power. He knows more celebrities
intimately than possibly any other
writer In town, and he knows how TO
make them talk about the things peo-
pie want to know.
A tidal wave of printers ink.
churned to sob sisters gibberish. has
been sweeping New York about the
September Morn Ball" given by the
Bohemians Of Washington square.
The dances continue without police
Interference. and those who attend
them declare they are worse than the
Roman orgies. The guests leave their
modesty and clothes at home.