The Washington herald., 1917-11-05

New York. Nov. 4-As Samuel Pepys
might record in his diary: Up early
and breakfasted with Berton BraIey.
the poet, and left him to 80 with my
cozen to the flying machine ground at
Mineola. And saw twenty flying ma
chimes circling about. dipping and
dropping. very thrilling
And saw in one machine a Broadway
dancing man who has grown robust in
service and has eschewed cigarettes
and late hours and AYERS he will never
again go back TO his old way OF con-
duct. so help him.
Home through a lonely road and
stopped at an unpainted tavern for a
beaker of milk. and the rheumatic inn
keeper tells of having three sons in
, France and his wife i'll he must do all
the work himself. and We gave him
some extra shillings.
Comes Fred Kelly, the scrivener. in
a gasoline Wagon from Ohio. with
! two government constables, to put up
with US, and we make merry with
| quips and tricks of magic. which 1
would lieter do than anything. And
| Kelly tells me of the new home he has
, bought at the capital: albeit. l won
dered where the money came from.
To a hall where Lord Gerard. only
recently back from Germany. makes n
; speech Much talk that Lord Mayor
Mitchell will he defeated at the polls.
which l hope is not true; yet l know
| little of politics. but he once sent me
o l.. 81 u
never forget.
This day cast NV accounts. very de-
pressing, what with Christmas coming
on and other expenses l fear l shall
he forced to foregO many things For
dinner with my wife. poor wretch. and
for a walk through the town. And saw
David Belasco and Ray Long, tn" oIi-
tor. and many others. And SO home
10 bed.
The sale Of the effects Of Diamond
Jim Brady. business man by day and
boulevardier at night. brought a dis
tinguished gathering Of New York
celebrities at the auction room on
Twenty-third, where his treasures
were sold.
One set of pearl poker chips sold
for S675. A mahogany poker table sold
for 500. One of the articles that eN-
cited lively bidding was a gold theater
pass presented to Mr.. BRADY by all
the prominent theatrical managers.
but which he never used.
A human interest touch was pre-
sented when a former wcll-known
Broadwayite, now living off the
bounty of friends. appeared. He want
ed some memento Of Diamond Jim,
but he had only g. in cash. He was
the best friend l ever had" he said.
Il never was refused loan The
auctioneer generously gave the man a
pair OF Mr.. Brady's gold cuff links.
There they sat. a college professor
and n British soldier. in one of those
spic little cafes OFF Of Broadway. Miss
Chewing Gum. the waitress, was
taking their orders.
There was a whirr of an aeroplanC
overhead. out the door they ran. If
the sun had been shining so as to give
off the proper amount of heat, their
thrOats would have become sun
burned. Which is 10 say, they looked
upward.
Intensely interesting. Almost in
comprehensive"
"a jolly brave chap. bah Jove,"
"Ain't he the grandest thing"
Question: Which said which?
How the bugaboo of the Gary sys-
tenn has affected the school youngsters
is reflected in an incident which oc-
CURED during a recent demonstration
against one of the schools on the East
Side. A teacher saw a group of boys
bombarding a school building. She
grabbed one little fellow by the arm
and asked him what prompted his at
tack.
law. gee. the Gerry sisters are COM
ing" replied the youngster. his eyes
dilated with alarm.