The Washington herald., 1917-02-20
New York, Day by Day
BY o. q. MCINTYRE.

Special Correspondent Of The Washington Hersld
New York, Feb l9.-As Samuel Pepys
would record in his diary: For a walk
through the town with Mr o. Townsend
and wife and We discuss Fifth avenue
and its physical wonders, but decide that
to find the real big throbbing heart of the
city one must leave the beaten paths and
slip down the by-ways. Mrs. T. is a lady
OF great character and high ideals and
the world would be infinitely better with
more like her
To the studio OF b. BuCcini, the artist
on the avenue for tea. where / felt i'll
at ease not knowing what 10 do with my
red hands in so DISTINGUISHED a gathering
liomc by stage. where | find H. Webster.
the sketcher. and bride. and they an
nOunCCd that they had come to spend the
weekend. which upset my plans, albeit
composed myself and bid them wei
come.
H. and l discussed the days when We
worked on Il Western paper. and where
when | asked for an increase pittanCe.
they gave me new title. very pretty
and high sounding. hut not negotiable sor
food and sundry things for comfort.
Talk on the phone with b. Hubbard son
Of Ebert and he tells me that the Roy
croft Shops are prospcring which pleas
j
with the passing Of the Frau things
would g" from bad to worse.
Meet Mistress l.. Russell. tho pIay ac-
trcss from Pittsburgh. in the elevator and
she seems sad and tells me Of an accident
which boful Acr daughter. Dorothy. and
required the amputatiOn Of limb in
Pittsburgh. \ big. charitable. lovabe
woman she is. and as pretty as ever she
was when. a boy. I used To wear a
cigarette picture Of her close to my heart
To cafe for snack and a boaker Of
lemonade and watched fox trorters until
early morn. although each time ! vow
will never do so again. And SO home and
TO bed.
Until the other morning AT about nine
O'Clock Nine. Helen Gorthols. sole owner
of the Bon Ton Beauty Parlor. was op-
posed to capital punishment. Now. how
ever, considering things in general and
Jules LOuquer in particular she has an
idea there may be something in il.
When Nine. Helen employed Mons. Lou
Quer as a hairdresscr she noticed as they
discussed terms. that he smoked eight
cigarettes. His credentials were excellent
but the way he shot cigarette stubs about
somewhat alarmed her, inasmuch as oils
switches and tonics used in the shop are
highly inflammable
She finally contracted for his services
on the condition he would not smoke dur
ing working hours. He said he would not
and signed on the dotted line. The other
morning she saw smoke curling from the
booth where Jules was working She
looked in quickly and Jules snatched the
cigarette from his lips and threw 1t into
an open pan. The pan contained gaso-
line and when the fire department ar
rived s@.Ooo worth Of stock had gone T.
their reward.
throng OF A thousand persons gath
cred, OF whom nearly fifteen Watched the
fire. The others ignored the fire and
merely listened to what Nine Helen said
to Mons. LQsIQuer.
Frghtful disCOrd was indicated when
I" musicians OF the FRANKIE orchestra
hcCam" involved i'm Iiriticatiou in the
Bronx court. Ernest de RIazi. who cal
bar" his soul. with a violin at any hour.
asked s3,Hn damages from Frank RaffS
IN" Lass viol. He states that Bats called
j m something in the tea room OF tho
Plaza that is worth $500 of any one =
money. They had just finished playing.
Are You Half the Man Your Mother
Thought You'd HC 49,. when the tiIt II arfrI