The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-03-21
New York, Day by Day
BY o. o. MCINTYRE.

| Special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald
New York. March 20.-Pale becomes
the history Of the battle of the Marine
Insignificant the story of the Somme.
| of the Moquin Grill. 1t Is at Moquins
where long haired artists with FLOWING
ties prove by argument that they can
draw anything-eXcept salaries.
In MoQuin's the other night one saw
| at work the fists of fame, the fists of
genius. fists that control brushes that
! are gold banded and tipped with dia-
monds, palettes inlaid with jade, por-
phory and pearl
| &. Allan Gilbert was seated at a table
with sculptors and artists. The subject
of a painting of J. P. Morgan came up.
| Gilbert exploded about it. What a
daub! Name of a dog. what a punk
piece Of canvas.
But" interspersed one Of the din
ers, has the painting no recommended
| ton whatsoever-not a single good
point"
Artist Gilbert thought profoundly
For once his French rang loud and
clear
But certainly-yes. You see I am
| fair, The buttons of the coat-they
were well painted. 1 kiss my hand to
them. They were great"
There was a Peruvian bark. And a
short stout and middle-aged man, Sc
nor Beca Flore maybe-the very one
who painted the picture-jumped up
from another table and the fight was
on.
The fist of genius flew against the
chin of genius. NJ. Gilbert wavered
and took the tablecloth and spilled
the haricots. the soup, the entries, the
Chateua Pape de Neuf. and couple
of bombs mocha that fortunately did
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colors on their pailettes-they mixed
things up. Walters parted them and
there was no decision.
| taxicab taking a couple of fares In
| evening clothes from a private ball at
| the Majestic caught on fire the other
| night about IL o'clock. happened to be
| rived about the same time that the fire
| department dashed up.
| Only the frame of the taxIcab stood
| It was privately owned by the chauffeur
| who was driving it. 1t represented long
| time of saving and while he tried to be
| brave about 1t one could see plainly that
| the loss was a heavy one.
| Many times / have called chauffeurs
| pirates-and in many cases they are-but
| there was a true spirit of brotherhood
| among them. They all seemed to know
| each other and in an hours time scores
of them had stopped to offer their con-
| dolences.
Incidentally I learned by the newspa-
| pers that before morning they had col
| lected enough money among drivers in
| the white light districts to make the
burned taxi over again.
The flower vendors are appearing now
on Fifth avenue and Broadway and it
is a sure and pleasant harbinger Of
| spring. Most of the vendors are old men
and old women and saw that policemen
| asked many of them to move on. A
! rank bit of offciousness it struck me.
They only stand harmlessly in the
! shadows with the flowers in their baskets
| and are never persistent In every city
| abroad flower sellers are permitted. The
same officers will permit boys with pis-
| tachio nuts and girls with cigarettes to
make life unbearable in the public cafes.
| One cannot help but wonder If it is, be-
cause these flower vendors are aged and
accomplishing that they are so mstreat-
| ed.
New Yorker with the mind of an ef
| ficiency expert has discovered that of all
the flags now being displayed in the
| towns burst of patriotism not one is to
be found with the correct number of
stars.