The Washington herald., 1917-06-06
New York, Day by Day
Special Correspondent Of The WaSA-
ington Herald.
BY o. o. McINTYRE.

Special Correspondent of The WASH
ington Herald.
New York, June 5-As Samuel Pepys
would record in his diary: Up early
and read the weather forecast of fair
and warmer weather and don my
great coat and with my shower stick
go for walk and my Judgment
proved as ever unerTiHz. To l.. Chal-
us where I marvel atNthe beauty Of
to TerpsichOre.
To a shop where l purchase some
darning thread for my wife, Door
wretch. and find women sitting about
knitting mittens and socks for the
brave men in the trenches. Much talk
OF IL. Broun, the Trbune's dramatic
chronicler, joining the colors albeit a
friend declares that he did it to escape
an appointment with his dentist.
For lunch with J. Page at a quaint
tavern downtown and he said to the
serving man in loud voice, Give me
the best you've got" and then in a
sotto-,Y,oce 1 head him say. For IS
ana asty, was the only worth while
thing served albeit kept my tongue
and did not complain.
On the street stood for a half hour
listening to ]. McGraw, the cricket
player. plead for recruits for Lord
Woodrow's army and navy. As a
speaker he is q most excellent expon-
ent OF the national pasdme, albeit he
did not say "sawr" or '1awr' as do
most Manhattanes-c.
In the evening to the Waldorf to tho
dinner given to Capt. H. Rice, of the
Mongolia, whose gunner sank a sub
marine, and he recalled our meeting
the day before he sailed. A youngish
looking fellow and red-corpuscled me
thought.
To the exercises atop Mr.. Ziegfeld's
Toof and laughed as hard as ever at
the comical jests of W. Rogers, of
Arkansas. Walked home with E. Al
len and B. Dudley and SO to bed.
Time was when the borders of Riy,
erside Drive. skirting the Hudson,
formed recitation space for all mat
ter pertaining to love. Sailors, clerks
and others affected by the arrival of
spring were to be seen dimly by pass
ing auto speeders, telling that old, old.
old, oh! very old story into coral
tinted ears that were made Just for
that.
Horses allowed to stand in the yicin-
ity have been known to start on their
way through q misapprehension that
the noises proceeding from the cheeks
of the wooed We're intended in the
equine sense. In brief. the park has
been popular.
But now stilled Is the voice Of the
wooer and dead Is the outdoor ro-
nance. The automobile patrols-con-
sisting of one fiivver and five sturdy
policemen-pass repeatedly along Riv-
erside Drive. And one Of the peieces
of the patrol equipment Is a search
light The Arcadian line is in full
| retreat.
Downtown lunchers are looking
| sad-eyed. 1t is all caused by another
existence. The domestic, ready-mad6
crulIer. formerlv retailed at five cents
the pair, has now been offered in the
active market at five cents per in.
dividual projectile.
The lone sinker is larger, doughiei
and sweater than th~ old model, but
even the most improvident ultimate
consumer can recognize that he Is be.
ing edged out OF a quantity OF dough
and sugar as compared with the sys.
tenn In the piping times Of peace.
No advance has been quoted on tho
North American doughnut which 4,
fried without the central void. They
still sell at five cents per separate ton
! The air-cooled doughnut, consisting ot
a wreath Of dough surrounding moth,
ing, was seen to be much smaller thar
| the old ones No other furry. an
happy to state. was noted on tn,
doughnut curb.
John Drew has a Germanservito,
who went duck shooting. When h,
! returned. Mr.. Drew asked: ibid yoI
shoot them on the wing!" "Yeh, oT
the reply.