The Washington herald., 1918-10-07

New York, Oct. Gas Samuel
Pepys would record in his diary:
Waking from sleep on a sudden. 1
did with my fist hit my wife a great
blow which walked her with pain at
which j was very sorry. This being
my third week in abstaining from
light wine and tobacco, am In great
spirits. / have newly taken TO tea
Ia China drink. which overseas
courtiers are introducing everywhere.
For a walk; saw Lord Secretary
hcAdoo, who is come suddenly from
the Capital and his speech a great
matter OF publique talk and many
seemed to know him and shook his
hand, he being plain man with no
conceits.
stopped this day to see Mr..
Schanz about setting out money for
a winter surtout and l picked a black
cloth with a white stripe. very noble
and striking, and the cutter could
not make the breast pieces double
IL being against Lord woodrov's
wishes, and the price is almost dou-
bled. IL being. / am ashamed to saw
II, near twenty-three pounds.
Toward St Patrick's, where I saw
great lines extending for miles, who
" NltH lllt DoOg VI aOlu A-hE-
dinaI Farley, and the constable said
they had been standing for hours and
seemed not to mind II. To lunch at
Mr.. Flagg's and had sturgeon Of his
own catching.
In the afternoon by gasolene buggy
to Irvington on the Hudson and 70
Mistress Gould's, there being a
charity fete on the great estate, and
gha
her person and the number OF fine
ladies with her, 1 was much out OF
countenance and could hardly carry
myself among them albeit 1 staid
till my courage was up and drank a
and then away.
Home and with Mr.. Galloway.
where We were trimmed by a lady
barber. mine being OF great beauty
and fair talking. and made brave
to carry on badinage with her.
most amusing. and did give her IS
for her pains. Thence TO the draft
burgesses, where they did with much
civility give me my oath.
In the evening TO see a show OF
picture slides and thence over the
Broadway. and as many women do
seem 10 be in uniform as the men.
and all very gay. So home and to
bed.
One Of hfe's quaintest illusions has
been spoiled by a material person
who has written a letter TO the New
York Sun explaining how holes got
in Swiss cheese. The problem is one
that has furnished countless themes
for vaudeville jokes and comic opera
wheezes. 1t is one of the sure-firt
laugh getters in the stage world.
Most New Yorkers, led on by come.
dians. have always believed that in
each valley in Switzerland was ar
old, old lady, with just one tooth left
in her head, who sat all day in from,
Of her little cottage biting the holes
in the cheeses as they were brought
TO her by the villagers who made
I them The sweet pastoral picture was
charming.
But nowl The letter states thai
the holes are a result Of a chemical
action in cheese making which cannot
be avoided.
The Prussians, it seems, have in.
vaded Brooklyn. This was overheard
while boarding an elevated train re.
Gently: Hurry up, Jim. or the WON,
en- Will get all the seats"
This only public conveyance left Il
the dog in New York has closed il,
doors TO the canine. The Fifth ave,
nue. buses now refuse to carry them
For years small dogs could be taker
on Fifth avenue buses. In all thi.
time not one person has been bitter
and no discomfort was reported. A
dog in New York must be on a leas
and must wear a wire muzzle. TIL,
other night in the Bronx three chill,
dren were saved from death by fir
by dog attracting the neighbor.
with barks. Good reports also drift
in from over there regarding Towser
But New York is one city where ht
Is not welcome