The Washington herald., 1918-04-08

Special Correspondent of The Washington Herald.
New YORK. April As Samuel
Pepys would record in his diary:
Rising mighty betimes and pleased
with the daylight saving scheme
and believe / will do more work
than ever before. At breakfast was
disturbed by the screeching of two
charwomen and they were calling
each other out of name. and one
hurled q bucket of dirty water on
the other. mighty amusing.
This day came my brave new
Mexican hat. very neat. 1 fear to
wear it on account of the testers.
albeit it is q fine gift. The weather
being hot left of my wastecoat
and for q walk through the town
and at a shop I bought a shirt of
pink silk. very gay. and it cost me
nearly two pounds.
For luncheon at a new inn near
the avenue Just opened there and
ultra-Parisian and found it quiet
and pleasing and there came the
publisher of many journals and
man of society and an aviator re-
Governing from a spill who was
brought in in a wheel chair and
there was no music or noise which
Is restful.
In the afternoon with my wife. poor
wretch, to see Mistress Ina Claire IN
Polly With a Past" very refreshing.
and the acting of Mr.. Cyril scoS as
good as ever 1 saw and woman
seated next to me kept up constant
chatter about her cozen going TO the
war which distracted all about us.
By foot through Broadway. which
is all torn up. and many of the side
walks look like the smooth ground
in front of the blacksmith shop at my
native heath, and many walking IN
the streets which were every where
full Of brick-battes and tyles fiung
down tH careless workmen and IN
one spot a gasolene chariot had broken
through the wood covering. Saw Sir
David Belasco in his clerical looking
surtout and his Major Domo, Mr..
Dodge, who has not been trimmed for
several months and has grown fine
beard.
In the evening to the dinner of the
Lotos Club, where l saw Lord Read
ing. the high chief justice. and heard
him speak mighty fine. Home where
read dull treatise on the anatomy
Of melancholy and so TO bed very de-
pressed.
Should men use perfume Many
say they should not and yet in al
most any gathering of men i'm New
York there is the odor of perfume.
Some argue that perfume is disin-
fectant and that they use it for that
reason. Just now there are many
residents of Spain in New York and
invariably they use perfume. One gave
his reason with the explanation: IF
you wear a rose, why not wear its
extract?" Druggists say that they
sell as much perfume to men as TO.
women. The trade is not confined to
actors either.
Life in New York has varying ef-
fects on its people. One writer de-
scribed the effect as a man splitting
!, against a strong wind-the same re-
turning to his face. Not so many
man left his little home town in
Pennsylvania.
Before he left he went to Sunday
school festival with the girl of his
dreams. Afterward they walked to
a soda fountain for refreshments. She
was fearful that she would not get
home before nine o'clock.
She came to New York later. He
to take her to a soda fountain and
she veered him into a cafe where they
had gin rickies. She refused to walk
three blocks explaining that she had
taxi feet" She smokes her special
brand OF cigarettes. monogrammed.
I At three o'clock in the morning she
wanted to stay up to see the sun