The Washington herald., 1918-11-25
Special Correspondent Of The washington Herald.

special Correspondent of The wsshinston Herald
New York, Nov. 2l-As samuel
Pepys might record I'm his diary: Up
early and find that my head grows
weak lately II l come to drink wine,
but with this celebration and that 1t
seems hard to leave off entirely. To
| heene's Inn for coffee and buttered
cake with honey syrup very tasty.
Out OF brothel near the Broad way
came two women befudd,ed from
| drink and they carried fiagons OF
! wine under their arms albeit they
We're finely clad and looked unlike
wenches.
On the avenue with my dog where
the brute. as has been ms custom for
some months. savagely rushes for a
white spitz dog and seems determined
10 make shcrt work of him and |
used the whip but could not conquer
him. A fellow driving a benzine
buggy did say that the spitz dog be-
longed to Sir Cornelius Vanderbilt
and I said wittily that my dog was
/ becoming a Bolshevik
| To the club where came Mr. Serv-
Ice. the poet, and Mr.. Holman, n
deafe gentleman, and a stranger who
talked very learnedly. and told of
, frogs falling from the sky. ready
formed. and then came two ladies
i from the playhouse who sangs songs
\ to the harpsichon and collected money
| for the courtiers abroad.
| Home where took my wife. poor
wretch. to the man miIliner's and
/ saw the female manikins strut about
| in gay head dress and the place was
| arranged ike n French salon and
lord, the prices! And the man mill
| iner greeted all at the door, a silly
| fop. Many fine ladies' there / hearing
the names Mrs. Benjamin Thaw,
Miss Justine Johnson, the play-ac-
tress. Mrs. Gould and others.
/ In the evenini' with gay roysterers
| to Greenwich Village and to the
Greenwich Mill hard by, a quaint
victualling place. but crowded and all
| the strange folk of the village came
| and a woman danced on the table
and a man fought with soldier and
1 l could scarce keep from watching
| all evening a young girl in green
| frock with beautiful hair and eyes.
To Child's in the early morning and
so home and to bed. resolved to end
the celebrating and get back to my
scrivening with a new earnestness.
! which resolve 7 have made many
/ times before.
J Some time ago predicted in this
column that the large New York hO-
| tells would be forced to adopt a sort
! of glorified self-service plan-an adap-
3 tation of the self-serving. white-tiled
cafeterias. The Plaza. Claridge.
KnickerbOcker and Waldorf. crippled
! by strikes of walters, have adopted
the idea. In many of their tea rooms
and cafes the customers are helping
themselves. and the idea is growing
more popular all the time
| He was a French sailor. You
! Americans" he said. know how to
! fight, but l wonder il you know how
to play" This was after two police
men had struck him because he in
sisted on kissing girl who had
prOdded him with the end of a ticker.
| Nearly all the fights of the peace
celebration were caused by young men
trying to kiss girls. The song that
most of the crowds sang while peace
! celebrating was II Amt Got Weary
Yet"
Theatrical men are superstitious.
! Two of COrt's successes were "r1o
| Flo and Princess Pat" He believes
| it significant that in both Of these
Titles the words began with the same
! letter. Therefore his latest produc-
/ tion. which has just been done out of
! town, is called Listen Lester" Cort
/ is becoming the leading musical pro-
I ducer. He comes from California.
/ Speaking of things musical. they are
. holding morning musicaIcs at the Rilt-
more. The rtaiuments begin at .
o'clock. Galli-CUrCi. Caruso. Ciccolini,
Morgan Kingston and other big stars
have appeared there