The Washington herald., 1918-12-23

, special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald
New York. Dec 22-As Samuel
Pepys might record in his diary: Up
early with the III news that my wife
hath pitched upon a necklace. a very
good one, which ends this month with
| great layings-out, but with the dawn
OF the New Year 1 have good health
and gettings. and advanced fair in
the whole of my estate, for which
God make me thankful
To Dominic Charlton's where 1
walked in his garden till he came
from church and read with great
pleasure a sketch by Shaw. satirical
out farfetched The parson being
| come home we talked of many things
1 not agreeing in all things but ina
! him honest and lovable
Comes by post many fyne letters
OF praise for my sketches in the New
York Tribune of village characters
ana they are being copied in a great
London paper. which makes me very
pleased. Through the town afoot. a
| great sleet falling and saw Gene
Buck, the Beau Brummell.. in a great
black fur coat with white collars
! and cuffs and noble Beaver hat
| Talk in the clubs is of a great play
wright who is throwing his future
away by dring and that he hath be-
come great pest in the clubs and
inns with his pickering and quarreling.
poor fellow.
| To luncheon and Lee Meldin tolt
or many famous townsmen of an older
| day and how St Gaudens was drawn
I into friendship with Stanford White
by hearing the latter ascending a
stairway in a bank building singing
| The Serenade' from Mozart's Don
| Niovanni" Both were music lovers
Along the highways the people are
constantly removing their hats to the
courtiers who have returned wounded
! from the wars Many being blind
| some without legs and arms-but
seemingly very happy and all anxious
to get back to their native hearths
To dinner at a new inn on Forty
: sixth street where admission is by
| card and there is no music or dane
ing. but soft lights and fyne service
then to the playhouse to see Back
Home very amusing. and then to
the Claridge to X. o. BIS Christmas
party and came Willie Collier. Sir Otto
Kahn. Sir Henry Doherty, Miss Fanny
Hurst and many other notables. Home
| late and so to bed.
The typical First Nighter at the the
ater is a distinct character in Goth
am. Alan Dale used to refer to the
professional first nighter as the
Death Watch" Most OF them come
in no
parently hope for failure. They are
I always pessimstic. To miss a first
, night means to them loss of caste.
The typical first nighter is always
attired too we'll II on the free List
they make Odious comparisons all
evening long. Before the curtain
arises they pass a CoOlly appra'sinG
eye over the audience and great ac-
quaintanCes with an artificial air OF
detachment
Some lounge about the lobby until
after the curtain goes up so as TO
make it disturbing for everybody In
the row and thereby register an i'm
preston. The men look very digni-
fed.
The initiated will Immediately
take them for cabinet ministers or
college presidents. The women are
curious too. They are a great deal OF
brilliantine on their hair which is
always according to the ultimate
scream in the illustrated ads They
affect thin. black line OF eyebrow.
long cleaning nails and their COM
plexiOns are like ClOissone. They re-
suscitate the latter in the dressing
room during entraCtes.
The talk OF their beaux and supper
parties-ths new hostess at the Club
De Ningt a new salad dressing In
the crysal room and many other
things New Yorkish and uninterest-
ing.
The effort is to give an air Of un-
affected ease and the effect is re-
mindful of Browning "A holiday OF
miserable men is sadder than a
burial day of kings