The Washington herald., 1918-08-19
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new York. Aug. Its samuel
Pepys would record In his diary: Up
betimes. the weather glasse showing
the greatest heat Of the year and the
news is that the hot blasts from the
highways have stricken many. Afoot
through the town and in q coach saw
Sir Sidney Drew and Mrs. Drew
drawn by two spotted ponies and the
talk 10 that many are giving up gas
oline wagons for horse-drawn ve-
hicles.
To Rivington street with Jerome
Beatty, the scrivener, and at an inn
We breakfasted on a collar OF Drawn
and the tables were without coveriets
but scrubbed white and the coffee
was thick and syrupy and the floor
was covered with sawdust albeit the
place was crowded and q line watt
ing. These places do spring up eyeIy
whipstitch with great popularity and
then do decay as rapidly.
Came my old schoolfellow, A. Rese-
ner, who is in trade, and Mr.. Braley.
the poet, and all very merry and dis
coursed on this and that and Lord
Woodrow's raising OF the conscrip-
ton age which will take us into the
service. And Mr.. Braley talked witt
ly Of the meatless and heatless days
and the sleepless and sheetless nights.
In the afternoon my wife, poor
wretch, did make brave TO cut my
hair in the back where II sticks up
and did so hack 1t that had to call
the barber in to be trimmed, which
cost me four shillings, and the barber,
a Hollander, discussed the war learn
edly and / invited him for q stay to
play pinochle which piqued my wife.
Came company in the evening and
to an apothecary shop for beakers of
frosted chocolate and the prices have
been so jumped that there was higgle-
haggie with the clerk and yet there
seems no escape from the new price
impositions.
Thence to the Astor Roof Gardens
and many women there In calico
dresses and hats of the same material
looking cool and sensible. Home late
and so to bed.
The war has not entirely stifed the
frivolous. Here and there may be
found a group packing the old noe
turnal punch. Long Beach is just far
enough away fT1n New York for ihe
night-bird reyels. A group OF chorus
girls. noted for Their beauty. and q
crowd OF stage door Johnnies gaso-
lined their way to the beach the
other morning at o'clock. They
rented a private bathing pool and
gave what they called q bubble
party" Wine was served by walters
in bathing suits who carried the re-
freshments out to the middle Of the
pool and served the guests. When all
were properly spiffed a squad Of po-
iicemen SWAN into the gathering and
ordered them to appear before the
reigning magistrate. This ended the
party at s a. m. The pool was closed
all the next day while attendants
cleared out the broken glass ard other
debris.
A psychologist has said thet Broad
way and Forty-second street 10 the
most blase corner in the world. An
actor, under the spell OF his press
agent, walked past the corner one
winter day encased in a barrel
after his show has fiivvered. Nobody
paid any attention to him and he
didn't achieve the front pages But
the other day the Broadway corner
got its thrill. Out of a subway kiosk
came a soldier with one sleeve flap
ping loosely. With his remaining arm
he was plotting another soldier who
hod one trouser leg pinned up neatly
around the stump that told the story.
Traffic stopped. Everybody sazed and
quite number reverently removed
their hats while others acted as self
appointed policemen and made a path
for them. to q surface car. The con-
ductor Of the surface car made 1t his
personal buriness 10 assist the two on
his car, demanding two occupied seats
for them with scant courtesy. II was
left to the ever present street gamin
to express the spirit Of the crowd
"Gee," he chortled, "ain't them guys
some sweet patooties.
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