The Washington herald., 1918-12-19

Special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald
New York, Dec. ls.-The most ex-
elusive club in New York has JUST
been opened. 1t is the "Chateau-
Thierry Club" The dawdlers in the
bar windows OF the Fifth Avenue CLUBS
would count it the greatest distinction
of their lives to join the new club.
To be eligible one must have served
his country-and served until 1t hurt.
Only hospital convalescents In uniform
are privileged to enter the Chateau
coterie. Honorable scars are the oniy
means of entry to this organization
for wounded heroes from France.
The club house is at the edge OF the
East River on Fiftieth street. There
is billiard table. and also player
piano grinds ont the latest hits, one
of the members is Charles Smith, an
Indian. Helis Chippewa COB ana lost
an ear drum in a submarine.
-Four members have lost leg each
and two brothers are there without
their right arms-but they are from
Missouri and you cannot let a little
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living.
The wounded men are always hap
py--it is a strange bit of war psychol-
ogy. In a certain hospltal-I have
been asked not to name it-there is a
plucky young fellow who lost both
legs and both arms in the hell of
Belleau Wood. He is carried about
in basket-like arrangement. His
humor Is efrervescent. He sings with
strange happiness. "Cheero" they
call him. high compliment to bit
OF English slang.
Dollars coud not pay for the pride
the men at the Chateau-Thierry Club
have in their wounds. Between puffs
the boys speak OF the days in the
trenches or of the days lodging sub
marines. There is a bond between
them that exists in no other club in
the world.
There was great happiness in New
York over the announcement OF An
drew Carnegie's daughter. Miss Mar
garet Carnegie. to Ensign Roswell
Miller. She is beloved among the poor.
She made her debut; then apparently
forgot society. She has given only
one or two dinners
Most of her time has been spent
among the East Side poor. She is not
a "friily" type of girl. She is good
looking but very plain in dress.
have seen her often walking around
the reservoir in Central Park with
her father. She gives the impression
OF belonging to the middle classes
instead of being heiress to some three
hundred millions.
Ensign Miller was left great for
tune by his father He has never
been in society. Most of his time has
been spent in Chicago. He Joined the
navy at the beginning of the war.
Once in a while I go to a theater up
on Broadway where there is vaude-
vile. One night last summer 1 went
TO see Eddie Leonard. the minstrel.
After the applause he walked out
and asked if John McGraw was in the
house. No one replied. A few weeks
ago I went back to the theater to see
Miss Juliet. At the conclusion of her
act she walked out on the stage,
looked the house all over and asked:
Is Harry Delf in the house," He was
not. The next week I stopped in to see
Eva Tanguay and after her act she
stepped out in front Of the stage and
asked: rs Wilbur Purdy in the
house?' l am still mystified. II it
is press agent trick 1 cannot see
the point.
sign in front of a Broadway the
ater reads "Mikado." An old lady
passed it the other night and then
turning to a companion. said: Now
1 know why that there Treasury Sec
retary quit his job. He has went and
gone into vaudeville. II gifts 'em all.
He ought to have some dignity
The murder story has come back
to the first page OF New York news
papers. It is proof that the war is
really over. For a long time the muir
der story has been in the background.
The morning World had a story of n
bear escaping in Central Park on its
first page the other day. Welcome
little strangers,