The Washington herald., 1918-06-13

Special correspondent Of The Washington Herald
New York. June l2-one night each
week there assemblies at Keene's
chop house, former home Of the
Lambs, a group Of enthusiastic nota-
bIes who are quietly doing their share
to bring the Kaiser to his knees. The
group is composed of the braves Of
black and white. the painters Of death
less canvas and illustrators who have
immortalized the girls on the maga-
zine covers. They are presided over
by none other than the great Charles
Dana Gibson himself.
Their table is their trench and II
reaches all the way to Berlin. No
group of men / have ever seen have
such a close knit loyalty for their
profession or for their country. They
are drawing the posters that encour-
age recruiting. boost the liberty loans.
Red Cross campaigns and other war
activities.
They give freely of their time and
brains. and each week they gather
around the table to discuss progress
Progress is a sort OF Ulysses whom
they idealize. He has the happy
idNullN Vi NltnO0I
ling his striking dignity. To have won
the love and respect Of SO fine .
group OF men Is an achievement that
comes only to a few.
He talks to them each week, and
he brings out the best stun in them.
The group is an interesting one to
look upon. James Montgomery Flagg,
with his classic features, is alway s
there. Then there is Charlie Falls,
who wears bangs because his stub
born hair will not comb any other
way. Dean Cornwell and his ever
present flannel shirt is a part Of the
picture.
The night was there Guy Empey
was the feature, and he made the
best talk 1 have heard on the war.
Perhaps he was a bit too bombastic,
but one could not doubt his sin
cerity. Whenever you hear a man
speaking German walk up and punch
him in the jaw" he said. TO hell
with this German-loyalty-td-A America
stun. They are all a bunch of
snakes"
An artist would just as soon miss
these weekly meetings as be miss
ing at the cashiers window on pay
day-and If you know artists you
will catch the metaphorical drift.
And 1 do not believe anyone could
induce Gibson TO remain away. Af-
ter one visit. it would be hard to
poke fun at Macdougall Alley, the
garret studios. Elbert Hubbard ties,
smocks and other symbols of ar
tistic life.
DR.. johnson once wrote: The
world is filled with bores whose SOL
itary virtue Is that they arise with
the lark. They spend all the MORN
ing boasting about it." Padraio No
Ian. New York safe mover. be-
heves DR.. johnson literally.
Mrs. Nolan tried to awaken him
the other morning. She stuck q
piece Of ice down his night-shirt
There was not a bulge. Then she
heated a quart OF water to the boil
ing point and poured IL over him
Padraio stirred a moment and in
Quired IL the morning papers had
arrived.
With a low cry. the wife caught
up her shawl and went to the near
est grocery and secured a can OF
Kerosene. She returned with IL and
when the brave firemen arrived the
kerosene was burning briskIy under
the husbands bed.
The safe mover lay imperturbab bly,
between the sheets and was numb
ling from a book in his hand. 1t was
written by a man named Stevenson
and the passage which he was
mumbling read: Day comes again,
bringing its petty round OF irritat-
ing duties and concerns"
Lower Broadway was thrilled by
a Human Fly who ambled up a
twenty-nine story building with easy
nonchalance. He claimed IL was
merely a demonstration of mind
over matter. IF for a single second" !"
he said after his feat. 'T would per-
NIT fear to enter my consciousness
I would fall to the ground. Any
man can be a human fly IL he ban
ishes fear" And the Broadway bar
flies wondered what he was talking
about.