The Washington herald., 1918-09-19
By DwIC

New York. Sept 1s.-It seems that
everyone in New York is trying to
decorate conversation with a
French word here and there-let-
ting the verb or gender fall where
they may. Sane, substantial men
and women. show girls, manicure
girls and the few male clerks that
are left are turning to the French
phrases with a talk or fight spirit
of determination.
The simpering young lisper in the
Columbia University campus neigh
bOThood does not quote nursery
rhymes in the old way. She pratt
ties.
DiENrie. Digcrie. Dogue.
Lc rat ascend Thorloge
L'horloge frappe,
Lrat eChappe
Digerie, Digerie. Dogue.
Even the Park Row copy read
ors are turning to fresh phrases in
fashiOning their zippy headlines!
Thus one reads: '"T' is Towns Bette
Noire" over yarn about Patterson.
village upstate, which wants TO
change its name, because most Of
its mail goes to Paterson. y. J.
Paterson. \. j.. is considered A rough
town by many.
At every gathering someone will
pipe up: Have you read 500 10 foo
Oh you must. 1t is by Haingri Bar
booze" Then there are the eN-
ponents Of what New York calls the
"bill-Of-fare French" the suEEes-
tion being that they get their
French from the hotel menus. OF
course. II Is atroCiOus but IL is done
just the same.
En- PEASANT. 1t might be we'll to
face the fact that even though this
is a long war. the French language
will survive it. What II one does
miss out in putting over a French
phrase or two with a punch? No
one is perfect. VOLTA.
VIII Rogers. twirIing his Iariat
and chewing the evcr-DrcScnt wad
Of gum. was discussing spies atop
the FroIics roof. He was remark
ing that the United states was
showing greater activity regarding
spies. You know, he said. Il be
licve the next one they catch they
will put his name in the uapors"
Rogers incidentally is paid 5000
every week for his able manner N
fashioning wheezes out OF the days
news. The papers are still damn from
the presses when his audiences revel
in the pokes he makes about the news
in them.
He came into prominence hv roDinS
steer ut a Madison Square Horse
Show. The steer ran amuCk and dan
ger threatened section Of II" audit
ence. He comes originally from okla
homa by the way of Arkansas and is
part Indian.
He has fine country home adjoln-
ing Fred stones estate at Amity-
Vile. l.. l. Stone, too. is quito a lariat
hurler. In fact. Rogers adr'rs that
he is the second best in the country.
Times Square is the meeting UIaCe
for soldiers and sailors off duty There
is a newspaper stand there selling
papers from every city Of importance
in the United States. SHrawl"d out
. on the concrete esplanadc, the boys
deVour the news from tho home
town sheets. Also a soldier or sail
or knows that if he waits lon= cnou-h
he'll meet some one from home. one
khaki clad lad rushed up to the doal"r
the other morning. Il want all IN"
papers published in St. Louis" he
said. and I don't care how old they
are. This Is the first day I have had
on shore in two months and I'm hun
Gry for st. Louis"
woman created a scene in a Bronx
/ vaudeville house the other night when
Henry Lewis sang I'D Like to Soc
the Kaiser with a Lily in His Hand.
She shouted traitor" and when they
questioned her she said she thought
1t was German propaganda. wv
don't want to give the Kaiser flow
ers." she shouted. We want to give
him hell" Then the lily's signih-