The Washington herald., 1918-01-28

Ne" 1OTk. jan. So'-Ab CdInuei
Pepys would record in his diary: 1t
being kept a great holiday through
the city. / lay late and missed hear
ing my Lord Theodore discuss great
qusetions at a public hall. Breakfased
alone and heard of the death Of Kari
Hall. my old schoolfellow. which is
very sad.
My wife nagging me to let her write
my diary for one day and which in
tend to do shortly. Came the maid
my wife hath lately hired. She is
very ugly but otherwise seems very
good.
Through the town for a walk and
met Ed Wynne, the actor. who called
Trotzky. Russian war horse. A good
japery methought and he tells me also
( OF Nat Goodwin's wheeze that a Yogi
is much like a stogy. that is a Yogi
is a piece OF punk from India and a
stogy is a piece of punk from Pitts
burgh.
For luncheon at a brave little inn
where a ferocious looking man piped
the flagolette and we had a brace OF
stewed carps and a jowle of salmon
and all very merry talking and singing
and came Signor Caruso with a gay
party.
Home and fell to discoursing upon
the fuel situation and many high
| words fell. Mr.. Barker. the barrister,
blaming the administration while 1
defended it and he flung himself out
of the room in a pet of temper albeit
he returned with a walking stick as
peace offering. which l prize very
highly.
This day came a letter from a shut
in women in the west country who
tells me my writings have afforded her
great amusement and much happiness
and in great content. In the evening
to playhouse where only a few came
and the talk is that the managers are
losing money. So home and to bed.
| very late.
The soft collar has become a fixed
fashion. At first it was affected by
the Beau Brummels of the elevator
cable. of the shoe shining parlor and
the fruit stand. Even gunmen were
reported to have worn them. But
gradually rhey worked over to Fifth
Avenue.
The theatrical profession took up
the soft collar. George c. Tyler, Nor
rls Gest. Florenz Ziegfeld and George
M Cohan appeared in them constaptly
and so did Leo Ditrichstein,
| The apotheosis of the soft collar
was reached this winter when William
Faversham appeared in the audience
at one Of the first nights in evening
dress with a dinner coat, soft bosom
shirt and soft collar. In all the tea
/ rooms the silk shirt and silk soft col
lar of the same design are the rule
instead of the exception.
May Wirth is an equestrienne at the
Hippodrome, but she will not be much
/ longer If the management does not
come to her aid and request the men
who announces her act to use more
diplomacy. In announcing her he
says: Ladies and gentlemen, 1 call
particular attention to the extraordi-
nary feat of this little artistic"
War has proved a requiem for organ
| grinders. The organ grinder has quit
piano blasts to grow fat on powder
blasts in the munition factories. The
organ grinder is getting $3.50 a day
now as a munition worker and the in
strument with which he delighted and
tortured are peacefully slumbering in
| storehouses until the Kaiser has been
properly chatised.
In the early days sixty-five years
ago, when Giuseppe Molinari was the
hurdy-gurdy king of Mulberry Ben,
the italian Immigrant could rent an
organ from him, but in later years
Giuseppe made it a rule only to sell
them.
| They are said to be only abou,
fifteen organ grinders working on New
York streets now. There used to be
about 200. All OF them will no doubt
be back on the job to grind out tunes
by the time the boys return from
over there.