The Washington herald., 1918-10-26

found romance in queer places in
Manhattan. He did not live TO see
Columbus Circle one OF the busiest
spots in the metropolis or he would
have found romance there too. just
as many New Workers have seen for
some time.
She is a tiny. Dresden-china lady
Just bit too frail for this world.
He. stopped, with heavy shoulders
ana snarled brown hands, has the
fercest Of mustaches and the kind
est OF eyes.
Each evening as dusk is begin
ming TO fall over the city he wheels
her chair out OF the Fifty ninth
street entrance OF Central Park.
Many weeks OF these daily pilgrim
ages to the park have acQuainted
psssersby with the two and also
with the man who vends roses.
For each night the flower vender
sells a rose to the old man and
each night the little lady accepts
it with the same look OF surprise
and pleasure.
Apart, they watch the jostIing,
bustling people around the circle.
street gamins, ladies of the Iimou-
sine, jitney folk. chorus girls and
chorus men, but most Of all the
sailors and soldiers who stroll into
the park. girls on their arms, their
eyes filled with proud possession
And as they watch the happy
couples look Of mutual love and
understanding passes between them.
Neither their interest in the world
nor in each other has been dimmed
with the passing OF youth.
1t is easy TO love when life is
young. to buy a rose each day, but
to buy a rose when the years are
sped. when life is turning grey-is
easier not to do.
The Selwyns have opened the new
selwyn Thester-which makes sixty
one hrst-clsss theaters playing Ie-
gitimate attractions in New York
war has no effect on theater- build
ing, IL seems. The Selwyn has seats
in the rear where men may smoke
Tea is served to those who wish IL.
! and there is a mauve smoking rom
for the ladies with cute little ash
trays and electric lighters all
around. Very comfy. indeed,
The Selwyns are young men wn0
have bloomed in the theatrical gar
den in very short while. Roi Cooper
Megrue is their star playwright and
( his Tea for Three this season is
not the best show in town-but II
| is very near il.
After seeing the play Irwin Cobb
wrote MegTue a letter declaring that
J he wished he had written il The in
! cident was something like Pinero
felt when he saw Barrie's play in
London. He wIote this note. MY
dear Jim: ! have just seen your
play, and hope this letter is the
last thing I ever write"
They were talking Of optrnists the
other day at luncheon Of promI-
nent business men. Copeland Town
send declared that the greatest opti-
mist he knew was a man in Chics 70
who went into a drug store and
| bought bottle Of hair restorer. He
was entirely bald. He read the d.
rections on the bottle on the way
out and in FIVE minutes came back
and purchased a comb and a pair
of military hairbrushes.
Pabst Circle Cafe and Terrace Gar
den. known before the war as "a
little German Heaven here below"
have closed They are two famous
drinking places that retire under the
stress OF times. Both were the scene
OF much gayety in former years
Both will probably open again as
amusement places when the war is
over. but for the present they will
remain closed Terrace Garden was
fashioned after the German drinking
gardens The beer was drawn from
the wood and served in stems and
seidles- German dishes prevailed
Many nights the Kaiser was toasted
there