The Washington herald., 1918-05-27

Special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald.
New York. May 27.-As Samuel
Pepys would record in his diary:
Lay late with thoughts of worry
over the business of quarreling in
public inn about the bad serving
of a chine of beef albeit the inn
keeper. a loud talking braggart.
showed a hot temper. Came Editor
Waldron, of Judge. to talk about
the humorists conclave in Chicago.
My dog cav1rting strangely all the
morning. the fear grows that he is
with fieas.
To lunch with two wags who
kept me in an uproar with their
inoffensive chatter and one said to
the other: Let's be frank and
earnest" And the other said: Hello
Frank" and the first replied: Hell
10 Earnest."' Low comedy mayhap
but a more pleasant rencontre /
never heard.
In the afternoon on a stage
through the town and fell asleep
and went far past my landing. And
then walked through Fourteenth
street which / have not seen in
many years and they still have the
penny arcades there which are well
patronized and listened to a song
in the talking machine. very catchy.
To the Madison Square Garden to
see the ''dare-devils" in their death
defying performance which was
quite thrilling and there sat by me
two merchant-like fellows who
came from the west country and it
was treat to watch their enjoy
ment.
Home where I found Mr.. Roche,
| the novelist. and wife who came
with their benzine buggy to take
my wife, poor wretch, to Connecti-
cut for stay and I in for another
seige of lonesomeness.
Cheering news this day what we
have done to the enemy. l out to
pay some debts in the neighbor-
hood and at the news-vender's / saw
his wife. the prettiest, plain woman
that ever I saw.
In the early evening to the Grand
Central Palace ito the birthday
party friends gave Sir Henry Do
herty and a great treat too. The
big hall in wild west fashion with
main street and fare places and
roulette too with only stage money
however. And the honored guest
came and was put in Jail by Sir
Frank Coates, of Toledo, who was
in a high sheriffs garb. Then be-
fore the justice of the peace he was
heavily fined. A lot of tomfoolery
! that showed splendid good fellow
ship.
Home in the late evening by foot
To- - II, L
O'Malley, the Sun scrivener. and my
feet blistered and ached so l nearly
cried out in pain. And so to bed.
very late.
One of the newest and expensive
Office buildings in New York just
completed is to be filled almost
completely with manicure parlors.
One of these parlors employing
twenty five manicurists is conducted
by a young Southern woman who
upon coming to New York failed in
literary work and made a fortune
in the manicuring business.
The average New Yorker visits the
manicurist as regularly as he visits
the barber. To have well polished
nails seems to be as important as a
clean collar.
And incidentally no one seems to
know when and where the manicure
business started. Shakespeare does
not say whether the bowl and the
buffer had aught to do eth the
white wonder of dear Juliet's
hands" But there is one of the
Bard's ladies who evidently had the
manicure's help. Antony. is bawl-
ing out the false Cleopatra:
And let Patient Olivia plough
thy visage up with her prepared
nails"
The song that is selling the fast
est on Broadway Is Just Like
Washington Crossed the Delaware,
General Pershing Will Cross the
Rhine" AS the story goes the
composers had the tune in readiness
but could not get proper title.
They were walking up Fifth Ave-
nue. and saw a print of Washington
crossing the Delaware. They both
stopped to look. The idea hit them
with a bang. Three days later they
were at their publishers with the
| lyrics. Now they are getting rich.