The Washington herald., 1918-11-18

special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald
New York, Nov. 17.-As Samuel
Pepys might record in his diary; Up
and in the street met with John
Barnes Wells, my old acquaintance.
seckoned great singer here In the
city. This day ] did take up pipe
smoking to be INDUCED only when at
scrvening and I am resolved never
again TO resume cigars and paper
cigarettes, so help me-
Home from the market where / saw
my door and hatch open, left so by
the cookmaid. which yexed me and
spoke hotly to her and she is leav-
ing which makes a fine mess 70 tell
my wife, poor wretch, and il was
all because of the high words between
the tradesman and myself over a
chine of beef. setting me in III temper.
This day have made solemn vow
to control my temper which hope
to be able 10 do. Before the lunch
hour I took out my brave brown suit
from the press against donning IL in
the afternoon and Lord. what a sight.
II was full OF moth holes and ruined
and it was the surtout l most treas
ured. And I composed a couplet To
a Moth" which began:
Winged beauty of the night
Who taught you Prussian tactics7
No wonder you hate the light
And could go no further but my
idea was to show that the battle
SCARED fields OF France had very
little not in common with my pants.
Talk is that the plague has abated
and a great many writing TO public
journals that IL should never spread
so again.
In the afternoon through the town
on the elevated tram and looked In
windows of wretched homes and saw
many there sick and great squalor
and children playing in filthy court
yards, very depressing.
And near the Bowery I saw a sign
in front of a cinema playhouse which
struck me very comickally. II read:
Elsie Ferguson in Ibsens greatest
Play.
"A Dolls House"
Bring the kiddies!
In the late evening out in the
Ineighborhood to pay some debts.
among others to the taverne on
Columbus avenue where my desire
was to see the pretty money taker
of the house. but she was away. To
bed early and fell to reading a brave
story by Mr.. Hergesheimer
The clubs are alive with the gossip
OF how a family scandal was averted
by the cleverness OF a well known
man of letters. He has a great coun-
try estate. His wife became in
fatuated with a conceited. monoCled
many years of happy married life.
He studied his rival who happened
TO be great artist. He saw there
was nothing to him but conceit. So
he began inviting him out to his
country place. He treated him as he
would a valued friend. encourage
his Dragging and contrived TO throw
him in company with his wife as
much as possible. He saw that she
was becoming bored but he did not
stop at that. He kept his rival there
for two weeks more. At the end of
that time the cure was complete.
kid Griffe, the cleverest boxer
that ever drew on a glove, is going
back home to far of Australia. He
has not been back in twenty years
and he is going to stay. The gray
haired veteran of the ring is going
back to the land he left as a slender
youth when the world was golden in
its promise. How much was gold and
how much dross only GrifTe knows.
But he will go home victor in his
lfe's greatest battle. For years he
dissipated so heavily that he seemed
on the verge Of becoming a dereIict
The last time ! saw him he was
shsdow-boxing on the sidewalk in
front Of the Astor-fOatinE about in
A haze of booze and hooted by street
gamins. He was unkempt and bleary.
But like a great fighter he conquered
himself before il was too late. He
is clear eyed and sober and he is
going back to a good Job. Broad
way almost got him.