The Washington herald., 1918-01-21

New York, Jan. 2o.-As Samuel
Pepys would record in his diary: Up
early and TO my dentist TO have a
tooth drawn which he did with great
ease and thence for a walk through
the town where l saw Sir William
Burns. the thief catcher, and DIR.
Frank Crane. the scrivener, and TO
the Waldorf inn where came many no.
tables TO luncheon and to pay homage
to a very fine lad who is ordered 10
sea
To the silversmith 10 buy a trinket
and saw there a Jewel studded cigar
ette case. costing ninety pounds, made
for one Of the bloods OF the town
whose grandsire used to half-sole his
breeches with coonskin. And in an
apothecary shop did hear a young
man ask for some lotion to whiten
his hair albeit the young whipper-
snapper was only a few years past
weaving.
Great fuss and worry by those who
must pay the income tax that they
will do it right for there is high talk
that many are to be placed in gaol but
such matters bother me not a whit
and there are times that it is a bless
ing to he poor. it seems.
Home on the omnibus where l saw
Miss Edna Ferber who is shortly to
so TO France. And the omnibus COL
lector. a churlish soul, did refuse to
stop at the crossing for an aged wom-
an and she berated the rogue roundly
and the rest of the fares applauded.
Came in the afternoon Lisle Bell
and Mistress Bell and he tells me of
his success as a free lance Journalist
and versifier and how his people did
discourage him from coming to the
metropolis.
In the evening TO Mr.. Johnstone's
and found his wife and maid with
much ado had made shift to spit a
great turkey sent from Long Island
And came many gay persons in es-
pecial Capt. Donald who told much of
the atrocity Of the Huns in Belgium.
We had a fine dinner. good musique
and great deal of wine. I very
merry. heard that Robert Wndhack,
the artist. had gone to California for
his health which all hope improves
quickly. And so very late home and
to bed.
George Broadhurst has just return
ed from London where he met George
Bernard Shaw. He has always been
a great admirer of things Shavian and
tried to get Shaw to talk of his sue
cess in America. Shaw veered away
from the subject and so Broadhurst
discussed other Americans but Shaw
showed no interest. The name of
James J. Corbett came up accidental
ly. Shaw showed great interest and
Broadhurst told him of Corbett play
ing in "Cashel Byron's Profession"
"A great man that Corbett," said
Shaw. Evidently Gentleman Jim is
the only man in America that in
terests the famous writer
Tennessee women are the most
beautiful in New York-that is ac-
cording to the newspapermen who at
tended the dinner of the Tennessee
Society in New York. The beauty
must have been Of an impressive kind,
for not one OF the reporters in their
accounts failed to play up the fact
that never in their life had they seen
so much feminine pulchritude at one
gathering. And one Of the saffron
sheets has started Off Immediately by
running a series Of pictures of Ten
nessee women.
One OF the most picturesque prize
fights ever pulled off in New York
happened in the Bronx the other
night. The two fighters were cutters.
Each was told that the other was a
gutter, but neither knew the other
had been told. So each thought the
other would drop. Neither wanted to
lose the so purse ana they fought the
best ten rounds that have ever been
seen in these parts. The referee had
to pry them apart and later they were
carted to the hospital feet up. 1t is
said that neither will be able to get
back to the can rushing vocations un-
til the leaves begin to sprout.
An inventory of the estate of a late
shows that