The Washington herald., 1918-10-28

New York, Oct. Gas Samuel
Pepys would record in his diary: Up
and to the market place. ii being dull
on account of the Spanish plague. and
comes news that Mr.. Robert Whiting.
the editor, is dead OF the plague. Poor.
unfortunate fellow!
This day ! put on my coIored silk
shirt. which l got on a wager. and
through the town and 10 the office OF
Sir Vivian Burnett who is gathering
talking machine records for the war
and he mighty unlike his prototype.
Sir Vivian being the original Little
Lord Fauntleroy." which his mother
wrote at the time he had curls and
ringlets.
A black boy at breakfast brought
letter from a poet who is upon a
panegyriQue and desired TO borrow a
piece of me and l sent him a pound.
/ find my layings-out do increase, es-
pecially with the victuallers.
Great talk OF peace and I find Il
difficult TO possess my soul in pa
tience. With my wife. poor wretch.
on the avenue and we saw Lord
Woodrow and Mistress Wilson in a
brave turnout and he looked fit and
she a lady Of great beauty and we
great enthusiasm.
To the fur makers TO buy my wife
a fur piece and, Lord. the prices. One
set game to more than 100 pounds
and Just a small piece came to a
weeks stipend and we came away
without a purchase. Ny wife to Long
Island and 10 see her OF and then
to Times Square and with Mr.. Dud-
ley, the chronicler, TO a pub house
for a pint OF bitter.
This day ] did see in the Times a
most amusing advertisement which
set out:
Lost-Black and white japanese
spaniel: pet crippled lady: reward.
In the late afternoon TO the Ritz
where met Sir Eric Geddes. Of the
British Admiralty. a fine spoken man
and a brave one with no conceits-
In the evening at dominoes at M.
webster's, the cartOonist. and he
| showed me fyne gift picture
which Sir Charles Dana Gibson had
| limned and sent 10 him for his birth
day For a walk in the park in the
crisp night air and then home and
to bed.
A married team Of playwrights who
| have been regaling the RialtO with
plays dealing in Long Island scandal
and iazz offshoots Of the cocktail eN-
|lstence. became recently peeved in
magazine blurb about themselves and
scored Haywood Broun. dramatic -di-
4 tor Of the Tribune. They referred
I caustically 10 the fact that Broun
was formerly a baseball reporter and
should know nothing about Long Is
land society life.
In fact. whenever Broun fays a
rlav or A stage star the eNort Is
made to get back at him by referring
TO the fact that he was once base
ball reporter Ethel Barrymore even
did il once. but 7 think she was sorry
afterward because il was entirely be
meath a woman Of her splendid stand
ing
Broun. who is good natured and
popular. declares that II his enemies
had deIved further into his past they
would have found he was once a
copy reader. Also they would find
that he took a course OF drama writ
ing at Harvard.
The truth is that Broun is just as
good a critic OF the drama as he was
a reporter Of baseball and he does
not hesitate TO say what he thinks,
In MS DaSeoa4l IeptI lilsE Nag = AN
could mention Henry Of Navarro in
the same sentence with Benny kaun
without detractinE from the dignity
Of either gentleman.
Now that he is a critic Of the drama
when people try to drag a cocktail
reekinE scandal through three long
wearisome acts and insult the intelh-
Cence Of New Workers he docs not
hesitate TO burl a brick at the dra-
matte effort.