The Washington herald., 1918-03-25

Special Correspondent q The Washington Herald
New York. March 4-As Samuel
Pepys would record in his diary: At
my waking, 1 found a queer box at my
door and I, afraid TO open 1t, carried
it to the caretaker and found il held
a horned toad which a Park Row
wag had brought from California and
l put it in a big box loaded with iron
and expressed it to him collect which
will cost him three pounds.
To breakfast and in the inn there
sat a woman Of ghastly shade in a
JeWeled dress and a man in court
clothes and another fellow, very fat,
in surtout of gold braid and on the
table was an ape and wondered what
would see next-first a horned toad
ana then an ape. And upon inquiry
learned the odd people were a part
OF moving picture scene. The woman
was Mistress Pauline Frederick, who
looked ugly in the painted makeup
albeit she is known as a town beauty
For a walk through the town and
did buy myself triangle which is the
only musical instrument / can play
extravaganza and 1 vowed she should
be happy that did not buy trumpet
or drum.
To lunch on a good hogs harsIet a
peach pasty and a beaker Of the Juice
OF oranges, very fine, and thence to a
hall where L heard Sir Burt Hall. Of
the Lafayette Escadrille. tell many
thrilling things about the wars and
then to playhouse to see an indiffer-
ent play yet here and there a witty
sprinkle or two.
Much talk Of Four Hundred cour-
tier who has fallen into the i'll graces
OF his father-in-law and | saw him in
the tram car with a bandaged head
ana the gossip is that his wife's sire
pasted him publicly in a low inn.
home where 1 found a note from
L. Dorsey, the Washington scribe
with an interesting tale that o. Henry
might have written with skill. In the
evening donned my brave clothes and
to the Biltmore to the Fakirs' ball and
there came many painters-great and
near great-in garish robes and one
young girl IN especial with blond
tresses fascinated me and l to dance
with her and when she unmasked I
learned she was my wife's she cozen
and I mighty embarrassed Home
late in great cab with fine cushions
and so to bed.
Not long ago Julian Street. the
writer. made "a tour OF various cities
to write about them intimately for a
magazine. In some instances his we'll
told articles actually brought new en-
terprises to the cities. AS a result
energetic boards OF trade and cham
oers OF commerce met him with brass
bands and built triumphaI arches. In
every city he was lionized. In the
mlddles West he stopped off at Kan
sas City and a delegation came to him
from city farther west to visit the
metropolis. Mr.. Street did not see
how he could make it as the CITY was
not on his schedule and he was press
ed for time But the delegation fixed
that. They hired a special train and
he went Mr.. Street is a fearless
writer and does not thrive on flattery.
He toured. the town and the thing that
impressed him most was a disreputa-
Bile red light district. The street
! reeked with disorder. He confined his
article to the licentiousness Of this
thoroughfare. 1t stirred the town and
spurred the, city council to decide to
change the streets name. They did.
1t is now known as Julian Street.
The up-to-dateS furniture collector
will appreciate the candor OF a Bow
cry shopkeeper. whose sign proclaims
to an .oft-hoaxed world: Unique
Modern Antiques
Conductorettes and women munition
makers. step forward please and make
room for another sister who is doing
her bit. Meet the girl gas collector
of Flushing. Long Island. She braves
the dark cellars and fears the mouse
not.