The Washington herald., 1919-10-28
NEW YORK CITY
By o. o. MclNTYRE


surprised when he bad to pay for his
lunch himself befo he sat down to
It. He got even. however. by inviting
the entire membership to see his play
that night-on the same basis
The Dutch Treat has q membership
limited to 100 and It includes the most
famous writer's. artists and noveiists
In America There 10 no club room or
are there dues. They just meet ev-
cry Tuesday at Brownies Chop House.
an old broadway Institution. opposite
the Metropolitan Opera.
A member must attend once a
month or have a good reason II he
fails he Is dropped. There IL no wait
ing list A man must be asked to
Join the organization. There 10 always
celebrity present who Is the guest
Of honor but he cannot speak stand
Ing. II he has anything to say he just
talks sitting down and Is never intro
duced with a I'VE have with US to-
day"
There are no rules among the Dutch
Treaters except that there must never
be a snob among them. A man who
| shows the slightest sign OF snobbish-
| ness Is just about As popular as 8
o'clock in the morning. The club was
started by a handful OF writers about
eight years ago.
Among them was Jack London. They
just happened to drop In at Brownies q
at the same hour and finally collected
/ at the same table. Others came and
when they outgrew the table a room
was reserved for them upstairs.
John Drinkwatcr. a recent guest. de-
clared that he had never seem such
an interesting body of men together
at one time. One Is liable to see Ro-
bert w. Chambers. Howard Chandler
Christy. Irwin Cobb and Will Irwin
at one table and at the adjoining ta-
bic others equally celebrated.
Since Cobb has become a worm-hole
specialist some rare discussions have
come up about the habits OF worms.
George Broadhurst declares that Anss-
tasia. Cobb's favorite worm. Is prac-
| tically worthless now since Cobb
wrote a story referring to her re-
! Gently. II you want to keep a worm
hard at work. never praise Il in the
public prints Mr.. Broadhurst an
nounced.
| One OF the interesting sights Of New
York is the. Sunday crowds that flock
to the Flushing Bay shore during the
summer. A thick woods runs down
to the water and It is crowded with
people who do not speak a word of
English. 1t Is the day OF rest for the
men. women and children who toll all
week on the little Long Island truck
farms. They go on Saturday night
and sleep in their WAGONS so they can
be up at sun-up for a plunge in the
ocean. Everybody is bubbling over
with happiness. They bring their own
simple meals. The only complaint
they have Is the lack OF a bottle Of
beer. They used to bring beer with
them but II Is too expensive now In
| cidentally a New York newspaper tells
OF many Norwegians. who work on
these truck farms. getting ready to
! return to Norway where under the
prohibition bill recently enacted in
their country light-wines and beers
were permitted.
! 1t is quite remarkable how a song
can gain popularity merely by its be-
Ing sung in a good show by a good
performer. Eide Canton singing MY
Baby's Arms" In the Follies one week
shot the New York sales up to 5000
over the previous week. That is why
| Tin Pan Alley puts out the Iflsh
chair and the fat cigars when a stage
singer drops In for a call However.
the song must have quality or it will
not be sung. for the singer knows that
in the end he will lose. There are some
actors who pick up extra money men,
| tioning various articles. One got $lU
a week for referring to a certain make
of talking machine until the author
of the play dropped in one night and
heard the line. He almost stopped
the show and it was cut out after
that.
With the return of autumn comes
a revival OF the indoor sports, and
the Metropolitan Museum of Art
finds its visitors increasing. There
Is a new thrill there now. Just to
the right of the main entrance they
have the sarcophagus of Uresh-Nofer.
| Uresh-Sofer. as of course any reader
knows, was a priest of the goddess
Nut. The museum visitors are a
queer lot They look as IL life was
tragic thing. and that they must
make the best Of 1t by digging as
deeply as possible into the past or
SOulsc tHcIc are q lOI OF mere ruO-
ber necks'' who go there just to
have something to talk about when
they get up. But mostly the visitors
are serious thinkers with bulging
Iforeheads-the kind who carry um-
brellas all day long II they think it
might rain.
There is new joy in life over on the
East Side. Everybody has been
Rlooming around over the war and
the high cost of everything. The Y.
NJ. e. A. decided that the East Side
needed perking up-they were having
too much work and not enough play
And so the idea for a neighborhood
song service was born. A motor tr rck
was equipped with q piano and store
opticon. The song leader simply asks
everybody to sing. At first they are
shy. but soon they get the spirit
After a whirl at the old-time songs.
the leader with the help of the stere-
opticon. teaches them the Broadway
hits. and old graybeards may switch
from Farmer in the Dell" to sing
THE Vamp" and Lullaby Blues
to which they dance the shimmy in
the cabarets.
The Higher, The Fewer.
Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria may
be tried for his share in the outrages
committed in France and Relpitn dir-