The Washington herald., 1919-01-27
Special oouespooden. Of ms Warrington Herald

WZIWlMR
Special Correspondent Of Tne Washington Herald
New York. Jan. 2s.-As Samuel
Pepys might record in his diary: Up
early and was a-horseback at sun
rise but having bad mount, was
jolted stir and the stable scullion
was set on rubbing me with the foul
est smelling linirnent ever / smelt.
Home where i found letter prais-
ing my scrivening. which pleases me
more than anything else can re-
ceive, being glutton for fiattery.
At breakfast / had an omelet OF
ham minced with llvers from pullets
and a new kind of sticky Turkish cof-
fee, 1t being the best first meal I
have had In year or more and so
satisfying that 1 was tempted to
smoke a four shilling cigar which
Mr.. Dunkirke did leave me.
I hear today rich old neighbor is
lately dead leaving a great estate and
that he leaves q farm 10 his dog to
romp on. Down through the town
and at St Paufs churchyard I did
see clerks and stenographers spread-
ing their midday lunch out on tomb
stones, which I understand they do
each day.
To see Mr.. Goldberg, the Inner.
but the boy said he had gone to Parts
fortnight ago and thence to the
Bankers Club. where l met Mr.. st.
John Bashford ksteiy corle from
London, and who has spent soI.ie
thirty years building railroads in In
dia, and he knew much OF the life
In Japan, where I expect to go some
day. And / told him of my search
for the volume The Nightless City,
but can find 1t not at any booksellers
or old shops or libraries.
In the early evening a high wind
fell over the town and blew down
signs and windows and kept riding
in the underground tram for safety
until IL was over, having never for
gotten seeing the ruins of st. Louis
by cyclone.
In the evening with a gay crowd to
Joan's Tea Room OF Sheridan Square.
where light drinks are sold and
bobbed haired girls come with their
beaux and dance to candle light and
the piano player the best ever /
beard. young Jewish girl. 1t was
told that she had married a bogus
army officer, now in gaol, who had
Ndthttl III lDe IflOiitE NHt ma earned.
Then to Polly's, which I did not like.
and then home early and so TO bed.
This story comes from authentic
sources. In the days when a we'll
known film vampire had not chang
ed her name she and a well-known
actress were inseparable. They
used to go fifty -tfty'' on the mea-
| gre joint bank roll. Now both are
successful, but when the film star
! arrived recently from the West her
friend was starring on Broadway.
The actress engaged florist to
| manufacture a magnificent boquet
| to send to her whilCm chum bear
| ing card and welcome to our
/ city" note. Later the flowers were
returned and a representative of
the vampire called with the an
nouncement that the vampire wish
ed to forget their early struggles,
and while-sS~-~~--plea with the
| hoyerS she hoped that the actr~s.,
l~ould obliterate from memory all
recollections OF those early days.
Two women, one fat, the other
Hippodrome | buy S0I tieRots. Siass at the rhe
| treasurer noticed that both hesitat-
| ed, obviously waiting to evade
spending tRe money. Finally the fat
QUO fiared Sp.- She pushed the other
aside and thrust her money through
! the window. Then Offering the
/ other woman the tickets. she snap
ped:
4 Here, Louise. you'd better take
: care Of these, as you so seldom
| open your pocketbook, you're not
apt to lose them"
A. Toxin Worm, the man who dar-
ed TO brave New York with such a
namH has given up his post as gem
eral press representative for tho
Shuberts. He is seiRz. mack to
| denmark, whence he came, so
| the reports are. Mr.. Worm was the
press -'enius who had a side street
| of Broadway laid with tan bark
80 that the street noises would not
annoy Mrs. Pat Campbell in her no.
tel on the same street.