The Washington herald., 1919-06-02

New York. June LA page from
the diary Of q modern Samuel
Pepys: Lay. late and read my
tournall. II being rainy and~the boy
came and said a storm had hung
down many poles through the town
and that some benzine buggies
across the way in Central Park had
slipped OF their course into trees.
By and by comes young Mr.. Rad
cliffe from the sea and he was
vexed that I was not up albeit he
school fellows and sometimes break
tasted at in the late afternoon, /
walked with him and took my gold
pieces to the bank and passed q
pretty quip with the counting man.
The sun came out at noon and
with my wife. poor wretch. on the
omnibus to Forest Hills and Mr..
Tflton came and Mistress Webster
and Mr.. Herrick and we saw Mr..
Hall played at tennis but shower
came up and the young lady who
played opposite fell in the mud and
was a sorry sight but played till
both were drenched.
r. Goldberg came and told news
of his going to Toledo with r.
Brinkerhoff shortly to see the great
box fighting match and nearly all
the sport writers of the town will
be there. Back to town in Mr..
Hewit's gasolene wagon and at art
shoppe 1 bought q brave print by
NJ. Parrish called 'The Harvest"
which l deem very noble in color.
The new girl the agency sent Ia
tawdry wench and sings basely
Iand / shall be glad when Hilda re-
turns, albeit the new one fashions
! some excellent popovers. X. c. B.
came and he has taken up his abode
in the country and likes II very
much but 1 can raise not q bit Of
enthusiasm for country life altho
l was raised on a farm.
In the evening to see the harle-
quin Chaplin and l kept all about
me in laughter because I laughed
so heartily and once did almost
fall from the stall, yet it was =
course. slap-stick performance and
my wife fears my tastes are getting
low. Home and read late, being un-
able to sleep well.
A shining white head smiles down
on Bowling Green from the sister
hood of ancient gray figures on the
cornice of the Custom House. The
head represents Belgium. The sis
ters are the maritime nations of the
world which have dealings with the
United States through the Custom
House. The reason Belgium is so
clean and white is that she is brand
new. having just stepped out of the
scaffolding which covered here from
the gaze of the curious during the
process of "resculping" The statue
used to represent Germania- Last
fall. for reasons which need not be
I recapitulated. they knocked off Ger
mania's head and substituted the
gentle. smiling visage OF Belgium.
There is a persistent rumor that
George NJ. Cohan is being groomed
for public offlce. He has been sue
cessful at everything he attempted
and there is no reason why he
should not go in for politics. OF
course Cohan has good press agents
in Eddie Dunn and Miss Ann Ayres
but these stories are not emanating
| from the Cohan Offices. They come
from down around City Hall where
political talk is Matched
The dog associates of General
Organ and Colonel Hayward, of New
York, have been honored enough to
make a dogs head swell. But dogs
are different. Yet a pin headed police
rule in Gotham makes it compulsory
to muzzle all dogs and not let them
Off a leash. 1t is quite interesting to
hear what the returning soldier has
to say for the dog. A new love for
mans best friend was born over there.