The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-29
NEW YORK CITY
By o. o. MeNTRe

New York. De<. IA page from the
diary Of q modern Samuel Pspys: Up
very early and to the pier to see the
Baltic come in and. thence to the
Friars for breakfast on. a skittie Of
sausage and some cakes bf wheat and
at nine pins for an hour. lost five
bob. Very proud this day, with my
new kerchiefs from Paris In many
colors and embroidered Initials
The wind high walked through the
town and, Lord. the short skirtsl I
bought q basket of fruit for my wife.
poor wretch. who seems pleased with
me OF late. and am content Ny
house II a. neat as ever II was and
I have been able lately to put by q
few pounds. ..
Everybody of fashion 10 speaking
French and I contracted for a few
lessons from N. Gautiere, q quaint
old scholar and I suspect q veteran
Bacchanal from the way he swigged
at the ice water Jar. Kenneth Roberts
to call on his way to Italy to write
for Sir Horace Lorimer. the pamph-
letter. ~
still great Indignation in the public
places over the drink prisoners, who
are selling drugged decoctions at high
prices and binding and killing many.
Yet the burghers seem listless about
Il and nothing 10 done. To a booksel-
ler's. where I bought Poor People"
a depressing tale Of Russia and not
enjoyable reading whatsoever.
In the evening with Mr.. Duffy to see
Mistress Eve Balfour. the beautiful
cinema lady from London and found
her well spoken and pretty indeed.
and then to see Moonlight and
Honeysuckle." q fairish comedy, but
In especial I liked Miss Chatterton.
To a coffee house for bite and home
and to bed.
The tide Of "Down-and-O In New
York IL at its lowest ebb.. The recent
zero hour forced only one hapless
vagabond to the Bowery Mission for
q bed. Five years ago at the first
cold snap more than q thousand
rushed to that institution. There has
not been a bread line since the war.
High wages brought about this con-
dition. the experts say. Men may
work one day a week and live IN COM
parative comfort in the cheap Bowery
lodging houses. The former members
Of the bread line are doing this.
The Supreme Court decision came
Just in time to furnish an idea to two
bright faced young composers in Tin
Pan Alley. Hence Broadway cabarets
and vaudeville houses are ringing
with a ditty running: IT'S the Smart
Little Teller Who Stocked Up His
Cellar That's Getting the Beautiful
Girls"
It is a fine howdy-do IN Brooklyn.
Two policemen are in cells accused
Of being the leaders Of q gang Of
burglars who have made daring hauls
Of late. New York and Brooklyn po-
licemen get little sympathy from the
public since the Becker scandal and
the most Of them have got to prove
themselves honest before the public
believe 1t. New York has watched
the side-door grating for years. It
has also watched the way a 80 bill
will allow one man to speed up Fifth
avenue in his limousine, while Q poor
guy in his fiivver, trying to get home
to his family, Is yanked up the curb
and given q summons.
Broadway was first an Indian path.
Indians blazed the trail, and up to
July 1 other Indians have kept the
trail blazing ever since. Incidentally
Broadway is some long trail. 1t runs
from the Battery to Albany. And 1t
Is asphalt all the way.