The Washington herald., 1919-12-01
NEW YORK CITY
By o. o. MeNTYRE

New York. Nov. so.-A page from
the diary Of a modern Samuel Pepys:
Early up and to see Mistress Janet
with my wife. poor wretch. and she
doth make mighty moan OF the
times and tells us Of paying six
pounds for boots. But a lovely lady
withal and gave us some noble cake.
In the park I met an old work fellow
and he Is grown a drunken sot.
poppy eyed and fiabby. which grieved
me all the day.
In a petrol wagon caught q
glimpse Of Mistress Barrymore In q
brave big purple hat and q Jet black
dress Of velvet looking the finest ever
saw. Ny wife stopped at an art
gallery and l went to Fourteenth
street to play at pool and r. Diyks,
the limner, sang the quaintest song
ever I heard about a white pure cat
that wandered to Pittsburg.
10 lunch on some venison, newly
come from Maine, and H. Hoover,
The food lord, and some of his fellows
OF Stanford University were there
and right merry time they had
dumping and quirking over this, that
and the other.
People do alright me with their
gloomy talks OF the. world askew and
/ am resolved to believe none of IT,,
albeit 1t is hard to doubt 1t all. The
talk is OF the people in high places
mixing in the Bolshevistic tommyrot.
Yet believe a few months will see
the whole red terror fade.
In the evening to the benefit for
Bert Leslie. a great play actor. who
has fallen on evil days. and i re-
called how he used to make me burst
with laughter when he played a
piano mover. Sid Mercer was there
and also Bugs Baer, Damon Runyon,
Tom Mcnamara and Tommy Gray
and so home and to bed.
This Is true story Of a happening
in an Eastern city whose name I will
not mention for obvious reasons. 1t
was during the visit of the queen of
Belgium recently. The Mayors wife
was among those to receive the
queen. After being presented the
queen remarked: You must be
proud. madam. Of your distinguished
husband who has the honor TO be at
the head Of such a wonderful munic-
ipality."
Queen" said the mayors wife,
slappinG her lightly on the shoulder.
you said a mouthful."
There is an artist who draws Sum
day colored supplement pictures who
| has wonderful bull dog. The artist
keeps her on a pleasure boat an
chored of 18th street. Sunday he
went up to see her and her litter of
six fine puppies recently whelped.
Arriving at the Hudson bank he saw
the boat had sunk. But nearby was
the mother dog swimming around
helplessly with one puppy in her
mouth, looking vainly for the others.
| She was brought in with the one
puppy and fell exhausted. The artist
works for an editor who promulgates
a theory that all dogs should he
poisoned-a super efficiency idea.
The artist went straight home and
wrote letter to the editor handing
m his resignation declaring he could
not be even remotely associated with
a man of such heartlessness.
The bartenders Of the trans At
lantic liners make 5000 a year in
salary and tips aside from their
living. They are retired at IS on half
pay. Many Of New York's best bar
tenders are now using all their ener-
gies to get these births. Passenger
business is picking up since the war
and prohibition in the United States.
Outside the well known three mile
| limit the liner hartenders may begin
shaking cocktails and fixing high
balls for thirsty Americana Since
July ] many American business men
suddenly find that they must take n
trip to France 70 look over the COM
merClal field abroad.