The Washington herald., 1919-05-05

New York, May "A page from the
diary of a modern Samuel Pepys:
Accidentally talking before we rose. I
said some things that did give oc-
casion to my wife, poor wretch. to fall
out. and she did riR up many OF my
old faults most nobly, but at break
fast we were good friends and did SO
continue all the day. To the florists
shop with my dog and purchased my
wife a blooming plant for shillings,
and then to the station to bid farewell
to Lawrence D'Orsay, the play actor,
who goes transforming.
To the Belmont Inn to see Mai. Dom
ovan. home from the wars. and he
hath grown very gray. but not un-
like the same old hero of many base
ball battles. In the waiting room
there came foolish, light-headed
man who kept barking like dog
and It developed he had been up III
night with some gay courtiers BASH
/ ing in casks of rum.
Through the town and to the ma
chine shop where I watched the wor<
on my new velocipede, which I am
going to ride this summer in Maine.
and 1t is well fashioned. On the ave-
nue. was Elbert Hubbard's son Bert.
who came in to the city to shop. and
he is taking up fathers work well and
is putting by a good estate.
Home where came Mistress Nell and
find her proud and vain glorious
woman to tell the number OF servants
and expenses which interests me not
! at all. In the evening to see Grant
Mitchell take Mr.. Cohan's place in "A
Prince There Was" and he did finely.
haf IL I nnnld
not follow the play well for in the
box were crippled boys home from the
war and one without arms and legs
was carried in.
Early home and after drumming a
while upon my wall and singing some
| mighty airs. to bed. and left my
wife very contented doing something
to a petticoat she is to wear tomor-
row.
Broadway cafes have started dane
ing at the lunch hour. Formerly dane
ing did not begin until tea time
around 4-but one place tried 1t and II
proved popular now II is sweeping 'he
cabaret belt There seems to he a
new impetus given to dancing since
so many OF the young boys have ar
rived from the other side.
During the war the girls trotted
around with the Broadway Peter Pan
the ever boyish old man. The Aged
| Lotharios. however, are still on the
! job. They are seen nightly and their
pendants are the youthful vampires.
who strangely enough are proud OF
their ancient friends.
I The war brought out the old beau
the old beau OF New York. of Fifth
avenue and Broadway and these days
! of 1919. He is the faithful Old Dog
Tray and always willing to go any
place at any hour. He likes to dance
and he dances well.
Anew York insurance company has
classed prohibition enforcement as a
hazardous occupation. 1t has can
celled its contract to cover the NIr-
Ginia prohibition commissioner and
employees OF his department taken out
January under the provisions OF the
workmen's compensation act Haz-
ardous work of the prohibition agents
coupled with low rate was given
as the cause for cancellation. The
Spectator. a life insurance paper. COM
ments thusly: Under the Virginia
law. unless the State can replace the
insurance for the prohibition depart
ment with some other company the
commonwealth will have to assume
the risk itself. The impression pre-
walls in insurance circles In Virginia
that the rate will have to be material
ly increased before any OF the other
companies would think OF considering
the proposition
They found little G-year-oId girl
asleep with her doll in doorway
on the lower East Side The hour
was midnight. The policeman took
her to the station. She didn't know
how she got there nor did her parents
One Of a great city's strange myster-