The Washington herald., 1919-05-09

New York. May S-Thoughts while
at the bridge table in a Manhattan
club: Distinguished fellow with the
monocle Is Arthur Stringer just down
from Canada Funny about Gen.
Wood getting a medal. Great balls of
fire! l mistook the ace Of diamonds
for that OF hearts. I'll not say any
thing cutting back.
Look at that woman in a tight skirt
getting in a Limousine on the avenue
almost a public scandal. The old
fellow playing pinochle reminds me Of
Barrie Heard the other day that
Barrie loved to go to children's par
ties. Never missed going when invited
Why did he choose Dear Brutus" for
the name of a play. Punk-believe
me. Wonder II that's our trick?
Heard of q man putting an ace
between a sandwich. eating It and
calling a misdeal after playing the
wrong ace down at the Whist Club.
Why do men wear Van Dyke whisk-
ers? There's class to this club.
Hope I'm invited here again. Good
thing to refer to. Heard today that
two young debutantes were caught
in a raid on a dope dealing doctors
ONCE. Gee. I've miscounted the
trumps.
That was a funny speech stephen
Leacock made at the Authors
League banquet. Mrs. Mary Rob-
erts Rinehart looked swell in even
ing clothes. Liked to hear Kathleen
Maria 20 - to 20
about being hungry when she was
a free lance reporter. No wonder she
writes human stun. / must put the
cards at the left of the next dealer
and I won't get mixed up.
Hope they slip US something to
eat. Strange how people drop into
the one armed white tiled eating
places after theater in evening
clothes. War did it. Why isn't
bacon in real life the way it is in
the advertisements? Gosh, but I'm
hungry. The poor fish. why glare
at me l couldn't take him out.
Understand a canteloupe costs So
apiece at Fifth avenue hotels. Jes-
sic James was a piker. Those Rus
sian blouses the women wear are
snappy. Feel sorry for that fellow
drinking Scotch. Home life is ter
rible. Wife practises aesthetic dane
ing in the house and is always leav-
ing cigarette stubs around to burn
holes. Thank heavens, it is the last
rubber.
Young Jack NICE. Bowman. so the
rumor goes. Is to pierce upper Fifth
avenue with another giant hotel. 1t
will be in the neighborhood of the
hotel center in which are located the
Plaza. st. Regis, Gotham and the
Ritz. Bowman. who used to be a
riding instructor at Durland's. can
look out of his window at the Bilt-
more and see the hotels Commodore.
Belmont, Manhattan and Murray
Hill. To the north was the Ansonia
out of his vision and also the Girls
wold at New London. Conn. and the
beIleview at Belleair. Fla. Bowman
is the hotel king of the world-a
youthful monarch who has yet to
see his 10th year. He has the spirit
of boy. In business he is severe
and punctual in everything. Away
from his office-and I have been
with him away from his office-he
is liable to scuffle with you, box
WIN you OF play reap lEoB. T1C
came from Saratoga twenty years
ago without a dollar. He has vision
and many believe his chain of hotels
will spread to London. Paris. Brus-
sells and to the Orient. Nothing
seems impossible for him. When
you believe he has built just one too
many large hotels-you awaken the
next day to find he contemplates an
other bigger and he fills them all.
His hotel investments run up to
nearly S75,O00,O00.
Tin Pan Alley is grinding out
prohibition songs and they are find
! ing a ready sale on Broadway. The
most popular one seems to be How
Are You Going to Wet Your Whistle,
| When the Whole Darn World Goes
/ Dry?" It was written by Percy
Wenrich. who studies song psychol-
, ogy like most city editors study cur
rent events. He has never written
! a failure and from a poor boy he has
| become one of the wealthiest young
men in New York.