The Washington herald., 1919-05-12

New York, May 1l.--A page from
the diary of a modern Samuel Pepys:
By coach early to the station and
porters everywhere bow to us. mis-
taking us. IL seems. for some mighty
people OF great wealth who are ex-
pected- And I saw A. Brisbane. the
editor. about to entrain. and he
seemed preoccupied with weighty
subjects.
Home. where / put my chamber in
order against the coming Of Mr..
Fisher. the limner, and we talked Of
the league which confuses me more
each day. and to billiards, he playing
iexpertly.
Ny machine writer showed signs of
afraid of mechanics that it is pho
bia and l worked with a pencil until
was in a great anger and swore at
old Henry. the menial, and was so
ashamed that l gave him fine tickets
to the playhouse for himself and his
wife. Jenny.
Through the town and on the high
way / saw Frank Bacon the play
actor, who has prospered nightly
and across Longacre Square came Mr..
Sothern and Mistress Marlowe and
they were in a great Mt of laughter
over some sign. but could see no
mirth in il soever.
In the evening to a party to Chic"
Sales. the comic actor. and Mr.. Pal
mer came and sang some fine airs.
and all quite merry and Sales did
tell the funniest small town story 1
ever heard, and with great skill. too.
Walked through the park with r.
Rohn. the artist. who is to leave for
Philadelphia soon, which distresses
me greatly. And so home and to bed.
The stage struck girl may get some
good advice from Elise Bartlett, who
has not been on Broadway long, but
Is already a feature in PLEASE Get
Married" Like the good sister in
Grimms fairy tale. from whose lips
dropped diamonds and pearls, so from
the lips of Miss Bartlett dropped these
words OF clear wisdom:
Girls who want to go on the stage
should have a good home or an in
come. The first two years OF stage
salary does not yield enough to pay
even for clothes" Young girls hear
too much about high salary on the
stage. OF course. there are big sal
aries. but very few get living ex-
penses until they make good. Conse-
quently a bankroll is an essential II
success Is to be achieved.
There was an obscure young chorus
girl who leaped into the spotlight three
years ago. She became the vogue.
Hats were named after her and so
was a pleasure resort catering to the
rich man. so the report goes. wanted
to marry her. He gave her pints OF
pearls. sable coats and even a home
but she never showed ary Broadway
vulgarity. Her voice was well modu-
lated. She dressed in the best of
taste and very little rouge or powder
was used. One night the rich man
gave a party for her in an exclusive
French restaurant. There was plenty
of wine and she imbibed too much.
She did several things that smacked
of the Bowery concert halls. The
young man called his car and took
her home. He never saw her after
that. And the young beauty immedi-
ately dropped out OF the limelight.
She is a show girl again.
There is a millionaire over in Brook
lyn who drives to a $3.50 a day job
every day in his limousine with a
chauffeur at the wheel rheumatism
and sciatica made his life a burden,
that even his wealth could not tighten.
Doctors could not give him relief.
One day he read that park laborers
were in demand. A few of the news
papermen got wind of the story and
talked to the millionaire. but he was.
so sincere in his pleading not to men,
tion his name that his wishes were
respected. He says he feels better
and that he is going to stay on the
job for a year.