The Washington herald., 1919-03-21

New York, March 2o.-Thoushts
of Broadway: There goes Cap
Churchill on his daily stroll. Hes
a handsome person. Wonder what
he's going to do when the town goes
dry? That can't be Otis Skinner go-
ing into Childs. BY Joye it is.
Somebody told me once he was the
greatest high-brow on the American
stage and knew Montaigne by heart.
That girl has got her eyes black
ened halfway down her face. That
fellow in uniform with two wound
stripes used to be professional
dancer at the old San Souci. Heard
he danced with middle-aged women
for pay. A bounder reclaimed by
the war. What!
Wonder who that is with Baird
Leonard of the Morning Telegraph.
good line of hers this morning
calling 1t The League of Notions"
suppose George NJ. Cohan is hurry
ing to his matinee. My, but he's get
ting gray. Some lad, that boy. I'll
say he isl
FIRST time l ever saw Roy Moulton
this far uptown. Hope he offers to
take me to tea or something. No
luck, no luck. The big stifr. Grant
land Rice back in uniform. Look at
that line at the Rialto to see Charlie
chaplin. Can you beat it?
Hello! The Old Kaiserhof all
dressed up like a sore finger. Won
der what they did with all those
German signs and notices, That
girl looked at me then giggled to
her friend. Hope I haven't got on
did last week.
That red striped silk shirt in that
window is a bear. Times Square
seems to be full of strangers. Hope
l see somebody from home. They
won't believe I've got a fur over
coat back there. Montague Glass is
getting stout. That's funny-a fell
low with monocle in one eye and
a patch over the other. Guess I bet
ter turn here, Haven't met any Of
the fellows. Suppose I'll have to
buy my own lunch.
Arthur Hammerstein has invent
ed post-seat periscope for New
York theaters which will il is be-
lieVed, do away with the behind
the-post-horror. 1t is an adapta-
tion of the trench periscope idea.
an arrangement which will enable
the theater patron condemned to a
post seat to see right through or
around the obstructing post with
out the discomfort and danger of
neck dislocation. It is to be pre-
sumed now that theatrical man
ayers will charge double for sit
ting behind a post. II this peri
scope thing is developed as it is
in danger of being developed, the
entire world will begin to feel too
self conscious after a while to do
anything but sit with its lips pursed
up and look pure and religious.
What is the name of the song do
you suppose that comes hight fresh
from the gobs in the navy? Some
thing about the briny deep? Nix.
II is "Ja-Da." 1t was written by
Bob Carleton, L. S. n. r. F., and
the sale of the song will be for the
benefit of the Navy Relief Society.
1t has ALREADY jazzed its way into
the vocal cord of all New York.
The words? They are sublime.
Hear 'em: ia Da, ia Da, ia Da
Jing, Jing. Jing"-and so on and
SO on.
Robert II. Davis, according to
Fannie Hurst. discovered the gift
ed young writer when all hope had
fed. Too little is said about the
helping hand that Bob Davis ex-
tends to struggling writers At the
Dutch Treat Club the other day
there were twenty-three prominent
writers. Fifteen of them said they
would have given up writing had
they not been encouraged in their
early struggles by Robert H. Davis.
He is the editor of the Munsey pub
liCatiOns.