The Washington herald., 1919-06-21

New York. June 20.-Booth
Harrington gailoped into New York
this week from his country home in
Maine, where-he is parked for the
summer. bringing with him the new
play he has written called "Clar-
ence." The name describes the
play which Is to have as its star
Alfred Lunt
Aside from bringing the play "a
Manhattan. Harrington had anoth-
er good and valid reason for COM
ing to town at this early date. It
was chiefly to dodge a certain vii
lage character near his summer
place His name is Jabez and he
has an Adams Apple and every
thing.
Harrington was down to the vii
lage store the other day and ex-
pressed an interest ina new derby
Jabez was wearing. Whereupon
Jabez told him that he had been
clear to anbury once. by Heck!
and had seen them make derbies
right out'en the raw material.
And before Harrington could
break away he had launched into a
description of the plant and the
manner OF Manufacturing. After
talking for fifteen minutes the
novelist escaped.
The next day at the postoffice ia
bez slipped up behind him and be-
gan: Yes. sir. they just take this
raw material and kinda melt 1t like
in some kind of a vat. etc, etc.-for
about ten minutes. Again the nov-
elist escaped.
At the depot the next day wait
ing for some friends, Jabez slid OF
a truck and was soon at Tarking-
TONS side. He made no salutation
or comment but took up the subject
of hats exactly where he had LEFT
OF tn day before. After they are
blocked" he rambled on, they have
man to test 'em to see II they sit
straight" etc, etc. The train
pulled in and Harrington met his
friends and fed.
For five days from some unex-
pected quarter Jabez would pop in
to the neyelist's presence and con-
tinue his narrative. Finally. as a
means of self-preservation, he
rushed to New York with his new
play.
All the New York roof gardens
are opening this week to get in a
week or two before prohibition sets
in. The opening of the roof season
is something like the opening of
the theatrical season for the plea
sure loving New Workers.. All try
to be in at the first night. The
stunty roof gardens are those of
the Astor. Majestic, Waldorf, Meal
pin. Pennsylvania and Ritz. II the
-2.75 per cent beer continues to be
manufactured. the roof garden pro-
prietors say they will have no trou-
bic making money as the roof gar
cen drink is generally beer. How
ever. II they cannot sell light wines
and beer they will remain open for
a time under the soft drink regime
to see how 1t works out
1t was on a quiet street in upper
Harlem. The sidewalk was deco
rated with the usual array of gar
oage cans. All were covered. Down
the block came an old man. neatly
dressed. who picked up the lid OF
each can with an inquiring cane.
and after what seemed like an in
spection of its contents. either tilt
ed 1t back or slid it on A police
man 1ollowed hlm. The police are
always suspicious of something
like that-while safes are cracked
across the street from headquarters.
Finally the cop could stand it no
longer. He snorted with official
dignity: "Whadda you doing that
for?" The old gentleman replied: u
suppose this looks queer. 1 am
trying to give the cats in the
neighborhood chance to get
breakfast. So many families go
away at this time of year and leave
the cats to skirmish for themselves.
In many of these cans are choice
articles of food" There was a smile
and a bow and the little old gen.
tleman went his kindly II unsani-
tary way. And the cop pulled out
his regulation book to see if any
city ordinance had been violated.