The Washington herald., 1919-10-20
NEW YORK CITY,
By o. o. MeNTYRE

New York. Oct 1s.-A page from the
diary Of q modern Samuel Pepys: Up
and came courier afoot from 8.
Simpson, the barrister. for my new
petrol Wagon coat, and did lend Il
with great misgivings, and the day
took q bad turn albeit the sun was
bright Ny Lord Woodrow improves
this day and he do lie under q great
weight Of mind.
All the morning I read T. Roose-
velt's letters to his children, and found
them mighty tyne and the likest him
OF anything he has, written. Too,
read from Mr.. Merrick's Conrad IN
Quest Of HIS Youth" and at the end
found some mighty philosophy. quaint
ly writ. v. Porter came with Mistress
Neysa McMein and he was vexing her
nightly with his pretty raillery.
A brave luncheon of a broiled chop
and baked potato and q cold oeaker
OF whey and a noble tart of rasp-
berries. For a walk through the town
and saw Lee Conrey. the limner, dash.
ing by. A gay petrollicker, thought I.
News II that ]. Knott Is to come to
town shortly from st. Louis. which Is
news Of little cheer for the players
Of poker.
On Madison avenue I looked into
many homes Of the rich, and they
looked 90 cold and forbidding, and
even the J. p. Morgan museum like a
jmausoleum. A few children I saw
there all prettied up and stiff, and not
like the happy children one sees else
where, and I wondered why.
Home where I had sharp words with
the attendant he being a very knave,
and believe did steal my newly
bought. slippers. Came W. MacHarg,
the scrtvener. a strange good com.
penion and droll at times, and he told
me Of being on the jury that indicted
the black box fighter champion John
son, and Of the orgies he induiged and
Of his women. and was sick at heart.
And 50 to bed.
There is a merry oackle, now and
then. In . careful perusal Of ths head
lines in the New York newspapers
This is one from an evening paper
when King Albert arrived:
King Albert and Queen Arrive.
Sox Fall Before Great Throngs.
Mixing Royalty and Baseball is Demo
cratic, But Sometimes Amusing.
Department stores are now selling
houses. cash down, or on the INSTALL
ment plan. So acute is the shortage
Of housing accommodation. that one
enterprising store opened the new de-
partment. The houses are In three
and four sections. and may be set up
In two or three weeks. The price
ranges from s2,50o to $3.ooo And they
are said to be selling fast.
In one block in the West Forties,
the other day. six strikes were In prog
ress. One was a laundry strike, the
other a hat frame makers strike, an
other a cooks strike. do not re-
member the other three. I asked a
hat frame maker how much he made
a week, and he said he averaged s35.
The cooks delegate said the men were
asking for SIS. They were getting SIS.
All the strikers were well dressed, and
I noticed that the majority were for
eigners.
There is something very fascinating
about New York around s o'clock Sat-
urday evening. Salesgirls, worn out
by the hard day, take on a new bright
ness. Young clerks step along quickly
for some appointment. Everybody
seems happy around the stores and
shops, save the night watchmen who
must sit in the lonely doorways all
night and smoke. I never saw them
do anything else. Except. perhaps.
talk to q passing policeman Young
men meet young girls on every cor
ner. There must be a great reduction
in the total supply of powder and
rouge on Saturdays.