The Washington herald., 1919-09-29
NEW YORK CITY
By o. o. McNTYRE

@SA - SSp@ So p18c from
the diary Of q modern Samuel Pepys:
Clare Briggs, the limner. called ana
coaxed me to sip cordiail sent
him from France. and did and soon
we were playing with all our might,
he the harpischord and the trian-
gle. Lullaby Blues" and awakened
my wife. poor wretch. and heaven
forgive us we did a shining. dance.
And we did our hair with puffes
and went to call on J. Bells and H.
Webster. in gay humor.
At breakfast my head ached and
continued all the morning, It being
the last time shall ever be coaxed
to taking what I do not want. Yet
We had an hour OF great foolery and
much wit Through the town on
the coach for the air and I had sit
ting next to me a woman. the likest
my Lady Maxine Elliott that ever /
saw. And I kept wondering IL II
could be.
On the highway came upon DR..
Houghton. q brave student of af-
fairs. and he alarmed me with his
talk Of the unrest he has found
throughout~-the country. pray
things may soon be righted. Home
where I fell to reading Mare Nos
trum" and this day heard a noble
japery about the book. q fellow say
ing the author wrote The Four
Horsemen, etc" a race track story
and IL made such q hit he was writ
ing now about horse liniment.
This day came q letter from q.
W.. Howe Of Kansas. and he prom
tses to SCENE when he comes to
town soon. for which I am glad.
My barber called to trim me and
the fellow had been imbibing and I
turned him away. albeit after my
ming this morning I had . guilty
feeling.
In the evening with my she-coz-
zen and wife to see The Miracle
Man" done by a ci9ematograph and
SO home and to bed.
Just when the demand for screen
stars Is 30 heavy q number of stars
are forsaking the silent drama for
the so-cailed legitimate. Pauline
Frederick. Elsie Ferguson. Geraldine
Farrar and Billie Burke are return
ing to the stage. So pressing is the
demand for screen material that
movie scouts-just like they have in
the baseball league. only handsom-
er-are being sent out to search for
beautiful and grotesque faces. Mary
Jones going home from work with
her eyes cast demurely down may
be followed home and get q sum-
mons next day to appear at q studio
NrHH LII NJ
ford she will make. That would be
some thrill indeed. The Universal
Is starting out five scouts for their
Roma-New York company which is
making pictures for the Russians
and near-Orient peoples. p. A. Pow
ers. the chief. says that the demand
for Aims In Europe Is so heavy that
America needs stars and still more
stars for a number of years to come.
Society is awaiting anxiousIy the
new book by Jane Burr. 1t Is said
that 1t Is going to stir up SO much
social dust that the author is going
to England for a long sojourn just
before the book comes out. OF
course that may be press agent
stuf-but there Is going to be some
excitement at least. Jane Burr was
once in society, but broke away.
She was once Rosalind Guggen-
heim-one of the" Guggenheims-
and is noted for originality and dar-
ing.
She runs the Drowsy Saint Inn.
once the old post tavern up on the
Hudson. and it Is an inn only for
writers-mostly radicals. Among
the guests are Rose wilder Lane,
Frederic o. Howe. Justis Sheffield
and Albert Rys Williams.
One may be startled at first when
Miss Burr comes in to greet you.
wearing satin 'knickers" and MILDLY
blouse, but she is so utterly sure OF
herself that she carries II of with
out making her seem an eccentric.
1t Is great place for inspiration.
At one time as many as eight
authors were writing novels within
the walls of the old inn.