The Washington herald., 1919-07-19


New York, July ia tour Of Fifth
avenue department. stores and shops
brings one up short with Amusement
that the wixardry of Ziegfeid has
overlooked so much feminine beauty.
The prettiest girls In New York in
my opinion are to be found behind the
counters Of the more exclusive stores.
They are the champagne Of beauties
and extremely sec.
It is small wonder that so many
men-married and bachelors-pretty
themselves all Up with the button
hole bouquets and mauve spats and
things to parade up and down the
avenue just before quitting time In all
the shops and stores.
Another man who goes shopping
with his wife at every opportunity
once slipped me some inside inforna-
tion. The prettiest girls. he said.
! were always to be found at the veil
counters. And 1t Is true. It may De
some business psychology or just
plain accident-but they are all there.
Consequently 1t Is not unusual to
enter a department store and see
some shriveled up little shrimp slid
ing up to naughty floor walker and
yawning Something in veilsT' Be-
ing directed there he can stand on the
side-lines and feast his eye upon
more beauty than was ever crowded
into the same area before.
There Is a certain independence
about the Fifth avenue salesgirl that
Is not eQualled by the grand danes
who pull up in front in platinum dec
grated limousines with liveried help.
And at night you may see her in
evening clothes opposite some Adonis
at the smart places like the Ritz or
Plaza.
The next day she Is calling: Cash
girEThirty-six out OF a dollarr"
Most of the salesgiris I am told are
products of small towns. Many have
come to town with big dreams ant
finally settled down to the busy marts
of trade for a livelihood. Afterward
they marry the conventional million
aire and live happily ever afterward
that Is II the alirnony ls sutncient
He was a middle-aged ticket chop
per with light blue eyes and straw
colored hair and all day long as the
subway crowds dropped the little
tickets into the chopper he worked
the foolish pump handle. 1 stood at
his gate the other evening at Times
Square and noticed that he was talk
ing to himself. He would pull book
from his pocket. read it hastily. ana
then put it back in a hurry NUMB
ling over what he had read IN an
undertone. Must be going 10 make
a speech?" I queried. He chuckled
and let go of a thin spray OF amber
juice which cleared the platform and
into the middle of the tracks. No
SIR he squeaked. I'VE are gong to
have an initiation tonIgnt 1 am the
| high worshipful master OF the Lilac
Sons of Purity and I don't want TO
forget the ritual. A passel OF the
women folks will be there" MY tram
came and 1 left him. He was look
ing forward to the big event OF his
life.
There was much cause for elation
among New Workers the past week.
The President of Ireland was in the
city and the President-elect of Bra
zil was also here. All of this coupled
with the fact that the President or
the United States was paying US a
visit-makes up for a lot of things
that the old town has been missing.
Joseph ollomb is the talented nus
band of the equally talented zoe
Beckley-who jumped from a Wall
Street stenographic job into the high
est salaried women newspaper writ
er in New York. Mr.. Gollomb and
Miss Beckley have a little farm ana
castle over in Jersey that is called
Paradise Shack" and 1t is here that
they turn out short stories and novels
and interviews with celebrities for
consumption all over the United
States and Europe. In the winter
they have a cozy apartment down on
Fifteenth street, where around the
great open fire the cognoscenti fore
gather and strike off intellectual
truths. Miss Beckley's recent novel
"A Chance to Live" which dealt with
a problem near her hearts, in its
third edition.