The Washington herald., 1919-11-03
NEW YORK CITY.
By o. o. McNTYRE

New York. Nov. 2.--A page from the
diary OF q modern Samuab Pepys. up
and abroad 10 pay several little scores
and to the park near the Hudson, and
watched the sun ON the Palisades.
and was big with admiration OF IL.
For walk with A. Roche. the scriv-
ener, who did Very nightly the intel
lectual power OF Mr.. shaw. believing
him to be- the greatest mind OF this
age. but did not agree.
On the highway we did see Lord
Dunsany on the way to lecture. and
he seemed not fitted for the part, for
most Of the platform types I have
found are the poseur and the Ananias,
yet I have seen but few. Comes by
post some OF the merriest quips ]
have read In q twelfth-montii from
N. Nicholson the Hoosier pamphlet
eer. and. too. . burlesqse script from
c. Briggs. the limner.
This day l had occasion to use the
instrument yclept the telephone In e
public medicine shop. and was so
vexed that ! stamped out OF the store
and ran plump into q fine lady In
silks. who abused me roundly. Home.
where l breakfasted at noon.s. finding
1t fne plan and making for ready
appetite.
All the afternoon packing ny Jug
gage and washing the dog, for we DO
entrain this evening for Kansas City
to see my father and sister, It being
the hrst time In several years.
Ambition Is the thing. II ls far
cry from the debating room to Lead
ing lady with star, but In these days
nothing 10 remarkable. Three years
ago Silvia Clark was receiving dicta-
tion and pounding q typewriter. To-
J day she 10 Raymond Hitchcock's lead
Ing lady. and has her name In electric
lights and her pictures In the photo
gravure sections. There are q lot OF
people In Manhattan who have stem
ncged their way to fame and fortune.
Three well-known sob sisters began
a. stenographers four years ago, and
are now making more than 500 q
week. And for fear this may be prop
asanda TOR the commercial schools
they all picked UP shorthand and
typewrltins themselves.
Lew Dockstader. the last Of the min
strels, sends this wheeze from u sani-
tarium where he is recovering from
sick spell: Even the laundry help
Bolsheviki aren't affected"
Joe Weber and Lew Fields, the COM
edisn. have their serious moments.
The other day they parted with & 900
without q choking struggle, AMI Adele
Rowland, musical comedy star, profit
ed by their decision. Miss Rowland
sued to recover $4,000 from the come
dians. who were to back her I'm q
musical comedy.
Weber was at court when the trial
opened and he made the 1900 ofrer
explaining that circumstances. beyond
his control. led to him being unable
to part with his contract. He left the
courtroom with Miss Rowland. arm
in arm.
1 live across the street from DR.,
Pease, the man who makes people quit
smoking in subways. on street cars
and any place where the smoke pol
lutes the air. Most Of the papers refer
to him as Annette Hazelton Pease be-
cause q handwriting expert declared
that a letter signed Annette Hazel
Son. praising DR.. Pease. and printed
N the Sun. was written by the doctor
himself. DR.. Pease may be ofiicions
and a zealot. but like him, although
l have never had the pleasure Of hts
acquaintance. 1 can't explain II. but
secretly l want to pat him on the
back. He seems so lonesome. too, and
In the evenings after dinner he goes
to the park, under the wisteria arboc,
and sits all alone. and something
about his doing that makes me, gym
pathetic. / wonder what II Is?
/ was guilty. recently, of q grave
grammatical error In this column. I
wrote "All Of we husbands" when q
school boy knows 1t should be IAN
OF US husbands" Five chided me
good naturedly and one anonymously,
which doesn't count.