The Washington herald., 1919-11-18
NEW YORK CITY
By o. O.. McMTYRE

New York. Nov. 5.--sarah wai-
ker. nesress. who passed on some
time ago. left half million dollars.
according to the will filed In White
Plains last week A remarkable
fortune paid to her in the name OF
vanity. For Madam walker. as she
was called. collected this fortune by
selling a remedy said to remove
kinks from hair among her own
people.
She died in India napolis. although
her home--a great show place--was
at Hudson. The big
country estate was known as Le-
waro. and it nestled in the heart Of
perhaps the most exclusive COM
munity In all of America. Right
around were the estates OF Helen
Gould. Rockefeller, Vanderlip.~a and
scores OF Others whose names strike
awe in every financial center.
Madam Walkers home Is the most
beautiful one in the entire section.
I have seen II, and while my archi-
tectural education registers zero.
those who know declare II Is in
deed one of the handsomest homes
in America. 1t has the effect of giv>
ing the impression of the rarifed
atmosphere OF wealthy. highly cul-
tivated. rather naughty home.
The visitor is met at the door by
colored gentleman. patrician I'M
mistakable. of aristocratic features
in the habiliments OF butler.
The home goes to the daughter. who
it is said will not live there. Madam
Walker was rarely ever seen.
She spent only a few months a
year at the great estate. and when
she left the house she stepped into
closed limousine. There was
never any entertaining or visitors.
Nobody knew who the house was
for until it was finished. And then
the tongues began to wag, Now the
neighborhood seems quite recon-
ciled and points out the home to
visitors.
New Workers run smack dab into
some odd slants, human incongrui-
ties, among all sorts OF people. A
wealthy broker. and owner of Be
Frank. the last Latonia Derby win
ner. going to Paris every now and
then. merely to visit a certain fam
GUS restaurant and get a dish OF the
slow-creeping gasteropod Of the
genus Helix. known in common
every day talk as snails. Mr.. Garri-
son likes fast horses, but slow foou.
Incidentally. it is quite remarkable
how the taste for snaiIs grows on
the true epicure. c. NJ. Garrison, by
the way, was born near Portsmouth.
Ohio. How those Ohio boys do get
on. He was for a long time asso-
ciated with former Senator Clark
in his rich copper mining ventures.
Later Mr.. Garrison ventured into
the mining business himself. and has
become enormously wealthy. and
one of the Wall Street plutocrats. He
has a town house, but spends the
most OF his time at a great resi-
dence he owns down at Manhattan
Beach, where he goes in for a swim
every morning-summer and winter
There wasn't much enthusiast SIN
about the armistice celebration. The
Nanhattanese find it hard to cheer
on lemonade. The cafes did a very
small business, but there were many
parties in private homes. where the
slightest excuse is made for a dip
into the remaining supply Of
liquors. Looking back on the year
and after paying s140 for a suit of
clothes 1t looks like only one person
got his freedom--the kaiser. He
ms been getting free rent. fresh
country eggs, a long rest in the
country. lots of free advertising, and
freedom of the Bentinck wine cell
lar.
The hotels have begun a nght on
| the Mezzanine Hounds. They are
men and women who lounge around
the mezzanine floors all evening oc-
cupying the best chairs, etc. They
usually entertain friends there. too.
Their homes are in hall bedrooms.
II is just q part of the eternal four
flush of the city.