The Washington herald., 1919-11-10
NEW YORK CITY
By o. o. McNTYRE


New York. Nov. s.-A page from
the diary OF . modern Samuel Pepys:
Up and dressed in the steam train.
. right hard thing to do. and fouhd
my dog In the coach in a great fret
after riding fortyeeight hours. The
hustle af the station does ever de-
light me and the train callers have q
strange fascination.
Home where ! found lots Of work
to do. and yet when l began at the
task II seemed small and did tell
my wife. poor-wretch. that was for
going away again. All the late
morning at this and that and doing
nothing whatsoever.
Through the town afoot and the
city did seem like a great hive and
l laid out some money for a great
lamp. At lunch came r. Bacon, the
actor. who hath writ a new play.
and he had q waistcoat of gray with
purple dots, very small and very
neat.
All the talk is Of the public drink
ling houses closing. some saying It
Is good thing but the majority are
complaining and do md complaints 9
greater among the working classes.
To the Tribune Offices and found
there, In high fumididdles, o.
Briggs. f. Kelly. H. Webster and
| Ding, discussing q great foolery,
and they did make me dean OF a
school they have organised.
Back home in @. worts' petrol
wagon. and he told me of starting
for China shortly. which l wish I
might do, albeit 1t would cost me a
pretty sum. My house coat. newly
furbished, came and lounged about
/ II In
held's poems and longed more than
ever to write verse. But I have no
fknack for II soever. And so with
great content to bed.
| Thousands of pedestrians on Forty
second street west were entertained,
instructed and thrilled to sympa-
thetic mirth last week by the sign
painted on the shop window OF q
well-known halter, who for years
mas been amiably and probably sup
| plying commuters, natives, visiting
hremen and foreign guests with
modish. rakish. modest, sportiye,
debonair and snappy chapeaux for
moderate sums.
But the other day the iron entered
into the good hattist's soul and
irony into his window advertise
ments. The sign on the window
read: Keep This Under Your Hat.
The reason I am moving. From 1913
to 1918 I paid $500 for this little
store. IL 20 feet. Last year re-
newed for $3.50. Last month was
+, told to get out or pay s13,6oo. am
getting out. Can you beat this for
rent profiteering?
| For the benefit of the inquisitive
public the hat merchant gave the
name of his landlord in letters a
root high. thus showing no favorit-
Ism In his application of the old
adase, 1T pays to advertise"
A friend of Don Marquis tells OF
the most courteous dun. The sun
had set behind a bank Of clouds in
the Berkshires. The east wind blew
the leaves in whirls along the Green
River road. and far across the val
ley in the fading light loomed the
majestic form of Greylock Noun
tain, immovable in the blast.
A boss carpenter drew up in his
light running automobile alongside
the road. and at the same time a
heavy touring car containing a we'll
known dodger Of debts stopped on
the other side of the highway.
| Inc oeot dodger owed 4he carpen-
ter considerable sum for labor and
materials for two years. Il think
We Will get some rain" remarked
the occupant OF the larger car by
way OF showing a neighboriy spirit.
/ YES. replied the carpenter, Ma
ture pays her debts"
| 1t is strange slant on prohibi-
ton. but New Yorkers, with dry
throats. are going up to Maine, tn.
premier dry State, for liquor. ac-
cording to the New York newspa-
| pers. One tells of whisky being
shipped into Maine from Canada la :
! beled maple syrup. And another
tells of nivver with a false gaso-
line tank being captured with five
gallons of Scotch whisky. 1t had
| come from Maine.