The Washington herald., 1919-05-06

New York. May Sail the ceiebri-
ties of the footlights fiocked to a
queer little auction room over on
Seventh avenue one day last week TO
attend the sale OF Marjorie Ram
beau's household fixin's. Recently she
divorced willard Mack, and married
another-so she sought to Danish all
former memories.
The collection would completely out
At one of those swell vampire estab-
lishments in the movies. 1t was re-
ported along the Appian Way that one
OF the chief reasons for the sale was
Miss Rambeau's wish to cut hersefr
OF entirely from her ex-husband's
shaving mug.
One OF the big thuds OF the sale
was when Billy the oysterman. who
looks as though he carries n large
part of the stock of his restaurant on
Twentieth street concealed on his
person, bought huge mahogany
chair formerly the property of Grover
~iCNOAoAiu- ibiiAy was thc ohiS
to fit the chair. He weighs 800 pounds
Mixed up With lace curtains. alcohoi
stoves and punch bowls was "a head
ache pillow Of pine leaves" Some
reason for its use seemed to be i'm
dicated In a long list of wines. The
stock of Mosellle. Haut-Sauterne and
Burgundy offered some soul a chance
10 forget amendments, the figure IS
and everything.
Also exposed to the public gaze In
the auction room were a couple of
"day beds" which seemingly are
necessary in the night-haunting tho
atricaI profession. a positive third
act hush fell OH everyone who
glimpsed the carved mahogany,
slant top desk with drawers and
secret compartments" which no
doubt contained the papers. from
| force OF habit.
One paused at the article described
as reducing blanket" Could II be
- But no. perish the thought. Tha
sale brought s15.5O0. which indicated
the reason for Miss Rambeau selling
! the volume Banks and Ranking" No
doubt she had mastered the subject.
The snake skins. reversible poker
tables. shoehorns. and diamond stud
ded dice went quickly.
New York has been entertaining
the famed guide and trapper. Bill
Sewall. who came down from Maine
to Iook over the Manhattan trails.
| Bills main trouble is getting up SO
early. He cannot break the habit
of getting up at o'clock. Bill is
a friend of Col. Roosevelt and he
came to town as a member of the
Memorial Association. He is "a years
old and as hard as nails. He has
been Maine guide for so years.
The He'll Hole is the latest stunt
place TO open its doors to Greenwich
/ Village. 1t has its short haired cigar
cite girl. the dreamy piano player and
| Tiny Tim, who makes his own candy
in an attic. appears nightly among the
guests to disperse sweets and phiIoso-
ply. Among other things l saw there
I the other night were a fashion artist.
designer OF textiles. and a soulful
artist with a genuine blush. One room
has a japanese touch. Sake is served
and with the sake came the playing
of the shamisen and the singing by
the serving maid.
Two doughboys sat on a bench un-
der an arc light in Central Park. their
service stripes cleaning gold in the
night. 1t was long after midnight
and all traffic had stiiled save the
night cabs. One of these contained
slightly inchriated gentleman. mur-
| fled in a great fur coat. who peered
out at the browsing lads. He had
the driver stop and questioned them.
| They had spent more than they ex-
pected and could not reach camp. II
/ they were not back at day-break.
trouble was in store for them. They
were too proud to beg. So they sat
on a park bench and waited for dawn.
| The inebrated gentleman heard their
story. He got an automobile and
drove them to camp. himself arriving
/ an hour ahead of time