The Washington herald., 1919-06-06

New York, June s.-rhoughts while
trying to write this article: Twenty
minutes and not a thought Funny
about that old codger In Brooklyn
kidnapping a young widow In her silk
en- kirnono. Nine bobbed girls In the
Village going to start a magazine.
Speaking of magazines, my last
manuscript hasn't been returned.
Hope the woman across the court
won't try to siaE today. Funny!
She Just started.
Whatever became OF Gaby Deslys? !?
All my friends going to the country.
Pretty tough to be poor. Will Rogers
is taking his whole family to Cali
fornia- Going to stay in pictures for
good. Soft life. wonder how IA
hlm? was a fool to pay the whole
| dinner check Listen to her screech!
l hope she strains a valve or some
thing.
Ought to have a good time playing
tennis tomorrow at Forest Hills.
Wish I could play a set with Fay
BANTER. Getting old, but I got young
ideas Ray Long going to, England
next month Hope he finds a writer
who won't have his characters meet
someone at Charing Cross.
Can't believe that story Of Ar
thur Roche's about the educated frog
Still. they educated f1eas. See the
new luxury tax is applicable to brass
knuckles- Also aromatic cachous
Yes, almost forgot. and pomades, too
See Broadway has a new theater
place Everything In darkness. Black
velvet hangings- Only thin pale light
of the moon. Walters have to carry
electric searchlights- Still New York's
most popular tea room is almost
pitch dark.
Hasn't been a classy murder In the
New York papers for weeks. Hear
woman high in society Is spilling
some inside society chatter in one
of the afternoon papers There she
hit High C and something busted.
| Think I'll eat early and go to a bur
lesoue show. Haven't been to one
since last summer.
| The house of Street and Smith is
Planning to turn one OF their widely
read fiction magazines into one Of
the large and nat CLOSED paper L.
lustrated magazines Park Row
whispers that it is to go into COM
petition with a magazine that leapt
into sudden popularity by dealing
with interesting personalities
New writers are to be given a
chance along with the highly paid
and established scriveners- The new
ma gazine is to make its bow in tn,
late summer. and Lee Brown. for
merly of the New York Times, is to
, become the editorial director He
has just returned from France and
IS writing a book dealing with the
Yankee in England.
There is not a more interesting
publishing house in America than
Street and Smith. Every writer of
| prominence got his start there The
majority of their publications depend
upon their circulation sales for rev.
enue and the prices are not so high
to writers-but they pay Immediate
! ly upon acceptance The magazines
paying higher prices and looking for
new blood almost always turn to the
| Street and Smith writer's. A writer
often takes his story to the publish
| ing Offices, waits outside while the
editor reads it-and II it Is accepted
he can stop at the cashiers window
and get his money on the way out
Paul Nicholson is IN a play near a
1 theater where Ed Wynne is holding
forth. The other day both were hav-
| ing matinees- Nicholson got a few
minutes away and walked over to
Wynne's show, got in the stage door
| and onto the stage where Wynne
was playing. Hello. Ed Where are
/ you going to spend the summer? 90
he asked his amazed brother actor.
and walked off. Shortly after that
| Nicholson was, on the stage when
[ Wynne came across the street and
out in front of the footlights, say
ing: II think I'll spend it at Great
Neck. Where are you going to spend
yours?" 1t fused Nicholson so much
/ that he kissed the wrong chorus
! girl. These actor folks are such
daredevil cut-up-.