The Washington herald., 1919-07-28

New York. July IA page from
the diary of a modern Samuel Pepys:
Up oetimes and with f. Casey, Of
golfers. to Bowling Green In a ben
zine buggy. and at St. Pauls we
saw old men and haggard arising
from sleep In the cemetery, some
sleeping on the marble slabs. At
the Battery we saw Lord Andrews
bsrque, and Karl Kitchen, the scriv-
ener, was on deck In white panta-
looms and cap, very noble.
Back through the town afoot. stop
ping at Whitehall for q great tart
meats tongue and soms anchovies
and the best beaker of cold milk ever
/ tasted; but Lordi the prices--cost.
ing me- q half-pound. The news this
day Is that oil the cabaret places
are shutting down. for which Provi-
dence be thanked.
On Park Row I met an old enemy,
but he spoke pleasantly and took a
very civil leave of me; yet I dis
trust his manner. Too. met a jour-
nalist on an evening journal and he
wore SILK topper and a bouquet and
silken waistcoat and l hear he Is
most ukabIe fellow withal, which
seems strange.
Hylap in a great petrol buggy and
he Nls guarded about with consta-
bles and ! stood upon the steps and
made observance to Cutting as he
went along.
At Brooklyn Bridge we took the
underground tram and a fellow foxed
with drink was causing a great up
roar by pulling the beard of an an
cient Hebraic gentleman, and a young
| lady of great courage basted the
rogue soundly amid hand-clappIng.
Home and to see VIII Cressy in his
new role in 'Lightnin'," and found
him most engaging. but the play in
ept. And so home and to bed.
Odd things attract crowds In New
York. Start looking for a penny in
Longacre Square and IL means a
hurry call for the police reserves.
Sidewalk traffic is always blocked in
front of Childs Restaurant when
the skilled worker in immaculate
white is giving a hair-raisins exhi-
bttion Of the hazardous art of seeing
that buttercakcs get a square deal on
Doth sides. When the buttercake
Juggler's companion In heroism the
blond young woman dressed as a
trained nurse, happens to be on the
JOB turning pancakes OF preparing
buttered toast, 1t proves a double
attraction. They press about the Big
windows in droves. I often wonder
II the crowds are held perhaps by
no other spell than that produced bv
curiosity as to why the white coat
| OF the buttercake man always has
an egg-stain over the heart
The bare-lerCed idea is spresdipg
rapidly. 1t was quite natural that
/ serious s-pardon-thinkers in
Greenwich Village would take IN the
! ldea with bang, but that II would
spread uptown was never entertained
for an instant But almost anv E4ftb
avenue bus has one or two bare
/ legged girls. Over on Broadway It
! mas ceased to be a reason for stop-
ping and turning about shame-faced-
ly. One restaurant has a sign in its
marble entrance: "Bare-legged Ia
dies are not permitted to dine here
with or without escorts" There are
lot OF men who have been going In
for this idea for several decades
But they live down in the Bowery
lodging houses.
Many fashionable eating houses are
advertising the soft-shell lobster. AS
a rule only about two or three are
found a season But this year at
Rar1tan Bay they are caught by the
dozen. They are very pcrishabIe and
are sold prepared for $40 each.