The Washington herald., 1920-06-25
New York City
b, o. o. MeIntyrs

New York. June 2i-rhoughts
while strolling around New York;
Flock Of pigeons in Times Square.
A poet could do something with
the idea. There's Chic Sale back
from the California studios. Irwin
Cobb picked him for the film vef-
sion of his short story. The Smart
Aleck." Everybody wearing smoked
glasses. Wonder IL it's wood alco-
hol.
Broadway's freak palace closed.
Lure of the circus was too strong
for the human curios. It's hard to
believe but that man has blon-
dined his hair. Babe Ruth chat
ting with corner cop. Gifted
cockstoos In cages along the curb
to-easJ your horoscope. / once
spent my last nickel in st. Louis
to have my horoscope cast. And
got the Information that my for
tunes were low. Low didn't begin
to describe them.
Green automobile drivers tag
their cars now with the sign: Just
learning to drive. Be careful" Re-
splendent looking gentleman is
Billy Kurth, the head waiter.
Knows all the millionaircs and
spends three months a year at his
villa in France. Oppenheim used
him as central character In one
OF his novels.
Old fellow with his whiskers
tucked inside his vest. Wonder IL
that Is considered gauche in whIs-
ker circles. A fellow carrying n
pail OF ice on his head. Suppose
he sat up with a sick friend last
night. The perfume of fresh cut
grass and there isn't a lawn in
sight. 4 crowd gathered around a
dead bat.
Seems like there won't be any
more barber shops where you can
read the Police Gazette. All the
new ones are highly sanitary and
remind you OF the operating room
in a hospital. Ring Lardner says
for years he always picked out
barber that had the best haircut
until he thought the matter out for
himself.
That fellow with the protuber-
ant jaw has been following me for
six blocks. And have nothing on
my hip but a handkerchief. q
Goody! Goody! Uneasy lies the
hip that wears a pint. Sounded
good at irst-but Ii looks rotten
in type. So I'll cease.
The day of the old fashioned
conventional night shirt and modest
pajama is over. according to New
York dealers in mems wear. Men
are now demanding color in their
night togs. Lavender and pink.
- ~
terial and everything that has a
bizarre touch is demanded. Deal
ers say that before the war and
prohibition a male customer was
insulted If he was shown anything
in heliotrope for night wear. He
wanted only white. Now they de-
clare that white is only for those
ready for the undertaken. Jazz. IL
! appears, has even reached Slum-
( berland.
| For n number of years they have
| only tolerated one another for that
] threadbare excuse-their little
| child. He has gone his way and
she has gene hers. BY a queer
/ trick of fate they were seated in
| the same box at a Broadway open
! ing the other night. He was with
a strange woman and she was
| with strange man. Only two ave-
'nues of escape were open. Intro
! ductions or DEPARTURES. They hit
upon the former and a more amaz-
Ing complication was presented
| The strange man was the divorced
! husband of the strange woman.
| The divorced pair had never mem
toned being married years ago in
the west. And the comedian said
bromidically curing the progress OF
| the play: IT'S a small world, after
| ALL"
New York druggists are worried
! by a new tax problem. Chewing
| gum that claims to be good for the
| digestion or for the throat comes
under the government heading OF
| patent medicine and Is therefore
/ liable for an extra penny tax