The Washington herald., 1920-09-06
New York City
rase rrsm . Diary.
By o. O. MeIntyre.


New York, Sept. 5,-A page from
the diary of a modern Samuel Pepys;l
Up betimes. r. Rohn. the artist, In
viting himself to breakfast of which
! was proud and made great shift to
please him. Had q pleasant walk
and stopped to see my horologer and
am about persuaded to wear watch
abe ut my wrist,
A letter came by post from my
father who promises to visit me-
shortly from the West and we are
to see the Frenchman Carpenter
box. My wife pettish about the con-
dition of my ST eeoh, in truth l did
say before strangers Il done but IL
was a mere slip of the tongue which
worries me lot a whit.
Through The town on the omnibus
and the conductor carried me past
my station, with mean intent u
thol ght, and we had high words,
saying to him things for which u
was sorry all the day. To tho Az
gonquin for luncheon apd ! did see
Theda Pars, the cinema play actress,
and Mr.. Hoppe, the English artist.
! bought Joyce kilmer's poem toI
tree on parchment and in frame,
II being the finest thing ever ! read.
About the town is cried nightly
that prices are coming down which
l hope is true.
In the evening with E. Carroll and
Mistress Marcelle to see Earl's new
play, a fine piece, and we set in a
box. Later we walked to the Astor
for frozen cream and w. Hogg, of
Texas, the governors son, and DR..
DoIse Joined us. Then home and
so to bed.
The Enticing Poster.
broadway cafeterias are resorting
Z to snappy, slangy posters to entice
patrons. 1t is a now technique for
popularizing food and at least it is
amusing. A brilliantly lettered sign
in one window reads: Try Our
Wicked Bread and Our Mean Rolls"
Goodbye to Fire Horse.
New York has said goodby to the
fire horse. The last three were
taken to pasture last week. In
Manhattan streets the fire horse was
the last symbol Of breathless ad-
venture. To see, from the top of a
bus, the engines swinging up Fifth
avenue had more of thrill than a
movie thriller. One crisp morning
three years ago the early pedes-
triaRs saw horses three abreast. two
rows deep turn into Fifth avenue
from Fifty-seventh street. A lead
horse stumbled. All went down and
slid en- the smooth icy streets for
block, then arose miraCulously and
were off like a flash. Such thing
could never happen on the screen.
Made Reporters Quail.
Park Row reporters who stood
white-faced but unfiinching at the
electrocutions If Becker, Gyp the
Blood, Lefty Louis and a score of
other Death House scenes that made
a strong man quail admit that the
last one they witnessed was too
much. Two hardened scribes actual
ly swooned after it was all over.
Peg-Leg Kelly, a gahgster, hoped
door on one leg. He was smoking a
he smiled. You'll have to give me
little time, Cap" When he
reached the chair he threw down his
cigar and said Il am ready A
few moments later he was pro-
noUnced dead. The smoke still
curled upward from the cigar on the
floor. 1t was Left to die natural
&c sth. There was not a man in the
room who did not leave with a firm
resolve to fight for the adjustment
of capital punishment.
Signs Of Winter.
With the first tang of fall wealth
er-folk are rushing back to town.
The chestnut vnnders are out in
Union Square. Caruso has taken
possession of his new quarters-an
entire flooF-Qt the Vanderbilt. Road
companies are starting out on the
buTlesque circuit. These things!
signify the same idea that burning
leaves do in the small towns. Win
ter will soon be here.