The Washington herald., 1920-08-16
New York City
Page From a Modern Pepys.
BY o. o. Mcintyre.


New York, Aug, ia page from
the diary of a modern Samuel Pep
Us; Lay late, a bad nights rest, be-
ing nightly bit with mosquitoes
Troubled at my great sluggishness
and so casting my accounts while
waiting for breakfast. ]. Knott,
the limner called, being here from
81, Louis, and did show me a trick
which appears TO give a man ability
to stretch his thumb several inches.
Walked with my wife through the
city, putting In at several shops and
to the picture framer to have three
prints of my dog framed and I
bought three books, costing 80
shillinGs. and then recalled l had
read them but the clerk would not
exchange them albeit they had not
been opened or cut. My mind
seems to grow weaker with age.
on the avenue ] turned to gaze
at a maid, very pretty, with her
hair cut short. and my leg fell in
a hole. but I was catched up by a
workman who shouted at me until
my face grew red. To Earl Car
rolls cottage on the roof of tall
building to watch a play rehearsal
and Tom Wiss, the play actor. there
and Mistress Marcelle served tea,
all very merry.
Q. Briggs comes Unexpectedly
| from Maine on the way to Wiscon-
! sin TO see his mother and brings
! great news of H. Webster and r.
BrinkerhofT who are living on fish
ing islands there at place called
! Meddy ybemps and all so content they
may quit the city and live there all
the while, yet / doubt it.
In the evening Mistress Bettyna
came and a fine talk and late by
gasolene buggy far down town to
a party. a noble affair. The Duncan
Sisters singing negro songs, and
heavily built woman opera airs and
all in high jinks until late. And
so to bed without prayers.
A Liberian Dandy.
Broadway has been watching an
elderly dignifed negro with snow
| white hair who parades up and
down wearing a monocle, a white
silk suit, Panama hat and carrying
a gold headed cane. They expected
| any day to see him spring Whatever
it was he was advertising. But it
develops that the negro was at
tending the Back to Africa" con-
ference in New York. He is a
wealthy land owner in Liberia-and
his talk is o! so very English, you
know! In the Fifty-third stree,
black belt he rented an entire house
! during his stay and had a French
chef. borrowed from a big hotel. to
whom he paid salary of 5000
week
You Never Can Tell.
There is a beautiful young mo-
ton picture actress who was a pro-
| fessional dancer in the gay resorts
in the days of the Castle popular
ity. She lived a fast and furious
life and then got her chance in the
movies and gained great popularity
She married a man who had social
aspirations. The girl came from
obscure parentage and her advan-
tages were limited. She wanted to
be worthy of her husbands friends
and so she studied-read the best
books. went in for elocutlon. French
and aped those about her who lived
in the upper circles. Two months
ago her husband left her-and now
he is trailing around with a girl of
the chorus whose coarse manners
are the jest of her friends One
never knows what to do in this mad
whirling world.
Quarrelsome Friends
Two very close pals are John Nc
Graw, of the Giants, and Louis
Mann, the actor And yet they
quarrel continually when they are
together. l saw them dining to-
gether on a roof garden the other
night. They had qUarreled. Their
soup was cold-and they puffed at
cigars furiously and looked out in
to innoCuous desuetude Yet Mann
will fight if anyone pans McGraw
and McGraw is the loudest ap-
plaudee at Mann's opening nights. |
Mann and his fiaring wing collars !
are just as much of a fixture at the
Polo Grounds when the Giants are
in town as the pop vendors. It is |
strange companionship that has
endured through the years.