The Washington herald., 1920-05-25
New York City,
BIZ o. o. Mcintyre

New York. May 24.-A Hood Of
traffic eddied up Eighth avenue and
came to halt at Forty-second
street as the ,trafiic officers arm
went up. In the rear seat OF an
imported automobile, sat Well
known actor Of few years ago. He
was barbered and manicured per-
fectly. A pin striped suit fitted him
snugly and from his cuffs peeped
the edges of his salmon pink shirt.
At his side was big German pos
lice dog with a collar decorated
with gold.
The actor ppffed at a fragrant
Havana looking out upon the crowd
with q sort OF patient tolerance
Life had indeed been kind to him.
At the time he was the romantic
idol of the matinee girls an elderly
woman sent him note from her
box to dine with her that night al
her apartment. She was worth mill
ions and-a little tremolo music,
professor-they were married few
days later,
The actor gave up his career.
realizing that Father Time wouid
soon hand him q wallop anyway
for with all the devices of the tai
lor and corset maker he was devel-
oping an embonpoint-and plump
ness of figure IL as fatal TO a mat
fnee idol as badness.
And so there he sat in all his
grandeur-patienta at first but hnal-
ly becoming restless as the traffic
refused to move. An electric car
evidently feeling the influence of the
Cabaret Zone had shimmied on the
track and north and south bound
traffic had to wait.
At length the actor began to nd
get. He spoke harshly to ms
chauffeur and then got out OF his
automobile and walked about In a
rage. The longer he waited the high
er went his blood pressure, and his
collar was willing. He marched
over to the traffic officer.
See here, my good man." he be-
gan-and New York policemen hate
to be called my good man"-"Tye
got to get out OF this. want
through here and damned quick.
The officer looked and then look
ed again; a light OF recognition
came into his eyes. "Porky Nc
Glinn. as / live" he said. And he
offered his hand. The actor refused
to take II. Get me out Of this at
once or I'll have your shield"
And then the oficer lost his tenn
per. why, you perfumed pup. You
get back in that automobile that
your wife bought you or I'll smack
you silly. You don't know me, eh?
OF course you don't. / just took
your poor old mother a plate of
soup last night. l suppose you don't
know she's starving. And you with
your fine ways. Why l knew you
when you used to wash dishes down
at Red Donovan's and" but the
car was restored to the truck ana
the actor ran back to his automoT
bile and moved away.
The first class restaurants arc
slowly putting negro walters to
work. 1t is predicted that IN an
other year every first-class restau-
rant and hotel in town viii have
them. The headwaiters will prob
ably. remain the French types ow-
ing to their knowledge of languages
and the fact that they must deal
with a cosmopolitan crowd. The
Claridge has mostly negro walters
now and they are said to be giving
unusual service. New York will
welcome the change. The walters
were mostly foreign Bolshevlks, in
solent and grasping. II the patron
kicked he was likely to be roundly
cursed. The negro is an American
citizen. He knows how TO smile at
complaints. He Is anxious to please
and this anxiety is not always TO-
cused on the size of the tip.
| The summer music for dancing Is
going to be the sneaky. -plaintive.
mysterious kind. 1t is evidenced by
the success of the tune Mystery
now being played in all the dance
places and vaudeville theaters.
| There are very few typically jazz
bands left. Dancing is just as pop
ulsr but skillets and cowbeIls are
not.