The Washington herald., 1920-06-21
New York City.
By o. o. Mcintyre

New York, June 2o.--A page from
the diary OF modern Samuel Pepys:
Up and a genteel breakfast on
brace of ducks Grantland Rice, the
maker of pahegyrics. furnished. And
by and by comes George Lederer'
the play producer, to have me fash
ion some lines for a music piece
but 1 have no confidence soever In
doing II and did tell him so.
Sat long under the wisteria aroor
in the park with my dog. who Is
with fieas and fretful. and 1t Is
amazing how many were loafing the
same as l. And a gay carriage
passed, propelled by petrol, and
fine lady smiled, mistaking me for
another. but told my wife, poor
wretch. of IL as IL the lady had been
taken by me.
This day 1 donned my brave mo-
! hair suit, the day being mighty hot.
and through the town stopping at
| the Swede bootmaker's and the
fellow In tears about his boy who
had Quaffed some poisonous liquor
| in a pub. A naked-necked girl In
the shortest skirt ever / saw ana
| fligreed stockings came out of u
side street and Lord how the men
stared.
The town filled with strangers.
many coming on the great SHIPS
/ and all my friends gone to country
sides and l grow depressed for the
want of money albeit ] would not
| go to the country. Bought for five
shillings an old book by Anatole
France, containing some noble es-
says.
Home and at my scrivening but
having no heart for il. Dined alone
| and read an old mystery story by
Mrs Rinehart, very amateurish,
compared with her latter tayles and
1 nodded over 1t. And so to bed.
When Irwin Cobb was out receiv-
ing Chautauqua salutes in the him
terland he had occasion TO be seat
ed beside an old fellow with chin
whiskers on a jerky local train.
Nothing pleased the farmer. He
complained at the stops, at the
smoke and, the noise.
Finally the conductor came
around to collect fares and the old
fellow took a Ave dollar bill from
a worn purse and was given the
change. He counted II and then
snapped: 1Ou ain give He the
right change"
The conductor insisted that he
had and stood by while il was
slowly counted again. When An
ished he half sneered at the con-
ductor: We'll, it's only just right"
There Is gold in them movie boys.
A certain writer galloped into h
producers office the other day with
the palpitatinE announcement that
he had a corking title for a ninI.
He had only the title. And had
thought it up right in his own
head while walking along the
streets. He got a check for $500
advance payment The title was
What Every Young Girl Should
Knoww Now he is wondering just
what they really should know.
There is cafe just below the
Harlem line where only pinochle
players eat. From 6 to S o'clock
evenings more than fifty tables sup
port dinners which cannot be equal
ed everywhere in the big town. As
soon as coffees have been drunk
and napkins crumpled up and laid
aside cards begin to take the places
of knives and forks and the great
est convention of pinochle players
in the world under one roof is hold
ing it's evening session. No effort is
made to attract transients. Most of
the patrons are retired business
men and the proprietor has made
snug fortune.
A French artist visiting New
York complains that the eyes OF
New York have a strange tlred
look. He believes that is because
all are trying to live beyond their
income.