The Washington herald., 1920-07-05
New York City
By o. o. Mclntyre

New York, July "a page from
the diarV of a modern Samuel Pep
ys: Lax late, greatly vexed In
mind about this and that. Walked
towards the river and had a morn
ing drsught at the Eubllc fountain
and fell in with Gene Buck who Is
writing q play for Mr.. Warfield and
/ promised to give him a dog, the
finest gift one man may bestow up
on friend.
At the tram station l met my
wife, poor wretch. and TO the Red
Lion Imp for breakfast, a filing re-.
past ofscoffec cake bravely sugared
and hens eggs cooked. Hither
come Carl Randall. the dancer,
lusty young man. Home and be-
gun a frolique with my beast ana
he tore my sleeve badly.
A strange atmospheric change
this day anrighted US. In a hired
benzine Wagon we drove through
the town and near the Savoy the
heat became oppressive so that WE
did gasp and the driver paled and
then a clap of thunder and a hign
wind and hail fell as big as birds
eggs. / feared the worlds end and
then seemed sorry afterward IL was
not so.
1n the evenig 10 a public place
for dinner, stopping at Mr.. Tilton's
| and he fcrctG gin cocktail upon
US and all mighty merry and later
to a roof place where many came
to dance and on the floor were Mis-
tress Billie Burke, Leonore Ulrich,
Fay Bainter and Constance Tai
madge. Home very late and so to
bed.
There is a magazine editor who
has slight impediment when ne
/ tries to pronounce certain words.
He is not at all sensitive about 1t
and tells many jokes upon himself
The other evening he went down
| to Guffantrs. II is an Italian res
taurant famed for it's spaghetti.
The editor loves to have a meal
now and then solely on spaghetti.
When the waiter came he asked
the editor what he would have. He
| tried to say spaghetti. But instead
he said: "Sp-sp-spp-sp."
And then the cafe cat jumped up
in his lap.
A wave OF frivolity has engulfed
New York. Nobody seems to un-
derstand. 1t may be reaction
| from the first blow OF prohibition.
| Every man and woman has nearly
| each night taken for weeks ahead
The cafes are doing a whoopIng
! business. Summer shows are pack
! cd. The road houses are bursting
with merrimPnt. The society pa
pers pandering 10 scandal pra
| filled with accounts If gay parties
that might even put pre-war Paris
! to shame.
The cost Of flying is decreasing.
dropped into The Aero. Ltd. Offices
/ on Fifth avenue the other day. G.
A. Rcinhardt is the passenger
agent. He is an old newspaper man
and started Broadway Brevities-
! the publication which circuiates
monthly on Broadway. Travel by
| air is becoming more and more for
business purposes and not for novel
amusement. AS many as fifty
| flights have been made In a day to
! such places as Boston, Albany,
Newport, Atlantic City and Phila-
delphia Most of the flying is over
| water which minimiZes the danger.
1t is said that in a few months
! short trips will be in the reach Of
every purse.
The Elevator Look! People may
be chatting pleasantly, smiling or
even frowning but the instant they
step on elevators they get the ele-
vator look. II Is a strained ex-
preston. A look as though one ex-
pected something to happen. 1t is
! intensified on express elevators that
shoot up forty and fifty floors. In
teIIiuent conversation is almost i'm
possible on express elevators.