The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
MODERN PEPYS
TELLS OF DAY
Meets Great Ones of Co.
than and Buys Turkey
For Ill News Vender.
BY o. o. MCINTYRE.
Especial Correspondent Of The
Washington Herald.)


New York, Oct. IA page from
the diary of modern Samuel Pepys:
Up and my poor wife had been ar
ranging my book shelf since dawn.
Our new piano came and l played a
psalm with one finger'and sang very
eloquent. Comes a message by post
from I. Marcosson, the pamphleteer,
who is in Central Africa. Then Leo
Marsh came in a frolick to tell OF a
fellow in Times Square who barked
like a dog strangely and all who
heard him fed.
On the omnibus to show my father
A. Carnegie's place and also the
cottage of Z. Poe. the poet. And we
were right merry with a drunken
fellow in a drolling humour. Home
and then to Mistress Belle Benners,
the play actress, newly come from
| California, and her father there. the
finest affection between them ever
| saw.
Lunched alone on hashed pullet.
| For walk and saw Mr.. Todd, the
ship maker, and Il. Lardner in a
plaid great coat as the manner
among gentlemen now is. In a win
dow l saw fellow spit great tur-
key and l bought it for Old Isaac.
the news vender. who is i'll.
In the evening to an Indifferent
, play and then with B. Dudley, the
| critic. and his wife through the
! town to a supper and many gay
people there and a capriCiOus girl
did burlesque of contOrtionist,
, the most amusing thing ] have seen
| in many a day. And a lady with red
hair sang Song of Songs" so en-
trancing l. wept. Then home throush h
, the brave mOonshine and so to bed.
No Heart Here.
when New York is homeward
! bound it steels itself against senti-
ment. At the entrance to ramp
! in the Grand Central Station stand
I three men who sell newspapers. Two
are young and alert huskies OF the
Bowery type. In the center is an
| old blind man. For twenty min
utes the other evening during the
! home going crush l watched them.
| The young men were busy making
sales but no one bought from the
| blind man. l asked the corner po-
/ liceman about it and he had mo-
| ticed it and volunteered the reason:
The blind feller," he said. is slow
making change"
Dolores Back with 30 Trunks.
Dolores, the famous beauty OF the
| Midnight Frolic. arrived home the
| other day from Paris with thirty
| trunks she had filled in a shopping
| tour abroad. Naturally she was be-
| sieged by the ship news reporters,
| as ducal parties do not bring that
many trunks these days. One trunk
! was filled with silk stockings. Four
with hats and three with shoes.
Dolores came to America few
! years ago as a model in a Fifth ave
nue. shop. She fell under the Zieg-
! feldian eye and literally walked into
! fame. For she never essays speak
! ing roles. 1t is said that she has
the most perfect walk % any act
| ress and in this manner she knows
| how to exhibit fine raiment
Several Fifth avenue candy stores
! dropped the price OF candy from
/ $3.50 to 81 this week. Six years
/ ago the same candy sold for "a
! cents a pound.
/ The Tale Of Coat.
/ 4 divetting incident took place
| at the stage entrance of Broadway
| theater the other night. A resplend-
! ent limousine drew up at the curb
{ and a young girl swathed in a big
| gray squirrel coat. stepped out TO
| the sidewalk. From the shadows a
| woman rushed out, pulled off the
| coat and threw il over her arm. 4
| policeman arrived and explanations
were in order. The woman with the
| coat was the mother of a Young
| STRIPPING who had fallen in love
with the actress. He purlOined the
mothers coat and gave it to her.
At the police station the mother
proved the ownership and the act
reSS left in tears.