The Washington herald., 1920-05-17
New York City
By o. o. McIntyre


New York. May 16.--A page from
the diary Of a modern samuel Pepys;
Out early ard a-horseback. the first
time in a year, and joited badly
and a young woman on skittish
mare was flung. which unnerved
me. My wife takes 1t nightly Ill
about my upsetting the ink on the
new table piece and we are not
very good friends.
Breakfasted alone. Comes Eddy
Polo. the cinema player, and he
had cane with leather strap
for the wrist. a mighty conceit.
Through the town and to the flor
lists. where I sent home nosegay
costing Is shillings. and then to
Mr.. Schanz, my tailor. to have my
new checEered suit fitted. And l
did corsult about ordering my
clothes against next winter.
This day l saw Markham. the
poet whom 1 never saw before.
/ Lunched in Thirty-fourth street on
hare pie and salad with cheese
dressing and came J. Allison. the
pamphleteer, who spoke cheerfully
of the rev improvements and addi-
tions he hath made in his cellar.
Home, where l fel; to reading a
South Sea tale of a high-born gen.
tleman who became a savage, chew
ing betelnuts. wearing a mop OF
hair, and it being a true tayle
sickened at the revelation he mado
to visitor that he would buy his
daughter to eat.
All the evening putting my win
! ter clothes away, and my wife, poor
wretch. still very silent and I a2-
peared cheerful by singing which
/ do badly. Later F.. Kelly dropped
! in and we disccursed until late and
so to bed.
A harmless Jew, out of work. was
sittir.g Cn a bench in a downtown
Manhattan park the other day
when a crowd of roughs set upon
him just out OF pure devilment.
After a half hours torture he ran
amuck and killed one man and
stabbed two Others. and was taken
away a maniac. The whole thing
was depIorable, but IL should serve
as g. lesson.
On Broadway the other day l saw
a tired old Jewish patriarch come
out of a loft building. stand at the
curb to light a cigarette and wait
| for his car. A group of snappify
dressed young idlers began to yank
| him around by his long beard. He
made no effort to fight; he was too
old. He merely looked about with
a dumb sort of helplessness. Be
! fore myself and two companions
could get to him he had been
pushed to the gutter and the touGhs
had fed.
1t was one of those long low cars
where the chauffeur sits out front
in the rain and the other occupants
back under a small half canopy. II
drew up in front of French hat
shop. A young lady stepped out
and walked in. All the sales girls
and the rather corpulent madam
rushed forth to greet her. A year
ago she worked in the shop. Then
she went into the movies. And there
she was with a car and everything
All New York dogs must be muz-
zled and leashed when on the
streets. A failure means sum-
mons to court. There is a moving
picture actor who owns Great
Dane. He lives in the Times Square
district when he is not at the Calf
fornia studios. The dog is gentle
and when he takes him out he gives
him a rolled newspaper to hold In
his mouth The other day he was
| stopped by policeman for not
having the dog muzzled and leashed
You will have to arrest me-" said
the actor. who perhaps saw frst-
page story. "I won't muZzle that
dog. He is my friend" We'll. III
have to take him to court" the Of
ficer said. 60 ahead" was the re-
ply. But when the officer ap'
preached the dog. the animal
| growled and snarled, and after
scratching his head. the officer de-
cided to give up the idea. And he
was so excited he forgot to summon
| the actor.