The Washington herald., 1920-12-22
New York City
Day by Day
b. o. o. MCINTYRE.

NEW 1Ohh. Dec z1.-Tne outJa
board craze has not spent itself in
Manhattan One dealer reports his
sales this month have surpassed
any month on record-which may
indicate a lot of folk are to give
ouija boards to friends for Christ
mas One Of the quiet type of side
street cafes advertises that ouija
boards are on hand for the amuse-
ment of guests.
Sir Rabindranath Tagore. who Is
here from India to see two of his
plays produced. does not bring a
particle Of sympathy from the East
for the Vests ouija craze. "It is
no use muddling our brains about
the life after DEATH" says the poet.
I'VE have an instinct Of continuity
of life and we rightly have no
more idea than a chick in the egg
has of the world outside"
The poet always closes his eyes
when he speaks in public, as though
he sought the dictation of an in
terror monitor. For that reason
many who saw and heard him got
the idea he was a believer in forms
of spiritism- He told a group OF
reporters that eternity is the ever
lasting present. And he added: III
you make the present moment eter-
nal you gain Immortality
There is a fascination about Ia
gore that intrigues the western
7 IL ~ -
ment and like others with me left
with the impression of having met
a truly great mind His prophetlike
beard and hair are perfectly
matched in tone by the rare blush
gray gown he wears The cameo
perfection of his features was ac-
centuated against the gray back
ground by the luminous golden cop
r. per of his complexion. He speaks
the irreproachable English of an
Oxford man.
have skidded from ouija to Ia
gore The ouija board craze is not
confined to supposedly dull minds. A
New York Sunday paper tells Of a
prominent business man having one
at his ONCE and of actually con-
sulting IL before he goes into one
of those heavy conferences.
Soul culture is now being dis
pensed at restaurants along with
food One has just opened in the
Roaring Forties with the announce
ment: This cafe is the creation OF
dreamers, whose souls soar high
into the clouds of the infinite to-
morrows, built into the reality OF
today Nothing could indeed be
fairer!
The Japanese paint scenes of theil
native land on silk and china. Ia
kichi Yokoyama. a chemist of the
imperial government. now in New
York, does more-he carries a bit
OF Oriental landscape with him in
his name. His first name means
bamboo, his last mountainside.
There is something amusing and
yet tinged with sadness in the fol-
lowing ad in an evening newspaper
For Sale: Ten silver wine buck
q, cts. a solid gold cocktail shaker
two dozen cut glass wine glasses
one dozen highball glasses. twenty
cocktail glasses. Also silver orange
squeezer. Owner is going tc
France" He might have added
-where these articles will not be
needed"
At the big dog show in Bostor
last week. which was attended by
many New York dog lovers, a short
sighted dog was equipped with
spectacles The dogs eyes were
weakened. IL was said, by motol
riding There is q woman in New
York who takes her pet Pom with
her to her private box at the opera
and the attendants are authority
for the statement that she carries
along q special pair of opera
glasses for the dogs use. New
York can always go Boston one
better.