The Washington herald., 1920-12-06
SEES JENELRY
OFSTARSOLD
Modern Pepys Attends Sale
: Of Trinkets Owned by
Olive Thomas. i
NJ O. o. M'INrYRE.

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.--A page from
the diary of a modern Samuel
Pepys: UP and to an auction OF the
Jewels and trinkets OF Miss Thomas.
tha cinema actress, who latsly died
in Paris. And many stage folk there
and there ware mighty bargains.
Thence to Brentano's. where I
browsed about among some fine old
editions, but too poor in purse TO
buy. Saw Geraldine Farrar. the
singer, and was not 30 nightly
struck with her beauty.
For a walk through the town and
this DAY for the first time ! saw a
public riot--men. women and police
lighting and clawipg t:kc mad. and
took pains to keep my distance,
especially when they brought hose
to sprinkle them with water. To
lLpch with Mr.. Sitn3sGa the bar
rister. and we had a fine veal pie.
Calling at the male dressmaker's
for my wife, we went to see a
painting done by a blind man. and
very good. too. Then to see Mrs.
Hall, the widow of my -boyhood
friend, and she agreed to loan me
some volumes ] have been wanting
q long time. A light snow has fallen
over the city.
Home, where I labored long into
the night, and then came some roys-
terers demanding strong drink, but
my tierce of clarst is empty. and
they were OFF. And so. 1 sewed a
button on my shirt, which T. do when
l am not good friends with my wife.
Then to bed.
Tony Salvio has gone out of busi-
ness. Tony made his living painting
out the ocular evidence of those who
had been on the wrong side of the
argument along the Bowery. He
used to handle twenty custoAers a
night at 81 each. There are very
few fights on the Bowery now, with
lists. The gangster has come with
his knife and gun. and the repairs
must done at the hospital.
For Sears Tony had a sign in his
window that was unique. 1t was
the likeness of a human eye with a
dark circle under it. A line under
II read: BLACK Eyes Cured While
You Wait" Tony is going into the
more genteel trade of barbering.
1t has been the habit of New York
head walters for years. after they
have acquired following, to go
ihho DuSihtSb On lnelT own nook.
The records show that only two out
of the long list have been success
full. One who recently spent $40, 200
fixing up q cozy little restaurant
only to have 1t 60 into bankruptcy
in a month, said: The patrons
promised me they would be glad to
come to my new place and encour-
aged me. But they never did"
In new volume of poetry by a
New York bard he sounds his mel
ancholy thoughts in the dedication
which reads: ITO Ny Wife: Whose
Lack of Interest in This Book Has
Been Ny Constant Desperation"
Those who wonder at the high
salaries of stage directors-they do
get $4,000 and $4,000 a week-would
be content and cease Wondering IL
they saw him whip a musical COM
edy in shape. 1 have been watching
one for three weeks. He was fresh
and buoyant at the start. The sec
ond week his voice was a whisper
and his nerves on edge. Three days
before the opening he was really a
pathetic sight. He trembled in ev-
cry limb. There were great circles
under his eyes and his voice was
entirely gone so that he could only
make motions. He had worked
eighteen hours out of every twenty
four for three weeks. He slept only
by the aid of sleeping potions and
the night of the opening he had to
be assisted into a darkened box Of
the theater. His show was a sue
cess-but he is now recovering in a
sanitarium.