The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
New York City
D., - n MeTntvre.
Modern Pepys' Diary.

New York, Aug. ga page from
the diary of a modern Samuel
Pepys: Aroused by a tradesman
clamoring for money and to the
florist who was a bit cuckoo from
liquor. but mighty amusing trying
to say hollyho:k. Saw Bud Fisher.
the comick artist, and his mother
in great petrol wagon hurrytng
away from the heat of the city.
To the, shops with my wife. poor
wretch, and greatly vexed in mind
about the prices for even simple
wares. A great noise in the side
street and we saw the constables
beating in a window from a FIRE es-
cape and they loaded crowd of
men in the patrol. all very sheepish,
who had been wagering on horse
racing
Home where l found a noble brass
Gargoyle from an Indian temple
which o. DeWoody brought me and
am sorry he should make such a
gift to no greater person and by
post a letter from Ding. the Inner,
to come to st. Louis to join him in
| steamboat trip in ian old barque.
which 1 cannot do.
Later to the Polo Grounds and saw
Rita johnson Young. who has Ave
plays in rehearsal. surely enough to
drive one mad. and Hal Skelly. the
comick actcr, in a bright green ben
zine buggy. Willie Collier and
George Cohen were there too de-
vouring peanuts and yelling wildly.
For dinner we went to an Italian
place and had cold pullet with jam
and heard some fine musick. And
co home to bed.
Auto Fever Backwashed.
The fever of automobile buying
has backwashed from the mansion
of Fifth avenue into the lowly tene-
ments OF the East Side. A stroll any
time along Mott street or Delaney
in the vicinity of Rutgers Square
reveals rows of private machines.
| There is dirt on the doorsteps, a
smell of FISH IN the street and the
dwellings are plaster cracked. The
simple fact is that those who have
made enough money to move into
better districts prefer 10 live among
their friends-and have their auto
mobile.
Returns 10 Raspberry Field.
There is always a squsll ahead on
the theatrical seas. A young man
who used to jerk the sodas in a
Chillicothe, Ohio, drug store, had
enough time between drinks to think
up two ideas that he sent on to New
York and they were accepted by
theatrical managers and made into
plays. The plays had successful runs
and the Ohio lad gave the mixing OF
sundaes and other concoctions the
raspberry. With his royalties he
came 10 New York and produced a
play 1t lasted about a week and
there will no doubt be a familiar
face shortly behind the counter Of a
ChilDcothe drug store A lot of
George Ade fables sometimes prove
true in real life.
Goat Getting sixnsm
Christopher Morley. the novelist
has found a quaint legend which
still stands on the pub at the cor
ner Of Duane street. 1t reads:
Drawn from the wood" And near
Murray street there is one, OF those
malt and hops places which are get
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tain all the necessary equipment for
well, as the signs suggest. for
making malt bread and coffee cake
l-bottling Gaping apparatus and
: rubber tubing and densimeters and
all such things used in bread max
ing. AS the signs say: Malt
; syrup for making malt bread. coffee
) cake and medicinal purposes Up
in Forty-frst street is a big sign
which reads: Fresh Pilsner
Beer" and those who see it rub
their eyes but il they go closer they
read in small letters underneath
lis hard to get but we have some
: mighty refreshing drinks on tap
Il is cruel to test the publics good
humor in the way.