The Washington herald., 1920-04-05
New York City
By.o. o. McIntyre

New York, April A page from
the diary of modern Samuel Pepys:
The wind high. and at my waking
came Jean Knott. the limner. In a
noble checked suit. No news OF
the rogue Arnstein. who has con-
vulsed the city and put the con-
stables to bushes. A great laziness
comes over me and nnd my
thoughts away from work constant
ly and greatly troubled.
A late breakfast. but fine one.
and examining the public journals
I find q world distraught. ". Por-
ter comes with news that Mistress
Carol McComas IL rehearsing for
q new play and so away to lunch
with them. but I did eat little and
was mighty stupid.
Upon q walk. and We heard q
mighty racket and q scaffolding had
collapsed. fiinging bricks into the
highway and hurting many. But
I turned the other way. being craven
at the sight of blood.
Through the park. and the chill
dren were in wagons drawn by
goats and I fell to watching them
and one child came to talk to me.
but the nurse snatched her away.
Even servants being touched by the
madness of nobility.
To my lodgings and read over
some old manuscripts and wondered
at one of them. being in better vein
than I could do now. Dressed TO
see 'Declasse" but a hail storm
came up and the streets dangerous
So we remained at home, my wife
sitting by me reading Irving's Ma
homet" and at midnight 1 sent to
the bakery for hot buns and whey.
And so to bed in great content.
The latest strike is at. . wes,
Forty-second street bath house,
where twenty-five rubbers or mass
eurs have walked out-dressing, OF
course. before they left. 1t is said
that many of them have not seen
the afternoon sun for more than
fifteen years, going to work at dusk
a week. Also II was discovered
masseur FIVE times as long as the
average man. He only wears
clothes to and from work. Their
tips are large and their salaries
satisfy but they want shorter work
ing hours. No one has been able
to find a thin Turkish bath attend
ant in New York. All are very fat
II they start in learning the work
thin they begin to take on weight
Immediately.
Dexter Felowes. popular publicity
prince of the Ringing circus, Is
holding forth at the Madison Square
Garden again. Dexter arrives with
the first robin and this year he has a
most eloquent tilt to his natty beard.
At his summer home near Bridge
port he ran afoul Of an old dictionary
with obsolete words which he Is
juggling now for the amusement OF
Park Row and the populace gener-
ally. The other day he sent out a
hair-raising story about Mike. the
baboon, trying to cut Leo. the lions
throat, with a razor. Attached to
the story was a note saying: This
story Is true or / wouldn't send II.
But be careful not to mention the
name of the circus" And taking
him at his word all the city editors
printed 1t and left q blank space
for the name Of the circus and the
place where II was appearing.
Moving picture scenario editor.
will not pay high prices for ma
terial unless II has been published
in short story. serial or novel form
1t is said that their reason therefor
is because the exhibitor cannot
judge the value of a scenario unles.
he knows II has had popularity with
the public. However. this will soor
be changed for authors are charg.
ing enormous prices and the movie
producers will not be able to stand
the pace. ] know of a novel thai
sold for $4,000. less 10 per cent fol
the agent who sold 1t. The moving
picture rights sold the other day
for $2S,000 and a percentage Of the
gross receipts. which will put IL uI
into three times that sum.