The Washington herald., 1920-11-01
GOTHAM EASY,
SAYS ESSAYIST
Games Which Won't Work
Elsewhere Tried There
With Success.
BY o. o. MCINTYRE.


New York, Oct. S1.-A page from
the diary of a modern Samuel Pep
VS.: Lay late, the night rioters
across the way spelling my sleep.
Talked with my wife about going
to China and Japan but she doubted
I would go and showed no interest.
Around the block to breakfast with
r. Long. the pamphleteer. and was
holpen twice to bananas with cream
whipped
This day I received a letter from
G. Fry which was brought from
Nome, Alaska, by the Black Wolf
Air Squadron in their flight from
Nome to New York. Walked to an
inn to see Governor Cox but the
crowds so great I could not get near
and 1 grow panicky of late in big
gatherings, which is foolish.
On the highway ! saw Lee Conrey,
the artist. who has grown a NOUS
tache, as tho custom is, and Marc
Connolly, the verse maker, and we
burlesqued a street quarrel, draw
ing quite a number around us. and
thence to sec some old English
prints of n fox hunt, the bravest
ever l saw and / bought two for six
pounds.
Dropping into a newspaper shop l
! heard a strange story of a fellow
who posed as a Spanish Jew and was
making ready to marry a girl OF
great riches when he was found TO
be a Hester street bushelman, this
being the easiest of all cities ! vow
to perpetrate frauds.
Home where began to read
Main Street" by Sinclair Lewis,
many praising it as the best novel
of a small town yet written albeit
I doubt if it can compare with Miss
Lulu Bett." Dined en- familie and
s. Tilton came with tickets to the
! Greenwich Village Follies but We
argued about the baseball scandal
until too late. Then we sang some
cd songs, And so to bed.
Broadway's Cabaret Belt slowly
dying of inanition has sent for the
pulmotor. A press agent will sup
| ply the breath OF life-or should II
be wind?-by unleashing his type
writer and sending stories to city
editors about the gay afternoons
and nights returning to Broadway.
1t will be an effort to make the pub
| lie believe that people have returned
to dancing and dining out with the
pre-war gusto.
Subway sign reading is an enliv-
| ening pastime for New Workers who
| ride tho length of the island twice
each day. There are signs that tell
you how you may get rich by buy
ing a plot of land in New Jersey
thus opening a field of speculation
large enough to while away the
whole journey. There are signs
that tell of perfumes, the secret of
which was wrested from Indian po-
tentates. And there is one that
! gives the startling information thai
enough men wear certain brand
OF garters to elect the next Presi-
dent. Christopher Morely remarks
that the latter looks like a bit OF
propag ganda for shin fnery. with
out its signs subway riding would
be drab journey, gazing into tired
faces.
Sunday feature writers invaria.
tAs foAh| a iOSS pISNtIC VI NHt olN
time bartender. ascribing to him
virtues that he never possessed
They wonder where he has gone
with his genial smile, his urbane
manners and general good fellow
ship. My acquaintance with bar
tenders was limited but l knew 1
few and their jollity appeared Il
my rustic mind to be as false snc
as patent as the poor wretches who
walk the streets. Deluded souls II
a haze of alcohol liked to be hailec
as AL this. Tom that, and Bill!
something else. But when thei
money gave out good fellowship
dried up and blew out the window
and was supplanted by the sharI
end of a boot. Most of the bum
. who stood trembling in the ofing t
whine for drink were a part o
the handiwork of these so calle,
genial souls.