The Washington herald., 1920-09-20
New York City
A Diary PaGc.
BY O. o. Mcintyre.

New York, Sept. ia page from
the diary Of modern Samuel
Pepys: Up bctimes watching the
steel workers walking on dizzy
beams across the way. Having NO
liking for work, l went 10 the great
railway station, a hurly burly place
that fascinates. Talked with the
girl at the book-stall. fairish maid
albeit she chewed a wax substance,
which is now the habit:
Met my wife. poor wretch, at the
Peg Wellington Coffee House, q
quaint old place of old prints and
came Leroy Ripley, the artist, new
ly come from the Olympic games
abroad and some hoydcnish maids,
all in a gay .humor. The coffee a:
fine as l ever tasted but poorly
served.
Home and at my lsbours and get
ting a right good measure done
which is pleasing. Helped to hans
some pictures, which ! did with ii
grace, and on the back of a chair
slipped and tumbled against a Ions
mirror in the door, cracking it
which will cost me several pounds
and l was in a high rage until II
became amusing and then the
household shrieked with laughter
For u walk through the town
putting in to see Roy Burton, the
pamphletcer, and Mistress Zoe
Beckley there, she being a lady
admire very much. And she told OF
seeing the German Kaiser recently
and also his son the Crown Prince.
In the evening to see Arliss, the
play actor, and a very inept play II
was. But young Vincent Astor sat
in box and l whiled away the te-
dunn watching him and deciding
how l would spend his gold if l had
it. And so home and to bed.
Broadway sadden-d.
The Broadway set was saddened
by, the tragic end of Olive Thomas
in Paris by poison. She was the
type Broadway admired-becsuse
she would share her last penny
with a friend. Just four weeks ago
she was given a party in a we'll
known cafe before sailing for
Paris with her husband. Jack Pick.
ford. She was especially gay and
4 y
There is a camradcric along Broad
way that is fine when one rises
above the rabble and receives the
public acclaim. But il is different
when one slips and falls by tho
wayside The day after Miss Thorn
as passed on. a young girl who wa
just as popular in her day was
found dead in a tiny Bronx tene-
mcnt Nat. Only sister attended d
the funeral.
Barber shops FILLED.
1t used to be that the lone woman
/ with small child in the barber
shop resulted in subdued embar-
rassment that flled the place. \
male customer would not take of
his coat and collar. But with I
coming of the manicurist the mod
csty vanished. Now with the bobb-
ed hair craze in full bloom the
Broadway barber shops are always
we'll filled with women customers
who want their hair trimmed. They
answer to the cry Of Next" with
as much nonchalance as the man
Bath Houses suner.
The Turkish bath houses are
suffering from the effects of prohi-
bltion. II used to be that they were
filled by a. m. with rather dis
veveled citizens who took this
means Of getting in shape for the
next day. Several bath houses in
the Tenderloin have closed. Others
are doing only half the business
they formerly did. Many are advcr-
tising cut prices. Recently the bath
house rubbers went on strike and
. nj tn q T.
them back. The strike died OF in
anition-some returned to their old
posts and others sought new voca-
tlons where they could wear clothes
and see a little daylight.