The Washington herald., 1921-08-01
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Pepys: Up and to the Grand Gen.
trail for a breakfast of baked hash
and truffles and saw Miss Marilyn
Miller. the dancer, in brave new
Powered gown. Came a letter from
Karl Kitchen, now In Biarritz, and
l wish might be there away from
the worry and heat Of the city.
Bought for my wife a pipkin of
Chinese nuts and crossing the high
way was almost struck by a fire
wagon and was afrighted a never
before. Troubled that am not now
neat in clothes, a poor thing for a
gentleman to spare in. And what
ine manner OF man I saw today
In F. Kelly. the scrivener, who has
a noble new scarf and a handsome
tweed surtout.
Going to the Astor grill saw
many people OF tho cinemas, in
especial Madame Nazimova in a lace
gown Of black and Owen Moore and
his new wife, Mistress Kathryn
both looking mighty merry as well
they might be. Had a chop, baked
potato and fig pasty.
| Home and labored awhile and
read In the popular magazines
which do grow worse and worse In
contents. In the evening with my
wife. poor wretch, for a walk and
Anthony Paul Kelly. the play
wright, Joined US as did also Earl
Carroll and we walked to Broad
way to see the new theater Earl 1,
building. the dirt being dug and the
foundation stones in, and then &c
Eafrs roof bungalow for a beakeI
OF orange juice and in a merry mood
home and to bed.
New York's Tin Pan Alley is moi
writing all the song hits. In fac,
tho cid alley seesm to have struck
a paucity of ideas this summer
"Cberie' came from Paris as did
also Mon Homme." And the Pacific
Coast is responsible for the ditty
with the crazy title "wha -wha .
The expression "Wha-w -wha" wa.
born in the Sunset Inn at Santa
Monica, Cal. where all the Holly,
wood moving picture folk go to cut
up and carry on. Broadway's wild
est cafe at it's widest does moi
touch In wildness the Sunset. I wa,
there several months ago and saw
what my host said was a tam
evening. The jazziest syncopatet
orchestra I ever heard was ther,
and the best food I ever ate. But
how they do carry on!
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avenue! Not enough to startle any
one. but the smartly dressed womer
are. at least. not showing their kne,
caps. The mannequins in the dress
making establishments. who ar,
about the best dressed girls in town
are also wearing heightened skirt,
at the luncheon hour. Straw hat,
have disappeared from the milliner,
shop windows. Velvet hats are nov
being shown and one of the fore
most Of the he-milliners tells m,
that tSe hats are to be very larg,
this winter.
saw Arnold Rothstein. the mar
mentioned as being the main opera
tor in the gamblers pool TO throw
tht Chicago-Cincinnati series. tn,
other day. He is known as a Broad
way gambler but looks more lik,
the middle-aged prosperous Wal
street broker. He has a shrewd
bright eve and his lips are set in
straight grim line. He doesn't dres
flashily and did not wear a singl,
piece OF jewelry. He was at tn,
race track when I saw him and
pair OF binoculars were thrown owe
his shoulder. He has a string o
horses and in the old days used 4
he seen late at night around the ol'
Metropole. at Forty-third an,
broadway. There is an old wheez
about the Metropole when il wa
the Cadillac. A rubberneck wagol
passed down Broadway and
farmer stood up and shouted
There's the fellow that got m,
watch" Twenty-six idlers ran 70
cover.