New-York tribune., 1921-01-22

Some of the credit men say that tn
money depression is occasioned b,
what is known as the buyers strike
What, somebody may ask, are We buy
ers striking for? AS a purchaser Of
ice cream, soda water, haircuts foun.
tain pens, and subway tickets, cur re-
ply is that we are striking for shorte,
hours.
The Diary Of Our Own Samuel Pepys
January 19-All day at my Office, and,
what with this visitor and that doing
my stint slowly, and not wit1 any
pleasure to myself. Home to dinner
and read Miss HildeCarde Tanners
book of poems, Young Girl very
| good, but l wish she were less rebel
lious against form. And l wrote hel
poem, which l fear she will deem 8
comick piece, but is the most serious
piece ever / wrote.
20-Early to the Office, and Fashioned
come verses, ard R. Ives come tc
luncheon, which I paycd for, and SO
with R. Lardner to the Winter Garden
and saw, msseemed, as dull and un-
comickall show as ever I saw, save
for two minutes f Willie Howard and
two minutes Of Harry Watson, who, had
my wish, would be ON the stage all
the time. Mistress Ellis Lardner come
to meet us, and SO VIC to call on Neysa
and Sally Farnham; and so home by
omnibuss, and R. and Ellis come to
dinner, and we had the ducks G. Rogers
give me, highly ,toothsome and cooked
well, too. So all to the playhouse to
see miss Lulu Bett" again, which l
liked even better than before, though
I say it chat haply should not. Home,
and read my wife asleep with "Great
Expectations"
21-Early up, and to the Office, and
man come to see me, saying he is q
friend of Tom DAILY the poets, but he
had no comment to make, nor no re-
quest nor nothing, 50 I went ahead
with my work, and he left in less than
an hour. All afternoon at my stint,
but wishing / might be in Florida; a
silly wish, forasmuch as if l had money
enough 1 might go, but am not willing
to work hard enough to earn 1t.
Those who upbraid Mr.. George Ade
for not writing for the stage should
cease. In "The Passing Show OF 1921"
occurs Mr.. AIDES celebrated jest about
sitting around and listening to your
arteries harden.
An adroit lyricist-possibly Mr.. Har-
old Atteridge-achieves, for "The Pass
ing Show Of 1921" the rhymes claws"
divorce" and "boss."
VIA AMOROSA
Appear helpless if you want to inter-
est women.
They love dependent things-dogs,
babies, men.
You may think this is their maternal
instinct at work, but it isn't.
It's their mad desire to boss or own
something.
If you want to know the surest road
to woman's interest in you, make her
believe you need her.
Don't display independence.
Women hate men who can look after
themselves.
No. Be helpless, squashy and ire
sponsible.
Just let it be known that you can't
tie your own shoelace without a woman's
help and you'll have them swarming
after you.
But don't blame me if they suffocate
you. P. w.
Twelve boxes which will be a feature Of
the reconstructed Century Promenade have
been named for actors who have left their
imprint upon the theater-Burbage, Garrick
Siddons, Bernhardt. Forrest, Booth, Tree,
Irving. Macready. Barrymore, Coquelin and
Keane. This roof will see the opening of
the Midnight Roundcrs Of 1921" in about
ten days.-The Tribune.
(Which suggests" offers Mel, "a
consideration of the fitness of things.
Why should the names of 4Eschylus,
Moliere, Shakespeare, ct al, be en-
blazoned on the curtains and above the
boxes of music halls and burlesque and
vaudeville tneaters? Why not, instead,
such names, for example, as frankie
Bailey, Peter F. Daley, Albert Cheva-
lier, Lily Clay, Harry Lauder, Fay
Templeton, Cissie Lotus, Cissy Fitz-
gerald and Nora Bayes?
Stopped for few minutes at
Gopher Prairie" postcards Mike from
Aberdeen, s. D. "Nat Dyer camc down
to the station and told US to be certain
to read Main Street. 1t sure adver-
tised Minnesota"
Thrift Week ends to-day, but we
have learned many lessons from Poor
Richard the colyumist. Among them
Early to write and early to print
And by seven o'clock you have finished
your stint.