The Washington herald., 1921-07-11
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!, NEW YORK. July 1o.-A par.
from the diary Of modern samuel
Pepys: Up ,andA took melancholy
leave Of my wife. who took q
barque to country place. walked
to the Bridge and boarded a tram,
but got on at Baxter street and
roamed thrugh the second hana
clothing district. watching the
chickering's of the merchants, and
one In especial kept following me.
crying: Gentleman. Gentleman, /,
have here niftick suit. cheap like
the dirt"
Passed. too. McGuirk's, old Sur
eide Hall. which has become a mis-.
sion house with a great sign over
the door: when did you write to
mother" Along the Bowery the
fat women sat in the shop doors IN
loose wrappers, knitting, and oniy
the pawn-broker places appeared
busy.
Going northward I alighted at
Union Square, and sfoot to the wal
Jdorf, where 1 had planked white
fish, iced tea and Raspberry
pastry. Home where I was sa-
luted with a note that Mistress
Carroll McComas had called, and
mighty sorry to miss her, TOO.
worked little at my scrivening, but
to no good report.
Putting on my brave striped susv,
very noble, 1 took my she-cozzens
to a roof garden and a right good
dinner, but served by an impudenr
man. Then for walk along
broadway, watching the whirling.
bubbling night signs, and home.
Read until o'clock of the morning
a mystery tayle by f. Oppenheim.
And so to sleep without prayers.
1t is easy to- spot the newly
rich in their onslaughts against
impregnable barriers. A home
spun gentleman, obviously miser-
able in his evening clothes, came
into one OF the brilliant cafes the
other night with his wife, who wad-
died self-consciously at his side.
She was ablaze with Jewels. and
wore a flaming red gown. Paradise
plumes sprouted from her marcelled
hair. About her neck sne wore a
magnificent diamond dog-collar,
into which she tucked her napkin
when the soup arrived.
One hotel in New York-located
on lower Broadway-announc that
it will go back to pre-war prices
for its rooms and announces also a
80 per cent reduction in the price
of meals. Many more will have to
do II before several weeks are
passed. In few cases entire floors
are vacant, and there has been very
little booking for fall business.
A Fifth avenue haberdasher noted
for his lofty prices sends out q cir
cular, letter inclosing bits OF newly
imported silk shirting. In his let
ter he states that as the busy sea-
son has passed one may be served
without waiting, and he quotes
prices ranging from S24 to s3s for
a single shirt-plus war tax. A
Wall street man has been hit In the
stock market picked out one sample
and returned it with a note reading.
Make me up a cum of this, please"
Another midtown Frerch cafe has
started a campaign to make popu-
lar the Paris boulevard idea by
placing tables on the sidewalk.
Here the guests may sit slipping a
glass OF milk and think OF the pa
irons slipping their wine and bee at
the Cafe des les Ambassadors. the
Cog dor and the Cafe de Printemps
in Paris The sidewalk table idea
has been tried fnnumerable times,
but has never found much vogue
here. Americans do not have
enough leisure time to sit down to
drink. Sometimes In the old days
they had to sit down after a few
drinks-but not anymore. Up in the
Bronx a few oda-fountain places
have sidewalk tables that are
patronized by peighborhood folk.