The Washington herald., 1921-04-18
Comment on
N. Y. Oddities
NeID Styles, NelD Signs,
Fat Women and
Traffic Cops.
BY o. o. MCINTYRE.

NEW YORK. April IA page
from the diary of a modern Samuel
Pepys: Up and about in great dis
confetti at my labors. Breakfasted
at Mary EIizabeth's at a window
table looking out upon the avenue,
and comes in, unlocked for, Marc
Connolly, and I told of seeing the
fine play he wrote in Chicago. which
pleased him, and we walked a good
while in the brave sunshine.
In the ladies' shops now the fash
ion calls for ankle-length frocks. a
Paris dictum, and yet the short
skirt and short hair seemed to me
as sensible. All the town appears to
be going away. many to live on ac-
count of high rents and other dis
comforts, and / am bid to three
farewell parties in a fortnight.
With my cousins to the circus and
saw there John Daniel, the big
gorilla, i'll of loneliness. which is the
trait of the anthropoidal ape and
the reason they do not live long in
captivity.
In the evening to a party for Miss
Francine Larrimore. lately starred
in the drama, and a right merry
time, too. Arnold DAILY talking with
great wit and Louis Mann also as
did Bugs Baer. Rube Goldberg. Eddie
Dowling, George Cohan and many
others. The party starting at mid
night. We did not get home until
daylight, and SO to bed, without
prayers
admire plumpness, but most
women who are plump are forever
searching for the universal panacea.
Here is an Illuminating statement
on the subject by the head waiter
in New York restaurant. He told
me: Most of our pastries and rich
food are eaten by stout women
and as We watch them they grow
stouter. The young girls with trim
figures are the most frugal eaters
and they do not eat things that are
fattening. believe most women
are fat because they are careless
about their diet"
A worried-looking man drove his
car too far over the line after the
Fifth avenue traffic policeman had
hailed him to stop. Pedestrians
cross-town were forced to walk
around the machine. "Whassa mat
ter, whassa natter" came the STAG
cato cry of the policeman as he ran
up. and the amazed and nervous
driver replied. Couldn't stop her.
Couldn't stop her. Couldn't stop
her" And he got a summons be-
tkAVrohf a
kidding.
Broadway is to have an "An Ac-
tors Electrical Guide" A huge
sign Is to be erected in the Times
Square district. Twenty-Five names
will be flashed on and of nightly,
and by the payment of 800 a week
any player may have his name in
electric lights on Broadway,whether
he is a star or an obscure chorus
member. He must, however, sub
scribe to the service for at least one
month.
1t is too early to predict what the
entrance of the police into the pro-
hibition question in New York will
mean, but during the past week
many of the all-night dancing
places have been unusually discreet
They are selling only soft drinks.
but are making promises that the
trouble" will soon blow over. The
police are concentrating on trucks
that drive through the streets at
night. Liquor is transported then.
There are forty species OF birds
nesting in ST. Paurs churchyard.
hemmed in by skyscrapers ana
shaken by the din of the elevated
and Broadway traffic. Naturalists
have counted 1s3 species in Central
Park In ST. Paul's there are only
three trees.