The Washington herald., 1922-06-03

DoYbp Day
impressions:
hMCQeHsMtv,v
!lB1aIthj,lt!:'a

NEW YORK. June "A page
from the diary Of a modern Samuel
Pepys: Up fairly betimes and
abroad getting in step with F. Zieg-
field and thither across the town.
meeting A. Erlanger. who wore a
great coat albeit the day was in a
great heat. Saw. too. Lew Cody.
bravely tanned and debonair.
Laughed with an old acquaint-
ance. a worthy fellow. but sad that
he has lived beyond his estate. To
my chambers, whittier comes Quinn
Martin. the critic, and he has moved
to Forest Hills. where Sinclair
Lewis lives and likes 1t well.
Labored awhile but my thoughts
shifty like one foxed with drink and
so washed a flannel shirt. stopping
the water over the floor until my
wife bade me quit. Thence to the
park with my dog and staid until
after candlelight.
In the evening to a roof garden
with my wife, but only three peo-
| pie there besides ourselves and all
I the bandmen most asleep. Yet we
| had a contentful talk about going
to Europe and afterward to see
Frank Craven's play for the third
time. So to bed.
The Theatrical Guild is supposed
to cradle the best in the American
| drama. 1t chants it's super-intel-
lectualism. Claude Mckay. a poet
and editor of the Liberator. went to
see the guilds latest offering. He
was accompanied by william Crop
per. the artist. OF all theaters the
one housing the guild plays Is sup
| posed to be the most democratic.
Commercialism Is s0offed. Mckay
came as an invited guest. but when
he presented his seat coupon the
| usher called the manager and that
worthy, with few apologize
coughs. guided Mckay and Gropper
| not to the parquet seats the coupons
| called for but to two seats in the
balcony. 1t happens that Mckay is
negro. This is New York's usual
treatment, yet it would appear that
the guild should cease it's mouth
ings about the universally of art
Mckay is not penny phrase jim
gler. Superior critics agree that he
!
weavers of beautiful verse.
Just when the world seems to be
righting itself something comes
along and wallops 1t for a row of
has arrived. He Is employed by the
avenue modistes to accompany the
lady mannikins to the fashionable
resorts. where they try to set new
styles. The he of the species wears
neckties and boutonniers to match
the ladies' frocks. He is supposed
to be the symbol of the natty So
cial world that flutters about Palm
Beach. Newport and Piping Rock.
There Is no regular season for him.
You may kill him on sight.
| Abe Attell the prizehghter is the
proprietor OF what Is known as the
Moy Ting shoe shop on Broadway
near the Winter Garden. 1t is
hlled with bizarre Chinese decora-
tions and there is the odor of in
cense and strange Oriental per-
fumes. The shop Is patronized
mostly by chorines from the Rialto
hoop-la. That Is why the shop is
busiest after II o'clock at night
until l or in the morning.
| New York's suburban home hunt
ers are off on the spring trek. The
week-ends find the terminals crowd
ed with people who take advantage
of the special real estate trains to
search for a dolce far niente on the
$5-a-week payment plan. Young
clerks. stenographers and white
collar employees make up the ma
| jority of the crowd. They take
their lunches with them. Most Of
them are city bred and a tree or a
COW gives them a genuine thrill.
One shrewd real estate man got a
big crowd on his special car by
promising them he would show a
real litter of pigs down near ia