The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-05-05
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while stroliing around New York:
window boxes abloom with jasmine
and honcysuckle. Necks craned. To
watch a bare-headed man. Board
man Robinson has grown a beard.
All the women freighted with heavy
jade and amber beads. There's a
sumner. copper-coiored hair and
luminous orbs. And spelling the
effect by chewing gum.
Dark haired musicians. Ties
wrapped thrice around collars like
royal poets. And on their way to
syncopate In jazz halls. Another
Russian inn. Designed in exotic
colors. The hrst Panama suit.
Gowns with triumphant French Ia
bels-made' in Hester street. Sailed
nut stores everywhere. Everything
to raise a thirst.
Three playwrights in a block
Zoe Atkins. Owen Davis and Avery
Hopwood. A cart full of trained
seals. Lip rouge now sold in ma
vors. Roof gardens being preened.
Times Square full Of advertising
kites. County fair effect. Sad-faced
pNppy "isH L SOuAu puy
them all
Children from an orphanage gaz-
ing at the butter cake jugglers.
Like eyes claped on Paradise. Sub
way track walkers coming out for
Whit of clean air. A purple char
lot drawn by milk white stations
just to advertise perfume. Hart
ley Manners and Laurette Taylor
watching a window demonstration.
There's sign for you-"Silk
Tights Marked Down" The noon
hotel lobby gatherings. Debutantes
and bfowsy sirens. Crooks and gen.
tlemen. Foolish old faces above
winged collars. Emptyheaded cake
eaters. Shrill chatter and fol-de-
roll An old flower woman looks in.
hesitates-and then goes on. And
here's my town cara Broadway
surface.
Gypsyland. away over on Avenue A.
Is one of the new dawn hideaways
for Broadway pleasure seekers. 1t Is
conducted by a fiddler in one OF the
Fifth avenue restaurants and he
has skilfully guided the midnight
sons and daughters to the new lair.
II is a Hungarian cafe and during
the day II is patronized by neigh
boring Hungarians, but after
o'clock II Is taken over by the
Broadway highhyers. The orches-
ira plays wild czardas on cymba-
Ions. The breakfast plate is scram-
bled eggs with kaibas. the latter a
kind of highly seasoned sausage.
The Friars gave a dinner to
Tommy Gray last week to celebrate
his return from the horrors OF Hol-
lywood. Tommy is the official
Broadway wit. His bonmots are
as widely quoted on Broadway as
Irving Cobb's stories are at BAN
quet boards. Tommy makes a liv-
ing furnishing wise-crscks to come
dams, monologue artists and mu-
steal comedies. He has written sew
eral plays. but he fnds II more
profitable to spread his talents over
dozen or so productions rather
than giving so much to one. There
are comedians who will pay 5000
for a sure-fre laugh. Tommy is
said to have made as high as $4,000
in one week furnishing this sort OF
material. He has offices and goes
to work every morning at a GER
tain hour and remains on the job
until late afternoon In the eve
ming he roams the theatrical belt
for a chance to pep-up some weak
spot in current theatricals. He is
80 years old
Youth is occupying high literary
posts in New York these days. Bur-
ton Rascoe. just past 90, has been
made book reviewer Of the New
York Tribune. John V. A. Weaver.
the 2l-year-old poet, Is now the
rage among the lovers OF poetry.
The Bookman-one OF the most
scholarly Of Periodicals. edited
by John Farrar. who is also in his
early eos. +. Scott Fitzgerald is
author OF one of the most recent
best sellers He is only IS