The Washington herald., 1922-07-31

NEW YORK. July so.-A page
from the diary Of a modern samuel
Pepys: Up and to the tram sheds
where I welcomed H. C. witwer,
the scrfvsnsr. all merry and bright
Then to breakfast with F. Kelly,
the pamphleteer. who told of put
ting his Airedale dog in a training
college and we fashioned many jap
cries thereat.
walking to Avenue A. I strolled
southward and came upon a street
harpist and talked to him, finding
q Fellow with the soundest philoso-
phy about life and happiness I ever
heard talk. Listened also to a street
preacher and bought pretzels from
q market cart.
nome and sat about trying vainly
10 write but my thoughts on other
matters and so with my wife went
to see . Winter Garden revue and
most amusing. too, but the girls
wearing the 'fswest clothes I ever
saw and some indeed garbed only in
colored paint.
Took dinner with v. Porter and d.
Mansfisld At Beefsteak Charles
ana ate q steak smothered with
onions and . salad of onions and
drank cold beakers of near beer,
ana with a great relish. too. Then
walked with them amongst the
theater crowds. and so home and to
bed.
The midnight clubs offer few
thrills to its jaded habitues. but
the other evening around
o'clock the patrons stiffened with a
DIT OF interest Into the room
swept young. fair-haired girl in
chaste gown Of Greek Inspiration.
She wore . necklace sparkling with
diamonds and q head dress that
sprayed out At each side with para.
disc plumes. She was the smartest
dressed girl in the entire assem-
oiase ana there were but few who
oio not recognize her as the girl
who attended the telephone switch
board on the first floor. Her
escort was a young South American
who has been enlivening things in
the Broadway cafes with an in
exhaustible roll.
somebody over at the Friars in
ouired II there had been any more
news from Langhorne. Pa.
Was there ever any news from
there?" asked Kelcey Allen.
Not until last Tuesday" said
Bugs Bear when the town mar
shall shot two visiting mail carriers
In uniform from Pittsburgh. He
thought they were Confederate
scouts"
The passing of William Rock re-
moved from the theater a man
whose artistry was In his power Of
suggestion. Rock always confessed
to his intimates that he was not a
dancer. But he had the trick of
making his audiences believe that
he was doing something out of the
ordinary. He was a keen observer
and knew what the public wanted.
He was the first to discover Francis
White. and Miss White gives him
all credit for the training which re-
suited In her subsequent stardom.
Rock had been struggling for sew
eral years to keep at work, despite
ferer from q malignant stomach
malady. At his last appearance
on the stage he weighed only 50
pounds. Il used to have a colored
cook who had a goitre that weighed
more than that" he told his pro-
ducer.
The ship news photographer had
quite picture with which to race
to Park Row the other day when
John Barrymore and his wife, Mich
ael Strange. sailed for Europe. They
wore rolling Panama hats as like
as two peas and sport shirts Of the
same pattern. Their loosely knotted
four-in hands also matched, to say
nothing of their one-button sack
coats. Strangely enough they made
no effort to dodge the army of cam
era clickers.