The Washington herald., 1922-10-16
NeuU York City
Day BY Day
By o. o. Mcintyre.

NEW YORK, Oct. 15.--A page from
tho diary Of a modern Samuel Pepys:
Early up and mighty fatigued but
fashioned a verse which read to l..
Marsh who deemed It twaddlc. So to
ouy some woolen sox and scarves,
very gay. And back to study French
with my wife but can make nothing
Of It.
Walker to the Circle and idied about,
watching fortune telier's parrots
and listening to a loose-talking ora
tor. Then into the park. melancholy
with falling leaves. and fell In with
Clare Briggs the cartoonist. and we
did several turns about the lake and
quarreled abou. a new novel
For lunch at Castle Cave a small
steak sarnished with onions. Rode
with V. Porter and Henry King in a
gasoline buggy to Fulton fish market
to see some moving pictures made.
but Lord! the odor and noise.
In the evening to see Tallulah
Bankhead in a fairish play and saw
there r. Benchley. George Nathan,
Conway Tearle and Ben Ali Haggin.
Afterward to walk with Edward Se.-
wyn to a soda place and there drink
and so home and to bed.
The ultimate In pouting has been
discovered by a New Yorker In a lit
tie town in Vermont. A woman there
became peeved So years ago and has
kept to her bed ever since. In New
York there are two brothers in busi-
ness who differed over installing n
telephone some 20 years ago and have
not spoken to each other during all
the ensuing years.
In soda water establishment on
Fifth Avenue that has a big after
theater rush q gentleman with a wide
hat and a huge cameo stickpin pre-
| sented his check for a glass OF his
| favorite soda. The clerk said Wait
a minute!' The gentleman waited
and again presented the check. 81
| said to wait" snapped the clerk. At
that there was a crash of glass as
the customer dragged the gasping
clerk over the counter and deposited
him in basket OF fruit nearby.
| Now" he said. II trust I will receive
a little attention" He did.
The Rialto IS turning to its last
season flare for red-corpuscled melo-
drama. All the old tricks are being
revived-vanishing heroines. strug-
giles on cliffs and the barking Of pis-
tolls. Musical comedies are the most
popular this season but the truth is
that capable comedians are difficult
to find. A theatrical producer stated
the other day that he had 81, 900 a
week Job for a man who could sue
cessfully fill a certain comely role.
A bit OF life in its ugliest phase is
revealed in a drab. crooked street that
skirts Greenwich Village. In a frame
lean-to near a Uttered vacant lot
lives man who showed great prom
ise as painter a few years ago.
With him is a young girl whom he
recently married. One evening as a
lark they smoked opium In a place
In Chinatown and drifted easily into
the habit. They wrecked their healths
and blasted their futures. She was
an interior decorator. Some time
ago they decided to break the habit
and moved into the oppressive neigh
borhood to get away from old-time
associations.
Isn't this just dandy and all that.
On Madison avenue a tiny little shop
has been opened which caters to men
only and sells nothing but perfume. 1t
develops that there are hundreds. yea
thousands OF men who don't like to
go into the perfume shops catering to
Milady and so this little shop is hid
den away where they sneak in and
get bottle Of their favorite whiff.