The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-05
inject Me At---'

= nation booth et Grand Central
nervously swinging . cane, o.
about 6:45 o'clock in the evening.
eagerly scanning the faces Of the!
millions who infest this bse-hivel
during the rush hours. looking in
vain for the face of q loved one.
It will be Clarence. waiting for
Gwendolin.~ Clarence always wears
his cane when he takes Gwen out
to dinner. and he has been carry
ing II all day and is all tired out. b.
II you have ever tried to meet
anybody in particular in New York
at . given, moment you can under
stand the hook Of anxiety ON the
face of Clarence and you do not
blame aim for nibbling the head
of his cane viciously and stamping
his foot in uncomfortable anger.
Clarence evidently is q boob 1t this
business, because he has arrived
on time. or little before time,
which is fool thing to do. The
way to meet an lady II to be
talf hour late and then you will
have to wait only fifteen or twenty
minutes.
They used to say parting was
such sweet sorrow. Now they say
he same OF meeting.
Those who are waiting for wives
stamp angrily up and down, paus-
ing every minute to look at the
clock and to breathe ungentleman-
y imprecations. Those, .xhe are
waiting for sweett carts wear that
panied and injured expression-so
well known to novelists, commonly
known as the expression OF . dying
talf in the moonlight.
The husband roars: Where
the - have you been. Magr
The sweetheart moons: Il
didn't think you would treat mo
] his way. Gwendoiin, my sweet
potato"
or course there are five thou
sand reasons why heycdidn't get
there. The only; good reason 10
} that they are late. .----=......
: 1t doesn't seem to occur to any.
, body that, instead Of standing near
? the information booth. they might
: Just as well meet in the waiting
/ room, where there are comfortable
:. seats. They simply must meet at
> the information booth, and that IL
{ sh there is to It. In that other
? great terminal. the Pennsylvania
= station. the meters seem to exer>
{ else more judgment. They meet
!, In the waiting room. This Is main.
= ly because OF the fact that there
, IL no information booth. It is sus-
? gested that the Pennsylvania e.
tablish an information booth for
. the benefit of those who prefer to
, stand while waiting.
!, Nobody has ever staged q sue
, cessful meeting In the Times
: Square subway station. Houdini
/ or Sam Lloyd might make It. out
, after two or three tries, but the
average man never goes there to
. meet his better-half. He goes there
to lose her. After a husband and
wife have been caught in the
maelstrom OF 1000 east siders
j rushing to the west side, and 1000
west siders rushing TO the east
/. side. they have no more chance OF
, meeting than q couple OF red he
rings in the Atlantic Ocean.
1t is always safe TO meet in the
lobby of q fashionable hotel and
then 60 out to a spaghetti factory
for dinner. The hotel managers
!, love this, and 1t is estimated that
! 5000 couples meet this way every
evening. The revolving front door
gives a correct imitation OF the
wheel in 9 squirrel cage. 1t never
sleeps. M
There are thousands of popular
meeting places where It is possible
occasionally to make connections
which will not cause a divorce or
The breaking of an engagement.
But II you happen near the in
formation booth of Grand Central
this evening at b:45 O'Clock you
will see Clarence. several hundred
CT him. waiting in agorised sus
pense and fussing with his cane.
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