The New York herald., 1922-09-17


quay an hour ago, proceeded. A Turkish
gentleman Joined me here and We have
been discussing the box fight for which
M. Dempsey and NJ. Carpenter were re-
Gently paid the sum of 100000 American
pounds at New York Eyes yes, 1 know
that the Dempsey Carpenter incident is
ancient history in New York, but in these
out of the way corners of the world it is
still news; we don't all live in an atmos-
My Turkish friend was disposed to think
very highly of town which could pay
50o,O0O pounds for one hours box, and he
named over to me number of Americans
whom he himself had had the honor and
pleasure of meeting in Turkey; 1 wanted
to put my hand on his shoulder and to
tell him sympathetically, Never mind"
but / let it pass He hims IF was in the
way of being a violirist and it had oc-
CURED to him that if the great city of New
York was in the habit of paying 500 900
pounds to see one hours box, how much
more would it be willing to pay him for the
Infinitely rarer and more refined pleasure
OF listening to his violin? The thought of
1t seemed to warm him. He said would
make him happy to play his VIC !, not
for one hour, or for two hours, but for all
afternoon. all day, all week, with payment
at the rate of 500, 900 American pounds an
hour. / think he might even have ac-
cepted a slight reduction for a protracted
sud -; y
to his companion. There was 1. Had
not come from New York? Might he
make bold to inquire what my method of
livelihood was in New York? 1 confessed
the truth 1 told him that wrote articles
for living. All, A writer of articles
journalist. n'est-ce pas? Ali And did
not the great editors of New York take at
least an hour to read one IF my articles?
Alas. / feared. some of the great editors
of New York took even less time than
that; and buried my head in my hands
But he turned upon me as if the very
thought of it filled him with Indignation.
No. no. 1t could not lie. If New York
was in the habit of paying 100000 Ameri-
can pounds for one hours box, how much
more ought it to pay for an hours reading
CeSv
At this visbly cheered UP. 1t did seem
to me such eminentiy sensible way of
looking at it. Besides at that moment
I could have used SOC. 900 American pounds,
/ could have used even a paltry 400. 900
pounds For was in the throes of buying
a hat.
It was only yesterday morning in New
York that Damarilla packed me out of the
fiat with orders to buv a hat immediately
1t seemed that the erable headpiece
which has been my constant companion
for the last year or two years or three
years. forget at the moment just when
it entered our family-was d Disgrace. 1t
was also an Outrage. 1t was Not Fit To
Be Seen In. And very much more to the
same broad general effect.
I confess that / was unable to see just
what was supposed to be wrong with it, but
when | mentioned this TO Damarilla she
only few into a temper. And the more 7
tried to reason with her, the more hysteri-
cal she became. If l had Any Thought for
Her Feelings Would Throw Away The
wretched Old Thing and go and buy my
self a new one without further delay. This,
/ thought. was going rather too far and l
attempted quite dispassionately to explain
to her just how I felt about it, but this
only made her the wilder. In the end, I
regret to say. the incident wound up with
the slam of a door and the two of us. my
Hat and myself. found ourselves walking
down Broadway in sullen search of a hat
shop. / never could stand crying woman.
thev do make me so wild
Whatever has come over Broadway 8
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