The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-09-12
BOHEMIA IN NEW YORK.
WHERE ACTRESSES AND THEIR Ar
DENT ADMIRERS MEET.


legians Make Up the PARTIES
At that hour when staid and solid
Gothamites are either preparing 10 go TO
bed or are already fast asleep there be
gins TO gather in two well known Broad
way restaurants a bizarre company Of
men and women who make it habit to
be very wide awake O nights. when or
dinary mortals are abed and asleep.
These nocturnal gatherings form an odd
feature Of the faster hfe Of the big town
They are Partisan in their Bohemian
good fellowship. and they seem TO pos
sess marked interest for those who find
pleasure IL contemplating the various
modes Of existence that the lively me
torpolis presents 10 the philosophic CD
server The nocturnal bon wants who
make up the coterie are actors and
actresses. men about towr, clubmen.
colegians and professional men. who
have the faculty Of never getting sleepy
until the SUI wakes up
The restaurants have become noted re-
sorts because Of the presence OF these
Bohemian SPIRITS They are prosperous,
and il the character and c1ality Of their
creature comforts rank II the 6rSt class
Their prosperity mas been attributed to
fortunate location They arg situated
half a nile apart OF the west side Of
Broadway. amid the group Of fashionable
theaters and big hotels il the Tenderloin
district, thai famous Pa-allelogran Of
Gotham blocks which has for years been
known as "the heart Of the city" and
which Is 4 locality that the police say
never goes 70 sleep
Special accommodations arg provided
for the Bohemian SGT They recall the
"Cave Q: Harmony that Thackeray tells
about IL the restaurant at tie south
ern end q the big Tenderloin parallelo-
gran III: Bohemian Cave Of Harmony
Is located On the ground foor. When
the restaurant was first established the
bower was directly back OF the big
apartment where ordinary guests got
their late meals.
1t was separated from the main res
taurant by az alcove decorated with lace
curtains. When the coterie grew in
numbers. however, new and spacious
apartment, aglow with electric lights,
was added to provide comfortable &C
commodation for the special patrons It
has mirrors and fine frescoes In the
second restaurant the whole second floor
of the building is set aside for the Bo-
hemian bower 1t is carpeted and COM
fortably furnished. and the indispensa-
bic mirrors are there too.
1t is generally near midnight before
the neigh5oring playhouses are shut up
and the fun makers of the stage are free
to enjoy themselves. Pretty actresses,
neat in attire. light witted and fond Of
late hours and Bohemian associations
saunter in in knots Of two or three Male
escorts accompany them.
By 2 o'clock the coterie is at its live
Lest. Il IL striking picture Of midnight
conviviality Soubrettes and chorus girls
are the bright particular stars The
actors. dressed Up like fashion plates
are sort Of background to the picture
The clubmen and collegians and p-ofes-
sional men are the moths enjoying the
glitter They are almost invariably
young Sometimes however, a gay old
fellow with gray hair and a jolly laugh
gives the interesting spectacle of the fell
low who is trying hard to be a boy and
sit up with the other boys Whether
the moths are young or old, however,
they seem inspired with the same ardent
ambition to gain the good graces of the
theatrical people.
Each plunges into his pocket for money
and tries to excel the others in spending
It for the entertainment Of the soubrettes
and chorus girls. and incidentally keep
ing solid with the actors and managers.
They seem to imagine that this sort OF
thing will insure good seats at the the
alter whenever they want to go there,
and that they won't have to pay for the
seats at all In most instances this is a
very big mistake
The colleglans are partial to the Sec
ond-story bower at the upper end OF
Broadway. Yale, Harvard and Prince
ton boys go there whenever they come
to town to have good time. They boom
things when they get there too The
polished cherry tables are pushed to
gether, and the soubrettes and choru.
girls draw up their chairs with the men
Sometimes as many as thirty gather il
single group. The collegians joke ant
tell college stories. The soubrettes AND
chorus girls take hand in the story tell
ing. at which some of them have a gift
Very often the sun rises while the thron:
II still there.
1t all looks feverish and unhealthy t.
the observer who has decided notion
about the hurtfulness of late hours ant
late suppers. but there can be no doub
that the jewellers enjoy it and dom
bother their heads about any of Bel
Franklin's judicious injunctions abou
going early to bed and getting up Will
the sun.
An this in marked contrast with tn
revelry that used to run fast and furiou
In the resorts that were numerous in tn
Tenderloin district a decade or so ago
The pale faced opium eater and tn
painted women of the streets do not pass
g rule, within the portals of these Be
hemian caves There is no boisterousnes
and no singing Of songs. A stranger viii
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