Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-02-09
BOHEMIA IN NEW YORK.
WHERE AcrRt ssGs AND rrtla An
oesr ADMIRERS Meet.

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Al tha, hour when s,aid and solid
Go,haniics are either preparing 20 go &c
b.i ~ arr ALREADY last Asleep tasre be
gins "a gather In two well known Broad.
way restaurant. . bizarre company ~
men aud women who make u habit a.
h. very wide awake o. nights. when or
binary mortal. av Ah-sl and asleep
Tbo-s Nocturnal gathering. form an cid
feature % the faster life % the hig town
They arr Partisan In their bohemian
gooi fellowship. AMI they s~sn 20 -.
$50 marked ini-r--, for those who End
pleasure In contemplating the ,ariou.
node. 70 existence tia, the lively M.
torpoli. pre-ent. 90 III. philo-ophic oh
server. Th. Nocturnal bon ,ivants who
mak. M the coteris are actors and
Actrr.--.. men about town. clubmen
collegiAns ani professional men. who
hay. the faculty a. never getting sleepy
until the .un wakss up
Tn. restaurants have become not~l ~
sori. because ~ the presence Of tbes
Bohemian spirits They ar, PROSPEROUS
anil In the character and quality - their
creature comforts rank In the hf.t class
Their prosperity has t-cn attributed o.
fortunate locAtion. They arr situated
half = mile apart ON ,h. west side -
broadway. amid the groupof fashionable
th.aisrs anil big hotels In the Trnderioin
district. that famous IsrAllelogram ~
Gotham block. which has for years t-.u
known a. "the heart ~ the city" an,l
which IL n locality that the police sAy
never gus to sleep
Special accommodations ara provided
Tor the Bohemian 1T. They recall the
Cave % Harmony that Thack.ray tells
abOut In Oh. restaurant at the south
ern end % the big Tendsrloin IarIll.lo-
gram thu. Bohemian Cave 81 Harmony
1. heated Ca the ground floor. When
the restaurant was hrst established the
tower was directly back 81 the hs
Apartment wh.r, ordinary guests got
their late meals
WHERE may MKT.
IL ws- SEPARATED from the main ~.
tAnfani by an Alcovr decorated with lace
curtains When th. cOtsri, grew IN
nuinbsrs. however. . new anil SPACIOUS
apartment. aglow with electric lights
was slled to provide comfortable &C
,ommola,ion Tor the special patrons II
has mirrur. and fine fr-sco.,s. In the
scond restaurant the whole sccond Hoor
u the building Is -, aside for the Do.
heInian bower !, Is cATeisd and com
fuf,ably furnished. AMI the iDdispensa
bic mirrors ARE there too.
Il l. generally near midnight before
lie neighboTiug playhouse- are shul ~
and the fun makers oi the stage ar IRE
IA enjoy themselves. PRETTY actr. -.
neat Ia at,irr. light witio,i AMI fuul u
at. hOurs AMI bohemian associations
ann,sr In In knots oftwo OF three Iale
-soorts accompany the,n.
by o'clock the co,erie Is nj it, live
lest IL l. a striking picture OF midnight
conyiviality. SOubrvties anil chorus girls
or. IA. bright particular stars The
actors. drs~sei ~ like fashion plates.
are a sOrt % background Ia the picture.
The elubrnen and Collegians and prOis-s-
ao-ai insn ara the moths enjoying the
glAsr They are almost invariably
young Sotnetimes. however. y gay old
fellow with gray hair ami q jolly laugh
gives the interesting spectacle u the Eel.
low who IL trying hard to b. hoy ani
1t up with the other boys Whether
the moths are young OF old. however,
they -s-m inspired with tho same ardent
ambition Ia gain the good graccs % the
theatrical I-ople.
Each llungrs into his pocket for money
and tries 20 excel the other. In spendin:
!, for the entertainment Of the soubr,tiss
and chorus girls. and incidentally keep
irg solid with the actors and managers.
The, s~em % imagine that this sort 81
thing will insure good s-ats ut the the
alter whenever they want 10 40 there,
and that they won't have 20 pay FOR the
s--ats Mt all Ia most instances this IL =
very big mistake.
NOT WHAT Or CsED I'd M
The collegians are partial 30 the SEC
oud .siory bower nj the upper end ~
Broadway. Yale. Harvard and Prince
ton boys go there whenever they come
90 town 10 have q gooi time. They boom
things when they get there too. The
polished cherry tables are pushed to-
grther. aud the soubrettes and chorus
girls draw mp their chairs with the men,.
Sometimes NJ many a. thirty gather In
. single group. Tho collegians joke and
tell college stories The soubrettes and
chorus girls take hand In the story tell
ing. at which some a them have . gin.
Very often the sun ris-s while the throng
u still there.
Il all looks feverish and unhealthy To
the observer who has decided notions
about thu hurtfulness of late hours and
late suppers. but there can be no doubt
that the jewellers enjoy 10 and don't
bother their heads about any 81 ben
Franklin's judicious injunctions about
going early TO led and getting MP with
the sun.
All this In marked contrast with the
revelry that used ~ run fast and furious
I'm the resorts that wers numerous In tho
Tsuderloin distrct . decade or 20 ago.
The pale faced opium eater and the
painted women Of the streets do no, pas.
~ q rule. within the portals Of thee Bo-
hemisn caves. There h no boistsrousnsss
and no singing Of songs A stranger Win