The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-19
BOHEMIA ENJOYS ITSELF.
A BRoADWIY RESTiURANT AFTER
MIDNIGHT ON SATURDAY..


No" hboNEt Wv W
rious Diversions of the Houpln-tiyo
Hours of Gnyety at tho End at the Week.
Twelve o'clock Saturday night in Broadway.
Bells proclaim IL sonOrOusly. Clocks record IL
silently. Most drcOrous citizens who have
beds arc In them. Others are on the way 10
them. Humanity. which has surgcd all day In
a vast, uncnding sea. Is disappearing from tho
street. Broadway, the great seas bed. Is dry
ing up. Small streams. desultory and rcmi-
nisccnt OF the multitude. meander along, seat
tering helatcd men and women into the side
streets like ilotsam tossed upon the beach.
In hundreds OF show windows the lights
flicker slccpily. but in the great crystal cX-
IanscS OF one restaurant in upper Broadway
they flare with n reIuvcnated splendor which
compcls speculative attention You pause
to consider. Surely. there Is something suE-
g~cstive uf welcome. something Of the fiattertng
sullcitude Of sincere invitation. in the golden
radiance Of the light which Is hypnotic. capti-
waiting, irresistible. You enter.
The interior Is conventional. There Is the
same display Of glass. silver plate and linen
! more or less immaculate. and the same dull at
mosphcrr rcdolcnt Of remote culinary achieve
mrnts which salute you In those downtown
eating houses TO which you repair daily at
noontime for the promotion of your dyspepsia.
Twelve o'clock. The fat cashier who had
nodded drowsily behind his desk near the
windows till the last stroke, ana Wh"' III MS
utter WEAKNESS, accidentally gave you n good
cigar. now brightens prrc"ptibly. The apron
clad walters rouse themselves from an apathy
induced by long hours and move briskly about.
Customers Of quiet demcanor who have
dropped in for an nftcr-the- performance sup
per pay their checks and drop out. There isa
brief interval OF commercial stagnatIon. ana
then-and then
Houpla! Comes tho vaudeville soubrette.
dainty. witching. studiously coy. All Access
series to feminine adOrnmcnt are hers: sho Is
Il thing ot beauty enhanced by art and articles
from the soles of her trim little patcnt-lcather
boots to tho lofty pinnacles of the plume
TIPPED velvet tower which. rising from a
golden hirsnte foundation. assumes to he a
hat. Masculine slaves In ~fanltless evening
dress follow in her wake. looking the adora-
ton which holds them in thrall. They are
sm"o'h-shaV"h ana youhE' very 'ouns' o"'
they are dutiful to the verge of AFFECTION.
h"u'"o' zones 'n1 r"oI"S sa'' nns az
tiuI' also Wi,rh'nG, a,so "ao,nF o a'Io un",ru
Shn sc rol1s ~ th n,S her srN wnw.w" )" Bows, and thew
ohH. 5%,,' T.; t"'r rasnonsIvo r,cs for eyc Wv word
chnckIe III responsive E'te' ip' eN"S "''u
which falls from her carminc lips is a gem Of
wit or a precious coin Of humor to them. Others
call them Wow-Wow Boys too but they
chuckle not. and over their soft checks which
tho s,ro,ao ~ razor hns never larassed there
ne ev,"'v" w. ~"
falls tn" shadow Of gri"i' q,
Honrl"! Comes the leading man released
llo,' -, a,I n T.; ~ tho nrormaworIn,
ana uasA'hs now onay III ,no oLeslo"r,nk
Corns Tho low comedian disporpinp pars and
!. Nv I,not aho,', oon,o1ion Conas
IN" old-time variety performer. Comes the
sketch artist. Comes one. come all.
FOUNDER. who is neither loafcr nor gentleman.
yet whose moral G9n'roSlt'oh ror,nN's OF me
elements OF ooth. he dresses IKE tue s"n,'e-
i m " ~ :, Tnn,I ho MINIS, 70 c,l htm He is
without s"rio, sort or condition. He is crea-
ture OF no distinguishing antecnlents or po-
tnn,i,Iitn. hut he seems 70 know everybody
present. and everybody present seems to know
and accept him as II jolly good fellow,
sd M3TplaT bs Tsf is r r Ef"4irionl Is .ln nti"4 i i" pi nySr.
clink 0t glasses and babllr Of voices, and an
u~p-s"niinG Of tobacco smoke, eIual To a score
al volcanoes in activ. eruption. Everybody
talks or moves. Action. ebullltion. etrerves-
ccnre everywhere. Steaks. chops. oysters
how thcy disappear, And the glasses, brin-
ming with red. yellow. brown or amber fluids
hey .wi!t th.tr flights from 'nh,"s H. iirs ,u.
) talking. laughing. Gathering thronu. dep9rfs
1 ni"attn AG'or HSimotc dh ioy cline IS h ,"T 'ro Fa AZ
ing. contrasting rolur- there. ESuh"rance
ttrrifiirs5 and IIibrat""s MIon the hay atmos"hsre.
snitoning tho rudrr outlaws " masculine
voices. All is gay"ty. lif" and light.
You tune your note to this melody Of mirth
aud 10Y Of being and "%utrcat your Eeighbor. a
uluasant-looking man. whose Jaws and chin
are hluo from over-murh shaving. L" share Il
social glass. II" complies readily with the re-
quest. and soon YOU twain are embarked for a
comfortahln cruise on that rarcst Of smooth
= sail"rs-Jolly fellowship.
More social glasses. and YOU find YOU are
getting on fam0uely. What is the meaning OF
this gathering? Is It anything out OF the com
n monT Has il special Significance? He an
swrrs your questions promptly. This is the
-. regular saturday night Houpla Of the lesser
= Thesuians. the regular reunion for q bout with
=. The bottle, for an exchange Of gossip and
q opinion. for anything and everything capablo
= IL driving duh care into temporary exile
{ That is thrl only significance of the Houpln
o Houula; Yes. The range nf English nomcn'
clnturr affords no better definition. 1t il com.
:, prrh"n-iv". dctermiuate. and expresses pre-.
Il cisrlv that frvcrish hilarity. that fierce an,
frantic frivolousncss. OF III" reaction in tree
hours Of souls consumed ak days a week 10y
nervous forces. 1t il the emotional relaxation
z @. thosr whose stock in trade is emotions and
therefore, the predominating characteristic NJ