The Washington herald., 1908-02-16

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the sign of the Haymarket, no less. The
Haymarket you have known in your cal
low days and the Haymarket Of 1893 are
not so very unlike save In the matter OF
few unimportant eXternals. There are
the same sort Of walters. the same sort
Of men and the same sort Of women You
pay out 50 cents 10 the man at the
window and hand your ticket to the old
doorman and enter. The 81 cents adj
mission entities you to all the beer,
wine. whisky. and conversation you are
able to pay for.
There isn't much veneer about the Hay
market. 1t is frankly Of the under
world. You don't stay long, for condl-
tons are not exactly to the taste Of the
fastidous.
On your way uptown you may stop for
bit Of IA whirl at the roulette wheel
or make an attempt 10 call the cards IN
the order I'm which they will come out
OF the little steel box; incidentally. to taste
a bite OF that delicious tripe Creole which
the excellent Domlnick knows 50 we'll
how 20 prepare.
Only Eating, Drinking, Talking.
When you tire Of this pursuit, which
now and again has been known to By UNI
profitable to the pursuer, you may jump
in a cab and be deposited at the College
Inn rathskeller. where no certificate Of
graduation is necessary to secure your
admittance. Because there are flags dis
played around the room, this is the Col
lege Inn. The situation isn't wildly excit-
ing Men and women are at the tables
eating and drinking and talking. and that
is all. Not even diverting, perhaps. but
been somewhere else.
Smaller, but much on the same order. is
Joe Adams place farther up the street,
I before which a big sign in dazzling cleo
trio letters grlns out the legend, "23 Sec
onds from Broadway. You must appear
here once during the evening for all
others do and you can't afford to let
your face grow unfamiliar to the pr0prie-
tor or you viii forfeit something of your
standing in the community.
After drink and a chat at "Z3 Seconds
you may drop in at the Times square
cafe. where you are just as welcome if
you sit at a table with your hat on as
you are if you observe the-more polite
form
Just about this same hour I'm George
COnsidine's back room of the Metropoie
crowd is assembled. The MetrOpole
still enjoys a profitable patronage, though
there have sprung up several contestants
for its trade since first the house was
opened. about eight years ago. by the
brothers from Detroit. They still remem-
Der that night, do the Broadway crowd.
and recall the way the wine flowed
faster as the dawn drew nearer. They
remember that George Kessler-the
Count they all cali him-paid 500 for
one bottle Of his own brand q champagne
and waved aside the p-ohered change On
true iordly fashion.
You will want to look in on the crowd
In Murray's for Few minutes and nod
greetings 10 your acluaintanCes who
gather In this oddly contr1ved restaurant.
With It's beWildeTing mirror effects and
mystic mazes Maybe you viii have your
late supper here. or YOU may stroll up as
far as Churchils and get the lobster a
la Newburg or whatever it IS you like
best al this hour
Changing the Frame.
And by the same token. there is no
unique meeting place for the children Of
Broadway. There cant be For the
Broadway habitue demands change All
the places he visits are. when you come
down 10 the last analysis. the same. The
only change is In location. But this is
the variation that is mandatory. You may
visit twenty places IN the course OF the
evening. and conditions will be similar. in
the main. But the stage setting VIII vary.
And that is the thing II il were possible
10 turn one square block of Broadway
into q vast establishment in which were
housed all the places that II present at
tract you you would tire Of the arrange
ment I'm a week. and walk around the
corner to see If there wasn't another
place Of the same order.
1t Is this spirit that makes possible
the success Of the steady stream Of new
pleasure founts opened in the Broadway
district There may be- indeed only one
picture for you 70 look at year after
year-but you can change the same. can't
your