Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-05

Celebrities conspicuous IN the All
Might Crowd.

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Celebrities Conspicuous On the All
Might Crowd.
The ail-night crowd IL a characteristic OF
large cities. and New York IL no exception.
Though but a fraction OF the daylight
throng, II presents a greater variety OF
bohemIanism at ease and play. II is distinct
from the night workers n moves In a
clrcumscribed orbit. with Long Acre square
as the center. Leaving out the little place,
relates the New York world. the fore
gathering points Of interest would be a sue
cession Of stepping stones to swing around
the circle at night upon, like this; The
Metropoie. shsnley's. Rector's, churchilrs,
Joe Adams, Jake VOLTS. Jacks and back
again.
II you will enter these places before II
you will fine them dull and quiet. A wilder
ness OF tables spread but not sat at, a
scattered array OF yswning waiters-sse
then the theaters begin to exude their
throng upon Broadway and the people who
stay up all night put in an appearance. 1t
Is morning for them. breakfast for them
the day. all day in the night time in the
Tenderloin. has Just begun when the clock
is one hour to midnight.
~ NAN NANNAVROAC EAAAN lAChAg 01NAaf
the writer, has his table at which to drink
many small cups OF coffee. smoke many
cigars and sit UP all night, while actors.
prize fighters, jockeys, detectives, sporting
men and local politicians come and go to
discuss many topics concerning human life
as they see It with the sage of wolfville.
Here is the little group Of actors who
did not go to 1.-The fight They are watt
ing for the returns TO be brought In by
those who did go. "It's going the limit"
these first say, as they watch the clock. "or
the bunch would be back"
There is Rose Beaumont with a collie
pup In the ladies' dining room. with her
is a very small boy, a lad of 8. Evidently
her little boy, you think. for that is her
husband, Billy b. Van. the comedian, sit
ting opposite to her with the little boy be-
tween.
Then the little boy turns and faces you.
Such an elderly-lookins little boyl Ted
Marks stops beside him and says, "cabe,
to settle a bet, how old are your
"Twenty-sixi" pipes the child; but It
isn't a child, it's Master Gabriel, who is
playing Little Memo at the New Amster-
dam theater.
There is Little Tim Sullivan and
Eddie Burke and another childish figure.
But by this time you are not to, be fooled
by midgets. and II is no surprise to you to
recognize Adolph link, the Lilliputian.
Big men or little men, they are old enough
to stay up ell night at the Metropolis, and.
so far as you know, they do, for you leave
the place and sauater up Long Acre square
to Churchilrs.
At Churchilrs big Captain Jim" is at
the doorway welcoming them with hearty
greetings for Churchilrs is a favorite place
whereat to stay up all night.
The place is packed and jammed, and
there is method as well as hospitality In
Captain Jim's'' welcoming them In.
when all the tables are taken,' he say,
IT have to stall those l know a while till
the head walters can find places for them"
There's a deuce by the window" says a
head waiter, coming UP.
"A table for two right over there; you're
looking welil' says Captain Jim," not to
the head waiter. but to q couple he has
been buttonholing at the door.
Here, you see, you have learned some-
thing. a table for two is called "a deuce
in the all-nlght restaurants.
T avoid confusion at our crowded
when all the tables are taken" he says:
hours, says Captain Jim. I'VE use sisns.
Now ! watch the head waiter, or one of
his assistants further down the room, and
il he puts HIS hand up to the back of his
head I know there are more vacant tables,
and so held the newcomers In conversation,
till a place can be found for them.
IF a big table is vacated 1 get a sign,
and If there is a deuce ready he holds
up two fingers. Simple, isn't it2'
Churchilrs isn't open by day. Hasn't
been for months. Its hours are from 5 In
the evening until 8 In the morning, for It
is exclusively conducted for those who stay
up all night. Just before 5 in the morning
those who stay up all night take their
last meal before going home to bed at
dawn. The favorite last meal dish is fried
ham with sweet potatoes, both copiously
sugared.
At Jacks, on Sixth avenue, opposite the
Hippodrome, Jack Dunstan, himself, is fore
most among those who stay up all night.
Jacks works day and night shifts of wait
ers and cooks, for Jacks has q steady and
brisk transient trade by day; but it, too.
is a favorite place for those who stay up
all night, and all night the place is full.
The folks who stay up all night are min
istered to by more than restaurant proprie-
~ V aSANOh n hAnh VIM bbdJS up Ell
night may need a shave. Here's an ALL
night barber shop. He may get a tooth
ache. Here is a dentist, whose illuminated
sign reads. open all night" He may
want services of a private detective to fol-
low the movements Of a faithless love or
a suspected employe. There are several
private detective agencies hereabout that
burn a green light and also have iIlum-
mated signs. open all night"
The Day and Night bank, over on Fifth
avenue. is open all night. The Turkish
baths are open all night. But the oldest
Of all odd things are the all-night lawyers.
Not only are their offices ornamented with
the so-stating sign. but they walk abroad
and go about among the people who stay
up all night to give first legal aid where
required.
Are you assaulted A dapper young man
is at your side before you have collected
yourself and hands you his card. Are you
arrested? He turns up in the nick of time
at the police station and represents you.
He win get you an all-nisht bondsman to
go your bail. He will take the named and