The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-18
HAD TO CLOSE
G|LDED DOORS
NEW YoRk'S ExTRAvAGANT
CAFE De L'oPERA FORCED
TO THE WALL.
THE EVENING DRESS RULE
Was Not Taken Kindly to by the
independent Frcqucnters Of
the Great White Way,
II Is Said.

TOpera, 'Broadways most gorgeous
lobster palace" and also known as
the restaurant OF the evening dress
rule which was opened only few
months ago at an expense OF we'll
nigh the million-dollar mark, has
closed its doors. The cafe, situated
at Broadway and Forty.second street,
was particularly noted for it's mag.
nificent interior decorations, and
fabulous sums were expended To
make it the most beautiful In the
city.
Many and varied are the reasons
given for the failure Of the Cafe de
Opera. Probably the most accepted
one is that the iron-clad rule issued
by the management that no one would
L be served unless attired In evening
clothes was not taken very kindly to
BY the Gay White Way, New
Yorkers are too independent to take
lictation from restaurant keeper
They wear full dress to be sure,
when they believe the occasion dc
mands il, but they will not stand fol
being told when to wear those togs.
In New York one sees many men
IN evening coat or dinner jacket after
6 o'clock. But are most Of them New
workers.? The question has beer
raised time and again by those who
lel.ght to dlssect the trivial peculiari
ties of city's ways. Certainly tht
vast majority of prosperous New
Workers who change their clothes fol
dinner every night dine in their owr
homes. On the other hand, do moi
many of the thousands who live II
apartment hotels preserve as precise
/ a degree of nicely?
| This theory has been forcibly com
batted by some persons. One man
familiar with the life that center!
1bout Forty-second street and Broad
way, declared that ii was the hordes
OF out-of-town visitors who scrupu
lously don evening dress for the mos
important meal of the day. He con
tended that an inspection Of the city''
restaurants and their patrons woult
Invariably Justify his assertion
Another factor against the restau
rant was the absence of bar. A.
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first had to check his coat and hat
then take a seat at table in the res
taurant and then wait at least hal
an hour before he got what he want
led. When he got his drink, If 1t wer
whiskey, it cost him 20 cents, plus {
tip Of 10 cents, plus another 10 cents
to the boy in the coat room.
But whatever the reason for ths
closing down of the Cafe de fOpefa
New York has last one of its mos
sumptuous~ but mismanaged caravan
saries.
| New York saloon keepers are pre-
pairing to fight to finish what they
consider an unnecessary attempt a.
saloon reformation on the part OF
Maynard N. Clement, state excise
commissioner. IT the Legislature
adopts the recommendations made In
THE annual report Of Mr.. Clement, the
saloons of New York City will close
at midnight instead Of 1 o'clock In
the morning, and In the smaller cities
land villages at an earlier hour. and
there will be material reduction IN
the number of saloons. He advises
the liquor dealers Of the state to re-
form the business from within. and
warns them that reform from with.
out may mean destruction.
His recommendation in regard to
the hours of closing Is that in cities
of the first and second class the sa.
looms shall close at midnight; In
cities OF the third class and villages
OF more than 5000 population at II
O'Clock, and in villages of less than
5000 inhabitants and in towns of the
Estate at 10 o'clock. He also recon.
mends that an hour be cut on In the
morning by prohibiting saloons from
|opening before 6 o'clock, instead oi
| at s, as the law now is.
The Cairo Bulletin has been the
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