New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-29

pep I'M the performances. the~ must have
very poor stage managers They We're ali
30 much alike thar I soon got tired Of them.
I drop I'm now and then 10 see if they
spring any new tunes bur they never do.
They rarely have much Of an audience back
of the orchestra seats. You can drop into
almost any church. Judging from what !
saw. and sit through an hours perform
anoe without hearing a single one Of tie
new Broadway song hits That is the sort
Of thing 7 have been sentenced 20,
This for me- he cried augriy beating
the second button of his heayinc waistcoat
For me-, who have seventy-siX chorIs girls
in my active address book. and who before
7 fell had always been known as a genuine
sport in every sense Of the dattorng word
zone of the most cruel phases OF the bar
barrie sentence is that had TO give up all
my chicken friends No more can / call
up some girl who wears horse blanket
and carries an embossed saddle bag from
/ her shoulder and make a date with her tor
+ a LIQUID meal i'm one of the JOLT cafes where
/ the embattled piano never rests! I would
| give three legs tnrbe able 10 sit once more
/ in the midst Of the crowded tables. 10 in
/ hale now and then the perfume from the
/ cigarette the girl next me- is smoking. 10
/ hold her soft nicotine tinted fingers I'm one
hand and a glass Of something green IN
! the other, while I work my system Of fasci-
nation on her.
Never again shall ] hear the perspiring
shines tear off countless yards OF 'Aexan-
ders Ragtime Band nor sway 70 the mo-
ton Of Tine Oceaua Roll. nor beut out
the fascinating strains Of The Beautiful
7 Doll" As the poet said Never again-no
more"'
But" ! interroseI. hoping 10 wedge in a
mite Of solace. ARE there not other places
out of the pale2 They tell me that there
is up in far Harlem a street called l25th.
where anything goes and JOY wears NO
. shackles'
Harlem he exploded. wildly. Harlem
What are the resorts Of wickedness In iar-
lem TO one who called the head walters OF
/ fifteen lobster palaces by their pet names
How can you, that pretend 90 feel a kindly
interest In my misfortunes, have the heart
1 10 mention l25th street I'm the same hreatl
with the Olympian Lobster District that
| marks the exact centre of all things
yet. pardon me II do seem bit rough
for / once had that Harlem idea myself
only 10 find that 18th street had It's own
followers and leaders-its own circle III
which was not acquainted nor even
wanted True. now and then some squai
who has been PLAYING the Harlem clrcui'
gets into fast company and makes good N
the Broadway crowd-but they never 20
back to Harlem. and AL that / scampereu
with were chickens Matched in the rays OF
the bright white lights. Accustomed as
was to such a high standard OF poultry II
would have been impossible to descend "a
ANYTHING inferior without leaving large
package of my self-respect behind. No
gave vour lg5th street a fair chance q
make good. and it fell downfall.
since the cruel ruling Of the court
have been forced to associate with tn
sort ~ Young female that one alludes e
az a girl instead of using the more mu
steal and expressive term Of quail o
\ wren or SQUAD preferrng the tie
ending IN the latter Think of 10. Myself
who has been the pal OF women who neve
, 50 out in the dayllght-pullets SEo de