The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-04-10
O|NGO OUT
Sons Of Rich No Longer Buy
Motor Cars for Girl.
Restaurant 10 a Failure-Gotham Pal
acc Planned for Private Dining
Room Trade Got OF on
Wrong Foot

when It began as the Cafe de
rOpera 1t got on on the wrong foot,
say these pessimists. THE imported
manager allowed that only evening
dress would be permitted after milk
ing time. New Workers arc In
tensey patriotic. They resented the
idea that II was necessary to go to
London to find master OF feeding
Also. they may like to dress up Ike
plush fire horses, but they do not ike
10 be ordered to do so. SO the place
failed"
All OF which IL piGle. Other impor'
tations-Paul poiret and that count
person who introduced the form Mt
ting pants to us, for example-have
New York swooning In utter admira'
ton. And New Workers. most happily
get into the 1916 rig at other places
where it Is required. And western
patrons usually begin dressing In the
cab on the way up from the depot. The
truth is that the first smash wac
caused by poor service. Those which
succeeded It are to be blamed on the
fact that New York Is SOLDERING up.
1.-THE architects OF the cafe" said
Broadway philosopher. planned 1t for
the private dining room trade. Brokers
and sons Of brokers and rich men from
small western towns--plus their
chorus girl affiliations of the moment
were to be catered to. What New
York's night liyers know as parties
were held in these embossed and SILK
en- retreats. The feminine guest who
didn't find a 500 bill in walnut felt
| she had been defrauded, Guests o!
only moderate digestive capacity
usually wcra taken out on the freight
elevator"
In those very halcyon days one pop.
ular musical comedy star kept books
on thu offerings of her friends Year
| IN and year out she found herself be-
! tween $50 900 and $4,000 TO the wind.
ward between the gems and automo-
b!los and other junk given her A big
Wall street operator gave ten shares
Of certain stock. worth par at the
time to his feminine guests one night
Another presented ten chorus girls
with dingle bangles for their necRs
one evening
The man who then got their money
at the pump have found for the most
part that the well has run dry. The
fathers sons OF today may not be
tightwads. but they're anything but
| loose. The heir Of the greatest for
tune In town has Sunday school
class, the next in line keeps getting
into sociological discussions, the third
Is working in railroad Office and the
fourth is busy all day In his own
brokerage establishment. Chorus girls
who kept high priced cars five years
ago now find It strains the bank roll
to sustain 4 bicycle So-with the pri
yate dining rooms catering to the
Sweeney trade-the Cafe de Paris
found its architectural limitations 1
heavy handicap. Too much highly val
liable space had been wasted
Not that there isn't plenty OF spend
ing. but, compared to the old days, i
is Of the Zip. there goes u nickel!
sort. For which the dance craze II
largely responsible. Every restguran
on Broadway is doing capacity bust
ness until one O'Clock every night and
with highballs at 40 cents and a spoon
full OF Welsh rabbit spelling six bits
the net results ought to be satisfac
tory. Nor is one O'Clock in the morn
ing a fixed limit. One restauran
dances 24hour shifts, with Just
pause for the barber during the after
noon.
Half dozen shove the terpsichore
an curfew into the discard on occa
sion. And the dance mania Is increas
ing. This week one vaudeville theate
announces that dancing will be pei
mitted In the lobby during intermis
sions. Modern dances will likely b
= taught at the recreation centers here
, after. The charity ball-which was Il
one time puritanic TO the verge o
woodenness-is to permit the tang
and the hesitation this year. 1t
true that the charity ball isn't exclt
sve any more. unless exclusivenes
is to be defined as the ability to rid
In wagon built like pilot house.
= No. The whole trouble Is that Ne'
York's spenders have sewed fishhook
In their pockets. Which fact has bee
noted by visitors from foreign shore'
Miss Emmy Wehlen, the Viennese sta
OF musical comedy, said the other da
that all the European capitals are clu
tered up with young men who seem
d have nothing to do but see that thei
friends enjoy themselves. While |
0 New York the young men have eithe
worked so hard that when night come
they are barely able TO keep fror
: going to sleep with their fatigued face
In the dinner plates or else they di
I play an almost bigoted preference fo
beer as beverage. But Miss Wehle
secs bright spot.
THE old men OF New York." say
Miss Wehlen, seen to have plenty {
money and time-and everything els
except a disposition to 80 home"
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II Chicago.-Frank France spent for
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