Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-03-27
SPENDERS GOING OUT

Also. they may like to dress up like
plush IRE horses, but they do not like
to be ordered to do 20. So the placl
failed"
All Of which II pine. Other impor
tations-Paul Poiret and that count
person who introduced the form At
ting pants to u, for example-have
New York swooning in utter admire
ton. And New Workers most happily
get into the 177e rig ct other places
where It 10 required. And western
patrons usually begin dressing in the
cab on the way up from the depot. The
truth II that the first smash WEI
caused BY poor service. Those which
succeeded It are to BE- blamed on the
fact that New York ID SOLDERING up.
The architects Of the cafe" said Z
Broadway philosopher. planned It for
the private dining room trade. Brokers
and sons Of brokers and rich men from
small western TOWNSHIPS their
chorus girl Affiliations Of the moment
we're to Be catered to. What New
York's night lvers know - parties
were held In these embossed and silk.
On retreats. The feminine guest who
didn't md . 800 bill In . walnut felt
she had been defrauded. Guests Of
only moderate digestive capacity
usually were taken out on the freight
elevator"
In those very halcyon days one p6p.
ular musical comedy star kept books
on the offerings of her friends. Year
In and year out she found herself BE-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 to the wind.
ward. between the gems and automo.
biles and other junk given her. A big
Wall street operator gave ten shares
Of . certain stock. worth par ct the
time. to his feminine guests one night.
Another presented ten chorus girls
with dingle bangles for their necks
one evening.
Tie 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 msy 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
IL working in . railroad once and the
fourth II busy all day in his own
brokerage establishment Chorus girls
who kept high priced cars flvs years
ago now find 1t strains the bank roll
to sustain bicycle. So-with the pri-
vate dining rooms catering to the
Sweeney trade-the Cafe dc Paris
found its architectural limitations 4
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, II
ID of the Zip. there goes . nicksll"
sort For which the dance erase II
largely responsible. Every restaurant
ON Broadway u doing . capacity bust
ness until one O'Clock every night and.
with highballs ct 40 cents and . spoon
fal Of Welsh rabbit spelling six bits,
the net results ought to b satisfao-
tory. Nor u one o'clock In the morn
ing . fixed limit. One restaurant
dances 3+hour shifts. with Just .
pause for the barber during the after
noon.
Half dozen shove the terpiichore-
an curfew into the discard ON occar
sion. And the dance mania 10 increas-
ing. This week one vaudeville theater
announces that dancing win b per.
mitted In the lobby during intermis-
sions. Modern dances will likely BE-
taught 1t the recreation centers here
after. The charity ball-which was 1t
one time puritanic to the verge Of
woodenness-is to permit the tango
and the hesitation thu year. It h
true that the charity ball isn't exclu-
sive any more. unless exclusiveness
II to be defined - the ability to ride
In . wagon built Ike . pilot house.
No. The whole trouble 10 that New
FORKS spenders have ssked nshhooks
In their pockets. Which fact has been
noted BY visitors from foreign shores.