The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-05
WHERE NEW YORK IS HAPPY
FROM MIDNIGHT TILL DAWN
Something the New and
Gossip of Interesting Places New York Given By For
Birmingham Girl
BY NETrI BEALL HOPKINS

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! sobbed shakingly in a corner, while the
| big, red-headed, british man with her
laughed and patted her hand. Later he
put his arm around her. then she smiled;
| but still later she was sobbing again.
| By her side another child-she looked
| scarcely 16-was smuggling in her part
ner's arms and putting away at her
| cigarette between drinks.
! But they are not all like that-perhaps
/ you may see the latest favorite of the
latest popular musical success-beauti-
| full. exduisitely gowned and groomed and
accepting adulation as her due-a typical
| Broadway product. Then there are other
| beauties. favorites of years gone by who
| have been bowled over by the admiration
! and success and have given it up to
| follow the path of least resistance-you
never can quite Observation-Disclosures d
particular beautiful damsel is a model
or chorus girl or a debutante out for
a lark on Broadway, usually all are there.
The evening may begin with cocktails
and champagne, but usually it ends in
the dawn with scrambled eggs and sau-
sages taken with great relish from the
bedclothed tables before they walk
YEARLY away to their taxis and to bed
Some of the more energetic go around to
Jacks for breakfast, but not many they
are too sick, too tired of it all and want
to sleep
Fifth avenue on a Saturday afternoon
surpasses Fifth avenue on any other aft
ernoon and every day it is a marvel to
the average poor soul who lives in a
town that holds only 1889 other people
Four solid lines of motors crawl slowly
along between 5 and o'clock and solid
phalanxes of pedestrians with sundry
dogs and things leading them or follow
ing at their heels, proved that the side
walks are none too wide and make every
day seem q fete day. october weather
in New York has been ideal and has
given the smart world a chance to dis
play it's smartest costumes and furs.
Surely there is not an animals left in
the world with fur enough to withstand
the cold unless the powers that be have
decided him questionable. Even then
he may not escape for his fur may be
dyed to simulate that of his fashionable
brother All the country must be burst
ing with riches if the wonderful things
that are displayed this winter are to be
worn. Gold and silver are woven into
brocades, velvets and furs and rich laces
are combined to fulfill the inspiration of
the modiste. Surely clothes were never
so lovely nor so expensive as now.
But if one is mind to wander around
off the avenue, there are all sorts OF
smart things to be discovered at reason
Hard indeed it is to escape the lure. even
the smallest there, for no mater how
small or how large the shop, loneliness IS
always there.
Ruth Chatterton is a charming thing
and her new play, Come Out of the
Kitchen is the sort of tender comedy
that the people love. 1t is light-not SEN
timental, just gay and full of the frag-
rance of youth and the south Bruce
McRae plays opposite Miss Chatterton
and the two of them are the play. 1t
is an artistic production and a satisfac-
tory one and all New York is focking
to see it. All suffragists are particularly
interested in it because Alice Duer Mil
Ter, whose "Are Women People?" is in
the library of every advocate of the
cause, is the author of the book from
which the play is taken. Come Out of
the Kitchen" is not a suffrage play. how
ever. except as it is the story of how a
charming girl demonstrated the efficiency
of her charm-and that charm is excep-
tional as Miss Chatterton interprets it.
One of the most fascinating points about
being in New York is the certainty of
constantly rubbing elbows with interest
ing people You go to a restaurant for
supper and at the next table you may
see Marie Barrientos, the lovely new Met
ropolitan star, and while you are fur
lively enjoying her glowing personality,
you glance across the room and there
opposite Ann Murdoch in please Help
Emily and who will be with F'aversham
in an all-star production opening soon.