The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-15

! whirl. It is a life of ready laughter and
 quick tears-with quicker return to laughter again.
 ] But tears and laughter mingled the other night when the boys in khaki came marching up Fifth avenue-back from Mexico. There was no announcement of their coming-no ovation was prepared for them-but they received the sponta- neous greeting of the crowds. Youngsters too young to join them-marched beside them in the street; sweethearts-and mothers, too-ran heedlessy along the curb their eyes fixed on the one they had been waiting for, and the restau- rants and clubs along the avenue emptied as the soldiers passed. The even tread
 of many feet made the butterfly throng at Sherry's pause to listen; the sudden | flash of martial music quiclSe~ ed its fash | ionable pulse, and in a minute the bai-
 comics were not big enough to hold them, eager to see
 1 Thank God, the ranks are full re- member in '9S-" and a nation-famous 1 fighter was off on story of war.
 Take off your hat-you!' yelled man, l whose tight grasp for gold had loosened for the moment. And the men on the sidewalk did take off their hats and bowed as the colors passed--a bit sheep ishly, it is true; but still they bowed and l stood still with their hats in hand Rank upon rank marched on-you could hear the babble of welcome as they passed.
 Why, they're thin--look at, their faces l every one of them" and the tears threat l ened the rouge on the cheeks of one whose svelt figure spoke eloquently of willing starvation.
 But, Lord-wouldn't I like to have their color," her companion replied, as the last bronzed figures passed.
 l You could have" it seemed as if she 1 said, as they sat down to resume their breast of baby turkey and asparagus tips.
 Sherrys is gay at 7:30 o'clock but no gayer than other restaurants at dinner tjme-for New York is a restaurant lov- ing place. And 1t is good to see the beau ties-marvelously attired-or unattired- conscious of the men merely as black and white background for their loveli- ness. Surely there never was such love- liness-nor such gowns. The smart world of New York is very much wrapped up in clothes just now. and the shops are maddening array of wonders.
 
 many motors that have been in service at Newport-or out of service because their owners were away. New York is blossoming with beauty at the theatres, at the restaurants and at the various places where New York goes to play The dining rooms of the Ritz. of the Bilt- more, everywhere, are graced each night by the presence of the smart world re- turning from shore and mountain. On a recent night Florence Walton and M. Maurice dined at the Ritz-she at tired in one of her Lucille marvels of emerald green and silver. Later they danced in the cascade room of the Bilt- more and, as usual, experienced difficulty in retiring from the floor, so enthusiastic are all New Workers over them. The spectators literally howled for joy when, as an encore, they gave limitations first, college boy dancing the foxtrot, and then Diamond Jim Brady dancing the onestep. Afterward, Maurice gave his marvellous skating waltz, which never loses it's beauty nor its popularity.
 The dancing madness may have abated in Birmingham, but not so in New York-neither should the ann bilious debutante come to the big city unless she has perfected her fox trot and her tango--for it is only the trot and the tango, with an occasional waltz and one-step, that hold forth. And New York is the home of some marvellous dancers. There is little girl. who is seen at many places, who looks like a cloud waited by the wind. so light she is; and if it were not for the ciga- rette with which she brands herself of the metropolis, she might be taken for Birmingham schoolgirl The Dolly sisters frequent the after he-theatre restaurants but on the floor their dancing is not quite so ex- quisite as in His Bridal Night" Then Emmy Wehlen, always perfectly at- tired, is often seen.
 Oh, everyone dances-so mad are they about it that the night is always young. Leaving the hotel bathrooms at midnight they go to the lesser restau- rants until 2. when the Mont Marte is in full swing, and then they wend their way there for one last wild dance and scrambled eggs before going home.
 
 The Mont Marte is at once the most amusing and the most tragic place in New York, for 1t is the habitat of beau ties, who, all too soon, fade and die. copy of the Mont Marte in Paris it has a wierd Bohemian atmosphere and the red table cloths. smoke-laden air and queerly mixed company, each adds it's bit of color
 The Bull Ring in castles in the air is a newly conceived plan for catering to the public pocketbook. It opened recently with many picturesque decor ations, many indifferently pretty girls and much good will.
 If you come to New York, see "Pierrot the Prodigal," that exquisite rejuvena- ton of the half forgotten art of pan tomime. It makes you laugh, it makes you weep. it makes you thrill with the hearty and consummate arts of it, and pay tribute in marveling at your absorp- tion. In it is the most wonderful red hair-titian hair-that New York has ever seen It belongs to Margot Kelly. the little English girl who, as Phrynette leads Pierrot astray by her loveliness.
 The chance illness of the original Phrynette happily cast Miss Kelly for the part. and her hair and sweet Eng fish freshness have added materially 10 the success of the play. & Winthrop Ames has added another ar- tistic production to his list in Hush. "Hush" would not be successful outside of New York certainly because it cries out what other people hush up and would nrobably shock Birmingham to death. hut it is amusing ana clever, mostly, and perfectly staged. It was the good fortune of a few to be asked to the dress rehearsal the week before the play onened and so wide Is the range of MT. Ames' friends that the audience was all most as interesting as the play Be-
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