New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
At Hotel and Restaurant

Something mysterious happened
down in the room where they make up
our pages last week, and our hotel
notes (stuff in the vernacular) which
were printed on July q Gas one young
lady from Stamford informed us) ap-
peared again at the top of the column,
boldly seeming to say, "Here l am.
Hope you'll enjoy me-" And each para
graph which we had deemed clever
sounded as banal as at isn't the heat;
it's the humidity" SO here, Miss Stam-
ford, is the apology which you re-
quested, and to c. R. H., who asked
Was your column reprinted by re-
quest!" we would say "No, by mad
vertence.'
Restaurateurs are such optimistic
people Each one writes that the
actors strike sends the people to the
restaurants for amusement and that
business never has been better. From
the Cafe de Paris comes this news:
With the closing of the local theatres
the Cafe has taken on the aspect of
a Continental music hall. Disappointed
theatregocrs throng the main dining
room nightly to witness an entertain
ment that is furnished by real artists
With an unlimited supply of talent to
draw from now, Manager Thompson
has made the most of the oppor-
tunity."
And from Terrace Garden we hear:
In spite of the strike or because of it,
the public insists on dancing. The week
Just passed has been the best in point
Of attendance that the Dance Palace
ever has had" And at Murray's Roman
Garden they have had to put in new
floor because the old revolving floor
has grown so thin that Manager Kelly
is afraid it will just disintegrate some
night. 1t isn't going to stop the dane
ing, however, because it is to be done
in sections.
And, speaking of Murrays, we neg
lected to mention last week, when we
spoke Of the contributory pleasures of
our evening there, one Carroll Clark
His music is a delight and we don't
wonder that he is called the "Warbling
Othello.'
Next Thursday night at the Astor
there is going to be monster benefit
ball to be given by the Actors Equity
Association. 1t certainly ought to be
we'll worth going to. for Ted Lewis's
jazz band, Charlie Princes orchestra
and the Brown Brothers will provide
the music for the affair and there is
70 be a special cabaret. Among those
who we know will appear are Mae
Murray and Wallace McCutcheon. "The
Shubert Shimmy" and the "Producers'
Hesitation" will be introduced and a
four-course supper will be served. the
whole to cost you only $40 or 2 VS..
Have you ever been to the Hotel
Chatham? 1t is on Forty-eighth Street,
over about as far east as the Ritz
Carlton and not too far from the Norma
Talmadge studios. We had luncheon
there the other day with Miss Talmadge
and Olga Petrova, but we were the only
one of the trio who was on pleasure
bent. Norma was being interviewed d
and Olga was interviewing her.
Nine. Petrova is doing q series for
one of the magazines. We told her she
was stealing our stuff and she told US
m cta bcr prt ,to,,
sible."
The day before yesterday we lunched
ut Claridge's with Sam Rothapfel, and
never have we seen him look so we'll
We should have paid more attention
10 him, however, if it hadn't been for
hose soft shelled crabs, which were
the best we ever ate. They are small
about 2 by s, and when the waiter
brought the platter we saw that ii
had six of the cunning little rascals
on it. He put four on our plate and
carried the other two back to the
Kitchen, and we were ashamed to ask
Tor them, though we have regretted
it ever since.
Lyman and King, erstwhile dancers
extraordinaire of 'Fiddlers Three ,
are appearing in the "Revuc Intime'
at the Moulin Rouge. The music i.
furnished by Selvin's Syncopated Sex
tette.
Fountain Inn at Lynbrook, L. l., will
remain open all the year around from
pow on.
Copeland Townsend, proprietor o
the Hotel Majestic, declares that tn
high cost of living is driving so man
people to his hotel that he is goin
to take an apartment house in tn
neighborhood, to be known as the Ma
jestic Annex
"The Majestic will do the bigges