The Washington herald., 1919-06-19


New York. June 1s.-For the last
few days before the long dry spell
the smart rendezvous for the ultra
midnight sons 10 the little club in
the roaring forties. Justine John
son opened It and ran II, until she
decided to quit Broadway and learn
to act up at Waterbury In stock.
This despite the fact that she had
been a Broadway star.
The Little Club ts an atmosphere
of pink lights. pink curtains and at
the entrance Il q large painting Of
Q nude woman riding in the moon.
This touch gives the excuse to call IL
the moon room. It IL the place to
see the typical fast spending New
York crowds.
Dore, q French chanteuse. sings at
midnight. The Johnnies Of the town
flock to hear her. She has q beautiful
voice-Anna Held eyes, and her
smart clothes show or to an excel
lent advantage her wonderful fgure.
The orchestra syncopates and
whines INCREASINGLY. And the bass
violinist is indeed an odd note.
He has q wonderful head of hair
that falls over his shoulders. and u
strong characterful face. He Is near
modern jazz. His body sways and
his shoulders wriggle and his shock
of hair flies about like caught in q
tornado.
The Little Club Is tucked away
down In the basement under a the
ater. 1t has scarcely any patronage
until after the theater and then
tables are at q premium. One sees
all the young squires of the town.
Some with no more hair on their
upper lip than can be found on q
piece of bacon-but they fondle 1t
like II was q regular mustache just
the same.
Old men with young girls "shim-
my" with gay abandon. A Frisco
imitator dances and smokes a big
cigar. and a little girl in tights cir
cles around the first row OF tables
dancing and singing.
They tell q story down on the
Rialto about Frisco. the suffering
jazz stopper. that Is typical. He
was in one of the theatrical clubs
princess approaching. He turned
to Frisco and said: "I want you to
meet real Chinese nobility" He
was presented to the Chinese prin-
cess. "Giad to meetcha" said the
jazzer. Then, suddenly. he slapped
the princess on the back and burst
out: "G-G-ee that reminds me / for
got to send out my laundry today"
Prominent upstate New York
farmers are planning q protest meet
ing in Manhattan in July to prote ST
against the bill introduced by Rep
resentative Volstead to secure pro-
hibition enforcement. The bill pro-
hibits the making. possessing or US
ing of any beverage containing one
half of one per cent of alcohol or
more. The farmers say this will
prohibit all homemade beverages.
such as elders. wines. cordials. root
beer and the like. They claim that
the city man is being permitted to
stock his vast wine cellars and the
farmer cannot make a few soft
drinks for his family. Another
thing they claim is that the bill
provides for a three and one-haIf
million dollar appropriation which
will create a new army of office
holders.
A smart young East Side boy went
in Fifth avenue importing house
a short time ago. The other day
he asked for a day of.
"A day off?" replied the boss.
why. you've only been here about
two weeks."
II know that" came from the boy.
but now is the time for me to get
on"
"whyT
Because pretty soon you won't
be able to get along without me-"
He got his day of with full pay.