New-York tribune., 1919-05-04

Every time we have been to Reisen-
weber's lately we have gone up to
see Doraldina in Paradise, but Eddie
Meyers, whom we met when he was
playing in "Rock-a-Bye Baby" said it
wasn't fair and that we were to stop
on the ground floor next time and see
the revue--so we did last Monday
night.
As soon as we got in we looked
around for Jack-Joh Steinberg, to
be exact-who presides over the 400
Room and knows everybody. "Miss
Underheel," he always says delight
fully, "the place is yoursl" which
makes US very happy even If we do
know that it belongs to Mr.. and Mrs.
Reisenweber. No wonder John hae
been there ten years.
Everybody apologized for the revue,
although it looked quite wonderful to
US. But with one accord they said "Oh,
no, we couldn't work at all tonight,
the floor is so slipperyl" We sensed
something early in the evening when
one of the girls came of exclaiming,
81 can't do no work on that floor" And
then Midgie Miller said to us in her
own little dressing room, "Wasn't it
awful? didn't dare to do anything
for fear I'd fall and break my neck"
And Eddie Meyers said, "The children
were all afraid to work, the floor was
so slippery" and Helen Birmingham
showed all her dimples and lisped,
Mercy, I didn't dare to shimmie! !
was afraid I'd lose my equilibrium"
Helen is the plump, dark-haired one
who stands on the end and looks coy.
The only one who didn't complain of
the floor was Mathilde Verba, the Bel
gian soprano, and she sings standing
still. They tell US she is in the social
register, but that didn't interest US as
much as her upper register.
Some Of the people who managed to
acquaint themselves very creditably in
spite of the celluloid finish on the floor
we're Gertrude, who bears the singu-
larly appropriate surname of Angel;
bride; Betty Mach, a jazz girl; Myra
Cullen, another one, and, all the time,
Midgie Miller. Oh, yes, and some aero
bats, Herbert and Adair One is big
and one is little, but we don't know
which is which. We liked the little
one with the freckles. He is very
decorative.
Last Thursday night Lillian Carleton,
known as "Ritzie" in London and
Paris, made her debut in "Paradise," az
sisted by Herman Tape. We had in
tended to see her, only that nice little
Bennie Halzman, who got married last
week, wrote us letter and said, Don't
forget that Thomas Healy's Blossom
Festival opens Thursday night in the
Golden Glades at 1880. Will hold din
ner for you" So, Of course, we had
to go, or Bennie might be holding din
ner yet. If he adopts this policy at
home we see where his matrimonial
journey Is going to be made on smooth
waters.
The new show Is an ice carnival. and
we enjoyed every bit of it, also every
bite Of it. We had lobster cocktail and
tilet mgnon and strawberry basket.
This sounds like George Jean Nathan
reviewing Information, Please" doesn't
it? blossom Festival" is what Chic
Sale calls real snappy." The pref
tiest thing that Helen Hardick does is
"Toreador of Mine," a Spanish song
and dance. Yvonne Darle sings "Come
Back, Sweet Dreams" and Peggy La
Velle does lot Of things. So does
George Davis. But the coup is still
found on the ice
Paulsen and Elsie, Cathleen Pope.
Judels and Peterson and the others are
all seen. A huge ice carnival called
Cover the Top Of the Alpine Noun
tains" closes the revue. A new feat
ure Is Rodriguez, who walks the wire.
tight or loose, It matters not to Ro-
iriguez.
"1t's strange, but true" conflded Nor
timer Kelly, Of Murray's Roman Gar
dsn, that six types Of people como In
hero, and know them ALL"
I'VE always put people into two
olasses-could or couldn't. But tell us
about the other four" we answered.
First, there are the business people,
who come here to talk, and they are
partial to the Whispering Grotto.'
Then there are the ladies who want
something dainty before a matinee.
Next come the out-of-towners, who drop
In for tea and dance on the revolving
floor, and who, incidentally, amuse
themselves by writing postcards, do
mated by the management, to every
friend and relative in the world. Then
at the pre-theatre patrons arrive with