The Washington herald., 1919-09-30
NEW YORK CITY
By o. O. McNTYRE

New York. Sept AIN the feverish
hunt for old Joey de vivrs. the famed
Broadway brilliant banished BY the
great drought. some odd entertain.
ments are being dished up to enlivsn
the populaee hersabouts. One sees IN
the morning prints an announcement
that an old house In the thirties ID be.
ing remodeled to house . Palace Of
Checkers" Think Of that!
From the Broadway viewpoint 1t
VIII be as easy to construct an enter
taining evening with games Of check
ers a. II II to fashion q silk purse
from the material contained In q lady
pigs aurtculsr appendage. One might
a. well inaugurate q button sewing
booker grfIl.
The biiiboards are fairly bulr,ns
with announcements Of musical events
At local concert halls. Former jaxx
houses are to be the homes Of pianists.
nddleists and maie-broadiy speaking
-tenors to say nothing Of lyrical
sopranos and infant prodisiea.
All the infant prodigies are found
In Hester street There Is something
about the squalor there that makes
them sprout rapidly and soon they are
taking root In some mosaic laid han
In the White Lights. Nothing Il 20
terrible a. the money-making infant
prodigy, known In the press agents
argot a. the wonder -kiddie.
He or she generally is the sole sup
porter OF a big family who sit up all
night after the concert quarreling over
the boxonice receipts. Another hor-
ror, or series Of horrors, Is the classic
dance. An epidemic Of these bare.
legged performances sweeps the town.
All summer they have been chasing
butterflies in the rustic dells of Long
Island. interpreting the shimmering
softness Of the moon, the dandelion in
anger. and the swish Of sea waves
beating against the white sands. Now
they are expressing themselves at 50
much an express in town. After see
Ing them one can readily understand
how the Puritan ancestors saw 50
much sin In promisouous dancing.
New York laughs at Greenwich VII
lase with undisguised cruelty. II can
not take very seriously the Yvonnes.
Odettes and Sonias with their bobbed
heads and smocks. And yet Jean
Murat. the French journalist, Of Le
Matin, declared at a little gathering
Of intellectuais the other day that
New Yorkers were doing a great
wrong. In Paris the Latin Quarter
has always been regarded with respect
and NJ. Murat believes Manhattan
should be indulgent even II the village
Is naughty. even II It is debauche. He
says that . great city has all the
needs Of beautiful woman and per-
haps Greenwich Village is the neces-
sary speck Of rouge-the finishing
touchi
The old-fashioned Ascot tie-a bless
Ing to tho fellow with the soiled shirt
is to be a part Of what the well
dressed men will wear this winter.
They are to be seen among the smart
dressers on Fifth avenue and Beau
nash speaks highly Of them in his
theater program sartorial biurbs and
incidentally q lot Of snappy dressers
follow the theater programs religious
ly for their styles.
There Is . celebrated pawn shop in
the heart Of thu tenderloin patronized
chiefly by the elite of the stage and
sporting world. The three gflt balls
do not hang over the door. It 10 Q
forbidding looking place. The win
dows are painted black and the sign
Money Lent" Is not In evidence.
Neatly lettered in gold in a corner of
one Of the windows are the words:
"Jewelry Appraised" The entrance
Is always locked and barred In front
The real entrance Is up q side street.