The Washington herald., 1919-09-02
NEW YORK CITY
Day-By-Day
By o. 0. Mcintyre

New York, Sept. lit was Ii O'Clock
at night. A sleepy newsboy sat on his
pile of early edition morning papers
In Times Square. A policeman looked
over "Today's Entries' under a drug
store arc light A lone truck droneu
its weary way down Broadway II
was the new New York, and it had
gone to bed.
Gay New York is an anschronism.
Bagdad on the Subway. about which
o. Henry left deathless literature, is
now Bagdad la Keokuk. The lob
ster cathedrals and dance mosques
were as empty as an old world Cathe-
dral at midnight, and as ghastly.
The only flutter of night life is in
the coffee houses on the ruins of the
I all-night bar the Danish and French
and Vienna bakeries rear their pasty
-er pastry-heads Folk bring bottles
Of tabooed joy with them. And they
try to be happy, and sing of the old
days when the populace did not have
to be told by a headwRiter to "Whis-
per to me only with thine eyes"
= Over on Eighth avenue the night
hawks are secreted in a back room.
and now and then the barkeep creeps
/ under the bar. draws beer and
I Creeps back on all fours aud whispers
in the inky darkness. Put out that
cigarette. you fatheadv"
The evolution and decline Of night
life in New York-except in the pri-
vste clubs and homes--is an amazing
spectacle to behold. 1t Ia difficult to
believe that only few years ago the
cream of the sporting and political
blood OF the nation gathered in Harry
! Hills to while the night away. Or
! In John MorrisSey's house or at the
Aliens or Kit Burns Cockpit for
gentlemen"
Drab are all the Old places where
the tide of life ran high. Places like
ReCtor's. Jacks. the Haymarkcf, Ak
ron's Tivoli and MOquin's where the
MUSES. washed their feet in red wine
| till the day squad Of sCulptors and
canvas defaCers arrived for breakfast.
Plattsburg, Mo. on court day IL
seething Cauldron Of activity compared
to Broadway at midnight
In a little sawdust eating place on
Sixth avenue. where the stunt 'pif-
fawmers" Of cheap vaudeville conCrc-
gate, a trapeZe artist and n man who
throws knives at a woman standing
another knife thrOwpr. II was evident
that the knife thrower was jealous
Of bis rival. The trapeze artist spoke
of his rivals ability. and finally the
knife thrower made this concession.
Yes. he does throw a good knIfe"'
The bObhed hair lad is spreading.
Mrs. Castle. on account Of an illness.
started it. Then Nazimova had her
hair bobbed. and to add fires to the
fad. Mrs. Fnr co CarusO had her locks
clipped Half the girls in New York
have hOhbcd hair. it seems.\ 4 wom-
ans barber shop has been opened
Z where a head Of hair IL hOhhed for $
a bob. In he mems shops there is
an Increasing number of "ErOwn-up
ladies who want their hair cut like
babes" The girls find it comfortable
and also convenient. and while it was
never thought that il would receive
announcement on Fifth avenue II has.
Many women lost great Quantities Of
their 'Crown OF glory" during tho
recent epidemic. and the sure cure
seemed to he "bObbmC." One harhcr.
N the downtown district. said he aver
aged ten bob" patrons daily. and that
they come IN in their own Iim0uSines
10 have the work done.
There are five quite occidental
Oriental restaurants in chinatown.
These are ostcnsihlv Chinese owned
and managed Occasionally. however.
2 lawsuit reveals that two owners.
Cohen and Rosenthal. never could
agree. so they m ght as well break
up partnership now as ever.