New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
At Hotel and Restaurant

Two openings last week - che Bal
Tabarin on Monday night and the
Club Montmartre on Wednesday. The
Montmartre scorned to open with a
blare Of trumpets--saxaphon to be
more accurate-and Gil Boag didn't
send out any invitations until the dav
before the event. The Montmartrs is
like that, and when you are there you
can look around and say with feeling,
"all members Of this club" Somehow
our invitation went astray, and we
should not have known anything about
it only we met Grace Field on Fifth
Avenue in the afternoon. Miss Field
always was beauty, but you should
see her nowl She has been fishing
and playing golf all summer and was
all ready to entertain for another sea-
son. YOU'RE coming to NY club
opening Tonight, of course You
nelped to close it up, you know. last
June" So, Of course, we said yes"
and OF course we went as soon as the
curtain fell on the last act of "She
Would and She Did"
The same big carrageman helps you
out OF your taxi and the same smiling
person says Good EVENING"" and rings
the elevator bell for you, and when you
step out of the lift there is Charlie
waiting just es though he never had
left there, and he remembered every
body's old table and everybody's name
At the table next to us sat that beau
tlful young actress Elise Bartlett, and
ner mother; Leo Marsh and S. Jay
Kaufman, and on the other side was
"Cricket' Perot, and Miss Field fitted
from table to table, and everything was
Just as though there hadn't been any
summer or any prohibition. There
seemed to be tacit agreement to for
get 1t and go on with the dance.
The Bal Tabarin made much more
fuss about its opening, and Jean, who
used to be upstairs in Montnlartre last
season, had to seat people on chairs
around the edge and then turn them
away by the score. They always liked
the Bal Tabarin, and the rest OF them
came to see Gilda Gray. Miss Gray
confded to US early in the evening
that she was terribly nervous. I'm
shaking with fear" shc said, but We
told her that no one would know it
was fear. However, her performance
vas rather restrained until William
DOoley. who sat at ringSide table, got
out and took hand in il, and then they
danced. 1t was evidently not premedi-
tated, but it was marvellous. Miss
Gray was applauded until she had 70
say "That's all there is" But she
didn't sing "Vamp Little Lady" She
wore a beautiful new black and gold
and rose and ciel gown.
Pabst- Harlem, on 125th Street, for
two decades the most popular restau-
rant in upper Manhattan, opened last
week as dance palace under the su-
pervision Of Marcus Nathan. OF Terrace
Garden. Pabst's will be open for dane
ing each evening at Z o'clock and on
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays at ,
in the afternoon
We're you ever put out Of Murray 3
on Forty-second Street? We had that
most novel experience last Wednesday
at 1870 while on our way to see
Scandal" Having invited some one for
luncheon and having come without any
money We stopped in Murray's and
asked to see Mr.. Kelly. Hes at
luncheon" said the waiter els it i'm
portant?" Its Imperative" we an
swered. SO he called Mr.. Kelly and
he gave US a nice new so bill for our
cheek, and then he said, Have you
lunched ?" "No, that is what we
wanted the money for" "You didn't
need any money TO eat here. You are
my guest. Step this way" "Oh, no."
we answered. that is impossible" rs
it ?" said Mr. Kelly. Then out you go"
and he turned US around and started
us Up the stairs. SO, having done our
back again and we had a delightful
luncheon. Only We felt guilty. because
We had table when they were turnin e
so many people away.
Henry P. Sleicher came to New York
from joplin, Mo, to spend MS vacation.
and being only ninety years old he
went over TO the Dance Palace in Ter
race Garden and took course in the
modern steps. He watched his step so
successfully that now he has gone back
home and opened d dancing school.
cav hat he has done you can do
Emily Ill;ngworth, hostess at the
Waldorf, will open 2 dancing class for
tho women guests Of the hotel and VIII
entertain and instruct them each day
from $50 to 1890. F5r This guests
Will pay nothing. Mss ul;ngwor.h
viii. tepch you all the new jazz steps
and. ii You prefer, the Old ones too
\ similar class is planned for patrons
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