The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-16
LONDON NIGHT
LIFE ONE JAZZ
after ANOTHER
PrODrietorS Of Dance Halls
Making Small Fortunes,

lONDON--lonlon IS forgetting
the war these hot summers nights
"lth excursions into Ian laod
Nothing has hlt s,aid old England
quite so hard a, the "lazE' bands and
orchestra and the 'Jazl' dances
In commenting ON londonS present
mgh' lie the Dispatch says:
Landons night HE ha, never been
At more ieycr,sh pitch than It ha,
now reached
one OF the latest phases is the
root garden jar" In tie EuS,ou road
g, midnight II It were not Tor the noise
Of the traffic. aNouished pedestrians
would he able u hear ja4x music com
mg apparently from the skies
The more reputable OF the night
lob, have settled down TO a prodigi-
ouS prosperity on Jazz and jarz alone.
But there IS a sort Of backwash
from these top-run OF the ladder
places, set OF people who, though
they have Just as much cash to spend.
arc not wrarer5 OF evening dress most
nights OF the week, and also seem TO
have an uncomfortable dislike TO
beng turned out at midnight--ihe
hour at which the old-eStabished
dancing clubs nov close as rule.
For the non-eyenlng dress class
number OF new small clubs are SPRING
ing up and IN some OF them the drink
restrictions are more honored in the
breach than IN the Observance. In
others nothing is said OF member
and you can became member" for
The sum Of guinea at the door
brings iu a flask with him
In one the extraordinary system pre-
walls that certain member, bring
large stock Of drink at night in cab.
and keep the cab standing till all
hours at the door By means OF this
farclcai arrangements the thirsty can
issue forth from the club At any
moment and refresh themselves in this
strange baron the wheels
Lat,erly. ior some reason, the mush-
room clubs have sprung up mostly
north oi Oxford street, in the Totem
ham Court road area and little
farther wes, AT nearly all these places
the charge for entrance amounts to
| not less than guinea Tor the man and
fifteen shillings for the woman. Tho
io,mer might be disconnected to learn
tina, If his lady had arrived a, tho
club separately from him she would
no, have been asked 10 pay al all it i,
only when a man bring her that she
is supposed To have ticket
A minor development Of the jall
craze is that Of the studio or hall, or
even the mansion hired by some small
syndicate and run privately Such a
one is the resort mentioned IN the
Euston road You cannot get in unless
you have an introduction The Jazz
and Tho hesitation wAI,l are laugh,
here during the day a, night there
are danceS-the pupils and their
friends forming the man body OF tie
patrons This is probably tie ollv
place OF the kind in London which
enjoys the luxury OF a roof garden,
to which the Jazzc-s can retire be-
tween dances
The proprietors of halls suitable for
dancing are making small fortunes.
and by a curious irony not few OF
these halls'are attached to places OF
worship At Noting Hill Gate and at
Earrs Court two cases OF this kind
were found-chapel halls where the
most energetic ja,1ing goes on for six
nights Of the week. while on the sew
en,h day the room is occupied by in
nocen, Sunday schools
Money. too, is being made in as
sionishihg sums by expert musicians
who can play ragtlme The drum, an
instrument rarely cultivated before
the war, is now a gold mine