The Washington herald., 1919-11-22
NEW YORK CITY
By o. o. McTNTYRE

New York, Nov. 21.-Some one has
called them the ladies with the pink
crepe de Chine souls. They are the
foaming and iridescent backwash
Of q great city and find lodgment
In the onyx and marble apartment
houses on the windiest bend Of
Riverside drive. in the quiet of Park
avenue, and even among the very
select residential blocks of Fifth
avenue.
They constitute the speck Of a
rouge that q metropolis wears. They
have the raciest roadsters. the lin
cuisines with the most gorgeous
fittings and they buy Russian sable
by the yard. Birds in giIded cages /!
chattels OF those heshly yogis with
rolls in their pocket and on the
back OF their necks.
The beauty salons are filled with
them every day. 1t Is constant
hght against the ravaees Of time.
A wrinkle! And they may go into
the discard. They bathe in every
thing from red to ultraviolet rays.
Hair dressers are able to buy coun-
try homes on their Iargess.
They are the birds of a feather
who flock together in real life. Ono
sees them in such exclusive hotel
foyers as the\ Ritz. st. Regis and
others. Now and then they seep
into the best boxes at the opera
They are over dressed. over DOW
dered and over rouged and the
scent OF their perfume fingers for
an hour after they, depart
Their gold. diamond studded mesh
bags are crsmmed with sleeping
powders and cosmetics. They renew
their makeup brazenly wherever
they happen to be with no show
Of shame. One Pom or Poke is not
enough. They must have three or
four. Az of their affections are CEN
tered upon them.
Most OF them, IL they do not
marry, take to drugs eventually and
O few years finds them snivelins
and whining for dimes along the
East Side. They fade fast Mid
night suppers. all night orgies in
Long Island road houses. before
luncheon cocktails all require their
toll.
Two or three times II week they
get a case OF what they call the
blues" and that calls for stimuIants
and companiOnship. Life is an end
less array OF debauches. And where
do they come from? A social
workers who has spept years among
the fallen say they are most always
from the small towns.
Bootleggers are already keeping
the old topers happy. Federal off,
cials in New York admit being un-
able to catch Mr.. Bootl"ycr by the
heel. Secret traffic in lard liquor
has reached tremendous proportions.
Every neighborhood is literally in
Tested with furtIve agents OF deal
ers that hold a considerable supply
Of whisky. wines and beer. These
runners have 4 neighborhood list OF
families or individuals that formerly
patronized retail liquor stores
They take orders like the small
town grocer at the back door. They
will not do business by phone or
mail. Their prices are from SO to
SIS a quart for vile whlskey. but
they get it. Revenue agents say
that IL is q disgrace to call the
whisky "Moonshine' whisky. 1t is
far inferior to what is known in
Kentucky as 'fnoonshine."
4no craze 10 Dullu q movie pdldCc
that will excel all the rest seems
an obsession in New York. Two or
three are in the course of construc-
tion now and one has recently been
flushed, but the Rialto and Ri<oli.
ptoneers in the elaborate symphony
orchestra theater. seem TO hold the
bulk of the movie following. The
new ones make a great splash at
first but soon they are in q new
field. The reason for the success of
the Rialto and Rivoli is simple.
They have never deviated from the
artistic path that was their stand
ard at first Their musical pro-
grams are as carefully selected as
those of the Metropolitan. The
lighting effects are a revelation and
the solo numbers are OF the highest
order. It is small wonder they
brought limousines to the movies.