The Washington herald., 1919-12-18
NEW YORK CITY
By o. o. McINTYRE

New York, Dec. IA lot Of SYM
pathy 10 being wasted over map max
ers, bartenders, retired auartermas-
ter generals and munition makers In
these post-bellum days. but not :.
thought Is being given to the poor
New York unmarried misanthropc. He
may be found, surrounded by gloom.
In the dismal grill room Of his Fifth
avenue club. which once tinkled with
highball icicles and vibratcd with the
dispason OF the happy, II unsteady,
footstep OF the old guard.
1t Is a drsb life for the jolly bache-
lor. There are no places for him to
so since prohibition. Welded friends
now forget former benefactions and
the doors Of hospitality are closed.
One may see the unhappy bachelor
In any club. his head sunk forward
on his starched shirt front, for he still
hopelessly endeavors to garb himself
In the habiliments of the nocturnal
convivislity that was.
He sips a decoction Of deceitfully
colored juice of the highly ethical
grape that aliaSed on the club wine"
list as the Cherub's Dream" II -
more bitter to his extensively cpl
curean. tongue than the philosopher $
fatal draft OF hemiock
Before July l the bachelor was a
souSht-after guest He was good for
eleven dinner invitations a week-ir
he had good clothes, a little polish
and could hold his liquor well. There
was always a cocktail or two before
dinner. then some burgundy, a cordial
or two. and then In the drawing room
the long, dangerous glasses OF Old
Scotch and soda in real Havana to-
bacco smoke
The bachelor was the honored guest.
The ladies would siggle at those after
oenedictine yarns, always expected OF
the bachelor-nothinS indelicate, but
just delicate enough. The bachelors
were never asked or expected to en-
terrain. They were merely expected
10 provide the wit. the eclat. the
praise OF well selected wine and tho
snappy compliments on gowns and
coiffures.
But the married folk have their own
eellArs-fastly diminishing and bache-
Tors cut deeply into it. So they are
not invited. They rattle around alone
In their clubs now with hopeful looks
they know are in vain.
Two girls. over a box of bon bons.
discussed the Prince Of Wales between
acts at a Broadway show. "Oh, isn't
he adorable?" gushed one. And you
know they say that he says he won't
be king unless he wants to be-that
he has plenty OF brothers to pass it
on to-
Just think Of that exclaimed the
other.
But. Of course. he wouldn't Eve
up being king for anything in the
world though
Il don't know" yawned n man
nearby. ''kingin' amt what it used
to be-
A couple OF hat-check BOYS, now
milionaires. have opened up an Amer
lcan hotel in Cuba. They are getting
40 day for each room and 1t is
packed with New Workers. Cocktails
are selling for 90 cents and highbaIIs
. cents. There is Broadway caba-
ret show and to give the home-Iike
touch for the Manhattan visitor there
are swarthy-faced, impudent Greek
hat snatchers.
Earl Carroll. song writer and Iibret-
fist. Is to become a producer. He Is
now rehearsing an extravagant ro-
mantle comedy-drama which II Is said
viii be as spectacular as Aphrodite.
All Of which is not so remarkable ex-
cept when one considers that only
ten years ago Carroll was a program
usher In a Pittsburg theater and is
not yet % years old. He has made a
fortune out of song and play writing
and he says he is either going to
make enough to quit-or lose all and
begin all over again. Either one OF
which he believes is worth while.