Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-30
NY, NEW YEARS PARTY
WILL Be WET AND COSTLY
Reservations at Tables SIS Per
Cover and All Have Been
Snapped Up.
From Tpday's New York World.


If you see poor old maa with long
whiskers stagger down broadway or
Fifth avenue shortly after midnight to-
morrow singing Eve won't go home tall
morning" and acting generally hilarious,
do not call cop. Help him ali you can,
for he is Old Man 1919 good fellow when
he bad IT. He Is doomed to give way to
1920.
1t will be 3 very wet and very expensive
farewell party-perhaps the wcttest and
probably the most expensive New Year
Eve New York ever had headache from.
The hotels and restaurants In most cases
have raised their prices for supper reser-
vations, and those who want to drink out
the old year In the tlme-honored way
viii have to supply their own bubo'eS
and other varieties OF booze, ana WIZ
have to attend to it's transportation from
their homes to their tables Besides,
they will have fancy oorkage charges 10
pay. -
As 10 those content with seeking the
bllebird of happiness on such soft drinks
AS ginger ale and sweet cider, Ihty VIII
have to nay we'll. There will be no es-
cape for them, either.
4 few reservation prlccS wmch inulc3W
what the cost of living Will be tomorrow
night are rs follows
Ritz Carlton Hotel New Years Eve
prhocs raised from $40 to SIS q cover.
Hotel dcs ArtStes s-New Years Eve
hall. subscriptions $40; table reservations,
Including supper, So
CIaridgc- Supper In main dining room,
$40: in the grill. So.
Waldorf Astoria 81.
MCAIpIn Sc
Pennsylvania So, includ ing supper and
dancing.
At popular Broadway places like
ChurchiIls, Healy's, Shanleys, RcIscn-
wolcr's, Cafe de Pans, Cafe dcs Bcaux
Arts, Palais Royal and SO on, table rcsCr-
vatious will cost from So TO $40 Q cover
With different Inducements at the various
places. + laborate cabaret cntcrtain-
neuts viii be put on
Despite the high prices, persons whose
thlrsts have not vet been lcgislated out OF
existence arc swapping n the chance 70
Spend money At what may he the last
vet New Years Eve While tins cello
hration viii be dry as far rs the legal sale
OF ,ntoxicantsIs concerned, II IS pcrnlssIhle
according 10 lawyers for tho hotel and
restaurant men for heir patrons t. bring
her own liquor with them and have ~
served at their tables
Most Of the leading hotels and res
taurants report they have hardly va
cant seat for tomorrow night The
management Of the Ritz. for example,
announced Yesterday that "the boost N
pric.@s has had rather stimulating effect;
Tor the reservations have filed all the usu al
rooms, and for the first time the oak grill
room will he open for supper On New
Year : Eve
Private dining rooms and bathrooms
have been engaged by large parties which
will bring their own beverages IN auto
motaios or take them out Of safe deposit
vaults IN hotels
There viii also he something doing IN
New YORK on the last night before the
Prohibition Amendment goes INTO effect,
bat that IS anuzzcr story.
theatrical managers expect thst New
Years Night IN the theatres will be the
biggest in many years, \ record breaker
IN fact. Special matinecs will also he
gwen.
As is customary, prices VII bc advanced
for the holiday performance. A general
scalc Of $3.50 for orchestra seats vii pre-
va1. while some Of the big musical successes
will get as much rs S. and s..