The Washington herald., 1919-01-23
Special oorrespondent Of The washington Herald.

Special Correspondent of The Washington Herald.
New York, Jan. 2.-Society is flock
ing to new tea-drinking place in the
hfties. 1t is rumored that the owner
is distantly related to the Rouge-et-
Noir prince who recently rebuked the
Kaiser. That establishes his social
standing and, will make society fawn
over him
The new place is really q combina-
ton tearoom. dansant and school of
languages, for polite lessons in French
are taught to patrons by the means of
stereoptican slides which fash sem
tences upon a screen.
In an hour one may acquire enough
French to carry on a sli light CONVERSE
ton in table d'hote, and. aside from
that, one may look upon society bellies
in startling afternoon gowns and
dowagers with stomachers of jewels
and tiaras in their hair.
/ is here in this new place, of the
beaten track, one hears all the gossip
that Town Topics will publish the
next week. There will be told in muf-
fled talk the reason why Angler left
the beautiful Cordelia for the prim-
rose path, how certain widowed
dancer eloped across seas with a
painter. how San Francisco war
work dame Is short in her accounts
and all of the rest of the inane title
tattle that has neither truth nor any
semblance of truth.
About o'clock in the afternoon the
young squirrel-teeth bloods, stopped
I from lifting heavy walking sticks,
breeze in before their romp on the
bride path. They are light-headed
from their first after-breakfast cigar-
| cite and seem silly. but by dinner
time they will be quite human-eVen
/ spoofing with their Wallets.
Ferdie will tell of his futile shop
| ping tour for polo mallets. One never
knows the rigOrs of shopping unless
one has shopped for a polo mallet.
Archibald, with the vacuous express
sion of the Australian ant-eater. will
tell how Mrs. Rynelander de Spiggots
cut Harold dead on the avenue. Wild
| filters will ripple over the tearoom.
/ Willie Watson Webb, the second, has
sprung . joke. A dashing, ripping
bonmot! How clever!
1t is a great life, this tearoom exist
ence,
The joys of prohibition are being
welcomed with song. Tin Pan Alleys
latest ditty. which Donald Brian a
singing at the Liberty. is Every Day
Will be Sunday When the Town Goes
Dry" Here is a slant on how New
Workers view bone dry days in one
OF the refrains: Goodbye Hunter:
sO-lonE Scotch; fore-well Haig and
Faig: Oh my darling old frappe, they
will soon take you away. AT the table
d hOte with Lola they will serve us
COCa-COla; No more saying: Let me
buy No more coming through tho
rye; Old Manhattan and Martini have
received the big subpoena. Every day'll
be Sunday when the town goes dry"
There are opportunities for young
girls as pages in New York hoteLs-
and likewise there are consequences.
1T developed the other day that one
young and pretty girl of Is made $l6 a
day in tips and her average was more
than 80. In some of the large hotels
Nare twenty page girls who dress in
youthful, well tailored costumes to
make them look attractive They carry
( ice water, telegra ms, letters and pack
I ages to rooms of male as well as
female guests. Two Of the young
ra sc girls are reported to have dis
appeared recently. after it DEVELOPED
that their parents learned of them
playing around night-life places when
through with their work However,
it is doubtful if the girls will remain
long. The boys are returning and
there are many of them to fill the
places they occupied before the war
started. The girl elevator operators, il
| seems. have come to stay. 1t is not
! believed they will be replaced by men.
They are efficient and capable and the
guests in hotels like them better than
the male runners.