The Washington herald., 1919-07-01

New York, June ao-The Beaux Arts
Cafe-that little bit Of real Paris
tucked away in the heart Of Manhat-
tan-wfn not close its doors to the
prohibttion wave. Mrs. Louis Bus
tanoby, the owner. has> sensibly de-
otded that the toviai pop Of cham.
payne Is not absolutely necessary for
conviviAlity. She and her son Andre
VIII continue to run New Yori's most
famous French cafe.
Other cafes may chant Q sombre
litany or thrum q woeful threnody to
the departed spirits. but the Beaux
Arts will 80 on dispensing choice
viands and succulent soft drinks as
lumined sports Of the town may not
like lemonade-but they can at least
try to learn to like II.
There have been colorful nights for
the Manhattanese at the Beaux Arts
located across from Bryant Park, at
Fortieth street and Sixth avenue. II
Is the place TO see the real New
Yorker at play-the movie star with
his marcelled hair. the bored legit,
the swanky Englishman. the classic
dancers and the young bloods blowing
papa's roll.
There are endless rooms-each dis
tinct One has its marble-topped
tables, upon which young artists and
sculptors may be seen playing domi-
noes or cubito while slipping coffee
and cognac. Down In the grill Is
the place for the syncopated jazzers:
but the shimmy Is barred. II is a
room upon whose walls one might in
scribe the legend per non dormire."
Still another room is for those in
evening clothes. The latest creations
Of Paauin and Worth are distin-
suished in the soft amber lights.
Famed beauties. young and middle
aged. are seen all about. Up in q
balcony a modulated orchestra plays
airs from the old operas and the nnu-
steal comedies Of the day
The Beaux Arts Is a happy surcease
from Cabarabia. Midnight Frolicia.
Rufegardenia and Centurygrovia, be-
cause II is different. 1t has some-
thing very few restaurants in New
YORK ever had-and that is individu-
ality. II has the metropolitan fair
that everyone expects and so few see
in their travels about the City Of Five
Million.
The smallest store in the world has
opened at the corner OF Broadway
and Thirty-second street. 1t is a
florists shop, and the total floor
space measures only by 10 feet 1t
Is so small that the door won't open
all the way back. and only one GUS
toner can get In at time. The
shop does a rushing business. and
the rental is said to be $500 a week.
There used to be what copy readers
called bug book" down on the New
York Herald which contained the
list OF words that the elder Bennett
had barred in the Herald's dignified
columns. One OF the words was
blood" 1t vas never permitted In
any story. A young cub-now play
wright-was given as his first assign
nlent a murder story mystery in New
Jersey. After tramping through the
marshes for several hours he re-
reeked with gore. A crabid copy
reader called him over and. as pa
tiently as q copy reader can be to a
cub. explained that blood was
banned. The cub sighed. returned to
his typewriter. and wrote another
story. entirely emitting the word. At
the end OF the story he had this para
graph: 'Sheriff Watts has sent to
Newark for a pack OF stain hounds.
They will be put on the scent i'm
rnediately."
New York City seems TO be about
through with the horse. Stable per-
mits show a decrease OF 2.e64 in num-
Der in the last two years. Also for
1919 the city is credited with 2,2e6
few horses than it had In 1917. In
the country at large horses have in
creased by the thousands-which
shows that the country at large has
lot OF sense.