The Washington herald., 1919-01-30
ecial Correspondent Of The washinston Herald.

special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald.
New York, Jan. 29-To all appear
ances it is a dignified little private
dwelling-up side street and Just
lew doors away from the heart OF
Manhattan Island. The dwelling is of
brick and stucco and the only thing
out of keeping is its location and the
iron cage-like door and the strips OF
steel across the small windows.
Around few blocks Is Times square,
with its myriad of lights blooming
against the night sky. telling all the
world of the famous corsets, chewing
gum, Scotch and things.
Times Square is the human triangle
that is constantly filled night and day
with honking taxicabs, jangling troll
ley cars, shrieking newses, Iimousines.
curbstone comedians and other things
that make it the noisiest spot in town.
In the apex of the triangle subway
workers, riyeters and blacksmitns,
/ try to drown the music of the cab
arets
And so it is that this little quiet
dwelling which might be the home or
an artist, bishop or writer exoites at
tention. The other day / learned its
history. The house is in unrefined
terms n Refined Jag Cure. 1t rs n
place where women with money who
have secret appetites go when on tho
borderland of delirium.
Nothing so much in New York has
impressed me as being a symbol of the
fast and furious life of New York as
this unpretentious. yet pretty, little
home OF the Tenderloin. No one
seems to know just who is back of
/ the A Ennrk OF he
does not bring a response. The num-
ber of the house is unlisted In mo
| telephone directory.
But from a man who knows 1 heard
| the story. Two doctors and three
nurses are constantly in attendance
and when the patients are able they
are sent to sanitariums. 1t is merely
! a first aid place. On either side is a
! tall loft building. vacant at night
Pedestrians on the block have late
at night seen big limousines glide
nOiselessly up to the house. Muf-
fled figures emerge, the door of the
house opens quickly. and soon the
/ limousine is off. Now and then, it
is said, there have been wild shrieks
heard but they are soon stilled. Such
is the power of opiates on screech-
ing nerves.
| also learned of some ways that
women addicted to liquor evade the
vigilance of their relatives. They
will go into the ladies' dressing
room of the big hotels apparently
sober and come out intoxicated. 1t
is said that the lady's maids in at
tendance furnish drink from bottles
for the proper price. THE innocent
before dinner cocktails" said my in
formant. has started scores of So
ciety's young favorites on the path
to habitual drunkenness"
\ wag of critic in describing
Ziegfeld's two Midnight Frolics
says: Two separate ex0itements, tsn
evening show at 1880 and a, speciai
children's matinee at 2 p. m.
For a dull evening there is moth
ing so stimulating as a persual OF
the small advertisements in New
York newspapers. l culled the fol-
lowing from u staid old family jour
nal:
"Lost-January 6, pair OF trousers,
going from Flatbush avenue down
Seventh to st. Johns Place. Re-
ward"
In another l discovered the fol-
lowing: "Wanted-A refined gentle
man boarder. One who does not
object to sleeping with a dog
Nothing. it would seem, could be
fairer than that!
Three chorus girls married mil
lionaires during the month. A
pretty fair average. The million
aires in each instance were attracted
by the beauty of the girls as they
rompCd about in musical comedy
productions.