The Washington herald., 1919-02-06

New York, Feb. 5.-Now that the
| Great American Sahara has been
proclaimed, Broadway is planning to
become the Great Milky Way. Sew
eral milk shake stand have already
| popped into being and the orange
Juice places. jutting on the sidewalk.
have long been prosperous inertu-
tons. -,
New York is not so pessimistic over
the prohibition news as might be i'm
agined. Even the hotel keepers who
admit their bars are the greatest
sources of revenue in their establish
ments are perking up. ...
Many of them are installing soda
fountains in their foyers. There is
also going to be great demand for
candy when the deprivation sets In.
she soft drink industry will boom.
Even now new and queer tasting soft
drinks are appearing on the cafe
menus.
What was at first supposed to be a
great calamity for bar tenders has
turned into a blessing. All the bar
tenders are in demand for the soft
drink shops, to mix the lemonades
and other soft drinks. Their hours
Will be better. They will be in a more
respectable atmosphere and will be
| consequently more self-respecting.
While quite few OF the faster set
are laying in vast cellars OF liquors,
the majority are wisely concluding
that prohibition has come and even
II it does not prove a solution of the
lyiquor problem it has got to bs
accepted.
Most of the New York newspapers
are opposed to prohibition. The New
York World takes up the fight against
1t on the grounds of violation OF per-
sonal liberty and accuses most of the
prohibition leaders as being hare
Drained fanatics.
Many OF the dancing places are
| planning to close their doors. They
cannot exist without liquor, they say.
Moving picture managers are being
quoted as saying prohibition will be
a big boom for the movie industry
and there will be thousands of new
movie houses where the saloons are
now located.
There is a quiet little Italian cafe
where the persons who check the
wardrobe of the guests are a refined
looking man, and his sad faced wife.
They seem wholly out of place. Their
English is well spoken. and they have
an air of gentility not usually seen
in the hat pirating profession.
Through the manager l learned
their story. The man had been an
opera ballet master, and later took
a dancing troupe to South America,
making 1900 francs on the venture.
But he knew more about Terpsichore
than about the Goddess of Chance.
and one night he lost his pile at
baccarat.
The next chapter found the couple
in the Russian capital. where they
started successful cabaret Then
they went to Monte Carlo, where
the baccarat gobbled up the profits
Borrowing money for the trip, the
travellers returned to the then ST
Petersburg. Teopened their cabaret
and were on the road to good for
tune once more when the war came,
revolution followed and they fed
here.
As I looked at the woman's tragic
eyes l said: 1T was no doubt a good
lesson. DO you suppose your hus-
band will ever play baccarat again."
"Oh. yes" she replied calmly. 'if
the tips here are large enough"
At what age are women best dress
ed? At what age does a woman show
the high water mark in good taste
in dressing? A New York clothes
authority of renown recently answer
ed that question quite emphatically 3:
After s." His answer applied to
the class of women he knew best
the well-to-do New York woman.
He declared that all the best styles
were for the woman past IS.