Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-05
GIRLS GET DANCE
CRAZE EACH DAY At. NOON
Now York Lunch Hour Now Finds
3f Dancers Following Broadway's
~ Sl JnZzy Example.
ny MADCE ARTHUR.

so anew YORK, Sept, 4-Thanks to
the increasing enterprise Of China,
& men stherc VIII soon by no ground
Tor any Of the, girl stenographers
md clerks employed in the down
sAt9wp business offices Of this city TO
iamcnt the fact that they are denied
Z those daylight luNur!cs 50 irNten-
sively INDUCED in by idler members
. or their sex in hotels and rc"tau-
rants on upper Broadway. chop
suey resorts have come to the res
cue, and are coming in larger num-
pers all the time.
IS, The weather would not have APP
4 peared at al propitiouS for seeing
one OF these Celestial establishments
nj its best Cor worsc) Oh the dag
]! chose recently 10 visi; il. Heat
and humidity hung siiil;nsly about
choked by the hordes OF men, boys
and girls who had been released
from the vas; clinlike STRUCTURES Tor
an hour Of food-forag!ng. Not even
the most devoted slave 10 supposed
fashionable requirements among tn"
otiice,.5g girls. had veninred % w"or
her summer furS out into The Wilt
ing heat Which certainly proves
that II was a not day.
Small Space far Dancing.
ASceMdin" Hight Of stairs in a
Building al the corner of two Of
these conpcsted thorourhfarrs with
in stones throw of Wall Street:
entered n large low &c Hinged
room at the far end Of which Was :,
piano and huge base drum CAPPED
10Y pair OF brass eymbals Tables
leave clear space about twenty
1eet square III front OF tho piano
at which was seated = young man
with cigarette in mouth. Youthful
Cinnamon moved about among the
crowded tables serving the various
dishes in a moderately priced bill OF
fare. which included among such
Oriental Items rs Chop Suey" and
rChicken Chow Mein." one ;hai read;
rdfome Made Pies.
Al the tables We're girls varying
from sixteen 10 thirty years of age
-none older ihan that am sdrc.
Here and there Was male seated
Ut was = feminine assemblago. EN-
cept that at one table nearest the
cleared space sat group OF young
men toying with empty tcacupS
.InsI sounds ITS Call.
/. Suddenly tn. cymbals clashed the
bass drum Was banged and the youth
at ihe piano got busy The jazz was
on Its effect upon the girl lunchcrs
MAS actually startling. lIalf-oatcn
sandwiches We're dropped upon plates:
bowls of Chinese ediblcs We're desert
ed and a scramble made for the dane
ms hoor. And in this rush FOR the
coveted footspaCr the group OF mat-
tached young men above referred 10
found no difficulty in obtaining part
ners. Apparently they seized any
girls they cared to and whirlcd them
AVA IN the dance. D!d say 'whirl-
ed EXCUSE me. there wasn't any
thing In the least whirling about this
form of "tcrpsichorcan cntcrtain-
1nent cas- society reporters used TO
call iD. 1t consisted chiefly OF a wig
Cling OF feet followed 10y :, few side
wise steps and Il SLOW revolving OF the
various couples. There wasn't room
IN Tie noor space for much more ic-
tiv!ty than that. Many OF the girls
Were simply revolving in the embrace
OF one another through the seeming
'nsHnity produced by jazz, but the
mod'cum OF males did their best to be
impartial, no sooner rclinpuishing
one partner than 10 seize upon an
Other.
= Al Intervals Of i've minutes as
timed them. the din ceased and sand
WichcS. egg 70" and home made
PICS were resumed Just where they
had hcen abandoned.
Flow in Steady Stream.
The noon hour" obviously. is no,
opsefEed co!ncldcntly by downtown
employes. | don't suppose il could be-
LOT IN That case Nassau Fulton. ana
dahterSeStihE streets; would be rem
1ta earliest beginning in the neigh
borhood OF II o'clock. and coutinur
until after I Consequently Their,
was continuous departure ana ar.
rlNai OF lightly clad and highly col
creu young women toilers nj Xxi.
.ChineSe establishment Tb, vou'bs
Wnom-l had noticed toying with emmy
Tea cups on my arrival were however
stlli there when | left have boo,
really nave 10 20 outside its doors iG
unu the place of their ,muloyr,.,.
.SmiilnS Cinnamon serve az Tho inIlns.
smiling chinhman preSides AZ Inc
StblS smiling Gilman an, moi ,n h.,
ioNhd VINO can produce captivqtinr
jazz with "A piano and bass drum ~
iI,e com prtrht 10 assist in Interpret