The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-24
FEW CLOTHES BEST
TASTE in BERLIN
IA Theaters, Cabarets and
stores Dress Economy
Comes to Notice.

beriin.-Q N. S)-Anoher ampse-
ssa, popular here Just now is the
pahet natural" II is very natural
wn me OF the cast in particular ranked
shs m me principal OF the old song
ABOUT the string OF beads and a heavs
enly smile. But she didn't smile.
Neither did the audience, nor did thew
enthuse visibly. They sat and looked
The house was packed
Inere, also, was a new version OF
!ns old circus tableau-the figures in
lights, so powdered as TO give the APP
pearance of marble statues. 'The
Three Virgins" the act was called They
We're bronze. not marble figures. There
were no tights. ! wonder whether II
washes of easily? And when the
weether's cold
The act brought curtain call The
bronze statues bowed then resumed
their poses A man came out, dressed
~ an artists frock. He also bowed
and got the biggest hand. One gath
cred that II was his idea and that he
painted the ladies. The virgins braved
pneumonia and the public gaze, but the
audience gave him the credit.
Berlin's taste runs so. Cabaret
dancers invariably seem to economize In
the nations interest in one respect.
They wear out no shoes and stockings
while amusing the public, simply be-
cause they wear none. One cannot
UttN uOtiClilks alhO, IHuI ART hlOTt WIN
uowe reveal an economy In wearing
apparel Nudes have quite a vogue In
the art stores and In the smart weekly
magazines.
But Berlin keeps two opera houses
filed. and in the gigantic new theater
finished since the war ] saw the mon
scene in Julius Caesar followed by
first might demonstration on the part OF
tho audience (which itself approached
the mob scene In pep. Germany mas
adopted Shakespeare as her own largely
on the plea that the immortal bard
himself borrowed rather extensively
from Teuton sources in his day, ana
as result his plays continued to be
staged throughout the war.
Theoretically, the curfew rings AZ
1870 in Berlin. The restaurant lights
70 out then. and taxis stop runnlhg'
There are many night gambling c,ups
Tn told, but their numbers are less-
ansnr all the while. Following the
KMnp 'sputsch" the government grip on
INA country relaxed, Germans OF va.
rious classes neglected 70 V.rpo1s
when the rules read "verboteh. bu.
the rules and regulations are nelnk
more stringently enforced now Amons
eshcr things gambling places are hanie
to frequent raidings, and law IL no"
before the reichstag making the pa
irons as we'll as the propreitors subject
to punishment.
The Berlin OF the restaurants ana
hotels dimes well into the night-rlkn.
ID 10 the curfew hour, IN fact Many
\ time found myself dining IN SOL
rmn ana solitary style at o'clock Pc
fore / learned that such an hour was
more or less the middle OF the AFTER
noon. tu,,.
Al marty Of four. we went one night
u n piace OF many letters, when. 4
believe, constituted German Ior ~
GeHE
room women looked up In surprise;
inside. in a dome like and highly giiaeu
roam. where only every ffth hght socket
hnid an electric globe, the orchestra
brNtirred itself-~doubtless with silent
rcmnrkn--and started concert soieY
nv our benefit. A half hour later soihe
other folk arrived.
In England there is professional
toastmaster at banquets. sort OF upper
servant, who stands behind the chair
mans seat and ''prays silence" for this
ana that speaker. | am told that after
dinner speaking isn't done here. but the
professional toastmaster survives In the
announcer for a cabaret performance.
He tells funny story or two, then
Ailnounces a singer. little later he
reappears and tells a couple more, then
ANNOUNCER a magician. Again some
st0rieE and he announces dancer,
hare Of foot and leg. OF course. This
lfETmHn version OF lnt hshhheh bis
fensionai .oastmaster was particularly
versatile. After announcing come
dian, whose jokes, companion IN
formed me, would be indecent II
translated into English, the announcer
came forward on his own behaH ana
stayed an act OF his own.
III was a ditty OF many verses. teil-
Inv about Germany today. One dealt
With the bolsheviks. / looked at the
waters They weren't cheering. Al
ether verse dealt with the politician,
and SO on down the line. until he had
drawn picture OF Everybody Tor him-
self"
Then came the schieber. the prof.
apnrdon me-" said the performer.
~ look at the ceiling while sing
this verse" -.
ia looked at the ceiling and took
4 census. There were Just thirty-tour
~ IN there. in n restaurant when haa
4 rapacIty for eight times that hummer
i mad seen the bill Of fare previously
Il convicted every one OF the thirty
fsur OF us of being Sohiebers, but the
census didn't indicate that the proh-
frtring class Is so tremendously nutnes
oua. or that Berlin's night ire IL as
hrirht as II Is painted.
Then. finally, came the neat httls
sermon: 'when family quarrels. salu
ina versatile announcer. someone clse
" ALWAYS ready to take advantage. On
the Rhine sits France. She must no'
advance farther"