The Washington herald., 1920-09-14
New York City
By o. o. Mcintyre.
A Terrible Outlook.

New York, Sept. 13:-New York
bachelors are beginning to believe
that after all there is something
in the bromide about two living
as cheaply as one. The price of
those luxurious bachelor apartments
on Central Park South for monthly
rental has been tripled in the last
year.
| And with champagne what It
is and Japanese Wallets growing
laughter every day the outlook IS
something terrible. Although the
New York bachelor apartments are
exclusive and the best of references
are required. the tenant is permitted
more privileges than In the ordl-
nary high class apartment.
One bachelor expressed it by re-
marking that while his apartment
was superbIy ultra the landlord was
kind and permitted the guests to
4 smoke opium in the elevators but
/ had warned all that murder was
not allowed in the halls. In other
baChelor-hoUse areas over town
rents are volplaninG.
\ modest twO-room apartment
and bath rents for $4,000 yearly.
! But only the bachelor book worm
/ takes such Cramped quarters. Most
J of them take a flock of rooms. make
| them sound proof and live happily
ever after
! In one bachelor house on Madison
avenue there are fifteen tenants.
/ The other night they were having
| a friendly game of draw. The sub
/ ject Of incomes came up-au were
remittance men. They agreed to
/ put down the annual amounts re-
ceived on blank strips of paper and
/ deposit them in hat. Afterward
| they were totaled. The sum was
more than $4,000. 600. Only two had
ever done a days work.
1t set them to thinking. 4 gift
they rarely INDUCED. Each decId-
=, ed in some way to share their riches
among the less fortunate The first
! was delegated with a promise to re-
/ port inside of a week. He reported
/ that he had found a very unhappy
| musical comedy coryphec whose
! tragic outlook upon life had touched
| him He bought her a platinum
/ lined limousine.
| The Unwrittcn Law.
/ 1t was Charles Frohman who
made the unwritten law among
/ stage artists that the employment
! OF personal press agent meant
/ instant dismissal. This punishment
was meted out to one Of the most
. famous Of the male stars of that
! day. 1t still remains an infieNibIc
/ rule. \ South American dancer-a
I baroness-lunded in New York re-
Gently and was enEag ged in a pro-
! duction scheduled to open several
/ weeks later. She had saved several
/ thousands and decided it would he
a good investment to use il in maN-
ing her name well known. But on
/ the opening night she was notified
/ that she was not to appear
stepped on His Foot.
Their" are divcrting moments in
the grip Of tho home going crush,
headed for tho station on Forty
I second street. Nerves rubbed raw,
/ in the grind OF business all day find
/ expression in amusing outhurSts.
An old gentleman. with wry out
( look upon the world. was stepped
| upon twice by a pretty young girl
/ who looked like an Office worker.
! Get off my feet, can't you sec?'
he shouted. She smiled with tired
/ signation. The old gentleman
/ looked at her for several moments.
/ took off his hat and soon they were
/ walking along together. And at the
station he stopped and bought her
d Hover from Vendcr