Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-03
Is Americas Latin Quar-
/. ~ ter, the Home of Be-
hemian Life.
3SELF-STYLED CELEBRITIES
HAUNT ITS NARROW ALLEYS
It's Most Worthy Attributes
Consist Of Everything That
Is Quaint and Queer.
ny EMILY TApsCoTr CLARK.

BY EMILN TAPSCOT"r CLARK.
II has been said. with = degree Of
truth. that Greenwich Village is u
state of mind rather than a locality.
Granted this, the fact still remains
that there is; moro Of that particular
state OF mind in The Village than any
lant!c New Workers will tell you
tAat art, with business, ia gradually
that the majority of writer's painters
and musicians who have arrived"
have deserted the ncighborhood of
Washington Square. The musicians
By Carnegie Hall: actors and dra-
inatists haunt the Players Club in
traitors and noveiists are almost as
plentiful as apartment houses in Cen
tral Park. West.
But there is still 4 residue of those
whose names ere familiar every
where, who are faithful TO their
n.st. love. the Old Bohemia of New
pcli. whose triples" not to mention
many other plays, is dlst:nci!yc in
american drama. AL. dhcr husband
George Cram Cook. John Barrymore
and George .\riiss. too. are often 10 be
seen there: also Rose O'Ncill. creator
of the immortal kewpics. Mary Car
war correspondence and short stories
written overseas were among tho
most poiEnantl!y vivid bits Of the war
10 reach America.
recognized. which gives real romance
; 10 the viisEs for II Tssa+9s an at
haunted resorts. just as the "Boul"
Niche si!ll has power to thrill. though
s,s off h SaeE For younE
people. from all parts of the country.
including the South and Richmond,
WscDonsai stFeet bnoyan, IG ready to
prove TO the world ;h.t the creators
are yet to come. 1t is hard TO realize
in their original owners. that another
world lies just around the corner 20
the west. Washington Square in
diEnaatly disclaims connection with
the Village for old New York is Sill
represented on its north side But
now studio apartments. and their big
rooms are no longer filed with Co.
lon:al furniture. but are crowded
some of Il. OF course. being valuable
and fascinating junk. which repre-
scnts the best Of France. Flanders
Village" i; is safe to say "Evcry-
thing south of Fifteenth street and
Washington square still! in an ambig-
It is within these limits that the
numherless tiny restaurants and
painting ION the side" flourish like
green bay trees. Many OF them are
50 thickly infested by outsiders from
Harlem, the Bronx, or Kansas City.
that n microscope would be necessary
however, still blush unseen. or at
least, partly unseen.
Among these rare and much TO be
desired refugees is The Mad Halter
Tea Room" more Familiarity known
as The Rabbit Hole" II Is at $50
Nest Fourth Street. and the many
Nirginians who go 10 New York
would find a visit there far more
worth while than tea al the Ritz.
/, Is an absurdly small place. sew
cral steps down from the sidewalk.
and Miss Criswcll, who runs il. and
serves aftcc-dinner coffee herself
although afternoon tea Is delegated
10 colored servant. is n satisfying
sight. Jimmy. as she Is Affection
ately known 20 the habitucs Obut
woe TO the outsider who attempts
such "frcshncss!'D wears n severely
simple, immediately clean smock,
and her hobbed hair is as smooth
and almost as short as boys. Her
%orkmanlikc appearance is n re-
1reshinS contrast TO the gorgeous
"hatik" smocks and frizzlcd hair so