El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-01
NEW YORK. Nay no place ina
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NEW YORK Nay no place IN
IN the country has been hit as hard
By prohibition As New York
The night life CT the city has been
racked and ruined By prohibition As
there are places In FL Paso q am
cut Of the Jurisdiction OF the grand
Jury n0Wl where You can get q drink
When you want lt u you know the
ropes ana have the price, you can
also get drinks In New York. but not
IN the big places-the places that
we're the life OF New YORK before the
national drouth came upon US
through Norris Sheppard and hiH as
Martins and Rectora, noted and
notorious for ages as the lobster
palaces" OF the metropolis, have
closed Up Offices nov occupy the
place where Martin did business and
picture theater IL taking the place
Of the Old Rector place Kid he
Coys famous college Inn is now q
branch office OF the Western Union
Telegraph company, and the hotel
that au1oineds once famous for its
loose morals. has been renovated and
rschrlstened and Is said 10 be doing
q iegitimate business
Only one place stlu runs 6 mid
night SHOW and that Is Ziegfeid's.
Out o. town people patrOnize Il and
some OF them 90 20 sleep. The wait
ers won't even let you pour your
People Go Home Now.
Restaurants all Up and down
Broadway In the vicinity OF Times
Square, and on TIE cross streets that
formerly had hilarious crowds all
night now shut up Al Il o'clock or
don't have anybody In them atter
that hour Al o'clock this morning,
4 big place on Fortythlrd street had
four people in IL The French res
taurGuts that got the patronage OF
the actors and their friends after the
shows. now close - early as 3 and
By / o'clock in the morning. Broad
way O. about as quiet as the main
street IN Tsieta A. the same hour.
There ls not so much eating after
ths theaters- lot Of people drop IN
a1ter the shows and have luncns
but instead OF HOLSTERS and highly
seasoned foods at higa prices such
as people were wont 70 gorge their
Etomachs with In the days when
they got their Inspiration and en-
Outraged their lppetltss with high
balls and cocktails, are not sold any
more-not 20 such . great extent I
People saneE Now.
Il Is not because people have less I
money to spend. Z Is because they (
are saner without liquor. New York /
hates this They all pray for itE re- ]
turn and hope against hope Tor the I
old order Of things The Waitera be- I
moan the lack q tips A man VIII I
tip a quarter when sober, they say. 1
while he would give a dollar when 4
be was under the influences o. liquor I
The rheaters are all crowded and 4
Tou can't get into hotel unless you I
reserve q room By telegraph days IN I
advance The tazicabs are busy AL I
the time, because people would rath- I
er spend their money that way and 4
make a quick trip. than climb down I
Into the maze OF subway tunnels
and then try TO set cut sgdin-
Taxi riding e about the cheapest /
thing New York cfferA Il Is 30
cents Tor the first 10 blocks and 10 I
cents for each 10 blocks thereafter.
II only cost 60 cents Tor a couple OF
Square garden a. 24th and Madison
to Broadway and f2d street In e
Paso II would Rave been 3 dollar.
FIEzrinr tor . Taxi
Amer a theater you have 70 fight
for a taxi. Everybody wants one and
the uniformed negro portera IN front {
u 4 theater make lot Of money By 1
running % the street. grabbing the
.ars as they come down and then de- ,
.lrerinE them to the man who Offers
The biggest tip On the Elcewalk-
nsW YORK Is the only city IN the z
country that ] know Of where the I
Did hanson cab IL Etin in ezistence-
n you can't get taxi and you're
In no particular hurry, Jon can al {
ways gel a ansom-
When Joe Segau was heres ons Of
these fellows called cut 70 him a.
he came out Of the New Amsterdam
80 Arson. SIR 'Ansom, Eirl" Jos
took Il as q personal compliment In
stead Of a query and. taking OF his
har- bowed and said. i thank you"
Elevator Strikes.
While transportation from place %
place il easy In New York there Is