El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-31

ID amusement popular here Just nov
IS the ballet natural
1t is very natural
One Of the cast in particular ranked
with the principal Of the old song
about the string OF beads and g
heavenly smile. Bat she didn't
smile Neither did the audience. nor
did they enthuse visibly. They sat
and looked The house was packed.
There also was new version OF
the old circus tableau-the figures IN
tights, SO powdered as to give the ap-
pearance & marble statues. The
Three Virgins" the act was called.
They we're bronze, not marble fig
ures- There were no tights. People
wonder whether It washes OF easily.
And when the weather's cold
The act brought a curtain call The
bronze statues bowed, then resumed
their poses A man came out, dressed
IN an artists trock. He also bowed
and got the biggest hand One gath
cred Ehar Il was his idea and that he
painted the ladies'. The virgins braved
pneumonia and the public gaze. but
the audience gave him the credit
EeOnomize in Clothes.
Berln's taste runs 50. Cabaret
dancers invariably seem TO economics
IN tbs nations Interest IN one re-
specE They wear out no shoes and
stockings while amusing the public
simply because they wore none. One
cannot help noticing, also, that art
store windows reveal an economy in
wearing apparel Nudes have quite a
vogue In the art stores and in the
smart weekly magazines.
But Berlin keeps tive opera houses
filled and in the gigantic new thea
ter finished since the war I saw he
mob scene in Julius Caesar followed
By first night demonstration on the
part OF the audience which itself ap-
preached the mob scene in pep Ger
many has adopted Shakespere as her
own largely On the plea that tie i'm
mortal bard himself borrowed rather
extensively from Teuton sources IN
his day, and Is q result his plays con
tinued TO be staged throughout the
war.
Many Gambling C1ubs.
Theoretically. the curfeW rings At
1880 IN Berlin The restaurant Ights
90 out then, and taxis stop running.
There are many night gambling clubs.
but their numbers are lesssning all
The while.
Following he Kapp '.putsch" ths
government grip on the country re-
laIed Germans OF various classes
neglected to "Terbote" when the rules
read Eerboten- But the rules and
regulations are being more stringent
y enforced now. Among other things.
gambling places are liable 70 frequent
ra-dIngs, and e law is now before the
reichstag making the patrons as well
as the proprietors subject TO punish
ment
The Berlin OF the restaurants and
hotels dimes vel into the night
right Up 70 the curfeW hour, in fact
Many time one finds oneself dining
IN solemn and solitary slate at s
o'clock before one learns that such
an hour was more or less the middle
OF the afternoon.
Lonely at $3.50
A party Of four went one nIV.ht n ]
e place Of many letters. which Is be- !
4eFed5 constituted German for The I
Bat Al 8:15 they arrived. The
cloak room women looked ID in sur /
prise Inside, in a dome like and l
highly g-sded room, where only every ]
fifth light socket held an electric I
globe, the orLbestra bestirred Itself
doubtless with silent remarI-s-s.nd ]
started q concert solely for TITS /
partys benofit- A half hour later 1
the place began to fiji up.