The Washington herald., 1920-09-21
New York City
Tho Liberal Club.
BY o. o. Mcintyre.

Thc LiDerai Ciubs
New York, Sept. 20.---The Liberal
Club has held it's annual ball. The
Blase. 1t cracked until dawn and
while a few were properly scorched
all were able to stsgger forth from
the ashes still free and untrAm-
Imeled. The Liberals scoff at the
conventions and naturally at their
annual ball scoff at burdensome
costumes.
The ball is devised for poor mill
ionAires. rich beggar artists and
dreamers OF colorful dreams. If
one has nothing but money to spend
on a costume one may buy ii any
where of stif brocade, froth lace
and jewels. II one has little money
but much living fancy, II is posi-
BILE to charm forth the costume out
of an old silk scarf and the breath
of q beautiful memory.
The usual discomfort attendant
upon a fulb-dress ball is avoided
by the liberals. They have an op-
portunity to express their untamed
souls through the medium of dra-
peries light and airy. II is possi-
BILE to achieve the freedom of in
dividual expression.
houses. was there in a costume that
was nothing-if not nothing. Oh,
yes-almost forgot-she did wear
sandals. Mishka, who married in
trade and now strives to live in a
garret and forget her mundane ex-
perience, wore a costume that had
the joyous abandon of winds blow
ing through the rainbow. 1t is
said to have cost a nickel at a very
expensive shop on the Avenue. Con
sequently there was not much tc
it. But it held the interest of the
crowds.
The men were just as undressed
as the women. A few did wear
plug hats to add a somber toucn
to the orchid seas reefed with coral
1t was a ball OF youth and color
although quite a number of oldish
looking men sat in the upper tier
boxes with their eyes glued to field
glasses
An Outside Job.
There is New York representa-
tive of 3 Western concern who was
visited by his employer recently.
Before leaving the employer
beamed upon his representative
rubbed his hands and announced
that shortly a substantial increase
in salary would be made. Perhaps
SIS a week" he added. Don't do
it," said the employe. ut wouldn't
do any good and would only make
me mad. Do you think for n mo-
ment that I have been living on
your pitiful salary" Then ne got
out his check books and showed
that he had spent in actual liv-
ing S4,50O more than he was paid
by his visitor. He had bought q
house before the war and took ad-
vantage of the real estate boom to
clean up 100000. Otherwise he
would have been in debt. He was
too proud to ask for raise and
went on spending his own money
But he made other plans-and the
concern loses a valuable employe
The dollar here goes a shorter dis
tance than any place in the world
"a Hard Worker"
4 daring young aerial performer
swings out over the audi ence
nightly in a musical show. At the
conclusion of her act she makes a
sheer drop of twenty feet down the
rope. catching herself several
inches from the floor. ] happeneC
to be there the other night talking
to the house manager when she
was performing. "A hard worker
he said. The audience is cold to-
night and she will go the limit to
warm them up" And she did
fairly making them gasp. Then
came the thrilling climax-but she
went too far. They carried her of
unconscious. But she will live.
Just a few handclasps might have
saved her,