New-York tribune., 1921-04-24

their wants were made known they were in-
formed that the bar did not open until 5 o'clock.
This was years ago, and they have never gone
over or under the East River since.
Other eating places Of the same character
have been opened in the last few weeks. How
they can find names and signs for them
all is wonder something like the puzzle Of
where all the Pullman car names come from.
"Ye Olde" something r-other is always sure
fire. But whatever the names and the food,
these new places are replcas of the Village
places commonly known as dumps"
Other eating places of village character
fast. The Clark Street Players brought the
little theater movement in. They did not
have much of run, to be sure, but they were
advertised all over the Heights in the same
places that "the SEVENTEEN anniversary of this
seminary" and the "say-it-with-four" signs
stand
Only the other day notices were sent to
some Of the more prosperous artists and
writer's who live on the Heights asking if they
would be interested in the remodeling of an
old stable alley into studios. Another Mac
dougal Alley or Washington News effect! And
there are many quaint byways and little Sc
cuded "places" which will lend themselves to
this sort of thing.
The incoming population, artists, writers,
actors and others, who make what is supposed
to be romantic living, naturally takes some
color from the dignity of the neighborhood
Brooklyn Heights has had definite character
for too many years to lose caste in day. There
is the matter of the churches. Not to mention
Plymouth, which is national institution, there
are other famous churches in the neighborhood
In Greenwich Village churches are not numer-
Gus. On the Heights they are. So the Villagers
who have moved to this new setting have con-
straint about them. AS yet there cannot be
the freedom Of the Washington Square neigh
borhood Half the people you meet on the
streets are distinctly of old Brooklyn. Although
they have given up their residences to the new,
they cannot leave the neighborhood, and many
of them live in hotels on the Heights.
With the scorn that asserts itself by ignor-
ing, they confine their acquaintance to others
of their set. Girls in tam-o' -shanters may
swarm the Heights, but kindly old ladies in
violet bonnets are there also. Young men in
loose green overcoats may swagger along puff
ing cigarettes, but regulation morning dress
for gentlemen is much in evidence, too. The
walters in the old hotels may give better serv.
ice for the customer with 10-cent tip and a
bit of reminiscent conversation but they can
be with something over the usual 10 peg
cent.
The struggle, if there ever was any, between
the old families on Washington Square and
the Villagers is a thing of the past. In spite
of their stiffness, the people Of the old Heights
atmosphere are amenabe to new influences.
Short hair isn't such bad thing for women
Among the girls in exclusive schools, such as
the Packer Institute and the Heights Semi
nary, it is well thought Of. The tradition built
up by Manhattan persons that men still wear
shawls in Brooklyn is not true. A gradual
progression in the ways Of the world can be
seen, even on the Heights.
1t may be that these two elements-the con-
ventional, exclusive people of the Heights and
the thoughtless Bohemians from the Village
will strike just the right balance The one
will learn tolerance; the other reverence. And,
as in all things, the newer and younger will
predominate, but it will be tempered.
The blending is far from perfect now. And