The Washington herald., 1921-09-29
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New York. Sept. as.-Brooklyn
Bridge at midnight is as fascinat-
ing as the ten-twent and thirt
melodramas used to picture 1t.
There is the road Of q hundred city
NOTES.-THE clang OF the elevated,
the cry Of the train guards. the
shrili-voiced newsies and what
not.
Home rushing Fiatbushers, re-
turning Coney Islanders, midnight
workers enjoying the lunch hour,
derelicts Of the night who are
drawn by the. busy hum of life
all give romantic shades to this
picturesque spot hard by the inky
black and brooding East River.
From the bridge one may see dimly
outlined Blackwell's Island with
sentinels patroling along the walls.
Down under the bridge many
sawdust carpeted eating places
still survive. They are frequented
by hardy customers-men with hair
on their chest who have been
around the Horn on windjammers,
newspaper huskies who hold their
corners by the might Of fists and
quite a sprinkling Of petty GRIM
fnals, snarkers ana SWITCHES.
Mother Marge. wrinkled old
crone. still ladies out her bean
soup from dirt encrusted tureen.
She cackles hike the hag of the
old Broadway melodramas that is
gone. Her smile even strikes
terror, revealing as ii does black
rows, of teeth and cunning cupid
ity. When not ladling soup she is
using snuff and reading paper back
novels.
Pegleg Timmins has his oyster
bar nearby. He lost his right Log
|, trying to emulate Steve Brodie in
a leap of the bridge. He struck
girder going down and doesn I
remember what happened after
that. He cuts his pipe tobacco off
plug and has a silver plate in
his head brought about by a first
mates Delaying pin when he roved
the sea.
Down in Franklin street there
are few restaurants whose pat
ronage is mostly printers from
Newspaper Row. Franklin street
booms with noise by day as giant
dray horses strike fire from cob
blestones pulling great loads. but
at night 1t has the quiet of the
country churchyard. But on Park
Row the eating places and pool
halls are lighted with mercury
lights and have the glitter Of
Broadway and almost as noisy.
A brilliant audience and a big
ovation marked the return Of Mrs.
Leslie Carter and John Drew to the
stage. 1t has been quite a few
years since Mrs. Carter, as a
Belasco star. made her first nights
vie with the Metropolitan Opera
openings in splendor. Her return
from Paris revived the old time
spirit. There was not a person in
the audience not in evening clothes.
Some Of the Madison avenue con-
tingent appeared in smart horse
drawn vehicles-a custom that is
an indication of class hereabouts.
John Drew. whose falling sight has
caused no end of worriment among
his friends. appeared as sprightly
mentally and sartorially as ever.
The dressmaker's art did much for
Mrs. Carter in bringing back the
dash Of twenty years ago. Among
Lillian Russell. Virginia Harmed,
John Mccormack, Neysa McMein,
May Wilson Preston. Jack Pick
ford, Billie Burke. Willy Pogany.
Irwin Cobb. Anita Loos. and Avery
Hopwood.
Neglige effects in evening dress
are to be achieved this winter.
Soft shirts with collars attached
are to be worn with the dinner
Jacket, according to the Fifth ave-
nue. haberdashers. A starched
shirt Is to be as much out of place
as a lavender hat at Quaker
meeting. Also the well dressed
New Yorker is clinging to his soft
collar these fall days and indica-
tions are that the soft collar will
go through the winter.