The Washington herald., 1921-11-30
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NEW YORK. Nov. 2s.-There are
whispers that Broadway's night life
is being gradually restored to its
old-time joie de vivre. The Midnight
Frolic, after being shut down for
six months. has opened in q blaze of
glory.
The white Way quidnuncs see in
this return to the days when gilt
tering Diamond Jim Brady's mighty
bulk was encompassed there nightly
by a half dozen or more reigning
beauties-to whom Diamond Jim
loaned his tiaras, bracelets and
rings for "the evening only"
1t was a typical New York crowd
at this first night for ringside Ia
bles. for four sold at $500. Only
your wise New Yorker would pay
the price. The "boobs from the him
.terland" are, indeed, too boobish
for that.
At one table sat an actress who.
after tumbling a few coronets in
the dust in London the past year,
is taking a fling at native dukes"
and such. She wore weird frocK.
trimmed with what seemed to be
dangling shoe laces. and on her fair
white shoulder was a tiny watch
with no visible means of support.
AT another table was the wife of
a man gifted in the art of portrait
ure. She displayed great panniers
OF Paisley shawling, with a toque
to match, and about her were ive
youngsters. the kind seen on the
Yale side lines shouting. Press
through boys. don't let those
Ha-vahed ruffians tally" o yes.
she paid the check while the boys
fumbled with shoe laces suddenly
united.
And the richest divorced man
about-town sat well in front, bored
by the presence of his cherie annie.
for whom he has supplied a town
house in New York and pied-a-
terre in Paris. The lady is past 40
and the wrinkle doctors can ap-
parently do nothing for her. Their
attitude was Of bored nonchalance
as beautiful girls melted into
beautiful scenes in urban splendor.
There were present also the
USUAL sprinkling of Wall street
plungers, the advocates of all sorts
OF new charities, and the country
club sportsmen-bowing from one
table to another, as much as to
say. see, I'm mere.
Outside the entrance. at a. m.
stood a flock OF Broadway's moult-
ing night birds shifty-eyed drug
addicts, aged women. chewing gum
vendors. crippled pencil hawkers
and blind newspaper dealers; many
of them, too, were once joyous
patrons of Broadway's sparkling
first nights.
Another significant feature of
Broadway's night life is the fact
that the Westchester road houses,
usually closed on November !, are
planning to remain open at least
until the Palm Beach season in jan
uary. Nearly all the old-time
Broadway headwaiters are sta
toned at these far outposts. And
while 1t is far from the froth and
furore of the dazzling gulch, people
go early and stay late.
They were writing postcards
back home. Newlyweds. They had
inscribed a dozen or more with the
usual greeting: Having good
time. Wish you were here" Final
ly she said: Dear. we have forgot
ten to send out to your father" And
so he took up his pencil. thought a
while, and wrote: Dear Dad: Please
send check"
Advertising a sauce. a poster in
the subway cars tells that it is
good with sea food, and pictures
various kinds Of fish and shellfsh in
their native element. But some one
forgot to tell the artist that lob
sters in their native element are
not vivid red.