The Washington herald., 1921-03-23
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NEW YORK, March 2..-There are
certain symbolical standards OF
wealth in Manhattan. Things that
would, perhaps, mean nothing in.
other communities cast a golden
halo here. For instance, a pure
white Russian wolf hound! They
are not SO expensive. No more 50
than a fiivver, and ash wagonn driv-
ers so riding on Sunday in nivvers.
Yet II young girl walks into any
smart shop with a rangy wolf hound
on leash everybody salaams. from
doorkeeper to the proprietor. who,
through some mysterious magic, al
ways rushes out of his private ONCE
when a classy customer comes in.
A young man from the Bronx, who
worked in a box factory, acquired
a certain polish by visiting the dan
SAINTS at night. He fell in with
pseudo fops who ape the rich. Six
weeks later, wearing a polo coat and
carrying a polo mallet, he walked
into jewelry shop and got $1,000
worth of goods on credit. The polo
mallet-pot the coat-did the trick.
In the summer time one secs
young bloods whipping up the ave-
nue. in white trousers and yachting
cap, with pair of binoculars
thrown over the shoulders careless
ly. 1t is fact that many of them
have never even been on a yacht,
yet they know that they are stamped
as yacht owners by the crowds. and
they get some strange psychological
thrill out of the experience.
The story is told of a rich lady
in East Fifty-seventh street attend
ing the theater recently, and with
a party Of friends sat in the orches-
ira rows. She was quite surprised
to glance up at box and see her
cook staring at her through a gold
and pearl handled lorgnette.
But this genial art of bluffing Is
why New York is so interesting.
One never knows whether one is
talking to a duke or a deuce. Dur
ing the recent great epoch of lux
ury and extravaganza, silken house
robes and figured silk lounge suits
became symbols of wealth.
They tell of a clubman who had
been scalped in Wall Street. He had
about 5000 left. Tradesmen began
to clamor for their just dues. They
could never find him in, but they
cluttered up his hallway so that in
desperation he slipped out the back
way with his $500 and bought q
-famboyantly brilliant house robe.
He returned and invited them in.
They stood completely awed. and
backed out with profuse apologies.
There are more servant girls than
jobs in New York. Employment
agencies announce that they have
long lists waiting to take positions
n n e. 10 10
have gone down. While the 80 a
week hired girl" Of the mid-Vic-
torian period will not return soon,
1t is possible now to get a dependa-
BILE servant girl for 50 or SO a
week and board.
Don Marquis, the gay sprite of
the Evening Sun, has a worth while
original motto over his desk. 1t
reads: Come, let US eat! Come,
let US play! Come, let US drink the
hours away! Oh, let us loaf the
live long day! Let us avoid the
mental quirk that drives the silly
ant to work. so =,
The jovial jehus in their night
hacks still hang on. First came the
automobile and then prohibition.
Yet they still scavenge the Tender
loin for an occasional fare. 1t is q
forlorn calling. indeed, but most Of
them are old men who can seek no
other employment. 1t Is rather pa
thetic to hear them call softly to
late wayfarer:. step right in, Cap
tain, and let me show you the niEht
life OF the city," In the daytime.
the cabmen that rove about the ave-
nue. pick up few elderly women
shoppers, but that Is about all. -.