The Cordova daily times., 1921-07-02
By 5. D. WEYER


 NEW YORK. July 2.-Greenwich Village, New York's Little Bohemia" was up in -figuratively speak ing recently. for the wrath of the reformers has descended upon it. and the New Freedom is threat ened in it's vitals, to wit, the studios and tea rooms.
 "'Studios? Tea rooms?' Nothing of the sort--rat holes, hell haunts of niquity. that's what they are!" comes the furious cry of the Green wich Village Association. And thus crying, that body filed vigorous pro tests with the license department against granting dance permits to twenty-two applicants from the vii. lage.
 |' To the departments offices they marched. did the reformers. two score strong, to expose" the vil- lages night life. But right behind them came valiant villagers defend ing their freedom" and landladies and landlords whose places of harmless" and "inspirative" amuse.. ment are threatened.
 Wondrous and weird were the tales told by attorneys for, and members of the reforming society. They pie tured the village-'that part of it which worships at the shrine of the Cosmic Urge, Unconventionality, and all that sort of thing, you know as plague spot of the metropolis, menace to the morals of the city and nation.
 Why these people don't really belong" shouted Michael J. IIoran. | legal spokesman for the association. They are down there for profit Right in my own block there are five rat holes in the basaments. disguised as dane" halls The sort of rnvclry that goes on there is unspcakably ldisgusting Ald when they get | through royclling they hold shameless parades these wild mauduns; yes. that's what they are, wild maudlns. The emphatic repotion of the cpl thct was prompted by grunts of pro test from among the defenders of village "art."
 Right you are, Mir. IIoran." broke in Mrs. R. Levy, who owns twenty tourfamily apartment house in Wash, ing.on place She was there to pro test against granting a license to James Schuman, who runs the "Mou- lin Rouge"
 ! Why my tenants cant sleep at all because of the noise these horrid people make" she continued
 "Iia1cn't been insulted while try ing to enter my own home?"
 Yes, and I have been accosted in my own vestibule," inpolated MT. Horan, holding vigorously.
 And, say" resumed Mrs. Levy, maybe the people of New York don't really know what a place of iniQuity these persons are making our fair village Why, it's every other night almost that we have to use seltzer sphons to drive the marauders off the sidewalks. Night, did I say? Why, it's early in the mornings, two, three. four o'clock, after they've carried on all night in these base ment places they sing and dance jazz right on the street"
 Yes, indeed" corroborated MT. Horan. This element that dances by candlelight, lest the rays of the dear old pale moon dazzle them they've got to be driven out"
 "Only the other night" put in Mrs. Levy again. "I saw young man carrying q slip of a girl in Sappho fashion into one of the basement tea | places places is what they call them. But that isn't what they are!"
 We demand an investigation of an these so-called studios and tea rooms" came the voice of the vener- able John R. Voorhis. commissioner of elections, one of the oldest resi- dents of the village.
 Mrs. Levy contributed few stories of how she had rescued inno- cent girls from basements and hall ways.
 Some one among the protestants mentioned the case of the Jolly | r'riara,
 "l wish to say right here and now ladies and gentlemen. that I conduct most respectable place" announced l Ait.n lni tl