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The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Broadway's Landmarks of Gayety Fast Disappearing

Skyscrapers are triflng with the hitherto
conservative skyline of Broadway, which
has been about the only conservative element
of that boulevard. The Fiske Building at
Fifty-seventh street is one Of these new
exclamation points emphasizing the inroads
of commerce. DR.. John A. Harriss, Special
Deputy Police Commissioner, is undertaking
another pillar of Hercules in the same
locality.
II is the greatly enhanced profit Of prop
erty for merely mundane affairs that Is
eIbowing art as represented more or less
nominally by the theatres, uptown and into
a marginal existence in the side streets,
away from the glare of the arcs under which
they thrive best. IL is not expected In real
estate circles tAat there will be any more
big playhouse frontages on Broadway like
rhat of the KnickerboclSer. and theatre row.
that parallel Of histrionc temples flinging
,hespian genius to the breeze which IS so
distinctive OF Manhattan. is considered des-
tined to pass into outer darkness. Days
Theatre that historic structure. which was
once regarded as a daring venture because
il was erected above the theatrical zone at
Fourteenth street has crumbled before the
incoming tide Of business and sprouted
Offices The only new theatres on Broad
way itself are palaces for the movies, which
can afford almost anything, even stars
salary at her own estimation.
The New York herald., 1921-05-08

that our stuff 'is all bunk" So far as we
have been able to ascertain this is the
only man who has found out that we are
writing this page in the HERALD every sun
day and in addition TO that he is the only
man we have found whose views concerning
ii coincide with own. There are un-
doubtedlv others but they have not had the
courage to express themselves
We wish this Brooklyn man would aban-
don his anonymity and make himself Known
TO us. We would like to wiring his hand in
appreciation. AS matter of fact we suffer
more than he does. He has only to read
the stuff, whereas we have not only to read
it but write 1t also.
A story went the rounds, which is so old
that it is new again, about a curtain speech
made by George Bernard Shaw when' Man
and Superman" first produced. When
the calls came for the author Mr.. Shaw
responded by thanking the audience for the
outburst of applause and said he had no idea
the play would be so well received. but since
il had been he was gratified to learn that
every one was pleased A young man in the
gallery cupped his hands over his mouth
and yelled loudly:
Il think it's rotten"
80 do l." responded Mr.. Shaw. looking
up quickly toward him. but wnat you
and l do against all these peope?"
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Night Life Grows Prim and Proper With
Fading of Oldtime Glories

place like home. for that is where the hard
stuff is''
Considine's, once a quiet retreat where
one could almost forget that one was mar
ried, made part of the glory thrt was Greece
and the grandeur that was Rome. or the
snuggery that formerly nestled beside the
Central Theatre and that held up many a
man even while he was on his way TO meet
the only one at a show, IL might truly be
said that "the lion and the lizard keep the
courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank
deep" For after yielding up its vital fiuiG
1t became for a while dme museum. hous-
Ing weird creatures who before that had
been seen within its walls only in the visions
of its frequenters. Following the freak
show ii became a conservatory of doughnuts
Now even the coffee and sinkers of this
place have deserted Broadway-where the
pace isn't fast enough for them There is
small need TO expatiate brutaly on the fact
that chaste soda fountains now slumber on
the bars of the Claridge and Murrays, for
Broadway hung crepe on that fact some
time, ago.
No new restaurants of Babylonian pre-
tentiousness are opening on Broadway itself
for the angels of righteousness of Overseer
Voliva's army to fight in one of those bursts
OF purity that periodically get lost in New
York. The demon of unrighteousness which
they will have to combat in the eating line
hereafter Is represented by a swarm of
pastry shops, which spring up almost with
the morning dew. But the only demoraliz-
ing feature to be found in these have been
green French confections. which some have
displayed in their windows az proudly
though they had won Worlds Fair medals
One sucp den Of the Charlotte Russo and
the Boston cream cake has veritably cut
the ground from under the restaurant of
Wallicks Hotel The passing OF that resort
of syncopated feeding is an index Of the
thumbs down treatment being accorded the
rotels. Here enters the second bogey. real
estate. doing rs share to turn the street OF
many lights into a Paradise Lost
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Once the Site for Hotels:
None Are Building There Now

Increasing values for land have made II
much more profitable to convert hotels into
office buildings populated by film companies
clothing stores barber shops, sheet music
hotbeds and similar hives OF an unaesthetic
nature rather than use them for golden
inns where a man might sit and cultivate
his soul by watching the girls pass New
hostc!ries are not being erected on the
street; Il simply isn't being done. The drift
Is Observation-Disclosures crushed to earth shall
rise again on Eighth avenue.
Broadway proper-admitting the applca-
bilitv OF the term-seems fated soon to be
without one Of those caravansaries where
there ls charge for everything except
wiping tho feet on the mat. They arc either
being devoted to business purposes exclu
slveiy or else going in for the current craze
10 have their face done over.
Tho Claridge is reported 70 be willing 10
emulate the late Knickerbocker and be
tempted into a life OF commerce. go IL the
st. Regis which though not exactly facing
on Manhattan's Mississippi OF traffic, Is still
lndsputaby one Of our little group OF
Tenderloin taverns.
The Astor was said to be on tho verge
Of being revamped into an office building
but Fred Muschenheim renewed his lease
ond saved a place for the last stand OF the
Old Guard Its front however is already
beinr operated upon for the insertion OF
candy stores and other shops and the Astor,
once so proudly aloof from everything but
romance. win now actually make a monthly
turnover with its facade
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thoroughfare comparable to the
Venetian Grand Canal of Manhattan,
generally known as Broadway. No other
street is quite so famous in various parts
of the globe--this is said in all humility and
with due respect to London's Piccadilly
Circus. n has kept alive the name Of the
Rialto longer than Venice, the originator,
did. In far off Tucson, Ariz. persons who
never heard Of Mayor Hylan and who don't
care il they never do know all about the
great artery he is supposed to control.
Broadway has been the magnet that has
drawn so many of them to New York the
one street where they wanted to plant their
feet and see life at its zippiest. The fishes
in the Aquarium and the lions in the Bronx
Zoo might die of neglect for all they cared.
They knew that within the compass Of that
district which used to be known as the
Tenderloin and which now stretches from
Thirty-third street to Columbus Circle they
could attain most Of the pleasures, nice or
naughty, known to man merely by walking
straight ahead. keeping to the right and
avoiding abrupt contact with automobiles.
Here the visitor from PunXsutawney,
Mich. knew he could find as many hotels,
theatres, cabarets, cafes, roof shows and
other places of entertainment as he wished
to pit his pocketbook and digestion against.
London Paris Berlin, Vienna and other
where Bacchus and banter rule, but they
are spread out over a variable area and
have Ito be tracked to their lair by the
pleasure seeker Just as he would pursue
bargains in cabbages. In Chicago, Phila-
delpha Boston and other leading American
cities likewise the butter Of JOY Is spread
thin over the town.
But in good old Gotham all these titilla-
tions Of the spirit line the one highway like
velvet In keeping with SO much in New
York, they were ready made and ready 70
hand. All the casual wayfarer had to do
was to let the cops and the crowd shoe him
along in one direction and he'd be bound to
strike something he liked. Virtually IL
might be said that on Broadway enjoyment
came right up and kissed him.
II might be said In the past, but Il IS no
longer so true. that visitor from another
city who lands on Broadway falls right into
the lap Of merriment. Broadway Is expert
encing q change I'm character-it Is being
demagnetized II is no longer the city's
thermometer Of pleasure; II Is turning from
booze to buttermilk. The Gay White Way
Is still white but It is no longer 50 gay.
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q saloon cafe for something to take
away the taste of the show The saloons
have gone, and the cafes have been made
harmless by the police. Much to your aston
ishment, you will note that the cabarets
themselves are beginning to empty about
this time, and you are struck by the sudden
cold thought: Can everybody on Broadway
be going home before midnight?
They are, even from places that of yore
used to stay open all night and abruptly
one of your cherished beliefs is shattered
formal one, has actually been established on
Broadway, by the merrymaSers themselves.
And you will sense - the hordes begin
drifting out of the cabarets and the roof
shows that they are no longer so jovial
and hilarious and that the wine of life is
running pretty low in their veins. 1t is
less than one-half of I per cent.
Then you will remark that where once
the lordly lobster palace flashed supreme
the automat has crept. And up from the
lower regions of Manhattan, which the
habitues of the Tenderloin We're accustomed
to regard as the business inferno of the city.
where men merely toiled. comes stalking the
business skyscraper. with efficiency experts
and statistics in It's wake. All about you
gleam the signs of business >ofices which
are doing their best to turn Broadway into
Broad street. You even miss the heaps
of subway excavations that used to make
Broadway so picturesque and provoke the
injunction to see the American Alps first.
The New York herald., 1921-05-08

TIME only real objection we have to the
subway is the scenery. 1t is too
= monotonous. This is defect which
could be easily remedied. Suitable scenery
could be painted on the sides of the tunnels.
4 competent artist could supply cows and
chickens and pigs and trees and houses and
thousands of other things equally as inter
estng and diverting. The unthinking will
doubtless advance the argument that these
things could not be seen because the trains
move 80 rapidly Not so. They could be
painted so small an to give the idea of dis
tance. Now that we come TO think of it, we
are suggesting a new field for advertising.
We could even include in the scenery the
fifty-seven varieties and the familiar wooden
COWS grazing the painted lawn.
1t is even possiblei to reverse the moving
picture idea. Have stationary pictures and
moving people. One could then witness the
entire performance of "Ten Nights in
Turkish Bathroom" while travelling home
after a hard days work.
w TIE have never been able to under
AA/ stand why everybody begins run
w ming Immediately upon entering
the subway stations. We have referred to
this curious custom before and we intend
hammering at it until we have received
The New York herald., 1921-05-08

do with me. Brother Dickey?" we inquired
although we knew from experience that we
would be included in the climax because we
bad been too often and too systematically
victimized by Brother Dickey not to have
learned that whenever the old man spoke in
parallels he spoke with very definite object
in view.
ITS done come to my mind" responded
cur aged friend, dat yo' has chance ter
show me dat yo's er all de way man."
'How?"
We'll yo' done gimme de coat and ves', so
80 done gone part de way, and now eff des
had de pants, why den-," and the old
man concluded with hearty chuckle, after
which he reached in his coat pocket for
some crumbs of tobacco to fill his corn cob
pipe, and changed the subject Having
made his point he was willing to talk of
other things.
r UNFORTUNATELY the subway we
were on was headed for Queens
We would have much preferred go
ing to Brooklyn. We have always liked
Brooklyn and now we take an added interest
in it on account of letter that some
isIookyn man has written the Sunday
Editor of THE NEW YORK HERALD saying
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
AIasi the Famous Street
Is Surely Losing Zip

Stand at about .11:30 o'clock on any night
upon theN front steps Of the Hotel Astor,
which is the strategic key 70 Broadway as
50 many Johnnies have discovered In the
past. You viii notice that the automobile
traffic Is All headed one way, downtown, and
that there Is no longer the colorful, shift
ing diversity and excitement Of the old time
streams Of vehicles pouring in delightful
clutter from every direction and apparently
all headed as II by magic for the same snarl
in the traffic. Before these new staid and
coldly efficient regulations went into effect
it was an adventure 10 cross Broadway for
one never knew. after safely gaining five
yards by a run around the end Of one stream
Of machine. what would suddenly tackle one
from the opposite stream and throw one for
a first down. Now you will observe how the
torrent pouring in ono direction Is held up
at regular intervals, andj pedestrians, sig
nailed to advance by sober faced policemen,
cross the street without the tense express
sion on their countenances Of Eliza crossing
the ice.
You will perceive how the hotel is dis
appearing as one OF the chief landmarks on
Broadway and how the theatres are now
going up the side streets "a 1rt with the
pcpuace. Theatregoers who are streaming
out OF the playhouses no longer drop into
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Now Pleasure rs Mild
And Scattered Over City

ana Scattered over City
The 1amboyant electric signs still riot
against the sky and the sight seeing buses
remain. emblem OF the eternity OF time.
The baubles Of pleasure are being scattered
over the city--they are no longer wrapped
up In one parcel called Broadway.
The Eighteenth Amendment has put the
cabarets In the also ran class. year ago
most Of the proprietors of these resorts ex-
pressed hopeful confidence that prohibition
wouldn't affect their business, and Cap"
Churchill could even detect a strong bull
market in the buying of soft drinks. But
with the dwindling OF the wine list, on which
the girl and meal shows depend for their
major profits through the handsome royal
ties paid to the great god Bacchus the pro-
prietors optimism failed to run into the
necessary five figures.
While the Saturday and Sunday night
crowds are stll heavy on week days az a
rule the patronage falls away to n shadow
OF Itself, and the jazz band no longer IL
drowned out by the music Of the popping
corks. Several all night places have found
their attendance after midnight growing
altogether too select. SO that ii was hardly
worth the effort OF keeping the walters
awake until the usual early hours with only
twenty couples wabbling about on the dance
floor.
Many persons are now going home who
couldn't formerly find the latch with their
key except by the light of the early dawn"
said chdsscur chez Mdrim's (bouncer).
They miss the masterful feeling OF taking
a champagne bottle by the nape of tbe neck
They have no stimulus to gayefy-jaz2
merely worries them. And they no longer
take a soubrette's voice at her own valua-
ton, because the clinklng OF the glasses no
longer dlstracts them.
There's as much drinking going on as
cver--probahly more--but it's all being done
In the sanctity OF the home. with tho
police so active in drying up the town and
making 1000 arrests in three weeks people
are efraid TO take n drink in cafes, for fear
il will have q kick that viii land them In
iail So every ono is becoming devont
exponent of the sentiment that there's no
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
BY FRANK VREELAND.

To other city in the world POSSESSES a
thoroughfare comparable to the
Venetian Grand Canal of Manhattan,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-10-27
PERMANENT HAPPINESS
ONLY IN WORK

The chief thing which makes life
worth living is service. We get no
lasting satisfaction unless we are
of use to some one. Work and work
hard, at the task you have. The
greener pasture in the distance may
be only. misleading mirages. Paul
said II am resolved in whatsoever
state I am, therein to be content"
Discomfort has ruined many q
bright career. Regular church \going
helps man to see things in better
perspective, to understand that his
opportunity to work is his ticket to
the town of happiness on the serv-
ice highway. Come with us next
Sunday and join in the worship Of
God at the Presbyterian church.
Sunday school at 9:45. The race
is progressing.
Worship at 11:O0. Let us unite in
praise and prayer.
Christian Endeavor at $3.50. Top
ic: How can we apply the Golden
rule today?
Evening Worship at 1880. A well
come awaits you.
Do not forget the place: Corner
Fourth and Lincoln.
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Personals

Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Rosie were
down from Moscow Saturday shop
ping and visiting friends.
Gladys White who is attending
high school here spent the week end
visiting in Kismet.
Miss Mabel Evans, teacher in the
Hooker High School, spent the week
end with home folks here.
DR.. and Mrs. Harrison were over
from Hugoton the last of the week
shopping and visiting with friends.
Arthur Longhurst and wife OF
Carthage, Ind, visited in the city
Sunday.
Miss Hedden of Wichita is a new
clerk at Germans store, having be-
gun work last week.
Roscoe Morrell was down from
Moscow Friday attending to business
matters.
p. H. Pell of Wichita was attend
ing to business matters here this
week.
C. T. Meyer and f. W. Richter
Wichita business men, were here TINS
week on business.
George r. johnson of Tonc'ia va
here looking after business matters
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Rugg and son
Edward, left for Baca County, Colo
RADIO, Saturday for visit with James
Rugg and family.
Merle Osborne returned TO her
home in Dalhart Friday after re-
ceiying medical treatment from local
musicians for an injured hand.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. l. Stamper OF
Meade were guests at the Ned Sny-
der home Wednesday. Mr.. Stamper
came down to attend meeting 'oi
the Commandry last night,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-10-27
PROGRAM OF S. S. CONVENTION

Following is the program for the
Sunday school convention to be held
at Independence church, October
30, 1921.
1O:00-11 100: The Model Sunday
Sch, y. w. Kent Supt.
.10:00-I0:10: Opening Exercises,
Songs, Special Music and Prayer
1O:1O-1O:15: Lesson Introduction by
Superintendent.
1O:15-10:35: Lesson Study.
Teachers for the various classes
are as follows:
Bible Glass, Mrs. Nina Evens, Mr..
Geo. Beard and E. d. Clevenger.
Y, P. c., Mrs Frank Wheeler, Mrs
f.. B. Holland and Mrs. Harve Adkin-
inon o
intermediate: H. f. Winstead and
Mrs. May Beard
Primary, Mrs. Emma Hustead,
Miss Hazel Atkinson and Mrs. WA.
SWEET.
Little Folks, Mrs. j. B. Wise, Mrs
Floyd Harsh and Mrs. Kennie Kooze
Five minutes notice to close study.
10:40 10. :45: Questions from
the classes.
1O:50-10:45: Lesson Summary by
the Superintendent.
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THE. CHRISTIAN CHURCH

The Bible school attendance is we'll
above the 200 mark where we want
to keep it. Splendid interest is seen
in every department of work.
If you have MT attended any Of
the special Sunday evening services
you are missing a rare treat. The il
lustrated solos are exceptionally
good. Record breaking audiences
are in attendance every Sunday.
S'1d~v sermon objects:
At 100 A. NJ, paul the Prison
err"
At 1880 P. NJ, "What Does The
Bible Say About Jesus Christi"
Music specials: Duet, "Jesus Low
er of My Soul" Miss Thompson and
Miss Walker. Illustrated solo, "The
Ninety and Nine" Mrs. Salley.
All are invited.
P. E. Hatfield of Pratt was here
tnlS week on DuSlneSS.
William Copy of Forgan was in
the city Thursday on business
Little Mary Jane Dunlap is quar-
antined with scarlet fever.
R. D. Moore of Wichita was here
this week visiting friends.
w. G. Daily of Dodge City was
visiting in the city this week.
Howard Beard of Kingman was
a business visitor in the city this
week.
Pow Tarrant was up from Hooker
Wednesday looking after business
interests.
Geo. Borckmeyer of Charles City
Iowa, was an out of town visitor
this week.
F. F. Hays of Kansas City and j.
F. Taylor of Wichita were in town
this week on business.
Mrs. Grace Franklin is reported
i'll with diptheria. She is under quar-
antine.
VIM. Lampe, formerly of Liberal,
but now of Washington, sends his
old friend, T. ]. McDermott, box of
very fine apples with the informa-
ton that he raised 1900 boxes just
like them this season.
R. w. Dickerson tells su that ne
had the pleasure of being at Guy
mon and selling the stock the last
day of the fair. Col. Dickerson has
been resident here for II years
and has attended several county
fairs but says that Guymon had the
best he has attended. He says the
business men and citizens of Guy
mon were all boosting the fair as
well as the neighboring towns.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-10-27
PRESBYTERIAN ORCHESTRA

Last Sunday evening the attend
ents at the Presbyterian church
were treate ! to quite surprise. Sew
eral of the young people made up
quitea nice orchestra and played for
that service. Miss Margaret Stoufer
had charge of it. The young people
played very well. 1t is needless to
say that it was enjoyed very much
by all who were in attendance.
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for some time and had spent some
time in Wichita taking treatment.
Mrs. Trew was born in Indiana
in 1852. She is the mother of five
children, Harold, Tom, Fred, Vivian
and Mrs. Mary Taylor, who resides
in Canada.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Methodist church by Rev. H.
+. Bolton of Liberal and burial
made in >the Forgan cemtery. For
gan Eagle
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-10-27

10:45-1O;50 Report Of Secretary
and Business Transactions.
lhe following questions will be
Diseased by e. agsa e- iea az
ear a ccla ction With the ques-
ion.
0;so S ne thirgs the Sunday
hool IL daing, Mrs, W. E. Hustled
I'd HI Corlie Haden.
zoo Some things the Sunday
School should do, Mr. o. Cater and
H. f. Winstead and ]. E. Arnold
11:1O: The Sunday schools job
out here n our own locality. E. A,
Bennett acI. Rev. Mccormick and
f. B. Holland
1920: Sunday Visiting, Mrs Ma
bel Nix and Rev. Friesen.
1880: In the absence of TIE teach
err what shall we do for substitute.
Nv Miss Bertha Foutz and Miss Elsie
Dietrich
100 Are the teachers meetings
forth while? Miss flosse Sullens
md Mr.. AL King.
1850: Shall we have Decision
Day in our Sunday school? Time
apportioned by the pastors present.
DINNER
2:15: Singing by congregation.
Rev. Butler in charge.
2:15: Prayer and praise service
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CARD OF THANKS

We desire to thank our friends
and all who were so kind to us dur
ing the illness and death Of our hus-
band. We especially appreciate the
people of the Christian church who
gave us the use of the church and
also for the beautiful floral tributes.
Mrs. F. H. Weston and children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Smith
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MRS. FRANCES fREw

Mrs. Frances Trew dropped dead
Friday morning at her home near
Floris about 1880 as the result OIL
valvular heart trouble. She was
drying dishes and had just turned
TO set one down when death over
took her and she started to fall but
was caught by her daughter, Miss
Vivian Trew who was with her. She
had suffered from this complaint
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-10-27
Deaths

Clarence Elmer Haney died at a
local hospital October 22nd. His
home had been at Sublette, where the
body was taken for interment. He
was born August 8, 1899.