The Washington herald., 1921-07-19
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NEW YORK, July 1S.-Manhat-
tanites who are. marooned for the
summer In weary isolation--exiled
from the green OF the countrywide.
the tennis courts and seashore-
find consolation in dining in the
little open courts in the rear Of the
frowsy table d'hotes.
There are any number of these
little places around Washington
Square. closed in by brick walls
upon which Imagination has woven
wonderful fantasies in the way Of
painted trees, rose bushes and
shrubbery. These little spaces do
not seduce the clientele of the gay
er cafes. They are the rendezvous
Of the store clerk on the loose,
shop girls, Jersey suburbia, and
perhaps a few clandestine couples
from farther north.
Al any one the waiter will tell
you that "Caruso sings there" He
likes their spaghetti or raviogIi. L
have failed to find a table d'hore
that is not the place where Carusv
dimes in his lighter moments. Ca
ruso' 1t would appear, has a wide
and catholic taste in cafes. He has
dined or slipped an aperti in each
and every one. If you believe the
unctious garcon,
Yet there is no denying a quaint
charm in their secIusion, their cIi-
entele and the drone of the chatter
all about. They are run by French
people and mama or papa sit on the
high stool at the cashiers cage
| exchanging compliments with pa
irons. suggesting this dish or that.
! siiencing boisterous diners with n
discreet finger to the lips.
Each has it's quota of "decoys--
young French girls who dine there
| every night to give the Partisan at
mosphere and to natter and per-
haps engage in harmless fiirtations
with patrons. The lonely diner
may have .decoy" as a meal COM
panion merely paying her check
and il he is wise in the ways of
French table d'hotes he knows thar
the association ends there. Most
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| millinery workers, lonely but en-
| tirely respectable.
The walters are nomands - that
| strange brood that Is forever on
the wing. They know the cafes of
| Paris, Soho, Monte Carlo, Nice, San
Francisco and even Shanghai. They
speak in a half dozen tongues and
are really much more efficient and
attentive than the walters in better
| class cafes. The meals are much
the same: placid soup. segments
Of vague fish smothered in a pink
| blanket of sauce: chicken with that
| strange taste of dreary months in
| cold storage; a salad OF indefinite
ingredients; a pudding and always
! a shiny red apple. And perhaps
| mama and papa may bring you a
beer stein filled with red wine. 1t
is his gift or her gift, as the case
may be. Just a little that was left
in a bottle from the living quarters
UPSTAIRS" and. of course. one does
| not complain at the $3.50 charge
on the check for the gift"
| Maurice is coming back to New
York in the fall to dance with Leon
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| girl, who has met with such sue
| cess with him in London and Paris.
| They will appear in a Broadway
production. Five years ago Maurice
and Walton. his former wife. sue
ceeded the Castles in popularity as
| professional dancers. Then the
professional dancers lost popular
! ity-but a trip to London or Paris
with an engagement and a good
press agent never fails to revive
| interest in America and to demand
at stupendous salary.
neighbors cat has just becom-
the mother of seven kittens. car
pentier just walked by our window
In the restaurant across the stree'
one of the richest men in the world
is holding a luncheon and I can see
! the tops of their heads. Every lire
no matter how drab has its big
moments.
High spots along the Rialto: Fan.
ME Brice's singing Of the French
song Mon Homme." The dancing
of James Barton in THE Lov-
Waltz" The sparkling comedy or
Oscar Shaw in TWO Little Girls In
Blue" The acting of Schiidkraui
in ''Liliom." The refreshing lines
in Mr.. PIN Passes By"