The New York herald., 1921-12-18
Restaurants and
Hotels Plan Gay
Mem Years Epe
Special Music and Supper
Menus Arranged for All the
Dining Rooms.

New Years Eve this year will see
some of the biggest gatherings in the
hotels that they have ever known. AL
ready the big bathrooms. roof gardens
and private dining rooms are largely
booked by large and small clubs and
parties in the waldorf-As.oria, Sherry's,
the McAlpin, Martinique and Claridge.
while the public dining rooms promise
to be filled to capacity. Music Is being
arranged for in every dance dining
room, with special supper menus. souve-
Mrs and entertainment features.
Jack Clifford returned to Broadway
as a professional dance star last night
when he began an engagement at the
Hotel Claridge with Miss Hazel Allen.
Clifford has evolved several novel dance
offerings. the most notable of which is
1.-THE Claridge Cocktail" Ernest Hus-
sar Is the orchestra leader in the Black
and Gold Room of tho Claridge.
One of the most attractive features
of the Hotel Belleclaire is Its restau-
rants Walter p. Guzzardi, the mana
ger finds patrons there each week from
every State In the Union and many for
eign countries. Once a week concert
and dance Is given for the hotel pa
irons. On Christmas and New Years
there will be appropriate festivities.
For New Years eve special suppers
and entertainments are planned at the
Palais Royal the Montmartre, the Rem.
devious, the Pavilion Royal at Valley
Stream, the Little Club, the Moulin
Rouge and the Piccadilly.
Louis Sherry at 900 Park avenue ie
arranging a special supper menu and
entertainment. with dancing In the ball
room for New Years eve.
The waldorf-Astoria win serve q spe.
cial supper with dancing in all of the big
rooms. Joseph Knecht will have his
dance orchestras In attendance from
until the closing hour of 2.
The Claridge Hotel will have supper
in the Grill Room, In the Black and Gold
room, with special entertainment, music
and souvenir. The McAlpin Hotel
will have a special supper in the Grill
and Mezzanine dining room.
Special holiday festivities have been
arranged for all the different restau.
rants OF the Hotel Astor-both for
Christmas Day--when n real old fash
ioned Christmas dinner will be served
In all the restaurants. and for New
Years Eve, when special supper will
be served In the orangerie. the north
room, the hunting room and the Indian
grill, and n special supper dance will
be given in the grand ballroom.
At the Grand Hotel. Broadway and
Thirty-frst street, an excellent cafe
terra Ia making a reputation for It's
food served at popular low prices.
The dancing carnival at Broadway
and Sixty-sixth street has taken on
holiday appearance. Manager James r.
Carrlger. who Is In charge, has in
stllled the same atmosphere that one
would find at the dances privately given
at the hotels. Three dance orchestras
furnish the music.
A suffragette fox trot contest will be
held at the Terrace Garden Dance Pal
ace Tuesday evening for several valu-
able prizes. In a competition OF this
sort the woman leads the man. Dance
contests are the order OF the day also
every Sunday afternoon. In these events
winners of former contests are ex-
cluded. Five prizes are offered.
This is the best time Of the year for
Copeland Townsend, the proprietor OF