The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-24

jazz. they sang. and later they got out
into the road and did a bit of home
dancing themselves-the original Shin
mi-sha-wabbi
One o. she town mysteries appeared.
He Is tall. rather nice looking young
man who arrived In Nassau some months
ago with a modiculn Of baggage and two
cocktail shakers. lie nay be seen night
ly walking from oasis 10 oasis with his
trusty cocktail shakers beneath his arm
fnventing drinks. Folks follow hin,
around observing his experiments He
has evolved some marvellous beverages,
but concerning himself he maintains a
bafflirg silence. He arrived at the ball
with his shakers and at once gathered
the ladies around him while he prepared
what he announced as the Coast to
Coast Flip.
Over and over again the orchestra
played Rosie" and "Margie," THE Love
Nest and "Oh by Jngo"-all new in
Nassau. The silk shirted railroad man
and a gaunt youth who said he used 10
play third base on a Federal League
team became involved in an argumen,
over their dancing. A young woman
who looked rather the worse for wear
appeared from somewhere or other de-
nouncing all bootleggers
MY IitdNiH66s NANCY E0f CTlSQ TO a
friend. II never thought Greeks was so
roughp
Dancing with Feet Bare.
Dickie. drunken than ever. had eyaded
the guard at the gate and was dancing
with pal from Bethelrs bar. Both
Dickie and his pal had removed their
shoes. All the men had thrown or their
coats and Ekonome. Marks, Mike
Ranger, Tampa and one or two more
had removed their outer shirts. A quar-
tet OF college boys who were spending
the summer bootlegging from Grand Ba-
hama had joined the party and were
teaching the ladies to toddle A erouu
of tall MISUNDERSTANDING who had
come out of England looking for excite
ment and cash--came in. fetching table
OF their own and a case of their own IA
vorite rum.
A man, who was generally hailed as
a former Internal Revenue Collector In
the States. appeared with a lady on each
arm. The ladies were singing. They
reached the dancing platform. only to be
era bbed by the captain and mate of a
schooner that had arrived during the
afternoon. 1t was fearfully hot and the
mosquitoes. taking their cue from the
mad Americans. had gone berserk But
despite the heat the dancing was all bu,
continuous The gentleman would wrar
both arms tightly around the neck OF
his partner. The lady would recipro-
cate. A wrestling match ensued Now
and then they tossed each other off the
platform.
There appeared about this time two
lads who had lost their sense of pro-
portion. Obviously they were poor
judges Of relative abilities. One de.
clared himself a native Of Eleventh ave-
nue.. New York city. and the otnel
didn't have to announce his nativity. He
was as fine a specimen Of the Cockney
al London develops. He was rather big
ger and heavier than the usual Cockney
but the boy from Eleventh avenue wae
really big. He was almost giant. He
was good natured enough. but his Eng.
fish pal was nasty.
ME and me pal ERE" announced the
Cockney. ave decided to tyke the
best two gels In the garden and walk
out a bit on the beach.
He looked over the crowd on the re-
freshment platform and singled out an
able bc1ied woman. who. instinctively
apparently, had taken firm grasp upon
the neck of beer bottle. The Cockney
bowed to her.
"Aow ahaht 1t. my DEAR" he de-
manded. advancing toward the lady.
I'll treat you fair. y'know.'
The lady fiourished the bottle.
'Have I got to kill this louise, m'sef.'
she asked. "or Is there a man in the
mob?"
1t would be impossible TO tell just
who hit the two sailors first. At least
ten champions OF the insulted lady ar
rived upon the body or the Cockrey at
the same time. The boy from Eleventh
avenue. having taken no part In the pro-
ceedings up to this time. began hitting
out In splendid order and was getting