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The New York herald., 1921-08-07
By TORREY FORD.

\ VERY now ana then SuiiudS NEWS
L paper feels the urge to run another
Night Life story. Just when every
one mas settled back convinced that the last
word about the wicked Broadway whirl has
been uttered along comes a late edition
bursting with amazing anecdotes of the
grand old Midnight Lane.
If we were 93 years old and had been
writing for Sunday newspapers all our life,
we should have already executed two times
% Night Life stories. or thereabouts. Per
haps more. We should have the first few
paragraphs of the yarn committed to mem
ory and be able to skip on through to the
glowing finale without pausng to recon
noitre for material While we might be
slightly bored with the whole proceeding. we
could toss it off without worrying the old
bean any too much.
But, as a matter Of simple veracity, we
aren't 9s years old. and we write for the
Sunday newspapers only casually in between
golf games and getting married and uncrat
ing furniture and all that sort OF thing Ac-
tually, we have chalked up against our rec
ord just one Night Life story. AS that was
Boston Night Life, it really shouldn't count
against us.
For Boston takes its Night Life with the
brakes on and a weather eye out for the
Watch and Ward Society Harvard's Hasty
Pudding Club once tried to stage piece in
Jordon Hall with chorus girls" displaying
bare knees. The censor said 1t was too
fo,. No
close out the show unless the costumes were
made less sketchy You have to be that
careful
But, of course, in it's own subdued fash
ion Boston does wallow in wickedness and
II all has to be written about in the papers
IT crowds its Night Life into that thrilling
hour or SO between tea time and the after
dinner coffee. And promptly at r. M. it
pulls down the shades, puts the cat out and
bolts the front door. The night of revelry
is over
So, for all practical purposes. you NAV
say that we step into this game of writing
about night rioters as new born babe. II
is all fresh trail for us, and we have the
enthusiasm of a tenderfoot We have a mad
passion to see the streaming headline. Non
Alcoholic Broadway Writhes Under the Hot
Wave Restaurateurs Strain Point and
Serve Up an Occasional Gin Fizz to Favored
Patrons" and know that we are the author
OF the excitement 1t has all been manu-
factured by our own typewriter
Also we have a leaning toward the sub
heads: "Out-of-town Visitors Fill Up the
Gaps Caused by vacationers; Not a Dull
Spot in the Rialto as Summer Season
Reaches It's Peak"
Perhaps we make a mAake in declaring
ourself openly and giving Away all The inti-
mate secrets Of the trade. But we couldn't
go on and discover Broadway in its mood
of summer serenity without a word or two
OF explanation. Broadway might forgive us
readily enough, but there is a certain group
OF fastidious readers Who would class us Il,
with Dr. Cook and bsr us from further com
petition.
The New York herald., 1921-08-07
IS SUMMER NIGHT LIFE GOING ON MERRILY Y
Great City's Visitors Find Plenty to Amuse
Them in These Decorous Times and Get
Thrills Almost Akin to Those of Brighter
Epochs of Broadway's History
What a Personal Investiga-
ton Showed
ton Showed

discovered somebody's old maid aunt from
Alaska or honeymoon couple from Ha-
wall. But 1t didn't seem so very impor-
tant; at least, not on a hot night. And,
likely as not. we might have tagged some
Jay couple hailing from Arizona and dis
covered that they came from Jerome ave-
nue., in Tho Bronx. Geography counts for
little when one gets the proper point
OF view
OF course, II wouldn't do to take 1t for
granted that every spender on Broadway
after o'clock in the evening is a. visitor
from the sticks. Probably the majority
are born to the pavement New Yorkers.
But the gaps, as we hinted in the perfect
subhead. filed by those who come from
far away.
Certainly, there is just as great a dele
cation of Tired Business Men in town
to-day during the winter months. The
cluster of girl shows is a tinklng testimony
of that fact The commercial men are all
here winter or summer and they like to
be entertained in suitable fashion.
And the show people are here too. They
may not be decorating the lobster palaces
cruising around the avenues in lavender
speedsters. but they are on hand. You'll
find them rehearsing in theatres that are
dark, going through the preiminaries in
back halls, or just plain hunting job The
actor isn't conspicuous out of season. He
becomes an ordinary private citizen. He may
even run up to the Polo Grounds and hold
down a seat in the beachers. He doesn't
have to hang around Broadway to give the
impression to the rest of the profession that
he's just taking the air between shows. He'd
rather have them think he's off at his coun-
try place getting coat of tan.
The regular man about town SHES Broad
way when he wants an old fashioned eve
ming. He may be able to get drink in any
of the old hangouts, but he doesn't take to
the idea of having it smuggled to him behind
a dirty napkin. And he doesn't like this no.
ton of repression urged by so many of his
former favorite establishments. He prefers
seeking out the exclusive little hooks in the
heart of the residential district, where the
proprietors have stand-in with the Vol
stead agents and don't have to muffle the
shaker while stirring up Martini.
The New York herald., 1921-08-07

Broadway Night Life. you can put me down
as agin' 1t. I'd rather go fishing
Another head waiter 1--WE always go TO
head walters for information they are ac-
customed to being interviewed by the press
and they seem so darn authentic) said that
he was doing as good A non-alcoholic after
the-theatre business as could be expected,
what with the weather and everything.
"Nothin' extra, mind you" he confided
grandly. but they drift in here pretty reg
lar every night. and we try to take care of
EN- Mostly out-o'-towners. You can tell
'em by the hick way they gawp at the dec
orations and read the menu up and down
before orderin' chicken salad and a pitcher
of lemonade. They pay good and tip mod
crate but, say. it's kinda hot for this night
stuff amt it?"
The New York herald., 1921-08-07
The Head Waiter Finds Out
Why the Queer Couple Are Queer

We admitted that 1t was too hot for most
anything and started to move on, but the
head waiter wouldn't hear of 1t. He wasn't
going to miss any chances for passing out
the philosophy of his profession.
Now, you just sit over here and watch
that young couple over In the corner, the
lady with the purple hat and what comes
The New York herald., 1921-08-07
Broadway Still Has Something
To Offer the Multitude

But We are not yet ready TO admit that
Broadway is dun II wasn't last night nor
the night before Possibly during the early
morning hours II lacks some .: the mystic
charms 81 The story book and the popular
song The bottom may have dropped out
OF the dawn breakfast business But after
the hottest July On record there are still
cabarets and roof gardens open to the gem
eral public. theatrical managers who are
willing to risk fortune on a summer show
and taxicab drivers who 20 on duty a. mid
night with the comfortable assurance OF
eking out livelihood for the wife and
kIddIes
The beerless Bowery may he stepped in
frothy tears. the rn mills Of the lesser ave
MUGS may ~ closed tighter than the door
Of Ponzs safety deposit vault. but the main
The New York herald., 1921-08-07
Many Come From the Middle West
To Absorb METROPOLITAN Atmosphe

Then there are the school teachers from
the Middle West, who use up their vacation
period by absorbing some metropolitan at
mosphere They feel almost incapable OF
holding a class in geography until they have
located definitely the Woolworth Building
and taken a one eyed slant at the Metro
politan Tower. They must carry back
vivid snapshot Of the Statue of Liberty and
a random impression Of the inside of the
Public Library. 1t may not count much
with the local Board OF Education but even
d primary teacher realizes that 1t isn't easy
TO gain prestige with the class when one
hasn't seen the world
Besides these excursionsts and sightseers
there are the thousands OF transients who
linger not more than a night or so. From
point hundred miles distant New York
is generally regarded as the gateway of the
Atlantic coast Round trip tickets from
Plckwa, Ohio. to Asbury Park. ". j., and
from Little Falls, N. ". to Christmas Cove
Me- read through New York city, both going
and coming, with stop-over privileges.
II is safe to assume that these stopover
privileges are never waived. More often
they are extended For once In the Big
Town, 1t hardly seems worth while to push
on until one has tipped few head walters,
made some timely additions to the ward
robe and hunted up a few souvenirs for
the parties that have been left behind.
The New York herald., 1921-08-07
Seeing Things as They Are
In the Roaring Forties" To-day

Anyway, stirring up midsummer fiction
tale Of the Roaring Forties is not to our lik-
ing We prefer to stick to the facts and let
the bright lights dim where they may. Not
being much of n Knight Errant ourself, we
may have to borrow a phrase or two from
contemporary and take a few things on sec
ond hand authority
We haven't been to Spider Kelly's in a
twelve-month. and the last time we saw the
inside OF Maxim's was a wet night in April.
when some one in the party had cold in
the head and we had to leave early A
special tour Of investigation, incorporated for
the express purpose of gathering statistics
for this amicable account, had TO omit some
Of the main dives and RENDEZVOUS Of the
boisterous jewellers But let it be remem-
bered above all else that our intent is not
deception We are struggling TO give the
whole truth. softened by a sympathetic
understanding of what Night Life really
could be in the good old DAYS.
II Is mistake, we think to shove all the
blame for the apathetic state of current
gayeties on the shoulders Of Mr.. Volstead.
In the first place, IL is giving entirely too
much publicity TO a gentleman who never
did anything for his country to earn such
recognition And again, IL seems the part
OF moral cowardicc to be so easily satisfied
with one excuse for every Ill.
The New York herald., 1921-08-07
All Eager to See Broadway
In Its'Most Devifish Mood

whether or not our appraisal of the
drifting population Is accurate, whether
they are mere strays or regular visitors.
they arc in our busy midst perspiring but
happy And when evening comes along.
delayed as II is by the daylight saving
clocks, they want amusement and excite
ment
They want 10 see Broadway in its most
devilish mood. They want all the bright
lights going full blast and the Jazz music
tearing up the town. They want to see
somebody lifting q bottle from under the
table and they don't mind being an eye
witness. to n more or less impromptu en-
forcement OF the Eighteenth Amendment
They want something TO tell about whon
they get back home that will compare
favorably with the thrilling experiences Of
other wanderers. And as they are willing
to pay as they go they usually manage 10
get what they want.
An out-of-town visitor Is willing 10 call
n night and seek the hay earlier in the
evening than the regular patrons. but while
he is out among EN- he wants things NOV
ing fast and furious ffe may yawn once
or twice through tho last act of the musical
show and still be game for couple of
The New York herald., 1921-08-07

ER. ALBERT GALLATIN, great
II grandson of former United
l. States Minister to England and
The Southern indicator. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1903-1925, 1921-12-17
THANKSGIVING DAY AT
SENECA lNSTlSUTE.

On Thanksgiving Day. Rev.
richard Carroll Of Columbia, I'D.
dressed crowded auditorium Al
seneca Institute.
HIS hearers were both white
ard co!ored. He spoke unt qui
vocally yet unoffend,ngly the
truth.
l.. short he said. that these at.
tributes which characterlZes man.
nuuu III o. e race. does the sam
III other races; that manhood was
cnlvairuus, absolutely. a { al
Illnes, at all places and under al
circumstances that IL was above
dirt; that il wasIaw abiding: tha
iC was ready to bear the lhtlrml.
Ties Ut the worthy weak.
How could he but hold ri:
audience in a spell Of rapture
/ was tempted to say of him
homer SAID OF Hester. words fel
trona his ips sweater than honey
The Southern indicator. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1903-1925, 1921-12-17
St. Mary's Episcopal church,

of ST.. Mary's Episcopal church,
this city. Mr.. F. K. Butler, ruling
elder of the Ladson Presbyterian
church, paid most glowing tribute
to his fallen leader. Then came the
funeral grafton, which was brief,
pointed and applicable in every re-
spect, delivered by the eloquent
prince Of the pulpit, the Rev. DIR. +.
d. Davis OF Sumter, S. G. Text:
Micah 2:l0, "Arise We, depart for
this is not your rest" The floral Of
ferings were many and beautiful and
were Indicative of the high regard
and esteem in which the deceased
was held by the tellowmen of his
home city. HIS remains were laid
at rest in the Randolph cemetery and
thus passes from our miust prince,
and. a mighty man in Israel. Peace
to. his asnes.
The Southern indicator. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1903-1925, 1921-12-17
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY IN
CHARLESTON

Having been called to Charleston
on bushes the executive secretary
OF Inc Columbia Board or Iraue
will be oul or the c.Iy Tor eight Or
zen DAYS. he regre.s beng away
from J4le organization ar ILLS most
opportune time US there are sever
III Propositions tuat tue orEanIzaL,on
must put over hot la.er IMAM Jam.
mat these propositions may be Ell
4ecuiVc uepellus largeIey upon eacn
iueulDer paying tlIeAr l.on.niy uutS
promptly allu lor those Ill arrears
w4rn lne4r accounts to ger stra4gnI
.sA.n.
Mr. Mazyck c:atcs that on his re-
Curn to lesLIne his Work, he WILL
ur.ng US u New Years message at
w.l4vli t.lne ne uopts tnaC e..v.i l.ieIn-
uer W4ii W pleSciIt.
The Southern indicator. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1903-1925, 1921-12-17
CHE NEWSPAPER
OF TODAY.

Arthur Brisbane, editor of the
New York journal. The musl
widely lniol III. q joLrnallet i'll III.
country, address ed the tOnmul..
wealth Club OF San Francisco
recently on the subject. L he
Newspaper Of Today; WI hat IL L.
and Why"
He SAID in part: Newspapers
today are what they have always
peen-a mirror OF ilte. custom.
civilization that surround them"
II man looking III u mir o.
,iOes not like what he sees, 1T
should change his face. or a.,
least his expression, not Try t.
ureak the mirror. so. when b
community look upon news
paper, If it does not like what il
ees upon the page or +dlloria.
page, II should change the com.
munIty. Thu newspaper rtflecls
the community.
The newspaper is the voice OF
the crowd What language is tt
he individual the printed news
paper is To the multitude. With.
uut language. men could MOI
warn each other. tell what the,
aad seen or thought. and withou,
the written word knowledge
could not be handt d down fltm
one generation to another. III.
newspaper il the voice Of the
crowd Of the day.. History is the
voice of the people for centuries.
The business Of the news
paper is to tell al the news as it
happens. not as few want it
told to protect the public inter
est. which means sometimes in
terfe,inR with private plans.
There is some wise and some
foolish criticism of newspapers.
their sensationaIism Of big tyre.
That has no Importance. The
wise criticism does good. the
others don't count were the
words of Mr.. Brisbon.
The Southern indicator. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1903-1925, 1921-12-17
JAMES w. LAWHORN DEAD
+ 2. ". Il IL Columbia, 5. =.
December 8, 1921.

OcccmDer B, 1SZl.
~ James w, Lawnorn, organizer,
Farmer deacon, trustee, and treasur-
eF OF the St. John Baptist Church,
uied at his home Wednesday, Nov.
81 1921, at o'clock p. m. ut the age
.pA % aIter being con4ned to his bed
sSHs' wgss. re -leases' :. 4 4 erwares Ave:
Il &4ldren, brothers and sisters to
Mourn his loss as well as host of
friends. But as we think Of the
Hestlmoney he gave as he was about
60 pass away through the gate Of
death into endless joy, we are forced
ep say in the words OF those of old,
spoken by the head of the church
that is mannar for yourselves.
Being conscious Of the fact that he
must soon cease to be, he called his
wife to his bedside and said. "Let
a christian place his hand upon
a christian. AS she came she said:
talk to the Lord he replied I have
done that long ago and He does not
forget. After calling the childrtn a.
round his bed he toll them he wan
ted, them to live peaceable with one
another then he sang the song "safe
in the arms Of Jesus" and SAID am
in Paradise just waiting on tho
Lord.
Bro. Lawhorn now lays at rest in
the Family cemetery at Blythew>od,
S. c., he is lost to his family the
Church and community but W. are
glad to say with out doubt its lIca-
vcn's gain.
The Southern indicator. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1903-1925, 1921-12-17
NOTES, FROM BETHEL

Editor Indicator:
Bethel metropolitan Church is
moving forward III rapid STRIDES.
we a4e to Deg.n worsn.p4ng III the
church proper the first Su.lday III
January. Inc Sacri14ce Rally put
on lor december IS beng pus.leu a.
lung n4ceiy regardless t.ie apparent
iiaru times. "A real Sacrifice IS be-
ll.g maue, at the END or wn.cn we
ale expecting p.ienominal Success.
Inc pastor, DIR. +. II. Wlscman.
preached Sunday morning from the
text, "All things work together for
good to those that love the Lord"
On Sunday evening he preached
concerning the pale horse and his
rider. Eight converts were added
to the church during the day.
Each Sabbath the collection ranges
over $4,000.
j.. w. Killingworth, Reporter.
The Southern indicator. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1903-1925, 1921-12-17
A CITY OF
WORTH WHILE MEN
BY J. A. JACKSON

Durham. N. C.-Uurnam. n.
- Is d town made. famous b. /
certaiil Drdnu VI StnOhluE tuDaclt
Ucdilug 9. lathe LnaL Is WOiiu
lalnous. Ehe same name used II.
anULLer manner ineaIS Ill slanE-
Without substance or uependaDi
Il Y. Well. that dues not 1T W.
business men III the comm InlLS
Negro Business Is farther al
vance u III tie little town Ot DuI
naur,itnan any Other commuult.
o1 sitnhlar. SIZE in The country.
There they MAKE their owl
cigarsln thelt.OWnI factory. POrt,
acknowledgements durlilgs stils;skllieL
work. stne;lUWn pOastes..ts she,llA
lne nome eitsfii:e i the North Garo
l=,Iiia,4slutuai lsAsu raIics t3empany,
u cDllccsrilS u lIIA.Jt; issss mol ON yalh,
s;ric tIsst EaAl dest yf the asessl..
sslsdi 81 Asssssb Assssssk ilstii | $ss sInk.
;tfiiIa ucIk lGkeE
asl5 s sRS1 :is ste
q s. g.
The Southern indicator. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1903-1925, 1921-12-17
JOHNSON HOLDS ON,

Washington Daily Ncws.)
Henry Lincoln Johnson, .colored,
District Recorder oc deeds, after
conference with President Harding
today said he would continue. as
National Committeeman from Geor-
gia despite threatened rcorganiza-
tion of the party in that state to de-
crease Negro representation. ......
The Southern indicator. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1903-1925, 1921-12-17
SANTA CLAUS HONEYMOON
Xmas Cantata In Three Acts.

Cast OF Characters
Ruby A leader among the girls
dorothy, A Pleasant Companion
Teresa, Miss Uncertainty
Ruth, Always Hopeful
Johnnie, A girl with boys name
Allen, A Spirit
Mrs. Santa Claus, "Newly Wed"
MIS-. Santa Claus, Newly Wed
Dumps, A Mischief Maker
Teddy, Chief of the Police
James, A Messenger Boy
Santa, Newly Wed
Fairies, policemen, spirites, Ma
tional representatives, school child
dren.
This Cantata will be given by the
members of the Pansy Juvenile
Council and other children, Monday
night after Xmas, Dec. 26,th, 1921.
Come and see the children perform
in their gorgeous costumes. It will
be he finest play of the season.
, Meet US, Knights, Courts of Calan-
the, and all the children and people
Of Columbia, Monday Night at
Bethel A. M. E. Church.
Admission: Adults 25c. Children
15c.
r E. C. Nelson, Manager
The Southern indicator. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1903-1925, 1921-12-17

HIS memory by White and Color
ed. &t;
All that was mortal Of the Rev. n.
+. Johnson, the beloved pastor of the
aadson Presbyterian. Church, this
:ity, was laid at rest Monday. De-
ember 9Th.
The Rev. Maxwell George o5hmison
vas born in 1855 at WinnSboro.S. C.
He received his early training un-
.er the famous Richardson; school,
rom which some of the 1obleat. char.
lcters Of the Negro .{raes have
:ome. HE then entered .FTbWard Uni
:ersity, Washington, D. where ha
completed both. I, i ::e1aescai snd thee
logical courses. having completed 4
the latter in the spring Of 1876.
He soon afterwards took charge of 4
the Ladson Presbyterian Church of
this city, i'where tfe earnestly served
as shepherd Hdsfathef until his
death period Bf AZ years.
oNAS oASpoSAeAoAS AoASEltS4t4tSE1SA1ly> -. lOV6tl
and respected by all who knew him.
A loyal and true husband, an in
dulgcnt father, a good neighbor, a
peacemaker at all times, a. useful
citizen, and a level headed, sane lea
der, and Christian Minister, a VERT
able "Israelite indeed in whom was
no guile"
We will not undertake here to
chronicle the many progressive
ideas fostered by him during his long
pastorate. That we leave to his BIZ
ographcr.
The Rev. Bro. Johnson's death
took everybody by surprise, in that
he was apparently in the best of
health all day that Thursday
meeting and greeting friend on the
streets, even unto a late hour Thurs
day night. He died of acute indi-
gestion, his suffering lasting only
an hour. His funeral was held from
the Ladson Presbyterian Church,
where his entire lie had been en-
wrapped in that beloved congrega-
ton. Long before the hour of l 80,
when the funeral was to take place
the church was packed to overflow
ing. The services consisted of SIM
pie eulog;stic form.
The Ladson choir sang beautiful
ly-but it was sad-thc favorite
songs of their late pastor. The fol-
lowing songs were sung in the
course OF the services: "Lead Kind.
ly Light" "What Friend We
Have in Jesus" "There is Rest for
the Weary" and "Whcn Peace Like
River, ETC." Scripture less ons
were read by the Rev. DR.. c.. j.
Baker of Atlanta; the Rev. DR.. G.
w. Long of Cheraw. A most fer
want prayer was offered by the Rev.
' DR.. J. P. Foster Of Sumter, a life
companion Of the deceased.
Fitting and beautiful euligiums
were pronounced over the remains by
Dr.. c. M. Young, president Of Harbi-
son College, Irmo, S. c. the Rt. Rev
w. D. Chappelle, bishop of the A.
| M. E. Church for the State of South
Carolina; DR.. D. F. Thompson, pre-.
sident Of the Interdcnominationa
Minister'S Union; DR.. Il. l.. Jones
spoke in behalf Of the VOORHEES,
Normal and Industrial School, Den.
mark, S. c.
! Tributes were paid unstintingly
by two senior dcacons Of the First
Presbyterian Church (white), viz
Mr.. 7. S. Bryan, president of the r
L. Bryan Co., and w. A. Clark, at
torney, president of the Carolina Ma
tional Bank. Resolutions from thu
Interdenominational Union were
! read by the Rev. J. R. Jones, past