The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-12
VILLAGE GAY DOGS
ROUSE ENM|TY OF
THEIR NE|GHBORS
Teashops and Studios Of Green
witch Frequenters Are Now
Under Fire.
ny 8. ID. wEYER-
International News Service.

NEW YORK. June 12.-Greenwich
Village, New York's Little Bo-
hernia" was up in arms-figuratively
enthusiastically, for the wrath OF
the reformers has descended upon
IT, and the new freedom is threat
ened in its vitals, to wit, the, studios
and tea rooms.
Studios? Tea rooms7 Nothing
OF the sort-rat holes, hell haunts
OF iniquity, that's what they are!"
comes the furious cry of the Green
witch village Association. And thus
crying. that body hled vigorous
protests with the license department
against granting dance permits to
twenty-five applicants from the vii
lage.
To the departments office they
marched. did the reformers, two
score strong. to expose" the viii
lagos night life. But right behind
them came valiant villagers defend
ing their freedom" and among
them were landladies and landlords
whose places OF Harmless" and "in-
spirative" amusement are threat
ened.
SHRINE DESIGNATED.
wondrous and weird were the
tales told by attorneys for. and
members of, the reforming society.
They pictured the village-that part
of 1t which worships at the shrine
Of the Cosmic Urge, Unconvention-
atty. and all that sort of thing,
you know-as plague spot of the
metropolis, a menace to the morals
Of the city and nation.
why. these people don't really
belong" shouted Michael ]. Koran,
legal spokesman for the association.
They are down there for profit
Right in my own block there are
five rat holes In the Easements,
disguised as dance halls. The sort
of revelry that goes on there Is
unspeaka ably disgusting. And when
they get through revealing they hold
shameless parades-these wild maui
dlins, yes. that's what they are, wild
maudlins."
The emphatic repetition of the cpl
tibet was prompted by grunts of pro-
test from among the defenders of
village art
Right you are, Mr. Koran broke
in Mrs. r. Levy. who owns a twenty
four family apartment house in
Washington place. She was there to
protest against granting a license to
James Schuman, who runs the "Mou-
lin Rouge"
jazz UNTIL MOoNsET.
why. my tenants can't sleep at all
because of the noise these horrid peo-
pie make she continued.
Haven't been insulted while try
ing to enter my own home"
Yes, and ! have been accosted in
my own vestibule," interpoiated Mr..
Koran nodding vigorously.
And, say" resumed Mrs Levy,
maybe the people of New York don't
really know what a place of iniquity
these persons are making our fair
village. Why. it's every other night
almost that we have to use seller
sfphons to drive the marsuders off the
sidewalks Night did / say7 Why.
It's early I'm the mornings. two, three
four o'clock. after they've carried on
all night in these basement places
they sing and dance jazz on the
street"
Yes. indeed corroborated Mr..
Koran. This element that dances by
candleiisht. lest the rays OF the dear
Old pale moon dazzle them-they've
got to be driven out"
CALL THEM TEA ROOMS.
-oniy the other night put In Mrs.
Levy again, Il saw a young man
carrying q slip of a girl in Sappbo
fashion into one OF the basement tea
places ia what they call
them But that isn't what they arc"
I'VE demand an investigation of all
these so-caIied studios and tea
rooms" came the voice of the veneer
able John r Voorhts. commissioned