The Washington herald., 1921-08-17
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NEW YORK. Aug. 1.-THE
Broadway dance halls are taking
on the old Haymarket atmosphere.
Two have been raided in the past
week. I dropped into one after the
theater. the other night. A brisk
young man in an il-ftting dinner
jacket greeted me at the door with:
would you care TO dance with q
very particular ladyr' p
The very particular lady was
hydrogena:ed blond In a dress
that barred her arms and knee caps.
She worked all day IN a department
store basement. or at least
she said she did, and she
got 2 cents for every dance
Patrons buy a dollars worth Of
tickets and after each dance they
surrender a 10-cent ticket to their
dance companion. The dances are
short and there are no encorea
Around the walls sat groups Of
typical young men and women OF
Broadway. The night was hot and
there was a clinsing odor Of per-
SEPARATION which the musky aroma
of deodonants failed to dissemble.
My next dance companion was q
girl with bobbed. henna stained
hair. She had a blowZy mouth and
the enlarged pupils Of the drug
addict.
You don't happen to be a dick?"
she asked. Her talk was the argot
OF the underworld and the fear OF
detectives was paramount. II she
could get $40 she could take her
mothers cameo pin out Of pawn.
1t was given to her on her death
bed. She spoke of the little cot
tage that had been her home out
in the Middle West.
Then the orchestra stopped it's
jazz and began to sing OF puri-
ing brooks and chrome colored
meadows. And her eyes were wet
with tears. OF course. she had
signaled to the orchestra at the
proper moment. The old Haymar-
ket trick OF catching suckers was
revived. But in these dry days
do not imagine It is very success
full. Down at the Haymarket when
the quartet asng the home and
mother" songs. mauld'n patrons
never failed to pass tear-splashed
bills across the table.
Every night at midnight girls
who had picked up casual acquaint-
ance with visitors told their hard
luck stories and twenty minutes
later the quartet sang their cheap.
sentimental ditties. The broadway
dance halls are more intimate than
tho roomy Haymarket. There is
only room for about twenty-fv
couples on the dance floor.
The basement table d'hotes in the
Roaring Forties are running full
blast. At 8 o'clock the guests ap-
parently depart and the dining
rooms from the street look de-
serted. AS a matter of fact the
guests merely go uptsalrs through
secret entrance and remain as
long as they like. Drinks are
served openly. but only those
known to be all right are permitted
to so through the secret entrance
The passing on Of Edgar SaItus,
York literati. Mr.. SaItus was
great friend of the young writer.
His ideals were high and he would
never prostitute his art for COM
mercial gains. He was a cultured,
gentle-mannered Englishman. and
those who have sat in his comfort
able study and. between puffs from
his ever-present pipe. heard him
discuss literature and art. have had
moments that will never be for
gotten Wherever he appeared,
whether at the Manhattan Club in
New York. the Authors in London
or Capucines of Paris. men stopped
talking to try to draw him out. He
was always shy unless he was con-
WINGED his audience was in earnest.
Money meant nothing to him save
to provide for his simple wants aud
to help his friends
Sign on a Sixth avenue clothing
shop: Our neckties never wear
out. Get a supply for the week
end"