The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-27
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NEW YORK. oct. 2s-rhe Hop.
heads Hop" In Cherry street on the
East Side Is the magnet for Ten
derIoin summers with bizarrs
tastes in nocturnal frivolity. The
dance 10 supposed to be a weekly
gathering Of slaves OF the needle
poppy and SNOW" Jingle Bells
who got His name because of Ions
devotion to SNOW or cocaine. pre-
sided M the piano.
The zap wagon barkees are po'
litely whispering the news Of thf,
new rendezvous to tourists, and
like all resorts Of Its iik 1t is staged
for the types of wide-eyed visitors
who go, to Chinatown and are
thrilled by men asprawl In hunks
with faces painted ashen gray
dreamiiy pufffng Bull Durham
through Wodlworth opium pipes.
The "Hop-heads Hop" begins
when the saxophone has moaned
its dyinss note in the midnight sup.
per clubs. The entrance IL througs
an innocent looking soft drink
place. One has to be known al
right" and have 50 before goinR
through a series OF runways and
down cellar into a stuffy. ill-lighted
stone-walled room.
All the old hokum is on display
tables of +. beer kegs. walters In
pirate dress, an appropriate uniform
indeed, piano that Is half strung
beetle-browed tough extras" and
girls whose faces betray their call
ing.
A leather-Iunged barker an
nounces the festivities, brazenly
nrnrla mi ~ In nl
a group OF young girls and men
cavort and race about in a wierd
fantasy of feigned frenzy. They
are supposed to be confirmed heroin
addicts. They appear more than
anything else to be full of hot soup
Between various stunts on the
program the visitors dance to the
1angling tunes of Jingle Bells, who
sings as he plays and is apparently
the only neutrality-suspicious. hop
head In the aggregation.
At daylight a hot dog and coffee
vender brings those who are still
awake-for most OF them 60 tc
sleep from sheer ennui-what they
want to eat. And the next day the
guests tell their shivering friend:
OF the awful horrors. I did myself
getting better as I went along.
On Forty second street IL q mu.
steal instrument department store
that sells everything from q til
whistle to a pipe organ. In the
breast Of almost every man surge:
secret ambition to play an &C.
cordean. 1t Is a kind of ambition
that brings the blush to the cheek
II discovered. and yet the fiool
walker tells me that many promi.
nent men secretly master the art.
Bowery drug store windows are
filled these days with patent med.'
cines based on the gland theory Of
retuvenation. In one window q
sign reads: mo matter how Ions
You have been down and out. oui
remedy will give you new hope
inspire you to regain your seif-re.
spect and perhaps restore you t
the loved ones you have forgot"
Fifth avenue has restored tn,
starched striped collar for fall wear
The stripes now run around the
collar instead of up and down
There are some dazzling designs Il
be seen around parade time in the
afternoon. Checkered spats, too
have come into certain vogue
among those who strive to be sar.
torially perfect.
A young theatrical booking agen'
was testifying in a separation SUI,
brought by his wife. a chorus girl
who was known as a fast spender
Were you in a position to pro.
vide the ordinary comforts?" asked
the judge.
why. your honor" snorted tn,
husband. II wasn't even able t
Keep her in hair nets"