The Washington herald., 1922-04-13
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NEW YORK. April 12.--old age
In New York is riding youth a
mighty close race. Grandma In
haies her cigarette with that quick
intake of breath that Is so char
acteristic OF the Hamper. And does
she toddle to jazz? Go to the
alais Royal. the Montmarte. the
Club Royal any night and you viii
see Grandma there Just full of the
Old Harry.
Her hair Is marceied and glisten-
Ing. Her evening gown Is cut to
the mode she carries her rouge.
powder and lipstick and silver
cigarette case. She may have a
$40 a night hoofer as her escort
but she isn't any wall flower. Nor
Is she paging Doc osler for a whiff
from the ether cone.
In fact Grandma appears to be
making her debut. Instead Of the
chimney corner and the smelling
salts. she occupies a front row
table at the supper club with the
flask In the offing. A few years
ago Grandma's- dissipation was a
W. ana uOWn TIC avenue III a
four-wheeler holding postage
stamp parasol. Then tea and a
nap.
Something has happened, In a
quiet street in the Fiftles there is
a tearoom. The other afternoon I
saw more than a score of women
far past middle age-lavender and
old lace of another period-drink-
ing tea and smoking one cigarette
after another.
One Of the fiossy Fifth avenue
tailors told me that he had just
received an order for a half-dozen
evening gowns for a lady who has
two married grandchildren. The
styles selected were those fashione,,
for the young GIRL OF is,
In the theaters Grandma is in
evidence as never before. She
leaves Grandpa to his own re-
sources, and her companion is tho
perfumed young fop. who IL as
courtly as can be. 1t is a far cry
from the mid Victorian to III,
monkey gland era. but Grandma Is
keeping pace with things.
II. {. Witwer. the slang essayist,
left New York fiat a year ago. At
the station he held up one hand
and shouted Never Again" to re-
porters. He was going out there
VI the open spaces where men are
men. Well-Witwer is back in
town. lured by the royalty possibil-
tiles in writing a summer show.
He says, however. chat he was
prompted to return because he lived
next door to the stingiest man in
the world during his stay In Cali
fornia. That bird was so stingy."
said Witwer. that he even refused
to give his favorite child a middle
name
A hotel bell-hop was called 10 the
cloak room at the dinner hour.
The attendant told him to go into
the cafe and find a big. tall, red
faced jolly-looking fellow.
Go to him. Whisper in his ear"
he said. Tell him to come into the
coat-oom. His overcoat's leakin'."
One. of the gayest spcnders along
the White Way is the owner OF a
pretzel factory. He says that in
stead of prohibition killing of his
business IT has improved 1t vastly.
The press agent for a Broadway
cabaret that snaps into full speed
about o'clock in the morning
monographs the following anent
the charms OF his oriental dancer
'kishna is different. She weaves a
dangerous spell punctuated with
! electric thrills. One sees her and
dreams Of nights along the Nile.
the lambent moon. the mysterious
perfumes of Araby and the chant
of the bazaars. Kishna wears
cockle shells about her brow and
robins egg blue slippers"