The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-18

satirizing present day political condi-
| lions in England, and the satire is
such as only Shaw could write. 1t is
an achievement which it would be a
tragedy for anyone to miss seeing who
/ is at all concerned with the drama
or with literature, and anyone who
is in the city this season and doesn't
see it viii blush to admit it in after
years
Brooklyn to the fore once more as
the antidote for the wickedness of
Manhattan Islandi 1t is Canon VIII
liam Sheafe Chase of that Long Island
| city of baby carriages and rubber
plants who is drafting for Introduction
into the state legislature the most re-
maH11ably worded bill ever intended
to regulate and restrict individual con-
duct. 1t is concerned with danclRg,
and it defines. among other things,
exactly in what manner the young
gentleman shall approach his prospec-
tive partner when proposing WhlrI
around the dance hail; exactly how he
shall encircle her waist with his arm
and where the palm of his hand shall
rest upon her back: exactly. how his
arm shall draspe about her shoulder
while they are dancing and exactly
how far apart they shall remain dur
ing the whirl. If the expert drafting
the bill can overcome constitutional
obstacles, there will be provision
against "jazzy'' music, Canon Chase
promises.
Garry" whose other name seems
generally forgotten, and who has been
a bootblack in the theatrical district
for twenty years. has a shine role in
a Broadway production which has just
opened and he's the proudest actor
on the rialto- He is paid $50 aNweek
for shining one pair of shoes an even
ing in the show. and he tells everyone
who patronizes him about how impor-
tant they are now, ito have a real &C
tor shining your shoes"
Walters at large banquets held here
this season have developed new duty
for themselves. They place two nap
kins at each plate instead of one. The
second one is to serve as a shawl!
Yes. actually. You see 1t is not at all
the mOdish thing for a woman to
bring her wrap or even a fur scarf
into the banquet room with her. And
the evening frocks this year have been
fairly-welI, adapted to giving Grant
breeZes free reign to accomplish all
the chills they could. The room has
to be ventilated during the evening
and those women who are sitting close
to the ventilators begin to shiver and
look uncomfortable. One night, a
particularly brave one folded her nap
kin carefully about her neck. Others
followed suit. 1t made such an inn
preston upon the walters that they
spread. the word to provide extra ones,
ing cold and helpless they suggest it
to her
I came across a girl the other day
who had spent four years studying to
qualify as secretary to a big-business
man. but had just left her SLIPPER
week job TO become a waitress in
tearoom where she is now averaging
$40 week on tips and $l2 retainer
Has this anything to do with the
d Concentration of the world? In the
Times the. other day, a man adver-
tised for a position at homework,
either as butler or useful"
This effort at dress reform may not
be quite so distressing as some others.
The Art Centre, OF which Mrs. Ripley
is president, and Charles
Dana Gibson, himself, vice president, |
will hold an exhibition beginning the |
last week in CIarch, to show artistic |
Its announced object is to divert am |
biguous tendencies in dress reforms
into the definite channels of concrete !
portrayal of artistic dress" The par
ents league. the board of education, |
and leading dressmakers of New York,
and Cleveland will cooperate. |
One of the most interesting-to me /
places in and about New York city /
is over at Fort Lee, across the Hud- !
dogs for both motion pictures and the .
regular drama He was formerly a
trainer with the biggest and most
popular of the dog and pony shows
which We used to love so. Half
raised young dogs that have had to
hustle for a living make the aptest
pupils" he declares. Once more we
realize the close affinity between dogs
and humans.
Few members of old Trinity church
realize that all whales cast up on the
shore of Long Island belong to them.
church. at least, The Trinity charter,
granted by British sovereign, gives
he church this right. It isn't ono
If the perquisites one would naturally
hink of in a church connection, either.
DweIlers on Manhattan Island
ion't have to be radio operators in
order to realize the force of vibra-
ions. All they have to do is to hap
pen to choose a home or an office on
op of one of our granite lodges. Then
hey become not only conscious but
,lamorous on the subject. The city
$ built on a solid foundation of gran
tie, but there are waves of the rock
which were thrown higher than its
evel at the time the island rose from
he sea, which streak thru the heart
II our business district One of
hese runs southeast from the Hudson
liver up around Sixtieth street, with
he result that when a skyscraper is
,eing constructed anywhere along this
edge. every shot Of the necessary dy-
lanite sends heavy vibrations thru
very other building along its course.
The building law specifies the amount I
# dyna mite which may be used in any
me shot, but the law didn't consider III
the-feelings of those who |
Happen to live on the same ledge be-
ng dynamited The Hotel Common
wealth is the largest building ever j
rected on this ledge, except the Grand
central Terminal; and as construction {
work is being rushed as rapidly as
possible on this hotel, the shots come