The Washington herald., 1922-03-04
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NEW YORK. March 3.-Married
couples in Manhattan are trying to
knock the divorce evil for row
of shanties by living in double
apartments The double apart
ment Is complete apartment for
each, one floor above the other
and the husband commutes, as II
were
More than 100 couples, recently
wed in New York, are trying out
this independent. scheme to main
tain their freedom--to be happy al
though married, Fannie Hurst. the
novelist. is living In this manner
and her marriage is a success-
the dew is still on the rose" Sine
and her husband live in different
parts OF town and once or twice a
week go to tea or to the theater
together.
Three new and gorgeous apart
ment buildings announce that they
Win have few double apart
ments. The husband may enter
tain in his own way and have
separate servants and whenever the
wife needs an extra hand at bridge
she can knock on the dumb waiter
for hubby to sit In.
Real estate men say the double
apartments" are mostly occupied
by bachelors who have been mar
ried late in life to younger women.
Of course, only the rich are able
to keep up the double establish
ments.
At big club the other day an
old bachelor who had recently mar
ried appeared preoccupied at the
: O'Clock Scotch and soda time. He
Kept snatching fleeting glimpses
at his wrist watch. He was taken
To task by his cronies.
haven't seen my wife for ten
days. he explained. and have,
tea engagement with her at 9. "All
the time she was living one floor
above but the arrangement is to
see each other only by appoint
ment. And she had been busy with
social affairs.
On East 60th street a happily
married couple live across the
street from each other in separate
private dwellings. She is an artist
and Graves solitude. The other
week they met at Palm Beach,
neither knowing the other was
there. Incidentally the double
apartment" dwellers are without
exception childless.
Mrs. A. NJ. Williamson. who has
written many novels with her hus-
band under the name &C. n. and A,
NJ. Williamson" is to continue writ
Ing under the double name DESPITE
the fact that her husband passed
on year ago. She has Just arrived
In New York from Europe with the
manuscript of her latest novel.
When Mr.. Williamson was an editor
in London he discovered her talents
and encouraged her to success and
altho Ugh he did little of the actual
writing Of their many novels Mrs.
Williamson always signed her
books by both-giving his initials
the preference.
New York's version OF the fam
Gus BAL des Quatres Arts" spon-
sored by leading social lights, nas
just been given and the program
stated plainly that guests who de-
sired might come in their bvd's.
And most of them did. The fancy
dress ball in New York means the
less fancy dress the better Green
wich Village was generously repre-
sented by bronzed half nude women
and cave men who wore a single
bear hide.
Morris Gest. who delights appar-
emily in going broke giving New
York something new theatricalIy.
seems destined to recoup some of
his lost fortunes in "Chauve Souris"
which Is Russian vaudeville
brought from Moscow. The play-
lets and sketches are all in Russian
yet so marvellous is the acting that
the audience understands almost
everything. To see "Chauve
Souris' is as much the fad now as
seeing the all negro Shuttle Along"
musical comedy early in the winter.
Gest started his career as side
walk ticket seller in front of old
Hammerstein's Victoria He had
little education but his eye for
beauty and keen perception Of
dramatic worth have made him a
figure on the Rialto.
NOT only fappers are wearing the
tapping golosh! In mid-aftcrnoon
along the avenue one may see gray-
haired middle-aged women fiappinr
along in the faddish new way. At
one OF the theaters the other night
group of girls in evening clothes
arrived wearing goloshes. The boot
Shops say the fad will be short
lived and they are not expecting
any extended run in the latest form
of footwear