The New York herald., 1922-02-11
MISSES RED HEAD
AT THE PAGAN ROUT'
Marrow Gauge Bremen,
Bouncer, Mourns Absence of
One Who Kept Him Busy.
VICTORY FOR DOWN TO N
Great Night for Sam Schwartz,
Ula Bennings and the Irish
Free State.'

Before Neysa McMein. Louise ver-
mont, Frank Crowninshield and the rest
of the judges. official and volunteer. h&d
decided whose dress or lack tb<reof was
worthy ef the prize last night at the
Pagan Rou. in Webster Hall. Narrow
Gauge Bremen. the veteran bouncer,
had surrendered to profund disgust.
II used to be waitin' year for just
to take wallop at the lad" incurred
Narrow Gauge. Before the uptown
crowd stole this Pagan Rout and took 1t
uptown few years ago this racket was
always held here and this runt Pm
lookin' for and not SEEM was regular.
''He was little and rugged with face
you'd look for on one of them stone
things on fountain. He had curly red
hair and two blue eyes that squeezed
out of sight the moment you began
talking to him. / remember the night
I hurled him out Of this hall durin' one
o. these here Pagan Routs. / hurled
him out the front door. and most folks
would be satisfied with that.
But / was no more than finishin'
dustin off my hands when the lad was
sneakin up the steps TO the dancin'
floor again, havin' taken to the fire
escape and climbed in behind my back.
"Seein' you like that way says I to
the lad. you can have more of It,
Down the Fire Escape.
80 hurl him down the fire escape.
thinkin' that would be hint enough
for any man. But not this lad. He
landed near the basement entrance and
In m a CO
Here / am congratulatin' myself that I
had made a neat job of 1t when who
skins past me with his old hat in his
hand but the red head runnin' hard
for the dance floor again
II grab him by his red pompadour
and cast him violently into the base
ment.
You'll stay there now I tell him,
until I'm less busy, when / shall ring
for the wagon and send you around
to the station
IT see nothin of the lad for ten min
utes and decide to look at the dancers
to see that nobody is breakin' the law.
And who do / see dancin' the trot with
young girl with bare legs? You're
right. It's me red head. havin' the
time of his life.
More power to you,' I shouts to
him. LIES too short to be THROWN
you out
He's not here tonight. Times have
changed. He was a fine lad and splen-
did exercise for us special policemen"
Last nights Pagan Rout was some
thing of victory for the old Green
witch Village set. Sam Schwartz of the
r. n. T. shop in Macdougal street was
running it and Sam decided that the
Rout was coming back to its natural
[ - II ~tv. oe<
year it was held in the Hotel Commo-
dore and suffered somewhat. not being
IKE the alley cat that. bathed and be-
ribboned, took the prize at the feline
show.
/ 1t started about 10 O'Clock, but really
didn't begin hitting It's stride until IL
or so. To tell the truth the lid came
off and the corks out about the time
Ruth Vernon, the dancer. was given the
floor and put on her Egyptian speciality
From Youth to Old Age.
"The lad I'm missin' tonight would
have added punch and speed to that
dance" said Narrow Gauge Bremen.
Wonder what's become of the red
headed pestT'
Some of Those There.
In the boxes were Haley Fiske, Jr.,
I
vey and c. Edgar Gilburton with parties.
Down on the floor were the inevitable
Strunsky sisters. whose brother Morris
was on the door seeing to 1t that the
rough element remained outside.
Down on the floor were Selma and
Birdie Kunkle. respectively representing
Utter Woe and the Soul OF the
Pineapple; william Warwick Randorf
dispirited Pierrot; Clementina Co
dowski, as The LdndIddy's Daughter
Bessie La Burke as The Unborn; Bob
bic Bottome. as The Blue Bird; Marie
Louise Duke. as The Irish Free State
and Ula Bennings. who said that her cos
tune represented precisely what she
sought to portray, which, inasmuch as
Ula insists, was nothing much.
1t was really great victory for Down
Town. 1t was good route. and Sam
Schwartz says it will require lot OF
maneuvering to get It back north OF
Fourteenth street In the future.
1T might reach Tammany Hall. but