South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-26


initiate IS welcomed with oNuberence
nroportionatc with his baukrolI and
his reputatlon for dipping tho layers
from the same These flats are con
Quoted by nice. refined ladies. q
uatronly mien and manner. some
..mcs backed by sinister male char
1cters whose connection however.
must be kept I'm the dark.
Entertaining via "HOOtch."
n a nice matronly widow OF
apparently independent m q a n =
chooses TO lease a large apartment,
and furnish il with every known
luxury. who is 20 criticise her.
And IL she has a large social &C
Quaiutance and Is pleased 20 enter
tain the ladies' and gentlemen of her
Get every night IN the week. surely
no one has the right TO criticise.
Certainly not. And. really. tho liquor
problem has become such a humor-
Gus matter in New York that Of the
neighbors have any feeling a. all,
over the lady's continuous supply Of
wniskey. wine and gin. IL is prob
ably "A feeling OF envy rather than
tuition
The prices one pays for liquor in
these resorts are beyond all imagin-
alton and have absolutely no rela-
tion whatever 20 the original legiti-
mate quotations Of the dlstiller or
vinner. The usual understanding be
tween guests is that right names
shall neither be given or expected
and that acquaintance struck up in
the necessarily Informal association
OF an evenings drinking. dancing
and dining shall be forgotten upon
the morrow.
Then there are also the somewhat
more open might clubs" OF Broad
way and the Forties, all OF which.
except perhaps two. are open to the
public. The most exclusive of these
is now becoming fairly we'll known
and. strange 20 say the proprietOrs
blush 10 find IL famous. for they
wish TO allot their few tables 10 per
sons recognized in the Social Reg
lister, with "A scattering OF the more
bizarre feminine characters of
Broadway to convince the society
fiappers Of both sexes and all ages
that they are seeing the real night
life of New York.
Blackmailers Present
An old, gray-haired doctor. the
persOnification Of responsibility, was
recently observed in this tiny room
throwing a party for three fascin-
ating bold and handsome young
women whom he certainly had not
met I'm his wife's social set The
women were accompanied by two
male parasites Of elegant manner
and shifty eye, whom an old and
skeptical police reporter, sitting in
the shadows. recognized as a pair
of international blackmailers and
tub workers meaning card-sharps
who frequent the ocean liners or
/ Transatlantic tubs
When the bill came for the even
ings entertainment about 4:30 a.
m.-the two young elegants strange
lv CHANGED to be on the floor. dane
ing, and the doctor SCrawled a check
for nearly $500. The cigarette girl
had no change for a $40 bill tender
ed I'm payment for a package of
cigarettes worth 80 cents and was
told 10 keep it all.
And, as she passed the head
waiter on her way out, clinging 10
the old mans arm. the brunette
/ charmer. who had been his partic-
ular company" for the evening.
/ confided that he was about TO di-
vOrce his wife and marry her She
| by the way, is a seamstress for a
very fashionable Fifth avenue cou-
| terrier and is 40 years old, with a
son Of 90 living among the night
clubs OF london. She has been an
/ international vampire for 90 years,
+ hut somehow has managed to look
not more than 2S.
The All-Night Club.
There are a dozen night clubs
/ which are not clubs at all but mere
/ ~ cafes. operating seven nights a
/ week in New York and frequented
/ by visitors from out Of town. by