The New York herald., 1922-01-14
RIVAL DANCES HELD
BY VILLAGE EDITORS
Art Young and Max Eastman
Clash in Raising Wind for
Their Magazines.

In the olden days il a man needed
money he went to work. To-day he
fires hall, stages a ball and lets the
victims work for him Furthermore, in
the olden days there were no better
friends in New York than Art Young
the artist. and Max Eastman, the-the
-tne--well he is editor of the Liberutor
anyway. But the rage for dry dancing
has changed all that
Art, editor OF a Greenwich Village
magazine devoted to rad. cal humor and
known as Good Morning, held a ball in
Iammany Hall last night and Max
reeding money as much as Art gave
one at the Yorkville Casino. Advance
notices had it tnat they were rival
ailairs, OF course, but friendly rivals
The fact is that friendliress is one OF
the conspcuously absent features.
THE NEW YORK HERALD reporter will
set forth in the article all the facts,
but in fairness to the readers hereof
1t must be understood that he failed TO
gam entrance to Max Eastman's racket
He got into the Good Morning dance
and enjoyed 1t as much as possible, hut
there was a large, firm lady on the
gate In Yorkville Casino who took a
violent dislike to him the moment she
saw him.
You can't come in here without a
ticket said she.
Madame" the reporter replisd. "do
you know that ! am paid wages to
record these important affairs i'm my
newspaper"
NO" replied the lady, rolling back
her cuffs but it's plain that you're
overpaid If that's So"
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bility of stabbing the lady, but decided
there wouldn't be time for that and the
writing of the affair too. so, after daring
her to meet him later and fight 1t out,
he retired to Tammany Hall, where he
was met by Art Young's associate on
Good Morning, Jessiea Milne, who was
rather indignant
You see.' said she. "it was all ar
ranged to hold these balls on separate
nights but something's come over Max
Eastman and it's not nice. Art Young
hired Tammany Hall away last October
and Max knew It, Art had to take Tam
many Hall on this date but Max could
have had the Yorkville Casino any num-
ber of nights. You see the Liberator
needs money and so does Good Morning
Both are rather hard up. so to speak"
Both dances were utterly decorous.
The rough element couldn't gain a foot
hold IL seemed. The more serious of our
gentler radicals We're there--represen-
tatives of the Rand School and pillars
of the Rev. John Haynes Holiness Com
munity Church. Contributions were So
licited for the better class Of draft
dodgers, and up on the steps of York
vile Casino, just as the reporter was
getting the worst of his argument with
the lady at the turnstile. little band of
ticketless merrymakers go: together
and sang the 'Tnternationale."
So neither ball could be called a
record breaking success. There was a
large reactionary cop on post outside
Yorlsville Casino who said that there
ought to be a city ordnance against
such affairs.
"I've been standing here three hours
he said. "and ] give you my word I've
seen girls entering this hall with not
enough cloth around them to make NIT
tens for a mouse. They'd have me up
before the Commissioner IL was to
obey my better instincts, but their pa
rents would be interceding for me-
So they wouldn't let you in. rs It? My
boy, run home and tell your family you
ra In into a bit of luck this piphf