The Washington herald., 1922-10-19
Meu, York City
Day BY Day
By o. o. Mcintyre,

NEW YORK, Oct 1S.-Mingling
with what Gotham calls "restau-
rant society" one sees strange COM
Partnerships. The best-dressed man
In town. a club man of repute. is
squirting about with a frumpish mid
dle-aged woman with gold teeth
and prediction for green frocks
trimmed with pink.
Another social climber, who has
a press agent to crash her into the
beauty contests. is nightly accom-
panied to Jazz halls by fellow with
( an undershot jaw and one ear that
! has been crumpled to pulp by d
swing from the ankles in what sport
writers deftly term the "roped
arena"
At Delmonico's the other night 1
saw white-haired bon-vivant who
has yanked a million or so out of
Wall street dancing the tango with
|. wfllowy young creature of strik-
Ing beauty. He weighs in the
neighborhood of 800 pounds, and
merely plods around the dance floor
while she does all the intricacies of
the dance.
They go from cafe to cafe. He
enjoys the spotlight and is ap-
parently unconscious of the ridicu-
lous figure he cuts. There is an old
lady-many times a grandmother
who Is known by every headwaiter
for her generous tips. Her escort Is
the typical hoofer with shellacked
hair and dimpled cheeks. They
dance constantly and she pays the
checks.
Then there is the beautiful Titan
haired lady in widows weeds who
Is seen at lunch every day at the
Ritz with a pale young Russian who
has hair to his shoulders, wears a
flowing black tie, and sandals. They
sip their coffee. smoke gold-tipped
cigartttes and rarely speak.
There are many who seek oddly
dressed companions merely for the
sake of being conspicuous and diff
ferent, and still others who seem
genuinely attracted to each other.
There are a few. too, who, suffering
the pangs of loneliness that a big
city brings. grasp any opportunity
to have one with whom they may
converse.
Chorus girls patter Is a lingo that
few understand. 1t springs into
sudden popularity from nowhere.
1t is mostly supposedly bright,
catch phrase such as Yes, We have
no grapefruit" And "Snicker that
away" The phrase ANTS In the
chapeau" concerns one who has a
new love affair. Giving him the
bird" means love has grown cold.
Since Chuck Connors died ten years
ago the little sheaf of crooked
streets has had no ruler, but the
other day the merchants of China
town proclaimed Johnny Keyes as
mayor by giving him a diamond
studded watch. Johnny is a plump.
rosy-cheeked young man in his late
twenties who was raised in the at
mosphere of Chatham Square.
Johnny knows how to use his fists
and is noted for the brilliancy of his
shirts and scarves. The duties of
the mayor of Chinatown are some
what negligible aside from being
ready at all times day or night to
get bondsmen for those who have
run afoul the law.
They were evidently newlyrich
She was swathed in a Partisan crea-
tion and roped with pearls and he
was choking in a high collar and
stiff -bosomed shirt. In the middle
of a tense second act he sneezed.
You could hear her several seats
away saying: Charlie. l told you
to wear the red flannel chest pro-
tector."
Washington Square was not al
ways the artistic center II now is.
History shows that it was once the
Potter's Field in a yellow fever ep-
idemic and 100. 900 bodies were once
buried there: Still later 1t was the
site Of the town gallows. ond one
woman was hanged there.