The Washington herald., 1922-07-11
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new fork, July lo.-A super little
shop with a gilded crest on its door
has opened near the st. Regis. A
lackey. silver buckled knee pants
and all that. stands at either side
OF the entrance with arms folded in
the musical comedy fashion of an
nouncing the duke.
Swarfish trees line the steps and
from the street one expects a crash
Of cymbals and an eruption of ira
la-laing. garland-strewing cory
phees. Its haughtiness is SO over
whelming that the innocent prole-
tariat passing by. come to a full
stop and circle to the curb on tip
toe.
Injured to snubs by many years of
contact with head-waiters and box
office attendants, mounted the
steps. One of the lackeys- unbent
long enough to hand me a carriage
check-what a joke on him-and
snapped back into his plastic pose.
Inside was a long table with
magnificently carved high back
chair at each end but no Official
greeter was visible. A fter a time
rather expected q sepuIchral voiced
automaton to ask me to step this
way to view the remains"
The tomb-like silence lasted for
ten minutes while / jingled my
quarter against the Columbian half
dollar. Then soft steps on the
stairs and the prince regent swept
int H.
dropped his his. my dears, is no.
body's business. With his presence
came the soft strains of muted pipe
organ.
He inquired to know my desire"
in robes. All my life I've been
desirer. but robes have never be-
come a consuming passion. There
are only a few of us old-fashioned
night shirt guys left anyway. He
wanted to show me something in
morning. afternoon and evening
robes" and led me up the stairs to
where some collsr-ad boys paraded
in lounging robes OF every hue
from salmon pink to robins egg
blue. They come IN sets. No less
than three to each customer.
! think the lackeys hissed me as
l passed out. Although to be fair
they might have had asthma.
Lincoln J. Carter has been called
back to Broadway from the peace
of the Illinois countryside to add a
touch of his melodramatic abracad-
abra to the cinema. 1t has been
fifteen years since he visited the
metropolis and in that period the
melodrama has had its ups and
downs until the Bowery was it's only
haven. Carter's Fast Mail" long
the delight of the gallery gods. has
been revived for the f1lm. 1t is
being done by William Fox with the
usual Fox fair for thrills Carter
wrote more than a hundred melo-
dramas. They were clean plays in
which virtue was ever triumphant.
His villains, entering to the pluck
ing of violin strings. wore riding
boots, silken mustaches and natty
hunting coats. The gal" always
returned to the parental roof as
the storm ragged and while the or
chestrs played Hearts and Flowers"
Honest Jim was there. too. Spurn-
ed for the city chap he forgave free
| ly in that rugged way of his'n. But
at that they beat the present day
sex plays by couple of city blocks.
Gabrihajhaj is Turkish rug
| dealer who is q confirmed Broad
| wayite-always at the first nights
| and a ring-sider at the midnight
| supper clubs. He is considered one
| OF the best fox-trotters along the
| Eilded way and his acquaintance
| among theatrical folk is on par with
| the late Diamond Jim. Another re-
| splendent figure in the night life of
Manhattan is Billy the Oyster Mar.
| His oyster bar for years has been
one of the meeting places for
| theatrical folk.
Down on Lafayette street are
| many Turkish lighthouses. In one
the details of the Herman Rosenthal
] murder were planned. There are
| plain clothes men who haunt them
| in search of clues leading to the
| solving of crimes. East Side crimi-
nails usually prime themselves with
drugs and liquor before doing their
murders and afterward they rush
| to the baths to hide and boil out"
! Two detectives of the New York
force act as "rubbers' in the bath
| houses from time to time.