The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-31
NeW York
DAY by Day.
BY 0. 0. M'INTYRE.

New York, May 31.-Chinatown's s
underworld. Sweaters are discarded
for white collars. There is only one
regulation Every fellow must have
his "podner' for the spiel. The
Chinatown balls were started by the
late Chuck Conners.
It is a rough and tough shinkick-
ing crew that gather each year for
the big event. 1t is given in a hall
in Doyer's street-one flight up and
gas.lit. Few Chinese attend but She
Bowery and Chatham Square are well
represented.
The grand march was led this year
by Margola Niekerson, the Bowery
duds. and his "skoit" Reba the Doll.
Margola was arrayed in a checkered
suit with a flaming red vest and
wore the pearl white derby as a
tribute to Chuck.
Reba the Doll wore a Grand Street
creation of green silk trimmed with
pink She has bowed to the hair
bobbing dictum uptown and her per-
oxide tresses were frizzed to fare
you.weIl. The opening overture was
THE Bowery, I'll Never Go There
Anymore
The dance started at 10 o'clock and
long after midnight when l left there
had been only two fisticuffs. Beezer
Duff swung one from the ankle on
"a stiff from uptown" who tried to
cut in while he was dancing with
Gold Tooth Fannie who is the pride
dealer off the arm at Beefsteaw
Johns hashery.
Most of the dollar-a-couple dancers
were we'll illuminated with "Bowery
smoke"-the varnish and acid hooch
that sells for 90 cents a shot. And
almost every male hip showed the
bulging Of a gat despite the stringent
New York law against packing a gun.
Among the ladies gold teeth were
plentiful and screaming vests ap-
peared to be the most dominating
factor of the male attire. There were
gangsters, stick-ups and dopes with
their blue serges.
The best flash OF humor at the
Chinatown ball was when at midnight
the duke of Essex street whanged a
table with his fists for order and
shouted: Ladies and gents. I'd like
to propose a little toast"
Nothing doing, Bo," said n rather
buoyantly bunned lady, Il want a
regular meal"
It Is said there is an understanding
with theatrical producerN that they
will not name any more theaters
after players. Just now there are
theaters named after AL Jolson, Jul
ian Eltinge, Nora Bayes. Maxine FL
lott, George NJ. Cohan, Henry Miller,
Peter DAILY. One Is named for a play
wright-The Broadhurst. Producers
who have theaters named for them
are Earl Carroll Sam II. Harris. Sam
8. Shubert, Mark Klaw, Oliver Mo
rosco, Edgar Selwyn and Harry
Frazee.
There Is smart haberdashery In
New York where clerks make from
$4,000 to $4,000 a year. They re
ceive Is per cent commissions on
all sales One told me of very rich
man cropping III one udy anu vi uti
ing two dozen shirts. 1T used to be. y
he told the clerk. that buying two
shirts was an adventure. Now all the
kick I get out Of buying two dozen
at time is to walk out without ask
ing the price"
Another little sartorial doo-dad
saw in this haberdashery for those
Brothers Fortunatus OF the bottom
less purse was a new type Of dinner
shirt. It has a hefty linen bosom and
cuffs and the body and sleeves are OF
soft and sumptuous China silk. The
tariff is s24 per shirt.
This daily little amiadversion start
Cd out in the squalor OF Chinatown
and plopped into the perfnmed haber-
dashery on the avenue. There ought
IN be some middle ground. Business
of thinking. o, yes, in my favorite
ham and eggery a fella next to me of
fered mo q job as head of crew OF
travelling soap salesmen. TITS nice
clean money" he said.
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