The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-07
LOOSE MONEY AND LOOSE
MORALS |NINEW YORK
PLENTY OF BOTH IN AMERI-
CAN METROPOLIS, BUT THE
SOUSE NOT so NUMEROUS.
MONEY FLOWS LIKE WATER


Is Example of How the Sucker Is
Trimmed. Song and Dance Shops
Greet One Everywhere.
NEW YORK.-The men who are
in touch with night life here say that
overwhelming is not so prevalent as it
was. We went through period of al
coholic insanity year or so ago. 1t
was not uncommon to see drunken
boys and girls of 20 years or so in
any hotel lobby at night One still
sees them, but not so many. 1t is not
smart"
AT that" say the doctors with
practical unanimity, "the younger
generation is pretty loose"
Boys With Big Rolls.
Not to be wondered at 1t is prob
able that in no city in the world has
there been as much loose and easy
money as in New York. Count the
$4,000 runabouts driven by mere kids
on the avenue Read the police reports
about the strings of pearls and dia-
monds lost by women who were mere
ly taking their dogs for walk. Not
long ago a $4,000 apartment was
good for coolies of Sunday stories,
Now there are hundreds that range
from $20,000up. A boy of Is was seen
the other day with roll of bills that
he could hardly jam into his pocket.
At least two on the outside were Of
1000 each. Dads money, of course.
Not much of this money has been
seasoned by time 1t is still new to
the owners. The only way they can
prove to the world that they have it
is by spending it. One bought a yacht
not long ago. 1t is lying at anchor
somewhere, with a full crew aboard.
Now and then he sends a party Of
friends out for a good time. He never
goes himself, because he. gets sick.
Another bought some old masters at
reputed cost of hundreds OF thous-
ands of dollars. He cannot remember
the names Of the painters.
Many Cabarets Fail.
Rambling about town one is forever
observing gaps in the cabaret ranks.
A song and dance shop opens with a
flourish, spends a lot of money on wall
painting and eccentric lights and then
unobtrusively fades away. If the own
ers were making money. they would
continue. The obvious conclusion IS
that they lost. Because here and there
are highly successful cabarets, promo
tiers are always able to find some new
hacker to take a chance.
The successful places may be sharp
1y divided into two classes and both
give value'received for the money. The
one exacts an exorbitant cover charge,
but it gives a worthwhile entertain
ment. The other offers fairly good
meal, good dancing floor and excel
lent music. The places that fail have
been operated on the theory that any
one who goes out after dark IS neces-
sarily a sap. One such lost $1,000 in
three weeks Another dropped more
because it held on longer.
Want Their Moneys Worth
In city of 100000 people plus a
daily floating population of half mil
lion there is a considerable number
who are willing to spend from SIS to
$40 each for a good time at night. But
the time must be good Sometimes
the time is not worth the money. Next
time the visitor confines his order to
ginger ale and salad. He may find
on his bill:
Ginger ale, 81 a bottle. Cover
charge, "a. Salad, 81"
He spreads the news among his
friends. Pretty soon the cabaret clos
es and more money has been lost.
The visitor to New York supports
the places where the aim is to trim
the sucker. He is touted by bellboys,
hotel walters and cabmen on a per
centage basis. Somewhere in his bill
is included the money that goes to
Giuseppe. who breathed over his
shoulder at lunch and told him where
to go that night. He is out for a big
time in the big town anyhow, and II
he spends a bit more than he expect
ed he charges it to the morning head
ache.
The man from Squeedunk or Pos
sumtrot furnishes the cabarets good
picking. He is constantly dropping in
on the city. While here he feels 1t his
bounden duty to sow few wild oats,
and when the harvest has been gath
cred he has that dark brown taste and
discovers that the kale he brought
from the rural district has disappeared.