The evening world. Newspaper, July 14, 1920, Page 21

WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1920 ™ Gotham’s High Cost of Loving! ° iy No Parlors Now for Cupid (! dilemma for New Yorkers. In all the ducted between profiteering landlord and the deep sea of propriety Increasing Rents Have Brought About the “Passing of the Parlor”; “How Copyright, “Don't love in Gotham— You've got no place to go; You can't hide in the subway Or on the roofs, you know! The cop that's on the corner Hae got hia eve on you— Don't love in Gotham— You'll be ‘pinched’ if you do!" 0 sang Tom Masson—or, in words S fo that effect—some ten years ago, but the tragi-comic warn- ing Is Just ten times as true this sum- mer, For one of the problems of 1920 in merry old Manhattan is the H. C. of L., which in this connection should he translated the High Cost of Lov- ing! Cupid knows It always has been @ ide streets, east or west, there isn’t a plazza with rambler roses cuttafning it and @ hammock swung across one corner, built around a drooping elm or broad @preading maple, there isn’t a lovers’ Jane.or a Ben Bolt “nook by a cool running brook.” there isn't a circular eeat No got, Ne can do. courting must be con- the devil of the But now For the simple truth is almost no New Yorker can afford jo have a parlor for his daughter's beaux, that daughter herself’ can't Hind a house with a parlor in it, if she is boarding. The rent laws passed at Albany do not prevent anybody from ejecting Cupid. And he is quite literally put out on the sidewalk—or into the park. ‘The easiest way for the “new poor" —the thousands with stationary sal- ariea—to pay their rent is simply to jet an outsider pay rent for that extra room, once the courting parlor. The tenements long ago learned to use the “roomer’ to cope with the landlord, The flats and apartments are profiting by.the lesson, As for the boarding-house landladtes, who can blame those harassed women for filling every room under their roofs to help pay the butcher and the baker President Hibben of Princeton was complaining recently about the frank- ness and lack of reserve between the young men and women of to-day, but even these candid gouls have not reached -the point where they'll do thelr courting in the bosom of their 66777 VERY once in a while” said Friendly Patron watched a fly on @ piece of ple shuffling fte bind lands together, “somebody comes in stage. They seem to think that, if I don’t come to the rescue, the show business will all go biooey, but they forget I get three squares a day in here and don’t have to worry about dhe dramatic critics saying I ought to be playing the well instead of Rebeo- ca in ‘Rebecca at the Well,’ and all that sort of stuff." “Have you bad an offer lately? asked ‘the Friendly One. “Offer? Say, all I get te talk,” Lu- \cile went on, “They was a fella in re @ while ago who brought up the subject. He gives me the once-over fand says, ‘Lucile, why don’t you try, ithe show game?" “Dry it?’ L says. ‘Has it committed ny ‘more crimes than usual? “Nix on the merry guff!' he says. ‘I'm serious. You ought to bein the Rehorus pulling down your forty per d living easy,’ “re What makes you think that, tf you can think at all?’ I “*You got a good shape,’ he says. ‘Is that so? I says. ‘Well, did you 6 in here to compare me to Bemus: tad or to gurgle a ham ih No Spooning On River Boats Park Benches Only Solace Lvcile the Waltress Lucile the waitress, aa the here and tells me I ought to go on the Can Nice Girls Make Love Publicly ?”” Ask the Old Maids. By Marguerite Dean. 1920, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Bvening World.) families. If the parlor and solitude @ deux is not for them, then neither: is the family living room! Hence it is that there never were so many spooners in Central Park as there are to-day—I mean to-night. every bench is a kissing beych. And the rush is such that two loving couples often are forced to seek accommodations on the same bench! Not even the rain drives them eff When it pours too hard they simply seck refuge in the tunnels. The Park oops are being worn out by their job as civic chaperones; the Park squir- rela, from being interested, and then shocked, are now merely bored, And the deep sea of propriety is much vexed, “How can nice girls make love so publicly!” indignantly xclaim the old maids of either sex ‘Nothing like that goes with us,” de- elares the Hudson River Day. Line, or, lo quote exactly its recent an- nouncement, “All spooning is tabooed from the decks of the boats. We re- quest that the conduet of the young people shall be above criticism, The young women can help largely to control the situation.” Maybe hey take Mr Masson’ jon't love in Gotham.” But if a nice young clerk 1s so Il advis to fall in love with a nice young stenographer, will you tell m how they can do their courting He can't y it with flowers,” theatre tickets, candy—nice candy. e articles are in the luxury 88, nowada: even for ardent Ps lovers. She has'no parlor in which she can receive him. They can't af- ford to go to a decent restaurant and buy enough lemonades, after dinner, to give them the privilege of spend- Ing the evening there. ‘There remain the park, the seat on top of the ibus, the Coney Island boat —public enough, henven knows, but at least populated by strangers and not by @ too observant family, - There is also the sapient scheme of the rookie who took his girl to the Penn- sylvania Station, rushed to the gate with her when @ train was an- nounced, bade her a fond, an oseu- lntory farewell—then sneaked back to the waiting room and encored the performance when the gates were opened for the next departing train, and the next and the next! vs but the much criti cheek dancing is not mer a pathetic attempt to make love | the face of a cold and hostile world “Romance is dead, but all unsee: romance jazzed up at nine-fitteen,” to paraphrase Mr. Kipling. But don't let anybody think he has solved the housing problem until he brings back the beau parlor or us a just-as-good substitute. ‘I come in to eat,’ he says, “but 1 got eyes, ain't 17 ‘Eyes ain't what counte thee days, I says. ‘It's brains,’ “Well, Fil tell you what I'l do,’ he says. ‘I'll see Dave Belasco and get him to put you in one of his new plays, He'll rig you up in sceary that'll make you look’ really pretty. “Well, you know and I know that when a’ guy gets fresh enough to 1.- cinderate you ain't got any too much beauty, it's time to put the skids un- der him and grease his track. I gave him one look. orn haye you know,’ I says, 'T What is It you need then?’ that fresh thing a “*AN I need,’ I says, ‘Is to have a bevy of bone-hends like you cluster about me. Then I'll be a raving beauty by comparison.’ “Well, sir, I wisht you could ‘a'secn him. He turns six colors and pretty soon he gulps down the last vestibula of the sandwich and starts away, lie don't even drop me the usual dime, but I just grin, knowing I've bumped him Insthe concelt. That's the way to handle that kind of boab ” “Would you go on the stage if the opportunity presented itself?" asked the Friendly Patron, “Not for my own betterfication alone,” replied Lucile, seriously, "But, of course, {f I could help out Dave Belasco, I'd give it a whirl. Why not? He ain't never done nothing to hurt me, has he? And they tell mo he's got @ family to support,” being he Building cave one-piece OW we know why the cave man conducted his domestic ments with a club worega one-piece 1 If you don't Co-operative Fashion Exhibition, now 1 in the Bush ‘Terminal Sales f Cooper Union, ool of Indus- Association Clas thelr designs our fashions run bi or woman take it from me that the designs of bathing suits in the exhi- have ‘been worn man dition could y students New York Evening 5 trial Art and the Bivuklyn Teachers’ Take it from them ish the fact that ck almost to the period," BOR RMN RM yt) yh ae Pat ‘ " ai - a Freer: agazine Costumes Invented by Cave Men for Their Wives Revealed by New York Students Second Century Coptic Debutante Affected the Debutante Slouch—Pajama Trousers Not New Many Egyptian Girls Wore Them B. C. FROM A GREEK KRAY ‘TER VASE They kven Made Gowns That Suggested Sacred Pigeons; And Think of It ;They Wore One- Piece Bathing Suits. pe See ae A MOYEN AGE EFFECT. By Marguerite Mooers Marshall. believe it, esta ng argue His wife thing suit go to the A Youthful Coat From Paris ay girl, carried out'in rose soft satin and trimmed with ruching and feathers. and OUTSIDE of cave circles. 1 hate to think of the blushing agonies into which these aesthetically charming suits by Constance Reed would throw a Coney Island cop. One of them hus a skirt, to be eure—but, clearly, grasa skirt. Cavé fashions, but As bury Park was never like this! And from cave days down to these, the husbands and the other militant moralists must always have found fashions worthy of. their 42-centi- metre adjectives. Ap from the clever sketch of C Coptic ingenue of the second century had the debutante slouch. It's the only way In which she could have shown oft properly the mealbay blouse, taken, according to the de- signer, from a Coptic vase and fall- ing imply over what logks like one of the season’s most popular modes— an accordion pleated skirt, Mias Boll also shows a black velvet slip-on, with Ita border, from the third century B. C, in Egypt—and worn with pajama trousers, I should judge the ensemble makes the sort of negligee or breakfost costume which one may find on the broad plazas of Long Island country houses this sum- mer. Speaking of Exypt, the Exyptian sacred pigeon must have been some bird. For 4t 1s held responsible for @ practically backless evening gown, the skirt upheld by tiny bead strops made of pussy willow meteor draped with black georgette and printed with’ huge gay posles, This exceedingly smart affair was created by Regina Farrell J. K. Brightbiit from a Greek crater fourth century B. C., the inspiration for his purple silk velvet evehing gown, with a gold Groek border run- ning down the front, and around the neck. The frock {# gleeveless and open at either side from shoulder to hem—although the opening seems to be filled in with a bit of gold gvuse, The headitess of purple feathers wug- gests something at least as majestic as Hera Athene, and if any Athe- nian siren appeared in such a cos- tume—no wonder Greek husbands were faithless! Even the Moyen Age evening gown, designed by John Conover, has a sort of dy Godiva effect from the knee- caps down. Another frock, of blue duvetyn, the says he derived vase of the NEW FINLAND CANAL. + The new Government of Finland ts planning to make Lake Ladoga, which has an area of 7,000 square miles, ac- cessible to sea-going vessels by cut- ting @ canal to the Gulf of Finland, tunic is put designer, ending just the up to the Byzantines by Ruth EB. Hutchins, daytime dress also has the extre’ above DESIGN SUGGESTED BY EGYPTIAN SACREO PIGEON: eS a chic street dress designed by B helow trouser short sleeve ending just elbo nspired by the Turkish costume,” GILIIMNPRSTES LONTP'O soit. | SUOPS The skirt of striped gc below s witn the jacket in plain color is a combination that has had a great vogue in Varis and it is Being received with favor re. A real Frenchy look! of the shops f ri of navy and wh u straight loose blue poplin, Prett ribbons in monotone forw being shown in pink and blue, The Hy suitable for camisoles and are ninety ive cents a yard. There ts a knack in tying a pretty hair bow and there are mothers who have not acquired it, But they can buy a smart bew attached fastener, #o it need ne one dollar, ‘They ean be had in the plain and figured ribbons. Ortole 48 one of this soason's new shades, It 13 a shade of orunge tinted rose blended with @ tone of capuctn It looked decidedly charming used as @ taffeta facing for the ox and cuffs on a navy-blue taffeta blouse It Was also employed in the embrol- dery om the same blouse. Oriole ts largely used tn garment embroideries and in hat trimmings, A prominent Fifth Avenne shop is featuring undergarments made up a new cotton crape that ls exquis in texture, It is very soft and has a me i finish that gives the faly a silvery effect, 1 y i syed are charmin the mly trimming be nv white satin ribbon 1 Mbbon flowers, Union suits Just ike dnady we are now being Bhown for the Junio They come in th and are cut ‘They ha’ buttons for the outer tabs for the garters #o they the of & Waist and the youngsters now be delightfully cool « fortable. The manufacturers h thought of the girl ‘union sutt with ble in white blue, pink and blu There is a great demand tn Parts for reversible coats at appeared in our shope the mountain renorts t of leather lined with atrip that can be worn with skirts. This idea ts also carric out fn an evening cape in black waxed satin Mned with coral velvet ond trimmed with black monkey fur. Whether worn as a black or coral cape it Ie rich and charmingly lux- can hardly Here arrived steamship Amsterdam, the full skirt ga thered in just the knees to suggest Turkish the gay turban matebing ng, wide, fringed sash, One blame: Turkish jus- for desiriig to veil the lady ars this costume Something Unique in tripes SENSRA CATALANI. Is a photogra In this port o SB. ph of Mrs. Guiseppe Catalani, wife of the Italian Ambassador to Venezuela, 8. A., who n board the WEDNESDAY, G50 CHADEDONES JULY 14, Her Job Is to Protect Chickens From Hard Boiled Eggs, Which Is Fair Enough, of Course, By Neal R. O'Hara. , Cop rinnt 1020, by ‘The Press Pubtiehing Co, (The New York Rrening Worl.) Or of the leading commodities that’s suffered from @ cancellation of" orders this summer is the chaperone. The chaperones are pragti- iA o4 cally the only thing in ladies’ clothes for which there is no demand. There, a isn't even a call for damaged chaperones, with bum eyes and deaf ears, years ago a dame wouldn't think of going out at night with’ But you've also got to fignre that twenty years ago @ Twenty out a chaperone The Person in the’ Middle ts 5 Welcome the Landlord. 4 Td vel ~~ dame wouldn't think of going out at night without a petticoat. It only goes to prove that chaperones may come and petticoats may go, but their» giris run out forever. Almost any fratl with a nail file in ber vanity case to-day is safer than a chaperone in her vicinity, If ahe's got to have something hanging around her at night a Jane prefers summer furs. Protectors were 0. K. in the days of the minuet, when a chaperone could lay eyes on all a dame's move- ments, But the shimmy has changed things around. When a Jane gues out to a shim dance now you need a chaperone to keep track of her shoul- ders and a chiropodist to wateh her feet. Shifting the two-steps to one- steps hasn't reduced the chaperone's work by 50 per cent. ‘The lassie, her swain and the chaperone are the eternal triangle of puppy love. But any dame i# at a disadvantage with a chap at her cheek and a chaperone at her elbow, The chaperone rule is the Volstead Act of the united state-of rapture, And the chaperone Is the trailing arbutus in the Garden of Love. Adam and Eve were without chap- erones and got along O. K. And when Noah took two apiece of the earth's inhabitants there were no chaperones on his passenger list. In all the ages of Biblical history the only pair that really needed a chap- erone were Sodom and Gomorrah, Yea, bo! ¢ The Jarr By Irow IL. Fit C Copyright, 1Va, by The Prefs Pubitaning Co. (The New York Mrening World.) KS. JARR had not arisen trom Ve ae dow to greet her spouse when he had turned hie latehkey in the lock and entered, "L said, ‘How you was?" remarked Mr. Jarr, coming over to where she wat and kissing her on her half avert- ed cheek, “I suppose you care a great deal how I feel,” eld Mrs. Jarr in a dole- ful tone ‘Sure I do!” waa the cheery re- joinder. “Anything gone wrong?” “Oh, what's the use of talking like that? You don’t mean it." “Yes, ido, Cheer up! Cherries are ripe!” suid Mr, Jarr joyously, Mra. Jarr took the assertion as to the ripeness of cherries with no per- ceptible exultation. “Anybody worrying you? Anything worrying you?” he asked, “Yea, everybody's worryin, everything Is worrying m Mrs. Jarr. And a tear rolled down hor . “What's the use of anything!" she added, “Wihy, everything {# all right!” cried Edward Jarr, optimist. “We have @ nice home, alce children. Our hentth Is good, we are no deeper in debt than we generally are, I've got « From “The New Bath Gutde"— A cap like a hat (Which was once a cravat) Part gracefully plaited and pin'd is, Part stuck upon gauze, Resembles macawe And all the fine birds of the Indies. But above all the rest, A bold Amazon's crest Waves nodding from shoulder, At once to surprise And to ravish all eyes, To frighten and charm the beholder. shoulder to In short, head and feather And wig altogether, With wonder and joy would delight e} Like’ the pisture I've sven Of the adorable 4 Of the beautiful And skidding into a later age, take, .. a look at Juliet. If Romeo and Julle had had @ chaperone Shakespeare wouldn't have had a plot. One chap erone in the opening act would haven! busted up the show. When Rome, called for his baby doll there'd have been a roughhouse Instead of a bal- cony scene and @ one-act skit instead, of a play r The same thing goes for Bertha, | the Beautiful Sewjng Machine Girl, and Nclili¢é, the Beautiful Cloak | Model. Both these beautiful gala swept past long lines of villains’ mus taches for years and years without blemish on their makeup and with- out a chaperone In the wings. and Bertha proved that heaven will protect the working girl so long as. she works two matinees and six” nights y week and observes all dater. less Sundays. The chaperone's job is to protect — chickens fiom hard boiled eggs, which Is fair enough, of course, Th chief kick is that the chapple stayé on the job all night when {t only takes fiye minutes to detect a Hurif”’ boiled egg. You cawt expect Cupid « od 10 Nettie ! ony to start firiug darts with an innocent™ bystander im the way, And you can’t expect two hearts to beat as one an alarm clock butting in. No, jn- deed! Love is blind—and chape: should b. handicapped that way empty © good Job, you've got a new drém and 4 new hat. I think we're lucky.” Mra. Jarr did not think #0, evi- dently, for her spirits failed to rive ut Lhe pleasant picture of the present that Mr. Jarre described. Whereupon) he presuged the future glowingly. “I'm to get @ raise of salary, I feet, sure.” Me He didn't feel sure, but he thought the statement would cheer her. “Uncle Henry's got lots of money and when he dies he'll surely leave it to us, We'll send Willie to college and we'll go to Paim Beach in winter and I'll buy you all the finest clothes you, want and”— ea “Don't ‘talk foolish," wht Mrs, Jarre “When you see I'm not feeling well, why do you come ah4 make fun of me? We'h never be better off than we are now, Things are only going trom bad to worse—" “We're better off than a lot of othem people are,” replied Mr. Jarr. “Die boas 1s worried to death about busi- nss and bis wife was snubbed by #o- clety at Newport. and her drens: maker disappointed her about e ing her three hew dresses. I saw di telegram to her husband.” Mrs. Jarr sat up and took notice, “And the Stryvers,” continued Mr, Jarr. “Stryver's betng sued for fraud for wtock swindling, It's table to get in the papers and ruin him and ‘he may go to Jail” “1 have no sympathy for those Stryvers. (Not one bit!" sald Mra, Jarre, eagerly. “And Rangle has been sick a week and his office docked his pay, end. Mrs. Biyins hag left her husband ane is suing him for divorce and has a tached his’ money in the bank and ty.” one 6 said that man Biving , I always said it! Well, she found him out!" sald brightening up. nd Mra, Hickett was down to me to-day,” Mr, Jare went on. wants to get @ loan on ber. property; but it's al heavily mortgaged. That worthless son of hers is arrested for passipg; his proper “lalwa no goo! giac Ji bad checks again.” ' “And speaking of bad lvok, te Selvedges, who are always talkifat nut their incomes—thelr money 4s) 1 up in «a law sult,” inter«| 4 Mra. Jarr, i Th you see!” said Mr, Jarr, “other people are @ lob worse oI than we are! “Yea,” all th ia it don't eo Jarr, 5 a bad after alll” ' ‘ eee neers ee see