Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1919 — WHAT’S TO BECOME OF US? [ARTICLE]

WHAT’S TO BECOME OF US?

New York is on the verge of hysterics. The approach of July 1 is alarming enough, but now comes Governor Smith with the statement that in the future it is possible chorus girls will not be permitted to appear on the stage after 10 p. m. New York night without the girls of the chorus —an egg without salt; beans without pork, steak without onions, a bird with one wing! From the Battery to Harlem a curdling horror fills the breast of Manhattan citizenry. The bravest are the palest. And their fears are justified. For what* is the reason for existence in New York at all, if not for the charms of the chorus?