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Jwhether we are going to have mixed Jdrinking after all. The recent activi-tes of the hotels, at least, suumgest that the old ce-education cocktail hour of the prohibition decade may soon die. The Chatham and Gotham Hotels have both opened bars for} ladies. They will tet a man come in, even permit him to satisfy his thirst, but only if he is accompanied by at escort. And the Ritz Carlton an-ounces the opening of a new bat into which woman will not even be permitted to peek-no matter how many droves of men escorts accompany; them. But there is always the "two: lby-twice" apartment with the conven' lent electric ice box and the equally fas convenient converted speak-easy fon the corner that sells gin andah the things one needs for a cocktail or Scotch and soda. It might also amuse you "to know that, with the advent fof spring, the Chatham Hotel will open sidewalk restaurant. Last Summer Joutdoor cafes sprung up like mushrooms around Washington Square Even the Brevoort and Longchamp+ set their tables out on the street discreetly surrounded by potted shrubs, and more than one thirsty soul anticipates beer somewhere in New York before the thermometer registers 100 in the shade.
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