It is a strong will that can resist the displays which have been signed to coax the penny upon an errant way. A number of bright unusual ideas have made tempttation more attractive than ever, One of New York's most prominent department stores offers complete layettes for dolls. Can you imagine what the new generation has come to? The dolls, fortunate provided along ' with their birth-trousseaux, so their mothers are re lieved from any fundamental res-sensibilities, Another '500 candlepower idea, sponsored by one of the leading sports goods house, has aroused much interest. 'The indoor sport of circumventing the Prohibition Am-Jendment is a popular one, and this enterprising concern has' done its clever best to make it a dressy one, At first, mindful of its P's and Q's, the store tried to distribute the various articles used in drinking throughout its spacious building, but the public demanded easier access. Now a man-sized "barroom" has been built on the sixth floor, where these goods are sold There are two ways of indulging this pastime. One is to restore the quaint old customs, such as a heavy }wooden bar with a comfortable foot rail and sawdust on the floor, Then there is the method of stylizing th libations to the extent of rolling bars, crystal cellarettes, fancy fixings and a certain amount of de-
In its recently opened displays {this store has assembled every type of drinking equipment. the sturdy oak bar with burnt wood Jdesigns. Some prefer a bar decorated with Old English hunting and tavern scenes. The "cheerio bar"
an elegant folding arrangement ich, when not in use, looks. like Jan innocent piece of furniture.
The "mantle bar" ed 0 little of tasteful fare and so uch of tribe that the cutee are crabby in their reviews. Consequeny.
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"Here we are in the middle of Depression and the season isn't munch good. Couldn't the critics have heart and button their foils for 4 while to let things get started along Broadway?
'To which the conscientious criti headed by the dour and indomitable heywood Braun, retort. with the line, taken from one of Jimmie Forbes' plays:—"it's always a bum season for bun plays'
And they go 4 particularly in view of the Depres-Sion, it is unfair to entice into the theater some man or woman with a ini earned dollar to be spent on "only evening of recreation in a month, unless the play fs worth the Gollan." "Both actors and critics tall Pitifully about the necessity for and fect of living on sardines. and things, and altogether the situation is very, very aad,
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