Show tir I 1 E Y ARE JAZZ MAD IN LOND LONDON night club fever sets in as gay life Is resumed MUM ENGLISH LEARN LEARH TO DANCE shortage of eligible young men puts crimp in dancing aspirations of many english girls resort to paid escort london making a night of it became almost a lost art in england during the late war the owl and 04 erlton briton were scarcely on speaking terms in the first place it patriotic to stay out at night then there anva was 9 the absence of II 11 lights ats the lie shortage of taxis the lie ban on dancing and the cothas so nights were spent in tied lied rind and the only time a londoner saw the sun rise was when lie he got up early to work in his allotment london once the gayest of cities became a silent tomb of somber grays and deep shadows after nine at night I 1 can remember when it was actually a penal offense to strike a match in the street but those who only saw it in ili wartime know the old place now I 1 the prays grays are purples purple now and tile lie lights are bright and roil red and in ale plc cadille circus they have four electric signs that flash on and off london has haq acquired the night fever from 11 p m to 3 a m hs become the recognized space pace 0 of time for worshiping at the shrine of terpsichore si how the night Is spent are you dancing tonight no longer menns means are you going to spend the lie hours bet between Neen dinner time and midnight lit at a hall or dub it means are you going to rectors to the grafton galleries or to bretts Rr etts picking up your party soine somewhere where about midnight and never thinking of going home until the milk mans horse has got his second mind ind and the pink finish of a london dawn colors colon the cold night mists then and not till tili then does one turn homeward in a private car it if one hns has one or a taxi if one can get one with perhaps a brief halt at the n nearest e or coffee stall for a cap cup of muddy fluid which tastes like nectar at that hour but which taken tal ell six hours later would spoil ones abole day cut but such Is night life in a big city 1 the night clubs of lon london on are B R pence peace product they ra range e from I 1 lh ilo ultra exclusive ones of ilond I 1 n street to the frankly democratic and even more so ones of leicester square and man clar li ii cross road loaft clubs to suit stilt the tite and deplete ie pocketbook book of every one london has its closing hour and that la Is ten at none of the clubs or dance halls Is any form of 0 ii toxic atin liquor sold openly Osten sl bly one does it tm on pink lenio lemonade natle find and elder cider cup unless one lias has a large hip pocket or knows the proprietor livery every place in london which dl dispenses jazz music and french pastry during tile the wee sma hours lioci Is a club in ili most of them membership con consists merely of filling in a form at the door many however are sure enough clubs whore only members and their guests may dinv dance of the lie former class re tors on tottenham court road Is un quest lont bibly tho the most popular need less to say it lias bris an american arche tra all the dance clubs have bands that are tithe knier lonn or good imitations of american musicians rectors Hec tors draws the theatrical crowd folk from behind the he footlights an a well veil as those who have been to it show wil aai 1 are arc out to make a night ot it it charges chang eq 5 a ticket or for a couple which includes a light very light buffet supper london Is jazz mad they are learning in to lance dance over here and when an englishman dances lie he likes to pet get plenty of exercise woe to the slow SIONY or tender of foot when the band strikes dij nij up a fast one step the shortage of eligible young men ha has of cour course put a severe beere crimp in hi the dancing aspirate ins of many english girls kni hm led to tile paid escort 11 us usually itally nn hn amiable youth with enchanted feet and suave lipil ballroom room manners and a rented dress suit quit |