The Novelty of the Cabaret Meal Has Worn Off: It is Time Other Things Had a Cabaret Accompaniment.

The Novelty of the Cabaret Meal Has Worn Off: It is Time Other Things Had a Cabaret Accompaniment.
The Novelty of the Cabaret Meal Has Worn Off: It is Time Other Things Had a Cabaret Accompaniment.

The Novelty of the Cabaret Meal Has Worn Off: It is Time Other Things Had a Cabaret Accompaniment.

Date1913
Artist (American illustrator and cartoonist, 1866–1933)
Illustration CitationPuck, February 12, 1913
MediumCommercial relief process with hand-coloring
Dimensionssheet: 14 5/16 × 18 9/16 in. (36.4 × 47.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-318
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ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextLouis Glackens cartoon imagines life if some (or all) events were accompanied by song and dance. The humor derived from the decade's introduction of the French "cabaret" (cafe with entertainment) to the New York scene, as several restaurants such as Delmonico's added singers and then dance floors. When a 1913 law forced New York cabarets to close by 2 a.m., membership clubs sprang up, staying open all night, becoming the first night clubs.


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