CHRISTMAS EVE A LITTLE MORE THAN 'A BIT FLAT'
New York City (JFK+50) On December 25, 1922, the Herald reports a "sad Christmas eve" on Broadway* last evening as "the pall of Prohibition" cast its shadow.
It was a Sunday and Christmas eves were traditionally quiet, but apparently this one was particularly slow, the Herald stating...
"whatever it was, it left Broadway sad."
The populace seemed to "have lost heart or faith, or something." Christmas eve in New York City in 1922 was "little more than a bit flat."
*The Dutch originally called it Heeren Wegh or Straat (Gentlemen's Way), but it was renamed after the British took over New York City because of its unusual width.
SOURCE
"Pall of Prohibition Over Broadway In Sad Christmas Eve," The New York Herald, December 25, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
