minimum Mon. to Thurs. St. Moritz, Restaurant de la Paix, 50 Central
Park S.; dinner $2.00; no minimum Mon. to Fri. St. Regis, 5th Ave. and
55th St.; Iridium Room: formal dress required; dinner $3.50; cover
$1.50 after 10 p.m.; La Maisonette Russe: dinner a la carte; cover $1.50
after 10 p.m. Savoy Plaza, Cafe Lounge, 5th Ave. and 59th St.; cocktail
and supper dancing only; a la carte; minimum $2.00. Shelton, Shelton
Corner, Lexington Ave. and 49th St.; dinner a la carte; minimum $1.00
after 10 p.m. Taft, The Grill, 7th Ave. and 50th St.; dinner from $1.00;
no minimum. Towers, Penguin Room, 25 Clark St, Brooklyn; view of
harbor; dinner from $1.00. Waldorf-Astoria, Empire Room, Park Ave.
and 49th St.; dinner from $1.75; cover $1.50 after 10:30 p.m. Warwick,
Raleigh Room, 6th Ave. and 54th St.; cocktail and supper dancing only;
a la carte; minimum Si.00 after 10:30 p.m.

SHOPPING

For Manhattan shopping areas and description see map on next page.
The chief shopping areas in other boroughs are: Fulton St. from Flatbush
Ave. to Borough Hall, Brooklyn; Jamaica Ave. in the vicinity of 168th St,
Queens; 149th St. and 3d Ave, the Bronx.

AMUSEMENTS

For information and current attractions apply to individual theater or
night club, or consult amusement section of newspapers or the magazines
New Yorker, Stage, and Cue. Amusement places—legitimate and motion
picture theaters, night clubs, and concert halls—are concentrated in the
Times Square area, 42d St. to 59th St. between 5th and 8th Aves. (see
map on page 169).

Legitimate Theaters

There is no fixed theatrical season, although most new plays open in
the fall. The opera season begins in November with the opening of the
Metropolitan Opera House. Theater tickets are available at many places
other than box offices. Leading hotels have theater ticket agencies. Other
agencies are located in the Times Square area, most of the well-established
ones charging 75c per ticket above the box-office price for their services.
Telegraph companies will reserve and deliver tickets at a small charge.
Traditional matinee days are Wednesday and Saturday; some matinees are
held Thursday. The average price range for tickets is $1.00 to $3.00.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE THEATERS. Since some of these theaters
do not advertise their attractions, it is advisable to phone the individual
theater for all information. Chinese: New China Theater, 75 East
Broadway. French: French Theater of New York, Barbizon-Plaza,
6th Ave. and 58th St. Italian: Giglio Parkway Theater, 3d Ave. and
172d St, the Bronx; Peoples Theater, 201 Bowery; Sun. only. Yiddish: