The morning call., 1893-04-02

expressed Irish art, who subsequently had
to leave Australia in hurry for openly
disparaging the Duke of Edinburgh. then
on visit to the antlpodes; Frank Trevor,
the tenor, was a sort Of star in the Ivy
Green, because he had wrenched his
name to Trevor, Welsh form, from
O'Neill an Irish one-O'Neill, in his Opin-
ion, would not look we'll on an operate
three-sheet poster; and taat gloomy and
peculiar basso, John de Haga, handsome
fellow, but SO constitutOnally lazy that
his ambition was to return to London
and take service as footman in some aristo-
cratic family. Several years afterward I
stood in the room of house at Sandridge,
the port OF Melbourne. where De Haga had
blown out his brains. They were heavy
drinkers, these ministrants from the temples
of Thespis and Euterpe, but very light
payers.
But, more than any other class Of visitors
to her little Bacchic retreat, Mistress Ellen
Moon liked to see about her the reporters
on the city press. The Press Club-the first
organized in the city-was then located in
Dunbar alley, where the MOrgue is located
There Is only dead matter there now, but 1t
was gay place In 1S6O-62. 1t was selected,
according to Ned Knight, the clubs
acknowledged leader, because of its con-
tiguity to the old City Hall and for the con-
venience in obtaining the Police Court Items,
which formed the bulk Of the local news
of that day, but the real reason was that the
room was near the Ivy Green. | used to
think Ellen" as the pressmen familiarity
called this pleaSant-laced landlady, had a
sense Of protection with the knights of the
gull! near At any rate. she suffered ire
mendOuSly MT their hands in the matter Of
eating and drinking But as
They were the darlings of her heart.
And they lived In her alley,
She did not seem to mind the expense If
she could have their company. Ned
knight was the most Suave and insinu-
ating member of the Press Club. He was
a bon Vivant epieure, and all the rest of it.
Every member depended upon him for the
little episodes that might contribute to the
general enjoyment. He was a great favorite
with Ellen. Occasionally Oh a hot morning
during the summer time conversation
similar TO the one following would occur
between the dashing Ned and the COM
PLEASANT landlady:
"Good-mornlng. Ellen" Knight would
say, entering briskly, dressed point device,
In the latest fashion, but always in draD,
because. coming from a Quaker family, he
respected the traditions OF his people in re-
gard to color in dress. "GoOd-mornng
you're looking as brightly as nature is out
Of doors; but how hOtt is, my dear Ellen.
What a morning for a fruit breakfast! I'll
mix the salad for the boys before they 90
to work, if you'll send down to the market
and get nice lot of fruit. Then a few bot
ties Of that last wine you've got in, and the
thing will be complete. Come, now" Seeing
signs of reluctance on the landlady's par),
don't be afraid, you'll lose nothing. The
boys will chip ill.,"
Ellen generally provided the daInties de-
sired, but, 1t is needless to say, the boys"
rarely, if ever. Clipped"
what blessing such woman would be
to our Press Club OF to- dayl
An, that old gang of reporters Ned
knight, John B. Urmy, John c. Ceremony,
FATHER Taylor, Judge Ssckett William
Hueiner, George Dawson, Elisha Rock well,
Theodore Hittell, Harry Livingstone. See
on can count them on your fingers Now.
we have q smarm of them They are
all dead. believe, those old reportorial PEN
wleldefs, who did such good work in their
time. All but Hittell, and Harry Living
stone who still continues to shoulder his
crutch and show how journalistic fields
were won. Knight drlfted off into
other pursuits before he died, but was
unhappy. l think the gayety of his nature
died out when the Ivy Green faded. John
Urmy went into the army with General
Conner, and finally out of life by the
means Hamlet once contemplated. Father
Taylor died in the bosom of his family in
this city, respected TO the last Judge
S Sgtc became insane from oYerwork on
HlntOn's Telegram and by advancing years
aud so be passed away. William Huefner
reported for the German papers and was
marshal for the California Pioneers for
many years. He suffered good deal, but
finally found surcease of his physical mis-
later commends to all lips. John C..
Ceremony, like Bardoph and Pistol, followed
the wars, going down to Arizona as
captain OF a cavalry company unte
Colonel Sims in General CarleLon's COM
mand. he returned to this city much the
worse Tor wear, Joined Carmsny's CONNER
cal paper IS editor, and-mirabile dictU =
| died from eating tOadstool which he mis-
| took for mushroom. The expression of
surprise is justified, because Ceremony
prided himself as an expert on all matters
connected with the cuisine. George Daw-
son drlfted off to Virginia CITY, New He
was an escaped mdshipman, it was given
out, from 4 British man-of-war, and was
lately embaImed by Dan de guile in some
| of his early recOlleetinns. Whether DaW-
! son be dead or living l know not
James Michael Heating was the bar
Keeper OF the Ivy Green in the early sixties,
and became proprietor of the place after
| the tragedy occurred which l will relate
! further on. His widow still owns the prop
! erty. He remained In tins place till ap-
pointed Superintendent of the City and
| County AlmshOuse, position he held till
| his death, which occurred recently. Keat-
ing was solid and trustworthy man, but
like good many others at that time he
had been in some degree The football OF for
tune. Before taking his place behind the
bar of the Ivy Green he was in the conf
denee of Henry Hale Haskell, who made
him messenger for the Adams Express
NoHl pahy between oau FRANCISCO ana New
! York, where he remained till the company
was absorbed by Wehs-Fargo. Then he
was adrift on the sea Of chance,
where ports CT refuge are not nu-
merous. Heating took advantage of the
first one that offered. Tho Ivy Green"
proved to be lucky finding for him under
the circumstances, sort of local political
school, as ii we're, where he made a line of
acquaintance and learned those lessons in
small politics which enabled him to gain
and hold the position afterward that he so
ably and honorably filled. AT the time he
was playing the role Of Ganymede, cup
bearer for the early Olympians who basked
in the grateful shade of the Ivy, Heating
was fine looking man. BE was straight
as an arrow and had good manner. nice
address that made him many friends.
Born in Liverpool, England. of Irish