The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-23
TIE PASSING OF "MORY'S.'
ANOTHER FAMOUS rkLE IHsTITU-
TIOy CHANGES HANDS.

nfnHWlfIluH uuiV ~ AaANNH hheh tbt htN
owner Means to DisreRard tho Traditions
or Temple Bar +. ans 'souiet Homo ana
Sell riebeian Beor-The story OF the ola Care.
NEw HAVEN, Jan. 22.-Ono of tho most pic
turesouc chapters in the history Of Yale was
closed when Eddie Oakley, for the last twenty
years the proprietor OF Temple Bar, withdrew
from tho ownership and management OF that
celebrated rcfcctory. Though Eddie could
claim no blood relationship with tho originntors
OF his famous establishment, he was, to all in.
tents and purposes. a Moriarty, and main
tanned the traditions Of his charge according
70 the genuine Morlarty idea. He had spent
his early manhood under the direct tutclage Of
Frank Moriartv and Tho Widow" and had
been selected at an early day to carry on their
indispensable work among college men. His re-
tircment. meaning, rs It does, tho practical
pnssing OF Mory's itself, Is an event of supreme
Importance in tho college world. to be compared
only with the demolition OF the Old Chapel street
fence or tho razing OF one of tho landmarks of
the Old Brick row.
man OF Eddie's genial temperament. to say
nothing OF his long experience with college men,
could hardly be expected to leave his old sur
roundings without something in the nature OF a
yalcdictory. He is an ardent admirer OF the
Moriartys, the founders OF his fortunes, and
was loud in their praise on the afternoon Of his
departure.
IT'S rather hard lines" he said, "to break
uav from, tho old n,ace 7 bnvc boen The man.
ager Of this place over since The Widows
death. and that is over twenty years ago. had
been associated with both her and her husband
long before that; I wns almost brought up here.
Ihave always tried to run tho house in the
same way that proved 80 successful under
.ho resuIt yos. tho nlaoo IA an ala stand. 7
49, ,hirr thot tboro ia INV TINT has he,d n.
.onrts,,on N lonc and thar has welcomed and
.hs,tcrcd 40 many generations Of Yale men. THE
' % Il" ~ To- ~" .no ~
campus so lively years ago are now in the thick
~ thai collage life and thev have found this
old place as homelike and refreshing as their
fathers used to,
Forty years ago, before the war; Frank
ron n small ale shop in wooster street, a small.
1,hEy ioo" III u" w., IN lux
exec ou.s u"r rs.onsae su,u ~ y" ,sa mo..,n".
occasionally stronger drinks 10 inc worklhe.
the town. Their place was we'll known among
49, .I.s..s nor thn aro,1.nca ~ its ale
the noatness of the barroom itself-for Mrs.
Morinrty was q thrifty housekecper-and
the hospitality OF Its entertainment. Frank
was a bluff and red.faced Englishman, good
natured IN tho core. and Mrs. Frank was n cor
T,,rS .'-- -.
pulent, thrifty English housewife, VINO. when
business was especially rushing. would drop her
knl''ins' ie"'en ei .s.io oHcA -0Ns W. anu
take a hand at the spiEeot herseli. aoht sup
Sov. nruusennsss IN their establisbmont
ss.o,v ooonrrsd and unmsraI bi,.ritv was nover
a Allow MorIart = and i' his wife had a great
d;slike for profanity and ribaldry. and the
49,. 80. - f.oouor.oa ,hoir t,nroou
DOOR men WnO ITeQupnUcu LuelE IdpIOuIu
in those days were held fast to these
rules. At this time, of course, the Moriartys
newer In EnoWn to cross tbeir thrcshbold. and they
had not the slightest idea OF tho part that they
%o 4 an IN n tbbosye daIsMmore so than they are
nowWbut thoy never found their way into the
MoriaTty.' tsprp'SC Don, . ! don't ! n Suppose ss, that they hey
to the college.
learned "a for tbe drst time that there was such a a
Geniai couple in the world as Frank Moriarty
tha. one Afternoon Incidentally run on to the
Moriartys' shop and discovered the place. All
s snd rs OF co thns man nmu WIN makes The discovery Il;
always something of a hero afterward. The
s SaP5 regatta ;, which w was hi in those ssssc dS{s
e%ScitiDe that Year, and a few young men Of
tho class OF 1868. on their way home to the
e%S% aasas. s asIsss plaee to w f.a%t they lH We're t oordi h.iIs
received by Frank himself. Frank had the
feQulnr british feeling for the ariBtUCrICy, ana
The nresence Of these ine.appenrinR young men
was the greatest sensation his house had known
in many Years. Mrs. Frank, too, who was
Knitting In the little back sitting room whom
the boys arrived. acknowledged their superior
ity by a ourtsyStho same curtsy that after
ward made her so famous among Yale men.
1.-THE thirsty students liked the refrcshmcnt
"a we'll as the surroundipRe and 1t did not
take long for the news to spre d around the
campus Frank and his w;fo soon learned that
thew had entered into another world; that the
sailors and brawny armed workinRmen who had
90 long partaken Of their cheer had been sue
Ceedcd by the Young men of the college. It was
q great day for the Moriartys. They had had to
work hard for their living up to that time. and
their life had been something of a struggle.
They now found their til filling up rapidly,
however. md in n few weeks were In the posses
elon of a thriving business. More than this.
they found themselves in more pleasing society
than that to which they had been accustomed
Tor so many years. They were the kind of peo.
pie that take at once to young men, and from
that day to the day of their death they were
devoted heart and soul to Yale.
Their increasing trade, however, soon made
It necessary for them to move into other quar-
tiers. The Wooster street nIare Yaa 0iyen nm n