The age-herald., 1900-08-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

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 'The young will court"
 "A child born on this day will be gen.
 erous and obliging, and rather fortunate ill | business"
 Hire maid servants.
 | Astrologer Raphaefs prophecies for Fri
 day, August IT, 1900:
 Avoid superiors and keep quiet"
 Thou wilt have much to annoy and per-
 plex thee in thy business, and 1t will re-
 quire great and constant attention; those 1 in employ must be careful
 "A child born on this day will be gener- l ally unfortunate, whether in employ or in | business for itself. l Hire Maidservants." l "Gin cocktailn' was the emphatic order
 of handsome, distinguished-iooking man
 as he leaned heavily against a fashionable | bar early yesterday morning.
 "Be-gin-ing early, old man. said the pop
 ular presiding genius as his aimably re- | sentful countenance struggled after frown
 that died a-bornng behind the gold trimmed | glasses on his placid and reposeful face. | None O your busness!' said the hand some gentleman I Well, I'll make it my businessr' de- l 1 There were two shorts and a grunt, and 1 the soothing rattle of cracked ice in cut
 glass at 94a4 in the shade was followed by
 a gurgle that gurgled almost imperceptibly.
 "Fine-makes a new man out of me,' | said the handsome gentleman | Hope he'll be improvement on the old l 'un," said the reposeful face. The handsome gentleman went to break l foe ba nm, | against the bar. l Long toddy" he said laconicaly. Much you know about long toddy'," snapped the reposeful face. Cracked ice rat tied in the big glass blissfully, after which l there was a gurgle which gurgled very per | ceptibly.
 | "Splendid-best ever tastedr' said the I handsome gentleman with the calm force | of conviction.
 The reposeful face glared and grunted. An hour later the handsome gentleman | once again breasted the bar. "Appolonaris lemonade old swipe," he
 said gently.
 | Take it now, or wait till your hurry Is
 oyer?" asked the reposeful face blandly. "Now-in devilish quick time, too,' an- | swered the handsome gentleman, fiercely. | More cracked ice rattled in the big glass | enchantingly, after which two or three gurgles gurgled most perceptibly. Within thirty-seven minutes the hand | some gentleman leaned over as if he would
 cross the bar, and gently murmured: Bot 1 tie O beer"
 Maybe you want the whole bar" ob- | served the reposeful face. Able to pay for it, if did" said the | handsome gentleman, convincingly. | There were several good gurgles, and a | look of supreme satisfaction rested on the | face of the handsome gentleman as he re- | tired.
 Jamaica rumble in hurry-am | thirsty,' was the order the handsome gen. 1 tleman called across the bar. Great shakes of mixed drinks! It hasn't | been moren twenty minutes since you | called for bottled beer" cried the repose- | full face.
 What are you here for, old three hun l dred pounds?" called back the handsome l gentleman.
 | The answer the pungent odor and
 soothing substance of good d-old-rum-drink- 1 it-down.
 "short toddy" was the next order of the | handsome gentleman, given fifteen minutes | later.
 "Bah' said the reposeful face. And one big gurgle gurgled gently. Twenty minutes later the reposeful face
 was partially disarranged by an emphatic l order for a
 High ball!'
 Great jeeminy crackity - jam-jam.' | muttered the reposeful face as it rattled | large lump of ice in a tall thin glass and | showed over the bottle vigorously. With the noon hour, with its free lunch.
 came a great many eager calls for Beer | Manhattan" High Ball." Straight" and so on from thirsty men in 9S in the | shade, and the reposeful face directing the | hard-working hands had forgotten the | handsome gentleman. Straight whsky.' "Ahi-a-a-a-a-h, Boo-oo-oo-oo-oo, Sch-s-s-s-s-sch! Bah. Take the whole l shop!' cried the reposeful face fiercely to | the handsome gentleman. Its the Lords l mercy my watch is off.' And passing | over the Straight pulling off its apron, | and giving place to its relief" the re- poseful face fell under an electric fan; having left a record of the handsome gen. tlemans drinks written on sheet of pa- per in the order in which they were called. The jolly relieving mixer took up the rec ord of the handsome gentleman, and at twelve minutes past midnight he had fin- | ished what the reposeful face had begun | at 7:30 a. m. It read: Gin cocktail brandy and chartruese,
 pony brandy, cocktail, whiskey straight, | S. h. ball, s. h. ball, straight whisky, cock 1 tail, cocktain straight whisky, high-balL | whisky straight"
 i "In this mint julep weather I am con- 1 stantly reminded that the best mint juleps l on earth may be had two for a quarter in
 a certain place of mems pleasure in Louis-
 iana," said P Sid Jones. 'In that place, | along the inner edge of the bar proper is | fixed a long deep copper trough, which | is kept filled with cracked ice. Embedded | in this ice are a large number of beautiful
 silver mugs of rather large size. You ask for a mint julep, and the booze clerk lifts