The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-26
Dave MULvANE
Ran The BAR.
Republican Leader Of Kansas
Managed Il With Success.
A LITTLE shy ON MIXED DRINKS
But ovsIcims That Obstacle by GlYing Al
Straight whIsksy. .aLal
PLAYED STRAIGHT WITH THE CASH.
0avss Hsrs So Impressed a lsasnwcrth Man
That i Brought an Offer
N Q JOB.
PLAYED STRAIGHT WITH THE CASH

New York, June ga Kansas man
happened into the barroom of the Fifth
Avenue Hotel yesterday morning,
where he met an ex-kansan drinking
a solitary cocktail.
Hello. there!" said the newcomerias
he caught sight of his old friend.
Aren't you "a little early?"
We'll, rather" admitted the ex-Kan-
san. Just read I'm a morning paper
that Dave Mulvane has been appointed
national committeeman for the Repub-
lican party in Kansas down i'm Philadel-
phla, ard I'm celebrating. You know
Dave. OF course? Have something with
me-"
While the drinks were being mixed
the two friends began discussing the
merits OF the new Kansas leader and
the ex-Kansan suddenly laughed and
said:
ibid you ever hear how Dave tended
bar one night down in Wichita? 1t hap
pened not long after he came back to
Kansas from college. was in the con-
tracing business. and there were some
jobs being let in Wichita and had gone
down TO figure on them. This was away
back in the middle SOS. 1t so hap
pened that had 10 stop over i'm Wich-
ita over sunday, and a number OF the
boys, including Dave, came down from
Topeka 10 help pass the time. We all
assembled in the back part OF drug
store which was the popular resort
of the town, and Dave took IL into his
n. l.~ a .le.xr lsaH
keep for a while
"'See here he said to the man be-
hind the bar, let me show you how to
tend bar
'The barkeep grinned and handed his
apron over to Dave. who put Ii on.
washed few glasses. mopped off the
bar, and waited for trade.
I'VE had Withdrawn to one corner OF
the little apartment, and In the mean
time a contractor from Leavenworth
came i'm with some friends. He didn't
know any of our crowd and stood with
his friends in another part OF the room.
Nobody offered to buy. so Dave called
over TO US that IL was about time lit
tie money was changing hands. We all
lined up. We knew that Dave didn't
know any more about mixing drinks
than "a prize fighter does about preach
ing. and IL was our idea OF a joke to
order something that would floor him.
So one ordered a Manhattan cocktail
one martini one an absinthe frappe,
one gin flzz, and so on, each selecting
a different combination.
Nobody cracked a smile. and when
We had all named our pizen. Dave
gravely produced a bottle. which he put
on the bar. Now he announced cool
ly, you boys. every one of you. will
take whisky, and you'll drink il
straight For spectacular effect, and
TO impress the Leavenworth crowd,
Dave began TO caress a large-sized re-
yolver which he held for a moment and
then placed behind the bar.
you should have seen those Leaven-
worth mems eyes pop as we all meek
ly obeyed and began to measure the
whisky into our glasses. One or two
drinks had been disposed Of when Dave
seemed TO recollect the Leavenworth
crowd.
Here. you fellows, he called,
haven't you warmed chairs about long
enough? This place isn't open for the
purpose of accommodating tired peo-
pie. Walk up. gentlemen, and show us
the color of your money
1.-The Leavenworth crowd rose az
one man and ordered round Of
drinks.
Now. YOU said Dave to me, treat
the delegation from Leavenworth.'
This sort of thing was kept up till
long after midnight
Those Leavenworth fellows didn't
know where they got off at any stage
of the game. Hut they began to warm
up as things progressed. Every little
while Dave would announce; This
ones on the house but he always rang
the cash register and when the place
closed there was more i'm the till than
there had been for many a day.
"As Dave took off his apron the
Leavenworth contractor sidled up 10
him and said he would like TO talk pri-
vately with him for n second. They
stepped TO one side, and the Leaven-
worth man whispered:
g I've got a Joint similar 10 this over
In Leavenworth. and IL your boss ever
fires you. or YOU want a change. just
drop over my way. and / guess I can
make II an object"
THAT is one opportunity that | be-
lieve Dave never took advantage Of