The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-15

other rOOsters-feathered ROSTERS Al
most every cock In every henyard in
Town pped up challenging refrain,
but taken singly their calls Were IS
penny whistle 10 a steam calliope COM
pared with the strains that issued from
the New Workers. throat
Almost the entire town was ax,at,ered
by the combined noises; heads were
thrust out OF windows. dogs barked and
lightly clad figures descended into the
streets. The owners Of some OF these,
guests who pay 10 sleep In the hotel at
night. attempted 10 convince the New
York stranger thot the hour OF crow
ing was over and that the hour Of sleep
was come. They succeeded In their ef-
forts only after they had got a bottle
of candied cherries, the kind that are
put In cocktails. and scattered them as
chicken feed along the walk leading TO
the hotel Then. using his hands AZ an
imaginary beak-when they werent
being used as imaginary wings-crOw-
ing, he followed the trail of cherries un-
der the electric light 10 the hotel and
bed. He didn't pick up as many cher
res as an ordinary rooster. would have
done, but he did wei under he cireum-
stances.
lie left town early the next morning.
The cocks in the henyards Ciu not stop
CROWN. until after daylight. The town
paper a few days later contained COM
munication from an indignant citizen.
calling for the identity Of the miscreant
VINO had disrupted the peace and quiet
Of our staid old town"
Bliss Interviews
Cornelius " Bliss. treasurer Of the
Republican National Committee. is noted
for the news that he gives out Among
newspaper men he lsas the reputation
OF being about the hardest proposition
IN a news way that they have 10 tackle
The other day, after Bliss had re-
turned from his conference with the
President at Sycamore Hill. the oyster
Bay correspondents undertook 10 inter-
view him. They began by asking ques-
tions. They asked the questions with
Bliss IN front Of them, but facing the
other way.
Bliss was walking. and the Interview
ers were following On the steehth zap
around the station Bliss sat down, sup
pOsedly tired.
'GentIenen." said he. I am very glad
TO see YOU all. very glad indeed l am
sorry that I have nothing which may
tell YOU
asked the man who had just been sent
to oyster Bay by his paper.
Bliss didn't say he was thinking q
getting angry but he looked for a min
ute as though ne was going 10 lose his
temper. Then he saw that the man Nco
asked the question really was in earnest
and he laughed
Dyspeptic Barkeeper.
It probably isn't right to reoice over
another's physical disability, but its 4
fact that there has been much JOY in
certain quarters OF Oyster Bay over the
circumstances that one OF
Sherr..s best bartenders-S herry's in
New York-got dyspepsia. He got is so
badly that he had 10 knock off at
Sherry's and take TO the country. He
took 10 oyster Bay, and oyster Bay
pretty generally has taken to him.
He got a job as bartender IN one OF the
drink empOriums in town. and good
many people-conServative peOple-haVe
had a genuine feeling for the place ever
since. There is nothing that you can
the boss CT the place Will stand Cor the
keeping of the stock; but so ar as that
goes the boss is pretty sure - stand
for almost anything II IL sells for
good deal more than IL costs and won't
spoil on his hands. Since the man from
Sherry's arrived there have been doings
Of some proportions among the natives
III the way of sampling new drinks. The
natives appear to be imbuCd with the
idea that il isn't right or proper with a
Sherry drink mixer behind the bar 10
take the same drink more than once il
a day. The results Of this entirely er-
roneous idea have been remarkably in
teresting and noisy.
other bartelderS in town have been
Fritz Lindingers new manual
Of booze and poetry, but. as one Of the
natives says. the products Of their in
dustry taste as though n stick OF type
had fallen into them and they can't
compete with the man from SheTry's.