The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-16

silence until une called din Pickles
is reached All. then, you can gamble
your last bit Of precious mazOOma That
IL Is worth the price or admission 10 see
that audience come to life when the
band plays "DH Pickles" The Pick
les are all the rage here and. when it
Is played everybody loosens up for an
other nickers worth of beer. and life
seems made OF rainbow fabric
But the zoo is the prize show place.
You can stand at the entrance 20 the
700 and look down UPON the curtain OF
smoke which holds Cincinnati in its I'M
ending grasp. They tell you you can
get a good viCv OF the city. but tnis is
shot here and tlere with falling frag-
ments Of SCOT and cinders-
AFTER entering the grounds. the pa
tent explorer hnds stork in the re-
lentiess grip OF senile demeutia. ~ o
thoroughly dorlesticated man-eatlng
lions; three African porters: a Ken
lucky owl, which boots loud enough 10
be heard in the woods across the river,
where ne was delivered 10 captivity
by being blinded with a lantern and
cauG II IN guiana sack; and three tor
pid snakes, surrounded by an admiriug
group Of their Lifelong friends, Ken
lucky coionels-althOugh one Of them
did sly he was more familiar with the
kind that grows in bottles instead Of In
the tropics
Cincinnati deserves fame for still
another reason. You can't buy dinner
anywhere in town without getting a
theory here that music hath charms 20
stir the savage hunger They give you
Q waltz with the soup, a two-step FOR
the steak. a medley for the nuts, and
with your spaghetti you get mazurka'
which enables you, as IS entirely neces-
sary, 70 Keep perfect time and yet loop
the loop with the stun before making a
nnal desperate stab at your mouth with
what is left Of H.
Inevitable Orchestra.
In every restaurant and cafe you find
an orchestra Sometimes there are
three, sometimes ten pieces. They play
from p. m. until ! a. N. Anyway,
when you pay your bill. you know that
you are not only settling for the food
but also contributing TO the support Of
that noble, often misunderstood and IN
appreciated art, which is music or
''moosic." according to the native land
OF the performers
But, above all things. the city Il
famous because Of Charles p Taft,
brother Of the Presidential candidate
Charles P. owns the best hotel and the
most expensive theater in town, the
gas company calls him its biggest stock
holder, and part Of the street car fare
you pay finds its way TO his bank &C
count. He owns Office buildings. resi-
dences. ana every known form Of real
estate. He also owns a baseball team in
Chicago. timber lands IN the far West.
and some stone works out in this State.
And. be II noted. his snow white
whiskers stay white all day in this
Smoke-ridden town. He is worrying
along with about $54 0O0. 600 now, but he
has hopes Of being very rich before he
dies
From all these things II Is evident
that Cincinnati IS entitled 20 fame,
great. undying fame Historians have
PASSED her BY, but her time is coming.
As a convention city for chimney
sweeps. coal beavers and steamboat
stokers she will soon OutClass all her
sister towns, AS an experiment station
for the demonstration of the effective
ness Of new brands OF soap, she viii
oUtbid any other place on rhe map. She
IS already noted for the amount OF soft
coal she consumes-also for the amount
OF i her people carry on their persons
JAMES HAY, JR-