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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10
Vail for Lost Comforts Of I'VE Olde Time Inn"

desk and talked to Front He assigned
us to a suite with about the same en-
thusiasm and cordiality he would have
shown as a salesman at a Monday morning
bargain counter. Meantime the bellhops'
were buzzing and fidgeting horribly in my
neighborho0d. Are you ready, sir? Are
you ready 10 go up now?' So, deeming it a
crime to waste further the valuable time
of these merchants, who saw numbeTless
lost tips fitting by while awaiting my soil
tary pourboire, wife and | took the lift to
our rooms paid the bellboys, and we pre-
pared for dinner.
Possibly because we didn't know the
ropes at that hotel. we made the circuit of
three eating places looking for seats, and
We're rebuffed at each one. The dress suit
ukase barred us from the show dining
room, while the two cafes were fairly
crowded and the waiter captains waved us
away with deprecatory gestures L was so
angry at the thought of not having a place
at table in mine own inn,' so 10 speak
that l would have packed up and departed
instantly.
THE little diplomat at my side suggested
gold: 1 knew she would be disappointed not
to see the thing out: and so we went back
TO the less crowded of the two cafes, L
put money in the maitre d'hoters hand
and told him to look out for me- We
quickly got a table, and we retained the
same to the end of our visit. on the terms
of a fixed rental paid nightly TO the head
waiter Likewise. we retained IN the Same
way the table waiter. the water boy and
the coat boy as our servants. They got to
know U.S. and my wife would laugh and
say, Cheer up! We've made friends with
the walters if not another soul speaks to
us
I'm the course OF a day or two l found
the fellow guest 1 had been hunting for.
He wouldn't stay found. though. We were
perpetually losing each other in the human
ant hive. and exploring parties were being
perpetuaIly organized TO locate the missing.
We discovered that the hotel was city TN
itself Appointments had to be made for
definite time and place. or one wandered
forlorn forever.
"Then my wife fell i'll from eating some
outlandIsh connection prepared by IL tur-
baned East Indian chef. She was attended
by tho hotel doctor. who charged as much
as the whole months tahdngs OF our home
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10

No ten-thousand- dollar chef need have
felt ashamed to own as his handiwork the
asparagus soup, the broiled bluefsh, the
chicken pasty, the roast beef the superbly
dressed salad and the custard ice cream Of
that little dinner. "Merci, m'sieur!" said
the hostess, simply, acknowledging the Wis
itor's praise. Then, with a touch of pride:
MY soG-he cooked itI' The old lady is
building a large brick annex 20 her old
fashioned frame roadhouse, and as long as
her family conducts the inn twill be a
standing reminder of the good service and
hospitality that have deserted so many
places dear to memory only
Old hotels disappear in New York as
rapidly as old theatres or downtown
churches. A few remain to prove that the
grandfathers of this generation ate, drank
and slept right heartily and enjoyably
The best cuts of roast beef in Manhattan
are said TO be had yet at two oldtime
hotels. One Of them numbered Henry Clay
and Daniel Webster among its patrons, and
the other, though considerably its junior.
has given half d century of ease and con-
tentment to its guests.
At the luncheon counter Of the former
thousands Of midday patrons are served
each business day. Its host of the 40's and
50's was as famous a figure in the city as
Thurlow Weed Fernando Wood or John
a. Dix. He knew his guests, distinguished
obscure, by name and warm handclasp,
and the business and political condolences
that were reposed in him were endless.
Probably there was no more quiet and
privacy then than there is now, for Ameri-
cans have always used their hotels as
places to parade and traffic in. On the
other hand, people were crowded less close
~, it was easier to find one's friends and
more satisfactory 10 be waited upon by
menials who seemed almost like family
servitors. You could still leave your boots
outside the door to be BACKED; the head
waiter Chere were no maitres d'h6teis
them would always keep your favorite
seat for you in the dining room; the bar
tender knew your spirituous tastes and
Front" wasn't so terribly rushed that he
couldn't give you a tenninute chat or tell
you how TO reach the points of interest in
the city.
A complaint often voiced against the
newer twentieth century hotel palaces Is
that the guest is too much like an autom-
atom. in a vast. complex machine. He is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10
II Mossback NesV Yorker SObo Feels Un-
n1forfabIe in the Modern
Hotel Palace.

After the big new hotels and lobster
palaces have made canyon of upper
Broadway, not all the patrons viii be
happy. The Old Serpent sowed discomfort
In paradise. Because of some queer kink
pf human nature, perfection Itself is an
moving. You are more perfectly served In
r. modern first class New York hotel than
rJrobably anywhere else in the world That 5
the irritating part Of fl. Flawless equip
.nent? Yes. Exquisiteness of luxurious de-
rail? To be sure. All the more, therefore,
many persons say. ''Hurrah!" TO a rough
sng trip in the country or CIf obliged TO stay
in town. seek a plain meal and bed at one
OF the oId-fashioned hotels
Those people are in the minority, Of
r-ourse. else the 1nultiniilion-dollar hotels
Gnd restaurants would go bankrupt The
ma iority in America likes hotel life OF the
garish. gregarious, splendid kind. The tran
of Yankee travel abroad is blazed with
places that try to duplicate the New YORK
splendors and conveniences. In the more
barbaric parts Of Europe the first step 10
civilization is the installation OF Pittsburg
aathtubs and showers. OF a French chef, a
German band and New York drink mixers.
One can girdle the earth now and find in
almost every country establishments aiming
nj The standard set in Gotham.
New York had another standard in the
xlder days The ideal Of catering was Eng
f,sh then, instead Of French or cosmopoli-
ran All, those afternoons OF Cheshire
cheese and Iausty ale: those evenings OF
roast beef, port and sherry! The host was
g. ruddy-faced Britisher. probably. Fat,
.asv soul, he ordered his house in placid
routine and divided his time talking 10
CHE guests and hunting rare prints with
(which TO adorn his walls. illustrated
oapers and magazines strewed the tables
Draugnts, dominoes and cards were TO be
rad for the asking. The waiter didn't scorn
a humble dirne-nOt he No lofty "spotter'
paced the room, no cash register puncheo
cut printed drink checks no cashier
handled the moneys and frowned on the
ponsurners G tres = q he c12psz were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10
BUZZARD'S BAY.

BuZZard'S Bay Mass july 5--1h ne warn
weather of the last few days has brought
many visitors to Cape Cod, and the season
bids fair to be the most successful SO far
"a the number Of visitors is concerned for
wears There are more New Workers o.
the Cape this year than ever before. Tas
house that IS being built by John 6
Powers. Of New York. on the shore Of
Ruzzard's Bay IS one of the handsonsst 4
this section
Visitors are awaiting with no little IN
terest the arrival Of bluefish in Buzzards
Bav. Thus far only q few have been
caught, but the older fishermen claim that
some large schools may be expected IN
JULY and August They have already put
in an appearance at Nantucket and Vine
yard Sound
report is current that the feet Of var
ships that was to be IN Barnstabls Bay
during August VIII do practice work Of
Cape Ann instead OF Cape Cod The de-
rnand for the feet by prominent society
people in Beverly. Manchester, Gloucester
and other places IN that section was 50
urgent that the Navy Department has
practically decided TO make the change
this year for a trial.
Among the New Workers arriving al
Sandwich are John Yard, Miss julia Yard,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Pope and Jerome Hill
and family Henry T. Wing has opened
his house there. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph JEFF
ferson. OF this place, are spending few
days at Nantucket Ex-Governor Doug
las of Massachusetts is at Monument
Beach. and a good portion OF his time IS
Spent in cruising Some OF the recent New
York arrivals az OstervIIle are Mrs w.
H Baldwin, jr.. and Miss Ruth Baldwin
Mrs. F. z. Walton and the Misses Walton,
DR.. and Mrs. Emmett Holt and Mr.. and
Mrs. r ". Hodges. Mrs. Mary A Nya
and Miss Rose Nye, OF New York, are al
Barnstable
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thick, the steak was juicy and the liquor
unadulteTated.
Downtown you may still find the shells
Of two of these ancient places-the shells
only, for Bierhaus und Tannenbaum, or
some such firm of Dutchmen. have usurped
the seats Of John Bull in lower Manhattan,
while at the so-called chop houses up
town the cooking and the atmosphere are
equally Continental and the waiter. per-
haps. repeats your order in broken English
or shouts il in French or German.
The oyster bay. dear to the heart of old
! New Workers.. became almost extinct here
fifteen years ago, the lobster palace being
its undisputed successor. Well, times and
manners change, but the oyster bay disap-
peared not because it was bad, but because
/ ii was inexpensive. In Philadelphia and
/ Baltimore and Washington-au the other
/ seaboard cities-there are plenty of such
/ places still fiourishing, selling naught ex-
cept prime seafood at the lowest price
/ High rents. excessive cost Of provisions
the taste of patrons for the gaudy and
/ luxurious in furnishings, made these old
time Ravens OF the epicure Improbable.
And then the good little table d'h0tes
that We're scattered over town, are they
nearly all gone, too-tables OF the host
in the real sense. such still prosper in
the Latin quarters OF New Orleans and San
Francisco. Host or hostess often cooked
the food which he or she carved for the
guests. The fair win. ordinaire had never
seen a chemists shop at least; the meats
and vegetables. generous in quantity and
good in quality, were personally selected
by the proprietor that morning at one of
the riverside markets.
1t seemed like going back almost quar-
ter OF century when the writer lighted
the other day upon place of this kind in
| q suburban town. Madame the proprietor
sat at the door stringing pod beans for
SUPPER, he approached.
'Ze table d'h6te ees seventy-fiv' cent"
she exclaimed To the visitor. ''Eet begins
at 6 O'Clock, an monsieur ees YER, wel-
-come.H -%-3a... :
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day H Pauleus Sannon, Ambassador to the
United States from Hayti. was entertained
at dinner by Wallace Downey, of Brook
Ign.
Among the visitors enjoying broiled lob
ster in the new pergola at the Manhattan
Beach Hotel last evening were Felix Is
man. with a number of we'll known theat-
rical folk; Orlando Hartman, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. S. Carmave. of New York, and Al Hay
man and party.
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MANHATTAN BEACH.

With the completion Of the new boule-
ward which leads direct to them. the ORR
entail and Manhattan Beach hotels have
become a mecca for automobilistS. The
majority of the permanent patrons here
own machines, and the garage back OF the
Oriental is filled TO overlooking all the
time.
One of the prettiest dinners of the sea-
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son was given at the Oriental Hotel on
Wednesday evening by w. II. Baldwin for
Mr.. and Mrs. r. T. Hart, who sailing
to-day for France and Italy. Among the
others at the dinner were Mr.. and Mrs.
p A Carter who are at the Oriental
Miss Ward McAllister, Of New York, is
at the Oriental for July. and Mr.. and Mrs
Charles H Murray of New York, are there
for the season.
At the Manhattan Beach Hotel on Thurs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10
UNDESIRABLE.

do YOU think IL wise thing " p,D-
boy away To college, Binksf "SA'U
pleton. rim
''Oh. yes replied Binks- IeS0i'09
independence" .,,.b With
But doesn't he get out or t9o .so,
hcme tnfiuencese" persisted Rlppls stss gets
Not altogether" said Binks, mt The
away from the home inn9sn 1rlI,,.,tt,a
touch goes on forever. '-lApp lnsS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10
a MODEL.

so you think Mr. Meekton is a mods
husband?'' said the new member OF the
society.
Il do answered Mrs. Voteby Gun1in
He is studying stenOgraphy so as 20 ns'
his wife with her suffrage speeches.
Washington star.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10

Her-I've suffered in every possible way
since / married you
Him-Pardon me. dear. tt ereS one way
you haven't suffered.
Her-HOw2
Hmm siIence.-CIeveland Leader.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-03
me- INC
ARMY ORDERS At FORT SILL OKLAHOMA POSTAL NEWS

Special to Daily Leader.
Washington, d G., Feb. "A post
office has been established at Demp-
sey. Roger Mills county, Oklahoma,
and Joseph NJ. Frankford has been
commissioner postmaster.
Mail messenger service to Clear
view, Oklahoma, has been discontinu-
ed.
j. Albert Greene has been commits
stoned postmaster al Lamar, Oklaho-
ma, and William f. Clark at Redden
Star mail service has been discon
tinued between the following Oklaho-
ma towns: Lula and Tupelo, Allen tc
Calvin Blackjack to Allen.
William e. Bann.ster has been ap
pointed postmaster al Grand, Ellis
county, Oklahoma, to succeed M. f
Coykendall. resigned
The following appointments in the
rural delivery service in Oklahoma
are announced by the postoffice de
partment: Frederick d. Howe OF
Route No /, out of Aline, vice Ear
S. Howard. Bloomer b. Beham ol
Route No. 2, ont of Renfrow TO sue
ceed Thomas MeGuire Kenneth {
I, Henley on Route No. /, out of Blue
jacket, vice John A. Mckenzie.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-03
TODAY IN THE
DEPARTMENTS

State charters were granted today
as follows:
Globe Oil and Development com.
pany Of Clinton, with $4,000 capital
stock The inco porators are: j. l..
Avent. r. NJ Boring and c. w.
Goodwin, all of Clinton
The Lawton Transfer company OF
awtor whh $1,000 capital stock
The incorporators are: j. S. Jarvis
G P. Jarvis and w L. Gilbert, al
Of Lawton
Noble County Farmers institute o.
Perry, with J.4 II Nelson, J NJ
Rapps and R. Z. Bagby Of Perry, a
officers.
The Luthe State bank OF Luthe
f'ed amended articles Of incorpora
tion increasing the capital stock fron
$4,000 TO $4,000. John Rinehart, O
NJ Cole and J Arnett are the incor
poratOrs.
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SAVED FROM AWFUL PERIL

Fl never felt 80 near my grave" "
writes Lewis Chamblin, Of Manchest-
or. Ohio. r. r No. 3, "as when a
fightful cough and lung trouble pull
ed me down TO 115 pounds in spite OF
many remedies and the best doctors
And that | am alive today is due sole
" to Dr. Kings New Discovery, which
completely cured me- Now | weigh
1850 pounds and can work hard. 1t al
so cured my four children of Group
Infallible for Coughs and Colds. its
the most certain remedy for LaGrp
pc, Asthma, desperate lung trouble
and all bronchial affections, soc anf
S1.00. A trial bottle free. Guaranteed
by all druggists.
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CHILD BADLY BURNED.

Tecumseh. Okla. Feb. 2.-Little
May, the 4-yea-old daughter Of W.
l.. Johnson OF this city, was SO serl-
ously burned that her life is despair
ed Of. The child was at The home OF
her grandparents near Shawnee, and
was out in the woods where her
grandfather was burning brush. While
the grandfather had gone to the
house for something the little ones
clothing had caught fire and before
her grandfather could reach her she
was horribly burned from shoulders
10 feet Her greatest injuries are OF
her limbs and back, and while there
Is some hope of saving her life, she
is in critical condition.
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sion Laws OF 19e7-OS be amended TO
read as foll0ws
Section 23 All sheriffs. coustables
marshals aud police officers, county
attorneys. mayors and city attorneys
shall diligently enforce al the pro
visions Of this act If amy such Off
ficer shall fail o. refuse 10 do on per-
form any duty required by the proyi
sions of this act, he shall be removed
from office as herein provided. Where
there shall have been filed with the
governor OF this STATE petition
signed A8s {iity Plize4s; gf amy town
or city. ef lb o9eI huuhf@E SitEeIR of
Tay couh$ ssettii6 forth cha Saps Of
fieer of any city. township Or zpun-
". is falling, neglecting or refusing
10 enforce the provisions Of this act,
and the governor is satisfied of the
sufficiencS of such accusations, he
may suspend any officer from his of
flee and appoint a suitable person 10
fiji the same during such time of sus-
pension The governor shall forth
with investigate or cause TO be lnves-
tigated such accusation and If suS,
tanned, shall cause proceedings to be
instituted by information in a court
Of competent jurisdiction, and II such
officer shall be adiudged guilty Of
such failure, neglect or refusal TO en-
force the provisions of this act shal
be permanently removed from his Of
flee such official shall be entitled
TO a speedy trial and appeals may be
taken as in other cases, Any Off
cial designated in this act who shal
be convicted of willful neglect failure
OF refusal to enforce the provisions o
this act shall be deemed guilty Of
felony and shall be sentenced to har'
labor in the state penitentiary for
term not less than one. nor more thai
five years. That section twenty-sel
en- Of Article three Of Chapter sixty
nine of the the Laws of l907-0S bt
and the same is hereby repealed,
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Special to Daily Leader.
f.awton. Okla, Feb. 2.-Batteries a
and B, First Field Artillery, at Fort
Sill, pursuant TO an order from the
war department, are expected to leave
for the Philippines Feb. 27, and are
due to sail from San Francisco on
March 5.
A battery consists of about 1855 men
Battery G win sail some time IN Octo
Der for the same destination
Battery D Of the Presidio near San
Francisco, is expected at Fort sill
February 20, to replace Battery B and
this will be followed by Battery Z tc
replace Battery A.
Battery F will supersede G at For
sin.
This transfer Of troops is in pursu
ance of the department to break tbs
monotony of soldier life, and add in
terest and zest to their avocation.
All the batteries mentioned abov'
are units in the same regiment Tn
field military band viii not accom-
pany the troops 10 the Philippines
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OKLAHOMA RAILWAY PROJECT

Chattanooga, Okla, Feb. 2. y. II.
Ransom, who is promoting the con-
sruetlon OF a line Of railway between
this place and Davidson. Okla, while
IN ihe city today announced that ar
rangaments have Just been completed
for the sale OF bonds for the roads
construction and thai he expects to
begin active construction in The near
future. IN fact, part of the grade out
OF Davidson has already been, started.
The project which Is believed to be
a Rock Island scheme, contemplates
ihe consttucUon OF connecting links
between short hhes from Oklahoma
south to San Antouin, Texas. II is
The present plan 70 connect here with
the branch line Of the Rock Island
southwest from Lawton. and ultimate
" make the road main trunk line
to the Gulf
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Scratch This on the Slate
With a Nail.

Have built and sold hundreds OF homes to
Them at a total cost of from $lroo to SlSoo
a month
about SO per cent now own these homes
and They are good ones
These people are faithful. prosperous, loyal
and high-grade yet they have been bounded
and vilfied becausc they now and always have
refused to bend the knee to these yrannical
labor bosses who could collect monthly fee,
and order them to quit work in order 70
punish the Company for being independent
OF unionism
The Labor Trust has sent committees and
money time and again, given smokers (and
drinkers) to try and lure DIR people into the
meshes OF slavery, but Postum workmen
steadfastly prefer their independence and
liberty Therefore the labor leaders have
threatened TO punish them and this lying
peanut shell tale" is one OF the methods.
There is time coming when the working
man. even outside OF Battle Creek. will secure
his rightiul position and fair treatment witl
suitable wages witholq being sornpeflllsd t9 bS
under the ironheel ola few labor chiefs@ho
have obtained control in some localities over
the workingnien. and can tell them when to
quit work. or be subject to the Singing Of
their Infamous entertainments committees.
Labor is too sacred part Of the great
worlds work TO be dominated by he vicious
producing, nipudcnt, and criminal men
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TO ENFORCE
PROHIBITION
/ l.u.STATUTEES
sr oqAJ 30 ,TsfuolA4 Alb
oaf aAA-AA4e-- siIaf 0HH
sT7H daHGagq1
PURPORT OF BILL INTRO
DUCED BY JAPP AND
BURNETTE
AIMS A BLOW AT
NEGLIGENT OFFICIALS
Gives Governor Power to Sus-
pend From Office For Failure
to Enforce Law

Following IS the bill of Representa-
tiyes Jahn OF Coal county and Bu4-
nette Of Washita, providing a penalty
ol from one 10 five years for failure
Oh neglect to enforce the state pro
hibitory laws, and empowering the
governor 10 suspend officers guilty OF
such neglect, on petition of citizens
OF the city or county, etc. an amend
ment Of the Billups bill;
&c 1t Enacted BY The People OF The
State Of Oklahoma.
Section /. That section eleven G)
of Article three (3) of Chapter six
I lty-nine (69) of The Session Laws OF
1907-0S be amended to read as fol-
lows:
Section II. All liquces, bar fixtures
and all property and paraphernalia
used in or connected with the illegal
sale, use or keeping of intoxicating
4 liquors which shall have been de-
clared forfeited shall be delivered to
!lhe superintendent Of the state agen-
lcy for sale and disposition by the po-
lice officer, or city marshal of any
city or town If the seizure was made
tby a municipal officer, o. the sheriff
deputy sheriff or any constable OF any
county wherein such forfeiture has
/. been made, II the seizure was made by
a county official. Such constable, po
-lice officer or sheriff shall within five
days after such forfeiture make out
+ and forward 10 the superintendent ol
The state agency, complete invoice
| of all intoxicating liquors, bar fix
j tures and other forfeited properly
: and shall on direction of such state
:. superintendent, ship the same as b,
: said superintendent directed. Th'
superintendent of the state agenc'
shall sell and dispose Of such for
feited property herein described OF
account of and for the benefit of th'
a state, and after deducting the cost 0
transportation and sale of such for
/. felted property shall within thirt
r days, remit 10 the city treasurer.
# such forfeiture has been made to
4 city or to the county treasurer if fol
n feited TO the county, provided tn
e state agency shall retain ten per cen
e of said net proceeds of such sale fo
& the use and benefit of the state agei
q cy. The fund derived from the sal
le of such forfeited property to be cree
rs tied TO the salary fund of such eli
m or county
re Section .. That section twent,
le three (23) Of Article three tSJ
Chapter sixty-nine (60 of the Sc
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ably after motion by Senator Blair
prevailed cutting off the eight deputy
game wardons whose salaries were fix
ed at $500 year and 5000 a year
travelling expenses.
Senator Graham filed notice that
be would demand reconsideration Of
this clause when the bill appears on
third reading and for final passage.
The Keys bill was opposed by Sen
ators Smith, Eggerman, Stafford,
Blair Morris and Brownlee.