New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

1ACHRYMOSE demonstration at
" tended tho last night OF the Care
L Y Martin. at Fifth avenue and @th
street. recently II fioated out or existence.
Champagne was the medium on Which
great many lightweights disappeared tenn
porarily from view.
They have since sought other similar inns
by the Broadway side Their tears no
longer flow for the restaurant that IS no
more. for they have already realized mat
there are other. many other places where
one can drink dinner, as the phrase IS
The closing Of the brilliantly enamelled
cafe is really worthy Of comment. chiefly
by reason Of the glories that pervaded Una,
corner thirty years ago, when DeLhoh'co
occupied the site and the wealth and fash~
ion Of the city made it renowned through
out the world
To quote the press agents report con
corning the closing Of Martins: Pretty
girls. with shimmering shoulders ana
flushed cheeks. smiled over their cham
payne at gray-haired old men whose arms
creaked when they raised their glasses
Young men toasted women old enough 10 De
their mothers"
AS the final hour approached many or
the guests became sobbingly sentimental
The coat front Of the proprietor was MOIST
with the tears Of the departing. When the
PROPRIETOR escaped, the waiters-who had
not then heard the whistle that afterwarh
called their organization from many less
memorable scenes-were compelled TO sub
nit to the embraces OF maudln mutt
tude
Finally, men and women in the eXrava-
off EC1ZeQ
upon souvenirs-that IS. they absorbed
knives, forks spoons and salt ceHars'
There was a sultry time in the old eating
place that night. II resemDled neuraS-
thenic orgy. 1t was said to be the most
hectic evening ever seen at Martins which
is saying much.
II was at Martins that Thaw' aHected
now with a chronic intention OF hndlng
freedom, fred his brain to the point OF the
murder he committed a few hours later.
All the principals in that high-smelIns
tragedy dined there that night
Here. also. during a New Years Eve
celebration, woman was burned to death'
There are, however. memories OF
hesrtening sort that linger about the cor
rer. in 1876 Delmonicos moved there from
Eth street. Delmonico's has always moved
with fashion This is proved by the tact
that the great-grandmothers Of the present
social world dined at the restaurant IN
Beaver street.
sEVENTY-FIVEY YEARS OF HISTORY
No one can glance at the history OF Del
rnonico's for the last seventy-hVe years
without perceiving that the public interest,"
which is awakened whenever there Is
runor of its moving still further uptown IS
something more than ordinary curiosity
surrounding the dining haunts OF the
wealthy.
g. Arthur Neis. assistant manager VINO
has been in the employ Of Delmonico's Tor
over thirty years, said the other day that
lobster Ia Newburg was originated III
Delmonlco's old place. at 18th street ana
Fifth avenue, under interesting circum-
stances
The dish Is now priced wherever dress
Clothes are known. 1t was evolved In 1910
by Skipper Ben Weinberg. long patron OK
both the 18th and 18th street restaurants
Old Ben Weinberg was no ordinary SKIP
per BE was engaged IN the fruit TRACE,
and owned q number OF boats that phen
between New York and Southern ports
He was not the kind OF man TO wear
blue yachting cap. peajacket or rolling
gait on the streets OF New York just be-
cause he was fond Of the sea. Instead ne