The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-01-14
HIS ONE GAY DAY
ENOUGH FOR JOHN J.,
Wilkesbarre'S ~ Hour Plunger
Blows In His Last Dollar
for Tip.
STILL HAS \ MOUNTAIN
Says He Can Always Sleep There il
Everything Else Busts and
Eats tome Easy
HAS \ MOUNTAIN

John JAY McDevitt. greatest politician
in the entire Thirteenth ward Of Wilkes
barre. Pa, who came TO O wn on his special
train Friday evening. gave up his suite
at the Waldorf Yesterday afternoon and
headed for the Grand Central station and
Bridgeport and New Haven Bridgeport
and New Haven corA ain the home offices
of the Poll vaudeville circuit Mr. Poll.
Incidentally has a theatre in Wilbesbarre
Bur John Jay said absolutely before he
started from the Waldorf with his secre-
tary and DIR Sweeney. his physician that
he will not go into vaudeville. He refused
on. o'er from iinmmerstein : in Wilkes
barre in the presence Of THE Sun reporter
and although he visited the United Book
ing Offices here Yesterday h. told the
vaudeville booking inagnates that he
wouldn't spout from the stage for them.
That's too much like work. and re-
fuse 10 do any hing thar resembles work
said he 4 jusr like TO be a carefree
youth running around in a Handsome little
red vest Ina strong with Il rnnn who
gives me mileage book or two every once
in while, and | can always pay for
steak around home with mileage from
"iihespatie TO arbohua'e. say OF apou'
thirty miles, and the waiter thanks me for
a three mile tip can always run for
Office in the Thirteenth ward OF ont Of il.
and father and mother-hsr name is Una
usually like TO let me sleep AT home
"Aber' Lewis, our biggest lumbernan
up home gave me a mountain back Of
Bear Creek not long ago As "A noun
tain II isn worth d darn but III always
nave that mountain 10 sleep ON " every
thing else busts You're welcom. TO
use il any time it's my mountain YOU
know
'onn gay ""e SIC" """ '"e" o' 'ne CAV
NE even before he got ont OF oed y'st-r-
dsv morning and his physician and Sec
retarv johnny Ienahan were sick of the
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bed 'olh jay received IN bed most OF
the morning, girIng ont interviews and
POSING with pillows for background
while tn. dashhrht artillrrymen aimed
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thelr No'le's
With the r-mar. that he rather he
"a pauper than mixer John ,Iav handed
from hls bed "A dollar bin tin to a Waldorf
b.llhop who had brought him Iip a bottle
Of ginger al. and announced soIemnly
thar til,. dollar was tn. last Of his roll
Back hom. now on the bumpers of a
freight. John ,Jav SAID ch-erily. where
upon tn. curly locks of DR.. Sweeney.
who was irving 10 sleep IN tn.. next room
were thr,is, INTO johns room and III.
doctor announced that he M least had
money .n0iixh 10 TAX. John jaw hone.
IA a regular chair car.
NlcD,.yitr Ieft foi Bridg.por, AT 4 o'clock
and vas not heard from again around
broadway until ~, p ii when h, called
nv IN. box Office of the Astor Theatre
from, Brldpepo,t TO tell the RAYMOND
IIitcncork prople that although he had
nro.uisnd 10 be- Il, the show for the rise
Of the. curtain his train had been DELAYED
and that he could not obigc broadway
until anout 9.15 o'clock He'd then he
glad TO make a little speech 10 the Red
Widow" audience and tear away for
Wilkesbarre on a Lehigh Valley train