The Washington herald., 1913-10-27
dennis PLACE
TO PASS FRIDAY
Famous Barroom at Four
teenth and E Streets to
Close Doors.
HAUNT FOR JOURNALISTS
D. MulIany, Brilliant Irishman, At
traeted to Front of His Brass Rail
Men Prominent in Political World.

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Sorrow in the face of the inyeterate was
pronounced and the countenance of him
whose maudlin tones bespoke only slight
intimacy with the flowing bowl bore
the impress of sdownheartedness. Bo-
hemia's junior classmen realized the end
Of something precious 70 their elder
brethren.
Mullany's is passing, Mullany's.
lWashington's famous cory eornerI'
The birthplace of the Mamie Taylori
Rendezvous OF brilliant men Of the ma
tion's past! Where the late Dennis Null
lany, son Of Erin. raconteur, and known
to newspaperdom as "one of Gods noble
men, had held forthY' He had passel
and now his place Is passing!
And now that the last STORY" OF the
day had been placed on the wire and
all the happenings of Americas Capital
had been sent to the world, the boys
in the places along Newspaper Row
E Street. between Thirteenth and Four
teenth streets-Indulged In their midnight
tea In some of the parties they were
''whooping It up" drinking more than
moderately. just as the emporiums were
about to close. the news that ''the place
that Dennis kept was to be no more"
spread as though a Paul Revere had rid
den through the ranks.
story of MuIIany's.
II was then that wistful looks had
spread the faces of the drinkers. Retro
spection drove a veteran scribe and i'm
biber to become maudlin. He braced
himself with an instep on the brass rail.
and while his comrades listened with
gloomy faces. his tongue waxed eloquent:
when that old place is gone-and its
to be closed next Friday" he began.
pushing five fingers through a crown OF
white locks. ''one of the most famous
pIaces-a place dear to the hearts of all
of we older fellows-will have passed into
memory. Why, / remember as IL il were
yesterday. the genial brilliant Irishman.
Dennis Mullany, whom we all loved, a
man who from behind his bar fenced NEIL
tally with the greatest minds OF the
day.
1T was Dennis who made the place
famous. Imagine the delight TO drink, fel-
lows, in front OF a bar, the keeper Of
which could aid you in your moments OF
observation-disclosures of the line OF this or
that play of Shakespeare or of almost
any other line of classic literature you
might have forgotten. Such man was
Dennis
TT was in the little back room at
that the investigation of the
famous Postofice Department scandal
which involved Machen and Beavers first
was plotted. Here members of the
of Cleveland. Harrison, and
probably some of those illustrious ones
who served in previous Cabinets used to
gather for their "totties"
The Knockers' Club.
''The boys organized what in those |
lays was a very close organization. II |
was known as The Knockers Club No |
one was admitted to membership unless |
specially bright Intellectually or foremost |
N his profession through some other /
channel leading to success. Unlike the |
United States Senate there were no au-
iible leaks in the proceedings of The
Knockers Club which met in the rear
Dom at Mullany's- Grave affairs of
tate and nation were discussed there and
he taxpayer rested in blissful ignorance
hereof
Nothing that ever happened i'm the
gay and festive Capital created such
as the birth OF the Mamie Tay-
or. Nothing" he declared. decisively."
The concoction, which was invented By
/ dry newspaper man. simply captured
he town.
THE drink was invented by Col Willis
?. King. known widely as a newspaper
nan, and he ever after had a hard job
lodging the awful responsibility Of the
The concoction was first
haken together in the barroom of Den
Is Mullany's sanatorium for dry news
aper men-journalists and members of
he Gridiron Club being barred-and the ,
Experiment. was superintended by the
enial Dennis himself The law that
nore than two introductions to the lad
4 one day was not permissible was not !
iscovered until days later. and Col |
ling was the martyr to the cause of !
cienee.
"One of the star performers OF a great !
lew York daily at the time was assigned
D cover the Kansas City convention. He !
tarted out with the best OF intentions
is related that he managed to get five :
Iamie Taylors under his belt and was !
aught at the Benning race track at !
lidnight collecting money on a bet Q
e had laid at 100 to l on an imaginary
He insisted on seeing an {
ther race, but his friends removed him
, an ice room at local hospital-and
e did not get as far as Kansas City,"
This place of Mullany's. the passing
which causes so many emotions to
rise in the breasts OF the drinking
asses" said another of the group "is I
o gilded palace, with mirrors and cut I
lass decanters and the frequent popping y
champagne eorks. II angles sidewise {
the corner, and Is about the size of a
arlem fat The small place in front c
the bar has always been occupied by Z
arrels of whisky OF such age as to
luse them to be regarded with great L
spect. When the place used to become a
DIVIDED. the deans of the profession q
ere allowed TO sit on these barrels. s
Dennis MuIlany. the man who made a
nous the little haven for dry souls, a
as not only one of the best mathema- d
,ians in Washington in his, day, but he n
as a man OF wide knowledge otherwise, c
graduate Nof the University of Dublin,
ID one of the bext-poste6 men on finance 81
the country. He also wrote poetry, n
II few who knew him knew this, as =
was modest on that and several other 4
ints.
And Poet Also.
When an English friend Of the famous
rkeep named Price on, one ST. Patricks
ny bade MuIlany's 'sPtnky'' to inform
5 master that he had been in his place
mixing good English ale. and left an
ange lily, the loyal Irishman, who had 4
en- celebrating st. Patrick's Day and
Is fun OF the spirit of the occasion,
This orange embler -dsspises
I never Thought 1t nice
While absent Il was left for me
BY an English prig named Prise n,
The shamrock better pleases me: 1S
II cheers ms heart when sore ~,
And recalls to mind those Transraai Scenes a.
Where British fed from Boer 10
The shamrock viii be honored "a "a
After Englsnd's prestige fails N.
And the traveler from New ZEALAND st,