The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
'COCK.A.DOODLF
ROUSES BROKERS
Chanticleer Crows Daily in a
Wall Street Drug Store
Window.
EGGS WHILE YOU WAIT
Truly Rural Scene at Soda Fountain
Where You Get En- Strictly
Fresh.

New York. April Is-If Wall Street will
not go in search OF the simple life, the
simple life will go to Wall Street. and
il has There was something truly rural
and beautifully bucolic about the i'm
mediate neighborhood OF the stock eI-
change and the curb market this morn
ing. for now and then above the roar
and rumble of the exchange and the
shouts OF those on the curb could be
heard the loud Growing Of a rooster. Back
to nature. indeed. there are hens in
Wall Street.
But il you arc expecting from this 10
find a whole harnyard located in the
vicinity of the exchange. you are doomed
to disappointment. for the poultry is a
feature Of two soda shops recently open
ed. which bear the inscription:
We give you strictly fresh eggs" and
to prove this rash statement there are
the hens themselves in a neat coop by
the side Of the fountain.
Each soda shop Cthey are situated a
few blocks aparp has two,hens and one
rooster. and while one trio is Rhode Is
land Reds. the other is of the Partridge
Plymouth Rock variety. SO that II you
have any choice as to which kind OF a
hen should lay your strictly fresh egg.
you are given a chance to exercise a
nice discrimination in the matter.
Eggs While You Wait.
promise eggs laid while you wait in this
highly satisfactory manner. and even this
shop has had some little trouble in con-
vincing customers of its honesty and in
tegrity in the matter. One pugnaCious
old gentleman who had all the earmarks
of a veteran New Yorker and had prob
ably never seen hen before it had been
fricasseed. challenged the clerk at the
fountain this morning as to the possi-
hility of two hens laying enough eggs
during the day to supply the hundreds Of
customers who came to buy egg drinks.
The New Yorker actually maintained that
one hen can lay only one egg day and
reminded the clerk that this was an age
Of specialization. whereupon the server
of sodas interrupted the discOursN. fear
ing that IL would take the trend OF many
public speeches and treat not only of
specialization but OF efficiency and even
get to feminism in time.
Il suppose ordinary hens do kinder keep
to a custom OF laying one egg a day per-
haps." he admitted in kindly tone. but
you see these hens are uncommon stock.
Have a copy OF our mating list and see
for yourself" and he handed him out a
pamphlet. The New Yorker went away
still unbelieving and unconvInced as to
the veracity OF a soda fountain manage
ment that advertised fresh eggs for all
its customers and kept only two hens
to supply them. Which only shows, of
course. how hard IT is in this calculating
age for a concern that tries to do the
right thing by the public to win their
confidence.
Appreciate Their blessings.
But the mating list ought to prove a
good deal even TO the most unbelieving
customer who reads it while he enjoys
his chocolate egg shake and eats one OF
the sandwiches, or the seven different
kinds of pies supplied at the fountain.
The list will give him the whole family
history of the poultry on exhibition be-
sides telling him how he could raise
chicks in a brooder house If he had one