The Washington herald., 1915-12-11

rs the Carranza government going to
put Mexico back on her feet again. /
asked.
1T is step in the right direction,
anyway" answered Col Hanpson. I'VE
don't know much about what he can do
yet. 1 remember way back in 1868. when
l was a small boy. we didn't know much
about Lincoln. We didn't think he
amounted to SO very much. and a year
later, in 1864 VIC found out that he was
the greatest American that ever lived"
And that comes from a man than whom
no other in the United States knows
more about Mexico.
Col. Hanpson is responsible for the ap-
pie story. He tells 1t on himself
MY wife, like all wives. objected to
my taking a drink said he. she sug-
gested that whene yer l felt like induls-
ing in one / should eat an apple instead.
That would satisfy my thirst and take
away any craving l might have for alco-
holic stimulant.'
Ard do You do that" / asked.
Why no: I don't asked her il it
was reasonable to expect me to go
around New York carrying a bag of ap-
pies on my back
brooks and Brook.
There is another row over the name OF
the Brooks Club. In the days of that
the Brooks Club was founded in London
and named from the man who ran il
and made a convenient place for the
bloods of 100 years ago to lose their
money. 1t is in the same place today
or Bond street and very exclusive and
very swell You can play any game In
il YOU want to except tag Its members
are composed of English personaGes and
Americans who conform. The last time
in, IaA rtaT 1Iar
me in for a bite of supper. 1t was )
a. m. We sat on the balcony overlooking
the tank. watched members of Parlia-
ment swimming off the effect of Lloyd
George speech, and ate very soggy
supper, while Chambers confided to me
that he had not yet written the greatest
play in the world. He had hopes.
though.
So much for Brooks. number of
years ago, they founded A club in New
York called the Brook Club. It's only
for millIonaries and such. 1t never
closes When other clubs shut up at
a. m. and there is no other place to
30 except home. you can go to the
Brook and eat and drink and play bridge
for twenty four hours hand running.
That's why II is called the Brook-"For
men may come and men may CO. but
go un forever"
Two Brooks to Babble.
It's very expensive. very select and
very quiet. It's harder to get into than
it is for Teddy to get out of the Bull
Moose party But they heard of it in
London. heard of the unwarrantcd use
of the word Brook. and set up roar
as though somebody had stepped on the
lions tail. 1t took years for the echoes
to die out even, and now handful or
New York millionaires who have bed
rooms on the north side of Long Island
Sound around Greenwich. have started
the row all up again.
They formed an exclusive golf clup
of only $50 members-women, teas
politics, and paupers all barred. It's
right near the border line between New
York and Connecticut, and little
stream called Blind Brook runs through
the grounds. So II was quite naturai
to call 1t the Blind Brook Golf Club. and
it is quite as natural for the name to be
abbreviated to the Brook Club. That s
just what's happened and as result
the regular Brook Club is bowling and
groaninr and cursing as though some
BODY had stolen all its safe deposit keys
and it had forgotten the combination or
its own time locks.
It's a shame TO maltreat millionalres
that way. Somebody ought to copyright
that word Brook.