The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-18
DIAMOND I'M SPEAKS AND
SPOUTS At HOTEL DINNER
Restaurateurs Hear Verses and a Speech From Broad
ways Human Spot Light-6OO Of Them APP
plaud His Glittering Points.

In the old days. even in the days when
squads, the Hon. James Bejooled Brady
was IN object Of singular interest to res
taurant keepers as one who ate his way
steadily up and down Main street from
the setting Of the sun TO the rising
thereof. II is yet within the memory Of
man what woe and misery there was.
what bankruptcies and receiverships
came about when J. Bejooled awokc one
gloomy morn among his litter Of precious
stones and u that his tumtum. mis-
cherished Little Mary. had n bad case
OF charley horse.
Surely every one Interested in the
worth while history of our city recalls
those dreadful weeks OF suspense along
Broadway when Mr.. Brady took his all
ing tumtum to Johns Hopkins Hospital
and traded II for a new one. giving
> 0 900 TO boot: those tense weeks In
which Cap'n Jim Churchill and George
Rector and Tom Heaiy and John, Earl
of Dunston. greeted each other with
bated breath. barely whispering. Can
Jim come back"
The answer was found last night at
the annual dinner Of tho New York So
cieiy OF Restaurateurs at Terrace Gar
den when the restaurant men crowded
together with cheers to celebrate J.
Blazing Brady's comeback and the re-
sultant prosperity in aud among the
nossy food shops. Fortunes have been
made since Jim Becemmed Erady came
%ealumphing back from Johns Hopkins
with the new tumtum all ready for the
long night shift. Therefore the annual
dinner was wholly in honor Of and In
compliment to the Hon. J. Bediamond
as the most notable factor In the pros
pcrity of the past few years.
BRADY Outshines Arc I.ight.
lie arrived in front of Terrace Garden
at : +. NJ. %whcreupon the biz; arc light
which swings in front OF the Garden Sput-
tered hopelesSly and went out OF business.
AS Mr.. Brady stood momentarily in the
doorway spears OF wicked light stabbed
h~eavenward and to all points OF the
compass Mr.. Brady was wearing for the
evening his transportation set Of dia-
monds. than which there In no than
whicher.
Starting at the top or north shirtetud
one observed through latticcd fingers that
this was a safety bicycle. three inches
long by an inch wide. n bicycle of solid
diamonds set In platinum that the Sec
end stud was an automobile OF the same
size and also of solid diamonds locked
IN platinum.
The three waistcoat buttons. each no
larger than a butter plate. were gallop'
ing horses OF solid diamonds In plati
nuin. His cuff links were diamond bars
four inches long n n quarter OF an
inch wide And on the ring finger OF
his left hand he wore a car wheel. not
vastly smaller than the real thing. made
up OF a blue white solitaire which was the
hub OF a platinum wheel two inches In
diameter. Mr.. Brady paused Just lonG
enough to explain that his t~ransporta-
ton set had set him back sl0o .00o. what
with one modest little piece and another
and that the car wheel. e~mblematic OF
his manufacturing business. was cheaT
at $4,000.
The restaurant, men led Diamond jim
into their banquet hall. served him a
triple portion of their expertly designed
menu and made a lot OF fuss over him
until he removed his napkin from his
chin twhere he always wears It solely
TO obviate the annoying necessity OF send
ing the transportation Sc, 10 the dry
cleaners) and told them that he was
ready to read to them an origiral poem
he had composed especially for the bis
night,