Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-30

number Of other races I'll It with a
I shrill babble
But few blocks away is Con
/ taronc's, which VIC mention by nam.
| because o. Henry did so. remarkiny
/ that the place literary land
mark. It has thereby become a liter.
( AIRY landmark by reputation at least.
and The fact is abundantly got forth
IN iia advertisements. Beyond n doubt.
/ II IL calculated TO give the wandering
/ pfovincia! a considerable Impression OF
( IN" unusual The place has a look
7 81 ;iinc-staincd age The orchestra
consists OF three Italian women and
SonRstr".s who renders classical So
!cctIonS. but gets most OF her applause
when she answers encore with
where the River shannon Flows"
good many patrons arc obviously
foreign. and there is quite a sprink-
linE Of long -hnircd. queer-lookiur
'"hpt but YOU can tell at a glance
that IN" Buyer from kokomo has pene
,ratcd even into this retreat, These
ihllI>tlrcs may be easily selected from
among the true hahituns when m.
verm!ccni Is served There are some
present who do the real Italian sword
swallowing stunt. As though they had
been raised on the stuff. Others who
ar" experienced but not skillful, care
July and conscrvativcly cut 1t into
little bits. But watch the man from
r. ''''''0 Willie i've, W No never bPIGTe saw
IA" sinuous Italian dainty served full
length. bat whose s.if-contdcncc is
"Iua! 10 any task with some diT-
Guilty hc winds !, around his fork,
iIfts IL on hish aud strives 10 engulf
il at a swoor. like a bass after /, min
now i'ui almost invariably, ono, or
perhaps two. OF tho supple strands.
about eighteen inches long. become
di."uSaCcd, and the rash adventurcrs
nar.uvcrs for tho next thirty seconds
draw gray" and dGsaparovtnE consid-
GRAFTON from three tables on either
hand
Disillusioncd. but not discouraged.
for Your next meal YOU penetrate still
farther INTO the wilderness OF Green
wich. Up the famous NacDougall Al
10y. locally known as The Rabbit Hole.
Almost by accident YOU discover
weather worn sign over an ancient
basement door, and daringly. with II
sense OF adventure. you enter. Through
a lark and narrow hallway you reach
" litte three -corncrcd niche between
tall buildings. On one side you sec
through opened windows into row
of studios. In tho other YOU get
glimpse OF the inner workings OF "a
pi"ki" factory. This scuuestcrcd rpot
has brcu made shady by tho spreading
"f Il great striped awning and is FUR
"iShcd with bare deal tables and kit
chen chairs. IL looks like a hang
here arc Of 4 most respectable appear-
ancc--younE ladies armed with i'm
lncnac portfolios. wearing saua re toed
shoes and last years hats and cy-
prcssions Of abstract contamination
ana thoughtful young men with bow
ties and manuscript cases. Presently
there enters a tall, stoop-shouldered
chap. who looks about, hangs his hat
and stick on rusty nail in tho wall.
sinks into chair and lights a cigar
etc. lie has Il lined and careworn
countcnancc; his eyes are concealed by
dark glasses and above them towers
brow as shining and conspicuous as
a boarding house door-knob. His eS-
prcSsion is one OF deep meditation-or
perchancc of boredom. lie fairly radl-
ht"s an atmosphere of lofty ccrcbra-
ton at last. YOU feel. you are i'm tho
haunts of tho truly intellectual
Toward the end Of Your meal, IN
comes IA short, blonde. happy looking
person. VINO approaches This mental
/ giant and dar!ngly smites him on the
back.
Hello. Bill" he almost shouts;
what in the dickens arc you doing
in this queer joint" Fill exhaIes
cloud Of smoke and turns upward a
look Of green gogrlcd cnnui.
30. Just trying to find something
amusing in this blame town. BY the
way. Jake. are you buying MISSES
skirts long on short for the fall
/ Trade"
Truly. the type and symbol OF the
New York crowd is the Guy From
Somewhere Else"