The Washington herald., 1918-08-17
By DWc

New York. Aug. f.-Accident or
carelessness has resulted in the
heaviest loss food purveyors in the
gastronomic belt have ever suffered
during the past few weeks. 1t is said
that patronage suffered 50 in many
places where high-priced food is
served the first week that bankruptcy
stared many in the face.
This story is not for those of timid
digestion or inclined to nausea 1
quote from the New York Law Jour
nal the substance Of the suit in which
moving picture actor got a 5000
verdict:
THE plaintiff registered as a guest
at the - hotel at about 4 o'clock in
the afternoon, and at about s O'Clock
went into the restaurant and gave an
order for liquor and food, which iI:-
cluded kidney saute. After he had
eaten part OF the saute and was about
to transfer some more from the cas-
serole in which It was contained to his
plate he found half a mouse included
in the part so transferred and the
other half still In the casserole.
THE mouse gave evidence Of having
been chopped in two, and as soon as
the plaintiff discovered the unexpect-
ed addition to his order he became
violently sick and remained so for
weeks, and suffered illness and other
discomforts as the result thereof. in
Guiding a pronounced loss of appetite
He was examined by the hotel ply
S1ctan as soon as he left the restaU-
rant, which followed Immediately up
on the discovery of the mouse. and re-
mained in bed eight days before he
was able to leave
The hotel gave as the only possible
solution of the case the suggestion
that the actor carried the mouse into
the restaurant himself and that he
was out of work and sought this
method of getting damages. 1t was
brought out at the trial that the hotel
was noted for its cleanliness and had
always borne an excellent reputation.
So impressed were New York
newspapers with the fact that pub
lication of the name Of the hotel
would absolutely ruin its hitherto
splendid reputation that in report
ing the other facts OF the case-all.
but one. eliminated the name.
They were discussing New York's
liberty loan allotment, which is to
be three billions. A famous mathe-
matician said: Three billions rep
resents a sum that even such bank
ers as Otto Kahn and Frank Van
derlip cannot conceive. I will give
you an illustration. Every New
Yorker has seen in the ten-car sub
way trains. jammed and packed.
running every three minutes all dur
ing the day. The subway has been
running for IA years. In that time
it has carried about three billions OF
passengers. Try to visualize each
passenger in those fourteen years
giving one dollar each and you will
get an idea Of the stupendous fig-
ures."
He was one of those loud talking
persons who has done everything
and seen everything. 1t need not
be added that he talked out of the
side of his mouth. He was on a
train with a New Yorker who was
enroute to a fishing camp in the
Adirondacks. No phase Of fishing
was unknown to him. The subject
changed to hunting in the Maine
woods and to the art OF woodcraft.
The loud talker knew all about
woodcraft too. The New Yorker
asked him where he was from.
Brooklyn" he replied.
"Oh. Jim." called out the New
Yorker to a friend in another seat
on the train, come up here. l want
you to meet a woodman from Brook
lyn."
It may be possible that pedes-
trians along Broadway will soon
have the opportunity of seeing
Charles Dana Gibson draw the IA
nous Gibson girl right on Broad
way. 1t was suggested at an art
lists dinner the other night that Glib
son. Flagg. Christy. Hutt and others
draw pictures in public to stimulate
recruiting. All were willing.