The sun., 1918-12-21
After 40 Years in Famous
Eating Place Peter Nee
han Retires.
TO TRAVEL WITH MISsUS
Sells "Beef and" Restaurant,
but Gives His Noted Pic
lures to Friends.

day afternoon wiping, for the last
time. a butter smeared thumb on his
apron. His eyes ranged along the row
OF pictures on the steamed walls until
they lighted on a large framed photo
graph. across a corner of which an idol
of the Dolans and the Meehans, Tam
many though they were and are, had
written his name, Theodore Roose-
welt"
Considered from a collectors point
OF view that photograph Is worth 500
Of any mans money. Several news
paper reporters were in the restau-
rant for cause.
"Going to get rid of 'em ALL" said
Peter Meehan.
How much will you take for this
one?" asked a reporter, pointing at
T. r.
How much will I takel" blazed
Meehan, whereupon the other begged
his pardon.
Gives the Colonel Away.
How much will take7" said
Meehan. Exactly nothing. You nor
anybody else can't buy the Colonel.
This picture is going to somebody who
ts a nut on the Colonel, same as every
body ought to be, and it's going with
the compliments of Dolan's and the
present proprietor on the last Cay OF
the same. meaning me. Now, how
do you feel about him-I mean the
Colonel?"
It developed that the visitor was a
red. white and blue Rooseveltian. All
his young life he had been trying to
get an autograph photograph. His
honest rawlings satisfied even Peter
Meehan He reached up and took the
picture from the wall, turned 1t over,
wrote on the back, ITO - -.
with the compliments of Peter j.
Meehan" did it up in brown butcher
paper and handed II to the reporter,
who stumbled out of that place in n
trance.
"Tha. young fellows lucky" said
Meehan. but 1 guess l did right. All
the rest of the gallery will be dis
tributed among old time patrons of
Dolans. There's Big Tim Sullivan
UP there. the only picture Of Big Tim
IN the city. That painting is going
60 his old friend. Police Lieut.. Mike
Somers, in memory of the days when
Big Tim used to eat here regular,
paying Is cents for hts beef an and
slipping the waiter a silver dollar
as he went out. and OF the times
when Big Tim used to send Judges
down here in a hack or an automobile
from his clubhouse on the Bowery for
q dollars worth of beef an and sink
ers.
THAT picture of Harry Howard. the
last chief of the Volunteer Fire De-
partment, is spoken for by Charley
Brown, and so is that one of Harri-
The only one in existence, 80 far as
know"
VIII Keep "Barrels of Money"
Meehan sided along until he came
TO a painting of q group Of cracker
barrels from the tops OF which United
States banknotes were spilling sc
realistically that one could hear the
n!lls craCkle and would swear at least
that this was not product OF the
brush, but OF photography. It is
Dolsn'5 famous picture. Barrels OF
Money" which the Government made
an awful fuss about at one time until
Lyman J. Gage. Secretary OF the
Treasury. sent q personal letter say
fnr that It belonged to Dolan's anC
could stay there.
Meehan fondled the picture with hi:
eyes and remarked: "I kinda think
~ not give this away. kinda think
III keep this one for myself I an
also going to keep that picture ot
!f.u'. Billy Kennel, the City Hal
policeman. He's been coming in her,
9o- for,v years ! guess. and his father
tie butcher, was here before him,
"Fvt here's another that's got tina
enc faded" said Peter the antiquarian
moving along. Cant you smell then
apples? Cant you whiff that loaf o
hrf ad"" 1t wns even so. In a fran,
there cleaned half dozen red ap
ulf' rolling over a brown loaf o
French bread in an ensemble tina
iraGe orr suddenly hungry.
Done by the same painter that d.
tic Barrels Of Money" Meehan sait
His name was Dnbriel. Man. won
6crful artist. n wonderful artist. Thor
vas never the heat of him for maxim
things real. l kinda think III kee
rhls one. too"
why He Sold Out.
Peter Meehan gave his apron n tug
Sat down at a bare, SCARED table, an
told why he was disposing of his gal
ltry. .Dolan's al New York had know
j. for ffty-three years, Dolans tina
Invented beef an and coffee cake.
Eolan's where generation after gen
Grafton OF Mayors, Judges, politici
bosses and such, and likewise ca
drivers, lOngshoremen, sandwich me
nd such, had consumed tons OF han
thousands Of acres of beans, oceans c
coffee and Popocatapetls Of sinkers-
beef an Dolan's was going out {
business last night.
Peter J, Meehan had sold out.
firm named Ungev Bros. had bougt
him out, land the lawyers that fixe
Up the deed got along fine Just fine
said Meehan, Unger Bros. would kee
me name Do!an's, but would remod,
The place and change its characte
ard open Il as a modern quick lunc
room.
But there was no undermining Pet
Meehan His uncle, Patrick Dolan, he
started the business. his brothe
Johnny Meehan, had continued II an
he, Peter. had kept II going afte
Johnny died. And now he Peter, wa
through because he wanted to be an
because he and the Mssus had decide
1t was about time they started q
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