Arizona republican., 1919-12-22
By Frederic J. Haskin


 NEW YORK, Dec. 1S-New York has to thank prohibition for one bless ing, and that is the establishment of q modern coffee house, where it is possi- ble to obtain a cup of coffee that is really coffee and not tannic acid soup. It also has to thank the Roosevelt family, whose expert business judg- ment, as well as it's compassion for the New Workers outraged tummy, led it to establish this new and picturesque enterprise, known as the Brazilian Golf fee house.
 Americans have always been great coffee drinkers. If you can believe sta tistics, we are the greatest coffee drinkers in the world. More coffee is consumed in New York every year than in any other city. which proves that New Workers are either lacking in taste or are marvelously good-humor- ed for the coffee served in even the best hotels and restaurants is worse than the ice cream sodas served in Europe. Than which there is no more odious comparison.
 New York has had coffee houses be- fore, but in recent years their popular ity has been based largely on the fact that they served almost everything else but coffee. There is ''Ye Old Eng fish Coffee House" on Forty-third Street for instance, which specializes in table dhote dinners, with merely demi- tasse tackled on to the end, and there is another coffee house in Green wich Village, which serves very good chocolate, but the Brazilian Coffee House is the first attempt to revive the ancient tavern of the eighteenth century, dedicated entirely to coffee and hot air."
 The Roosevelts have made their cof- fee house as much like the early ones as possible as far as this last feature tod Tn talk long hours over their coffee, and if they get tired of that there are racks containing writing paper for their ben eft Later on, there are to be maga- zines, possibly books and table copies of the United States constitution
 What we desire to do," said Philip J. Roosevelt in discussing the matter. '.is to provide a place for people to come, where they can talk, write let ters, eat sandwiches and cake, and above all, drink real coffee"
 The Brazilian Coffee House is all ready proving enormously popular. It is on Forty fourth street, in the cen ter of the theatrical district. and thus receives a large theatrical patronage. while the newspaper profession, male and female have adopted it as their own special property. The sign in the window, reading .'If Postum disagrees with you,s try cup of our coffee.
 
 persons who admit that the sole quest of their leisure hours is drinkable cof- fee. It is amusing to see these dis heartened connoisseurs stop, sniff the air and finally enter With LOOK of new hope in their eyes.
 Inside, the long room which contains the coffee house is permeated with the delicious odor. On the left wall as you enter there is a painting of Noltaire, whose literary skill was matched only by his ability to drink fifty cups of cof fee day, while on the opposite wall IS a portrait of William Shakespeare who is also supposed to have been a great admirer of coffee. The walls themselves are covered with vivid green and gold wallpaper containing an intricate Brazilian bamboo plant design. There are thirty small oak tables with chairs to match. and each table supports a rack containing writ ing paper. Behind long oak counter in the center of the room the proprietor acts as cashier and sells Brazilian cof fee, which he grinds. while you wait, in a special sort of coffee grinder.
 The proprietor, of course, is not a Roosevelt. If you patron'ze the Bra shaking hands with a member of the Coloners family, you are doomed to disappointment. Mrs. Ethel Roosevelt Derby is said to have planned the dec- orations, but so far as is known, has never been seen in the place since it was opened to the public. MT. SalaZar, who is in charge of the enterprise and who also owns an interest in it. is a Brazilian born in Sac Paulo. the great est coffee growing district in the world and hence is a coffee a1'thor'fv