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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1919-06-20
crlsf.Id Fir. Co. strike.

Crisfield.-After obtaining permis-
sion from Mayor Richardson to take
the chemical engine to Salisbury for
the fremen's convention parade. Chief
Rupert Sommers, of the Crisheld Vol
unteer Fire Department, was notified
by the City Clerk that Council had
passed a resolution at a special meet
ing forbidding them taking the engine
out of the city. As a result the entire
company quit.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1919-06-20

Hagerstown.-A jury at Westminster
gave a verdict for $4,000 in favor Of
Mrs. Flora Shreiner against the Ha,
gerstown Mayor and Council, whom
she sued for damages for the death Of
her husband, Clarence Shreiner. who
was killed last year by coming in con.
tact with electric wires owned by the
city. The case was removed from
Hagerstown to Westminster. Shreiner
who lived at Chambersburg, was EN-
ployed by the Cumberland Valley Tele
phone Company here.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1919-06-20
Neoro Whipped For wife esatIno

notwithstanding plea for mercy
or an exclamation Of pain with each
stroke Of the whip. George Williams
colored. 81 years old, Of Montrose, this
county, was given 20 lashes on his
bare back in the Jail yard here for
brutally assaulting his wife, Frances
Williams. Is, near Montrose. the even.
ing Of May 30, The whipping was ad-
ministered by Sheriff William L. Aud
and was witnessed by about dozen
persons
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1919-06-20

The State Board OF Forestry has had
many Inquiries in regard to a wither'
ing foliage OF shade trees all over the
State. White oak leaves curl up and
turn brown. Maple and elm leaves
covered with a sticky substance appear
vanished. The twigs and the under
side Of the leaves are literally swarm
ing with little insects, which are
known as plant lice or aphids. Though
the entomologists say there are about
s25 species OF the plant lice, yet they
all have the common characteristic OF
being small. sott-bodied and tender
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1919-06-20

Chestertown.-Rad Manor farm.
the beautiful home OF Arthur NJ.
Brown, on the Chester river, about one.
half mile from Chestertown, has been
purchased by s. Scott Beck, Claude F.
Parks and VIM. B. Usilton, Of Chester
town, for $4,000. This ferm is one Of
the most beautiful water situations in
Kent county and has a fne dwelling
and other buildings. Leon NJ. Brown
is now the tenant 1t also has a deep
water wharf on the property. The fer.
tilizer factory OF Massey & Kilbourne
is also on this water front.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1919-06-20
state Bar VIII Convene.

Arrangements have been completed
for the twenty-fourth annual meeting
Of the Maryland State Bar Association,
which will be held at the Hotel Chel-
sea, Atlantic City, June 26. 27 and rs.
The first session will be taken up
with the address OF the president,
Judge Edward c. Peter, of Rockville,
and the reports of committees. 1t is
expected that the meeting will be one
of the largest and most enthusiastic
ever held by the association.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1919-06-20
Eavors U. S. Halfway Board.

Cumberland-At its opening bust
ness session at odd Fellows Temple
here the Grand Council, United Com.
mercial Travellers, Jurisdiction Of
Maryland. Virginia. West Virginia. Dis
trict Of Columbia and Kentucky. went
on record as favoring the movement
for a law to be enacted establishing a
Federal highway commission.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1919-06-20

Hagerstown.-Leon Scheller, son OF
County Health Oflcer C. R. Scheller
this city, was injured when the auto
mobile in which he was riding turned
over twice on the Western Pike. The
accident was caused by a blowout.
The automobile was wrecked. Schel,
Ter was cut and bruised.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1919-06-20

Hagerstown.-Th Washington Coun-
ty Commissioners have appropriated
s314 1885 for the public schools Of
the county for the coming scholastic
year. The school board made a re-
QUESTION for s32s,74sS2, but the bud
get was cut The appropriation car
ries with it increased salaries for
school teachers.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1919-06-20

Laurel-The Rev. L, e. N. s. Nash
negro pastor OF church in the
western part of the town, has a four
legged chicken recently hatched which
is causing considerable interest among
his colored brethren as well as among
the white population.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1919-06-20

The FIRST really substantial side
walks In Manhattan were laid on thf
west side of Broadway, New York, be
tween vesey and Murray streets, abou
The year i7s7s
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Interior Of the first Roosevelt coffee
house in Ne,U York

edge from my work in medicine to
vouch for the fact that Mr.. Salazar's
ideas about making coffee and drink
ing coffee are absolutely sound. His
method certainly brings out the
essential oils and reduces the
amount of tannic acid. Another fea-
ture OF our coffee houses is that Mr.
Salazar will teach any patron his
method of making coffee, and he
sells the kind of coffee we use."
In "War in the Garden Of Eden,"
a book recently published by Kermit
Roosevelt, he lays particular stress
on his experiences in the coffee
bazaars Of Mesopotamia, where he
served with the British forces. His
interest in coffee houses for this
country was undoubtedly stimu-
lated by his experiences in the East.
However, as Kermit Roosevelt
points out, it is sometimes the Gus
tom in those delightful coffee
bazaars of Bagdad for the proprie-
tor to poison intelligence officers
with whom he has fallen out.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Tontine Coffee s1ouse, early
Ne1p York

quented than it was to know his
home address.
Not many women frequented the
early English coffee houses, because
in those days there wasn't the
slightest doubt about woman's place,
which was somewhere between the
kitchen and the dining room. Times
changed, and the Gladstone coffee
houses accommodated women to
the extent Of 5 per cent of their
patronage. In the Roosevelt coffee
houses women are as welcome as
men, and thus far the attendance
has been about half and half, almost
every American man bringing at
least one woman.
Boston, New York and Philadel-
phia had many coffee houses at the
time of the Revolutionary War. The
increase in the consumption of
liquors was the cause of the disap-
pearance of the coffee houses for
which New York was once famous.
FRITZ Lindinger, who now holds the
title to what was the first coffee
house in New York, "Ye Olde Coffee
House," which was established IN
der that name at 105 Broad Street.
in New York, says it does not
matter any longer whether people
know where his tavern is or whether
they ignore it. Mr.. Lindinger has
used the old coffee house for many
years as a tavern. Since prohibi-
ton he declares that he cannot sell
anything worth while. Coffee does
not interest him. The house, as it
stands on the northeast corner of
Broad and Water streets, is the
same building which was built
in 1746, except that one story has
been added and the outside wooden
stairway, which was the only ap.
proach to the upper floors in Wash
ington's day, has been removed. The
Sons Of Lils4rty. who later became
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Above-The original Buttons, a historic
English coffee house

Sir Harcourt Johnstone, NJ. P. The
capital stock of the company was
$4,000 and shares We're sold
throughout Great Britain at 50
share. Seven or mere coffee houses
were established and they were re-
markably successful. One of the
hackers Of the English company
was Florence Nightingale, who took
time from her work on behalf of the
sick to speak in favor Of coffee
houses in general and the Gladstone
enterprise in particular.
Most Of us know the history Of
the old English coffee houses, be-
cause Of the number of really big
ideas that were Matched in them and
carried out from them Lloyd's
Coffee House was operated by Ed
ward Lloyd, who afterward founded
the famous Lloyds shipping agency
and underwriting firm. The infa-
nous South Sea Bubble, which
aroused England in the time of
Dean Swift, was hatched at Gar
raways. Buttons in London was
founded by a servant of Joseph Ad-
Olson, and it was there that "The
Spectator" was planned. Pope,
Dryden and Pepys liked Wills,
where Dryden used to sit in state
and dispense pinches of snuff as
favors to the young, aspiring poets,
who worshiped him. DR.. johnson.
Boswell, David Garrick. Sir Joshua
Reynolds and others of their circle
were in the habit of reservine tables
and punch at "The Mitre." St.
James's Coffee House was the scene
of the composition of Goldsrnith's
famous poem, - retaliation" which
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
n IT ANY persons have sighed
N for the good old days"
- wheE men were knitted


at "Whita's" in London
and when Alexander Hamilton and
Aarcn Burr exchanged left-handed
compliments in New York coffee
houses. The only thing lacking in
modern life for the creation of this
atmosphere Of fellowship and good
cheer-an atmosphere redolent of
Addison and Steele, "The Specta-
tor and Dean Swift-was coffee
houses. Not merely because of the
exis of the saloon, but because Of
q desire TO restore that old atmos-
pherc of fellowship and good cheer,
the Roosevelt family decided to sup
ply the growing need for an atmos
phere in which citizens can blow
eff steam.
Early in November articles of in
corporation were filed at Albany
fer company known as the
Cafe Paulista, which is authorized
TO operate any number Of eating
Places where coffee may be con-
almed. The president is Philip j.
Roosevelt, the son of w. Emlen
Roosevelt and nephew of the late
Theodore Roosevelt. The directors
include Theodore Roosevelt, jr.,
Kermit Roosevelt, Archibald Roose-
welt, Colonel Richard Derby, who
was surgeon Of the famous Cd Di-
vision in France and who married
Ethel Roosevelt; Mrs. Richard
Derby ard Alfredo NJ. Salazar, for
merly attache Of the Brazilian Con-
salate in New York and an expert
extraordinary on the subject Of
coffee and coffee houses.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

please try a cup of my coffee
without milk. People should never
drink coffee with milk" said Mr..
Salazar "Milk or cream brings
about indigestion when it reacts
with the tannic acid in coffee. Do
you know why Voltaire was able to
drink fifty cups of coffee? Because
he drank fifty cups of black coffee.
| serve milk with my coffee for
those who want it, because am not
running coffee propaganda estab-
lishment, but coffee house, where
each patron does as he pleases. I
only advise.
eve opened this house on No
vember 13 and in the first week.
when we did not have any publicity,
because the Roosevelt family does
not wish to exploit their illustrious
name, we paid expenses. That in
dicates that there is a real demand
for coffee and coffee houses. After
the newspapers heard of our enter
prise we have been doing more than
pay expenses. Last Saturday, our
second Saturday, Vt took in s2o4. go,
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Khcre Coffee Is King

Kermit Roosevelt was travelling
in South America in 1913 when he
met Alfredo NJ. Salazar in Brazil.
Mr.. Salazar is a mechanical engi-
ncer who was educated in Argen-
tina, but he gets his knowledge of
coffee from his birthplace, which is
Sac PauIo, the most famous coffee
district in the world. Mr.. Salazar
was sent to New York by the Bra
lillian government in 1916 to work
on some inventions he had perfected,
and while in this city he renewed
his acquaintance with Kermit Roose-
velt. Mr.. Salazar was SO much inn
pressed with the need for coffee
houses in New York City that in
March, 1916, he opened coffee
house of thirty tables in the base
ment of l Wall Street, where busi-
ness men soon got into the habit
cf transacting that part Of their
business which could be accom-
plished by talk. Here Kermit
Roosevelt and his brother, Quentin,
who was later brought down over
the German lines in France and
killed while plotting an American
airplare, used to go often. A large
clientele of business men was es-
tablished by Mr.. Salazar, and his
customers finally insisted that he
move into larger and better quar-
ters, which he did by opening a
coffee house at Broad and South
William streets. Then Kermit
Roosevelt suggested that he and
his relatives, together with Mr.
Salazar, establish chain Of coffee
houses for New York.
"Our plan to operate chain OF
coffee houses was first taken up in
the winter of 1916-l7," said Philip
J. Roosevelt. "The credi. for the
idea belongs to my cousin. Kermit
s'ho took it up with Salazar. We
planned to open our first coffee
houses in 1917, and then we got
into war. Just as soon as the
family came back from France we
took up the idea again, and the
Brazilian Coffee House, at 108 West
Forty-fourth Street, New York
City, is the result.
"The plans we made for coffee
houses were completed before pro
hi5ition went into effect, but, of
course, the effect of prohibition was
to make our enterprise more useful
and important. What we desire to
do is Co afford a place for people to
come, where they can talk, write
letters, eat sandwiches and cake
and, above all, drink real coffee"
do you think that an enterprise
which allows customers to sit around
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Coffee house slip and Ne,o York
coffee house

which is pretty good when you
consider that we sell only coffee,
cake, sandwiches and Brazilian pat
ties, which are made of different
kinds of meat.
when we get more settled ex-
pect to improve the coffee house
considerably. We shall have a rack
of newspapers and magazines. 1t
is also my idea to have many copies
of the Constitution of the United
States in an abridged edition on the
tables. You know, when man
drinks a cup OF coffee prepared as
it should be prepared his wits are
sharpened and he is able to read
such thing as the Constitution of
the United States. which I regard
as the most wonderful document in
the world, because it is the basis of
your wonderful government. Now,
when foreigner comes into the
coffee house he will see this book.
If he wishes to, he may read it, and
what he reads will stay with him,
because he has had a cup of coffee
and his wits have been sharpened.
We arc not running any propa-
ganda, but the Roosevelt family
! agrees with me that there is no
harm in offering people this oppor-
tunity, since they are not compelled
to make use of it. There are many
native Americans who have never
read the Constitution, and there are
many things men will do after
good cup of real coffee-even to
reading parts of the Constitution. :"
The Roosevelt family will not
stop with this one coffee house. un-
less this one house should fail.
"Our plans are not yet definite
enough to say where our next coffee
houses will be located" said Colonel
Richard Derby. 'If our plans sue
ceed we shall also operate chain
of houses in Chicago, where Archie
Roosevelt is now, looking over the
field; in Philadelphia, in Boston, and
in other cities. Of course, all that
is indefinite. We shall branch out
just as soon as we see success in
New York, but not before. Kermit
is now in South America with his
mother, and one of the reasons for
his trip was to arrange for the ship
ment to us directly of the best
South American coffee.
II am sure our coffee houses will
succeed" said Colonel Derby, "be-
cause in this country we are coffee
drinking people. And it is strange
that the coffee which we drink is
such slop, usually. am not a
chemist, but ! have enough ESowl-
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Hlusfrious Prototypes

The Roosevelts are not the first
illustrious political family to go into
the coffee house business. In 1876
the Coffee Tavern Company, Ltd. ;"
was incorporated in London and
one of the vice-presidents of the
company was William Ewart Glad
stone, later Prime Minister. The
Right Hon. w. F. Cowper Temple
was the president and the other
vice-presidents were His Grace the
Duke of Westminster, Earls Cowper
and Derby, Viscount Portman and
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

Burns's Coffee House. q resor; o
New York colonia. days

bolder and changed their name to
the Liberty Boys, organized and
held meetings at Eye Olde Coffee
House" in 1865. Indignation meet.
ings, which later crystallized into
the Revolutionary War. were also
held at Bufrs's Coffee House, which
is no longer standing.
In London each coffee house was
noted for its special circle of visi-
tors. Certain coffee houses were
frequented by literary men, others
by scientists, theologians and poll
ticians. We may expect to lind,
after the Roosevelt and similar
houses get under way, special houses
patronized by motion picture stars,
where the girls may watch Douglas
Fairbanks trying to drink cup Of
coffee without being stared at.
There undoubtedly Will be special
houses where out-of-town buyers
will congregate, and it is certain
that one Roosevelt house will be
occupied exclusively by the editors
Of the serious weeklios.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
he Coffee House Comes Back to New York
Resorts of Good Cheer and FeE
lowship, Popular in Colonial
M Days, To Be Restored

all night for half a dollar will be
able to pay expenses?"
IL decidedly do think so," said Mr..
Roosevelt, because if didn't think
so and if other members of the
family didn't think so we should
not have gone into the business.
You see, we have worked this thing
cut carefully. 1t is nothing new.
We. are acquainted with the details
of such an enterprise, as they have
been worked out in England, Hol-
land, Turkey, France and other
countries. When we first opened
the Brazilian Coffee House we
planned to keep open until 1880
o'clock at night. The demand has
been so great, however, in the first
two weeks of the business that we
have extended the closing time un-
til l a. m. The house opens at
s o'clock in the morning."
Why VoItaire Presides
The Brazilian Coffee House, at
10S West Forty-fourth Street, oc-
cupies the ground floor of a pri-
vate house. There is modest sign
over the doorway which reads:
brazilian Coffee House" The COM
Portable room inside contains thirty
tables of oak, with a rack contain
ing writing paper on each table.
Behind the counter in the middle
Of the room Mr.. Salazar takes cash
and sells real Brazilian coffee,
ground scientifically in order to
give the full value and roasted
scientifically in order to reduce the
harmful effects Of coffee. The walls
are decorated in green and gold
wallpaper, the design of which
represents the Brazilian bamboo
plant. On the walls are several
chromos Of coffee picking in Brazil
and other Brazilian scenes. On the
left wall as one enters is large
painting of Voltaire, who used to
drink fifty cups of coffee a day, and
on the opposite wall is a portrait
of William Shakespeare, who made
many pleasant remarks anent the
virtues of coffee. The decorations
were planned by Mr.. Salazar and
Mrs. Ethel Roosevelt Derby, who,
as wife Of the treasurer of the
company, has taken over those du-
ties while her husband is busy with
the American Legion. Mrs. Kermit
Roosevelt is also an interested par
ticipant in the management of the
! first Roosevelt house. Coffee is
served by the Brazilian walters in
large pots, and it is special coffee.
Mr. Salazar has definite ideas
about the way coffee should be
roasted, ground, cooked and drunk.
"Shall I tell you something about
I coffee?" asked Mr.. Salazar. "Well,
to boil coffee, percolate coffee or
let it stand longer than thirty
minutes is to make tannic acid soup
instead of coffee. Coffee the wav
we make it saves 80 per cent to the
consumer and contains much less
caffeine and more aromatic oils. 1t
is more refreshing and at the same
time more economical. You notice,
on the little mirror in our window.
there is chalked the sign: If Postum
disagrees with you try cup of our
coffee
No MIX, Please
please try cup of my coffee
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
No Mix, Please

coffee
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Newspaper Substitutes

Macaulay points out that the old
English coffee houses took the place
Of newspapers and street corner
orations. Finally, when weekly
news letters began to make their
appearance, the reporters for these
papers, who were usually the pro-
prietors as well, went from coffee
house to coffee house to gather the
news, for it was rlore important to
know which coffee house man fire.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

Goldsmith wrote there one night
when q party of friends persisted in
"spcoing" him.
Whites Chocolate House in
London originated IN 1898. It was
always the place of the ar;stocracy,
and anybody but a very great lord
was frowned upon by the walters
and the very great lords until he de-
parted for more homely place like
Buttons. The King and the Prince
of Wales were frequent visitors at
Whites when it was first opened,
and other distinguished patrons
were Earl Chesterfield, William
Pitt, Sir Robert Walpole, Charles
James Fox, Beau Brummel and
Col'y Cibber, who was the only dra
matlst and actor who was allowed
in with any degree of greeting.
When there was a fire at Whites,
in the early eighteenth century, the
King and the Prince of Wales
turned out at the scene and between
them raised purse for the fremen,
which they offered to them for the
purpose of making them fight the
fire more vigorously.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Then as Nom

In paper read at the annral
conference of the Church of Eng
land Temperance Society in 1879
learned gentleman by the name Of
Herbert Birch, esq, who was the
honorary secretary of the Black
burn Coffee Tavern Company, Ltd"
advised making the coffee house as
near like a saloon as possible. lie
told his audience that if they wished
to draw patronage from the saloons
they must make their coffee houses
with bar, brass rail ard bottles ci
syrups on the shelves. He sug-
gested a catchy name, like ths
Coach and Horses" The follow
ing quotation from Mr.. Birch Illus
trates his sound business principles
"The pivot on whi.h the wnoie
thing rests is a good manager, not
old enough to have had all the steam
taken out of him and not given 70
lecturing and preaching, because !
fear such men, however useful ID
their way, have a soul above breso
and butter"
1t is only fair to the Roosevelt
family to say in conclusion that al
its members have scrupulousiy
avoided publicity in this new ven
ture. The Brazilian Coffee HOUSE
was in operation before New forS
knew about it through its news
papers, and then discovery came
only as the result of prowling re-
porter's efforts. There is nothing
about the establishment that lndi
Gates the Roosevelt family. Thoss
who go to the coffee houses expecs
ing to see a Roosevelt will have q
accept coffee as a substitute, pu
not coffee substitute.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-04
international News Service.

WASHINGTON. March 4-Presiden,
Wilson in a formal statement issued
from the White House this afternoon
reiterated his refusal to call an extra
session of the next congress. puts the
blame directly up to those 'wilful leg
islators who obstructed important mca-
sures In the closing hours Of the sixty.
fifth congress and bespoke the conf
dence of the American people in the
course he has taken.
7 confidently hope the people of the
country will think 1 am making the
right choice" he said.
The president said that he took IL for
granted that those who were RESPONSE
bic for the conditions that would exist
because of the failure Of passage of
certain legislation would be willing 10
assume the responsibility Of the i'm
paired efficiency OF the government and
the embarrassed finances Of the coun-
try during his absences
Following IS the statement. which was
not given out until the present con-
gress had formally adjourned:
"A group of men in the senate have
deliberately chosen to embarrass the ad-
ministration of the government. to i'm
peril the financial interests OF the rail-