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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
Fewer Visitors
Expected

Mr.. Carruthers estimates that men
who have come to New York on business
will not be remaining over an additional
day or two for amusement if there is no
"hrewater' to be obtained. Also that
there will be fewer banquets and dinner
parties. Also that such dinner parties
as are held Will be comparatively prosaic
and tame.
While only 10 10 per cent of the
gross revenue Of the usual quiet hotel,
taking the country over, may be derived
from the sale of alcoholic beverages, the
net profits from this source are higher
and this margin may represent the diff
ference between financial success and
failure of the hotel.
The Algonquin Hotel voluntarily closed
its public bar about year ago. 1t is
reported that the young son Of Mr.. Case,
the manager, was an influencing factor:
that Mr.. Case. as the father of a grow
ing boy found it increasingly distaste-
full to make portion of the family liv-
ing from barroom profits.
Mr.. Case is now on a trip to the
Pacific Coast, where he will have op-
portunity to observe ways and means
used successfully by hotels in dry terri
tories. Meantime, the resident man
ager, Chauncey Depew Steele, is ex-
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80! e.
The Fifty first Dragon
4 Story by Hey7vood Bt0uu

with a battle-ax. In this exercise he
was truly impressive, for he had enor
nous strength as we'll as speed and
grace. He even developed deceptive
display of ferocity. Old alumni say that
it was a thrilling sight to see Gawane
charging across the field toward the
dummy paper dragon which had been
set up for his practice. AS he ran he
would brandsh his ak, and shout "a
murrain on thee" or some other vivid
bit of campus slang. 1t never took him
more than one stroke to behead the
dummy dragon.
Gradually his task was made more diff
ficult. Paper gave way to papier-mache
and finally to wood but even the tough
est of these dummy dragons had no ter
rors for Gawaine. One sweep of the ak
always did the business. There were
those who said that when the practice
was protracted until dusk and the
dragons threw long, fantastic shadows
across the meadow Gawaine did not
charge so impetuously or shout so loud
Is. 1t is possible there was malice in
this charge. At any rate, the Head
master decided by the end of June that
it was time for the test. Only the night
before a dragon had come close to the
school grounds and had eaten some of
the lettuce from the garden. The fac
ulty decided that Gawaine was ready.
They gave him a diploma and new
hot ho oJrno e+e
moned him to private conference.
'Sit down. said the Headmaster,
Have cigarette
Gawaine hesitated.
"Oh, I know it's against the rules"
said the Headmaster. But after all,
you have received your preliminary de-
gree. You are no longer boy. You are
a man. Tomorrow you will go out into
the world, the great world of achieve
ment"
Gawaine took a cigarette. The Head
master offered him a match, but he pro-
duced one Of his own and began to puff
away with a dexterity which quite
amazed the principal.
Here you have learned the theories
of life continued the Headmaster, re-
Stunning the thread of his discourse, "but
after all, life is not matter of theories
Life is matter Of facts. 1t calls on the
young and the old alike to face these
facts, even though they are hard and
sometimes unpleasant. Your problem,
for example, is to STAY dragons
.sTbo,r hot
in the south wood are five hundred feet
long ventured Gawaine, timorously
Stuff and nonsense" said the Head
master. "The curate saw one last week
from the top of Arthur's Hill. The
dragon was summing himself down in the
valley. The curate didn't have an oppor-
tunity to look at him very long because
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the way down to his abdomen. They
must have weighed at least eight pounds.
Gawalne found dragon in the same
meadow where he had killed the first
one 1t was fair sized dragon out
evidently an old one. Its face was
wrinkled and Gawaine thought he had
never seen SO hideous countenance.
Much TO the lads disgust, the monster re-
fused TO charge and Gawaine was
obliged to walk toward him He whistled
as ne went. The dragon regarded him
hopelessly, but craftily. Of course it
mad heard of Gawaine. Even when the
lad raised his battle-aX the dragon made
no move. 1t knew that there was no
salvation IN the quickest thrust of the
head, for it had been informed that this
hunter was protected by an enchantment.
1t merely waited, hoping something
would turn up. Gawaine raised the bat
tle-aX and suddenly lowered it again.
He had grown very pale and he trem-
bed violently. The dragon suspected a
trick. "What's the matter?" it asked
with false solicitude
I've forgotten the magic word
stammered GaWalne.
What pity said the dragon. so
that was the secret. 1t doesn't seem
quite sporting to me, all this magic
stuff, you know. Not cricket, as we used
to say when was little dragon: but
after all, that's matter of opinion"
Gawane was so helpless with terror
that the dragons confidence rose i'm
measurably and it could not resist the
temptation to show off a bit
Could I possibly be of any assist
ance?' it asked. whats the first let
ter of the magic word?"
ut begins with an r." said Gawaine
weakly.
Let's see" unused the dragon, that
doesn't tell us much, does it? What
sort of word is this? Is it an epithet,
do you think?'
Gawane could do no more than nod.
Why, of course" exclaimed the
dragon, "reactionary Republican.
Gawane shook his head
Well, them said the dragon, wee
better get down to business. viii you
surrender"
With the suggestion of compromise
Gawaine mustered up enough courage
to speak.
What will you do if I surrender?"
he asked
Why, I'll eat YOU said the dragon.
And if I don't surrender"
'l'll eat you just the same"
Then it doesn't make any difference,
does it, moaned. Gawaine
1t does to me- said the dragon with
smile. I'D rather you didn't sur
render. You'd taste much better if
you didn l."
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hat Will New York Hotels Do Without Bar

measures will never come to the stage Of
enforcement.
At the Knickerbocker, also, no change
is contemplated. Mr.. James E. Regain,
the manager, runs down to Washington
occasionally to keep in touch with devel-
opments, but these occasional absences
are the only ripple in the stream of
Knlckerbocker life that the pebble of
liquor prohibition has caused.
AT the Astor, Mr.. Muschenheim main
tains smiling countenance and hopes
for the best, but admits that the pros
poets are cause of weary vigls for
many managers, and intimates that an
appearance Of poise is no indication that
manager is not fighting against the
proposed enforcement of this liquor leg
islation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
Profit
Without Liquor

Obllvlous to such hooking levlty, NS.
Townsend is putting in these innova-
tons Majestic music and dancing win
continue as usual or more So prohibition
or no prohibition. Briefly, the Majestic
persists IN facing the impending pros
pect of prohibition of the liquor traffic
with Clevelandian philosophy, as con
dition" and not theory"
The Knott brothers-David H, William
j. and James E.-operate about a dozen
notes.-the Judson, the Holley, the
Earle, the Berkeley, the Irving, the Van
Rensselaer,, the Albert, the Madison
Square, LIE Marquis, the Wellington and
the Calumet. If prohibition is enforced
they VIII have no occasion to curtail any
OF their service or to seek for compen-
satory revenue, for they carry no liquor
license for any OF their hotels or their
restaurants. Perhaps it is that "in
union there is strength" Anyhow, some
how, the Knots are able to conduct a
hotel business in New York City without
revenue from bar and yet without
bankruptcy. Mr.. David Knott thinks
that people will continue TO come to New
York City for amusement even if they
knew that they could not find spirit
uous beverage in the place. The the
aires, the opera, the shops. the art gal
leries. he thinks, would still allure them
here, that they would still come here to
get change Of scenery and to see the
sights and to spend money
The Martha Washington and the Rut-
ledge, hotels fer women only. patronized
chiefly by professional and business
women, have no preparations to con-
slider, for they do not serve alcoholic
beverages.
1t would be of interest perhanS. -
inquire further into the psychology Of
the opposition within the hotel industry
and to study the economic problems
and possibilities of the hotels and the
social bearings of the New York CITY
situation as compared with other cities.
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employing preparedness by developing
a non-alcoholic wine list And so,
IF prohibition comes" the wine list will
not be annihilated, and guests will be
already acquainted with these non-pro-
hibited Jack Rose cocktails, creme de
menthe highballs, rock and ryes and sill
yer fixes that are said to carry the fla
vor of their namesakes of unprecedented
times, but with non-alcoholic guarantee
and with a taste like more" that is
gustatory and not pharmaceutical
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find dragon. Gawaine went forward
slowly. He wondered whether it would
be Best to approach the dragon on the
run as he did in his practice in the
south meadow or to walk slowly toward
HIM, shouting "Rumplesnitz' all the way.
The problem was decided for him. No
sooner had he come to the fringe of the
meadow than the dragon spied him and
began to charge. 1t was a large dragon
and yet it seemed decidedly aggressive
IN spite of the Headmaster's statement
to the contrary. AS the dragon charged
1T released huge clouds of kissing steam
through its Nostrils. 1t was almost as
If a gigantic teapot had gone mad. The
dragon came forward so fast and
Gawalne was so frightened that he had
time to say "RumpEesnitz" only once
AS he said it, he swung his battle-ax
and off popped the head of the dragon.
GaWalne had to admit that it was even
easier to kill real dragon than
wooden one if only you said "Rumple-
snitz."
Gawaine brought the ears home and
small section of the tail His school
mates and the faculty made much of
him, but the Headmaster wisely kept him
from being spoiled by insisting that he
go on with his work. Every clear day
Gawalne rose at dawn and went out to
Kill dragons. The Headmaster kept him
at home when it rained, because he said
the woods were damp and unhealthy at
such times and that he didn't want the
boy to run needless risks. Few good
days passed in which Gawaine failed to
get'a dragon. On one particularly fortu-
nate day he killed three, husband and
wife and visiting relative Gradually
he developed a technique. Pupils who
sometimes watched him from the hill
tops long way off said that he often
allowed the dragon to come within a few
feet before he said "Rumplesnitz." He
came to say it with a mocking sheer.
Occasionally he did stunts. Once when
an excursion party from London was
watching him he went into action with
his right hand tied behind his back. The
dragons head came off just as easily
As Gawaines record of killings
mounted higher the Headmaster found
it impossible to keep him completely in
hand. He got into the habit of stealing
out at night and engaging in long drink
ing bouts at the village tavern 1t was
after such a debauch that he rose little
before dawn one fine August morning
and started out after his iftieth dragon.
His head was heavy and his mind slug
gish. He was heavy in other respects
rs well, for he had adopted the some
what questionable practice of wearing
his medals ribbons and all, when he
went out dragon hunting. The decora-
tons began on his chest and ran all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
By Mary l.. Read

TN MANHATTAN, Americas play
ground, there are no less than 500
hotels of various types, exclusive of
clubs and mere cafes and restau-
rants. Between the society hotel, the
> apartment house hotel, the commercial
travellers house, the hotels exclusive
~ for women, the hotels exclu-
siveiy for men, the Raines law
hotel, the family hotel, there are
vast differences of conditions, patron
3 age perspective, problems, and Of rela-
noss to the impending ban on the sale
OF alcoholic beverages. Consequently
mere Is no unanimous response, or uni
iorm degree of perplexity or concerted
plan Of action, from these 800 more or
iesSl hostleries Some Of the most in
Z naentlal men in the hotel industry are
confident that the prohibition legislation
VIII never be enforced; others are equal
" confident that it is a real handwriting
VI the wall; and the current phrase
> among hotel men is not when prohibi-
a0a come, but "If prohibition should
.'.~@ eoiorced. No one in the hotel in
AZ 9assry mere assumes to speak for any of
= p's Colleagues on this subject.
Inc Hotel Association Of New York
~ represents membership of about
nv OF the largest hotels of the city. At
~4' headquarters Of the association there
'"aaeSs, even gloom. Leading men in
Is. - association are not only Of the CON
.''n That enforcing prohibition Of the
81 alcoholic beverages would mean
economic loss 70 the hotel industry,
:. - ''sy are even more apprehcnsivc that
- more 70 the problem than mere
i. n0nioitlon of liquor. If this prohi-
" measure can be legisated through
a. - enforced, What will not the lightning
80 " next Tobacco? Cigarettes?
~ Where viii this sort Of Legislation
sss.s >" us curtailment If the traditional
sgxas.. accustomed activities Of the hotel in
!" y said at the Bowman hoteis~-tn.
f,a' Inc Belmont, the Biitmore, the
an '''1s'ore, the Manhattan, the MURRAY
MAJ, '.'as no Preparations are being
/ - !. ssef changes, aimee il ia TIM b.l;of
'''sSs 0ana@sre that such prohibitory
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he felt 1t was his duty to hurry back to
make a report to me- He said the mon
ster-or Shall | say the big lizard =
wasn't an inch over two hundred feet.
But the size has nothing at all to do with
it. You'll find the big ones even easier than
the little ones. They're far slower on
their feet and less aggressive I'm told.
Besides, before you go I'm going to
equip you in such fashion that you need
have no fear Of all the dragons in the
word.'
I'D like an enchanted cap" said
GaWaine.
What's that" answered the Head
master, testify.
"A cap to make me disappear" ex-
planned Gawaine.
The Headmaster laughed indulgentlv.
"You mustn't believe all those old wives
storics,'' he said. "There isn't any such
thing. A cap to make you disappear, in
deed, What would you do with it? You
haven't even appeared yet. Why, my
boy, you could walk from here to Lon
don, and nobody would so much as look
at you. You're nobody You couldn't
be more invisible than that
Gawaine seemed dangerously close to
a relapse into his old habit Of whimper-
ing. The Headmaster treasured him.
Don't worry; III give you something
much better than an enchanted cap. I'm
going to give you magic werd All
you have to do is to repeat this magic
charm once and no dragon can possibly
harm hair of your head. You can cut
off his head at your leisure
He took a heavy book from the shelf
behind his desk and began to run through
it. Sometimes he said, "the charm is
a whole phrase or even a sentence. |
might, for instance, give you To make
the'- No, that might not do. | think a
single word would be best for dragons
"a short word suggested Gawaine.
ut can't be too short or it wouldn't
be potent There isn't so much hurry
as all that. Here's a splendid magic
word; 'Rumplesnitz.' Do you think you
can learn that
Gawalne tried and in an hour or SO
he seemed to have the word we'll in hand
Again and again he interrupted the les
son to inquire And if | say 'Rumple-
sntz' the dragon can't possibly hurt me?'
And always the Headmaster replied, IF
you only say 'Rumplesnitz, you are per
fectly safe
Toward morning Gawaine seemed re-
signed to his career. At daybreak the
Headmaster saw him to the edge of the
forest and pointed him to the direction
in which he should proceed. About a
mile away to the southwest a cloud of
steam lowered over an open meadow in
the woods and the Headmaster assured
Gawaine that under the steam he would
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ing of more hotels, and that would re
quire enormous investments of capital"
MIR. Boomer called attention to the
soda fountain, the McAlpin candies de-
partment and the Japanese tearoom,
installed last year at the McAlpin.
Whether these are considered by the
management as forerunners Of non
alcoholic regime, or as educators of the
public taste for soft drinks instead of
hard, or as competitors with the bar ser
vice, diverting the desire for artificial
stimulation from alcohol to sugar, Mr..
Boomer did not say. He knows that
they have installed the most exquisite
and elaborate soda fountain and soft
drink room in the country, and therein
takes much pride.
"Would not the sale of soft drinks
compensate financially for the loss of
revenue from the sale of alcoholic
drinks ?"
THAT, too, is a physical Impossible
ity," says Mr.. Boomer. 'You cannot,
in the same space and with the same
number of walters, sell enough soft
drinks to make the same return"
The Pennsylvania, opening in January,
with prohibition legislation imminent in
the near future, installed bar. never
theless. Mr.. Roy Carruthers, the man
ager, takes a rather matter-of- fact atti-
tude toward the future.
What will you do with your barroom
space and employees if prohibition of the
sale of liquor is enforced?" was the
question put to Mr. Carruthers
THAT does not trouble us. Our public
barroom is located on the first floor, on
corner equally accessible from the
street and from the hotel Banks and
other firms are already sending in re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13

AN the pupils at the knight
school Gawaine lie Ceur- HARDY
was among the least promising
He was tall and sturdy, but his
= instructors soon discovered that ne lacked
;~,+ He would hide in the woods when
~. ;oustine class was called, although
~: ,omnanions and members of the Tao
~. ..,tr sought TO appeal to his better nat
he shouting to him to come out and
-st -, 49, his neck like man. Even when
.Ls., +old him that the lances were
;J.d +he horses no more than ponies
S The field unusually soft for late
antrrn. Gswane refused to grow en-
.r..o;.st;c The Headmaster and the AS
s;stant Professor of Pleasaunce were dis
.nss;nr the case one spring afternoon
~ the Assistant Professor could see no
remedy but expulsion.
NO said the Headmaster, as he
rooksd cut at the purple hills which
s;rced the school, Il think I'll train him
81 TO slay dragons.
@He might be killed." objected the
- Assistant Professor.
$50 he might" replied the Headmaster
RI brightly. but he added, more soberly. we
= must consider the greater good. We are
=. responsible for the formation of this
,.s lads character.
- care the dragons particularly bad
= +.;s year." interrupted the Assistant
Professor. This was characteristic. He
.,ravs seemed FESTIVE when the head of
=. the school began to talk ethics and the
ideals Of the institution.
give never known them worse" re-
nlied the Headmaster. up in the hills
IN the south last week they killed num-
her of peasants, two cows and a prize
pig. And if this dry spell holds there's
: no telling when they may start a forest
Z fire simply by breathing around indis-
- criminately.
Would any refund on the tuition fee
be necessary in case of an accident to
p, young Ceur- Hardy"
No the principal answered, judicial
8. ly, that's all covered in the contract.
=. But as a matter of fact he went be
!. killed. Before send him up in the hills
I'm going to give him a magic word
That's a good idea" said the Pro-
lessor. Sometimes they work wonders"
From that day on Gawaine specialized
in dragons. His course included both
theory and practice. In the morning
there were long lectures on the history
anatomy, manners and customs Of
- dragons. Gawaine did not distinguish
himsalf in these studies. He had mar
i, vellously versatile gift for forgetting
things. In the afternoon he showed to
better advantage, for then ne would go
DOWN to the South Meadow and practise
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13

quests for rental of this space. How
ever, our business is developing so rap
idly that it looks as though we shall need
this space ourselves for a grill Our
restaurant is now doing a capacity bust
ness, with only half of our rooms open,
and we must find space somewhere for
increase in the food service"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13

eye-opener or an evening repartee in
spirer as the previous internal admin
istration Of mere split or two of old
vintage or a thimbleful of mountain
dew? Could sporting for an afternoon
in the swimming pool or raising scores
for an evening in the bowling alley pro
vide as jolly pastime or as powerful
bracer as little dalliance over a few
bottles7
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-06
SAFE. GENTLE REMEDY
CLEANSES YOUR KIDNEYS

have been . sta1dard household remedy.
They are the pure, original i1poFted Haar.
lem Oil your great-gEandmothG used, and
are perfectly Harmless. The healing, sooth-
ing oil soaks into the cells and lining Of
the kidneys and through the bladder, driv-
ing out the poisonous germs New life,
fresh strength and health will cone - you
continue the treatme.t. Whea eonplete-
" restored to your usual vieoe, eootinse
taking capsule or two each day; they viii
keep you in condition and preveat . re-
turn of the disease. --
Do not delay . minute. Delays are e.
pecielly dangerous in kidney aud bladder
trouble. All druggists sell GOLD MEDAL.
Haarlem Oil Capsules. They win refund
the money If not - represented. GOLD
MEDAL Harlem Oil Capsules are i'm
ported direct from the laboratories IN Hol-
land. They are prepared in correct quan-
tity and cenvenient form, are easy to take
sed ere positively guaranteed to give
prompt relief. In three si1es, sealed poek.
ages. Ask for TIP original imported
GOLD MEDAL A3eepe 70 s1hseitsto-
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-06
To. Abolish Sales Manager.

st. Paul-The ofice of state land
sales manager in the state auditors
Office will be abolished II a bill intro
duced by Representative c. H. W=r.
ner becomes q law. The bill WAS
drawn in the Office of the state auli-
tor. Land sales may be conducted by
the state auditor, his deputies or any
bonded employe Of his office. The Of
fee, which pays $4,000 a year, former.
~ was held by Oscar Arneson, now
chief clerk of the house.
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-06

st. Paul. - A bill that would put
trading stamps out of business in Min
nesota was introduced in the house by
Representative J. III. Boyd. Before
any person, nrm or corporation may
use or furnish for use any trading
stamps or similar devices for stimu-
lating trade. they must be licensed.
To obtain such license, they must pay
to the county treasurer Of the county
for which the license is sought, the
sum Of $4,000. =---.sa w.
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-06

- First Tenement in New York.
y The first tenement house in New
York city was built in 1888. It was a
four-story building and stood In what
Il new Corlears park. @ -
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-06
His Reason.

Ascnm-There goes poor old Peck.
I understand he took up dentistry aft
er he was married. Strange thing to
do, wasn't IT. g. .z@".
Tellum-Notsa ut all. He told me he
wanted to be in a position to do all
the talking himself at least part OF
the day.
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-06
Fxacs Copy Of Wrapper.

Room Tor Him.
The S 10 train was crammed to over
flowing. and belated passengers were
running cxcitedly up and down the
platform, trying to find seats.
As the train was on the move the
door shot open and an excited young
nut piped out anxiOusly:
Say, is this ark full, or nOt?"
"Yus," same from the smOkiest, din
giest corner of the compartment; "it's
full right enough-all except the ass
Come right in, m'bOy!"
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-06

All the gold coin il circulation would
weigh about 900 tons.
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-06

=. 10 keep clean and healthy take Doctor
tvor, bowels and stomach. Adv,