The Washington herald., 1919-08-31
ARE BREWERS TO SING SWAN SONG
AT ATLANTIC CITY?-GOSSIP OF
THE WEEK on MANHATTAN
ISLAND.
By o. o. MCINTYRE.

s,- York Aug. sO.-There has Deeil
1cb specu' tion along broadway anu
the haunts of the cafes thls
the suddenly called meeting Lo'
sTsrs from every S7ite IN lh7
hon to meet at Atlantic MY On
kn1suber Is and 70. Reports IIUI"
Isnti, City are that every S'd'Ia
room has been taken over ~
|e brewers. hoo-
|Those who are interested H ;.
beverage are wondering "h'l u
All about. Are the brewers /" ~
eir swan song? The only lLIo'
-ion trickling from them Is INA
is TO be an experience meeuh- an, ,,
Ne feast. and that ever S'a'e WI,
reprpsented. Emphasis was ia'"
the fact that the prohibition states
. To send biz delegations.
Another story is that a large u''E
tion Of labor leaders - 10 uesCe'l''
she %Cy Jersey playground nj
he SAM time and that the c'i'l"n-
rat;o1 will he greater than thel
fore the Capitol IN Washington ol'
ar -v-Junc Itwhen the Amer
$an Federation Of I-2hor presence
Intf-urahih;tIon resolutions to ION
- Thor will. It is rumored.
such loud shout for beer
hat nobody viii be able 10 H7''
hat tho Wild waves say.
TbeD there IS the story trat the
!revsrs are meeting to plan nNn-
Or campaign 10 Sight Prohibition.
is said +ra. the reports theE nave
lpceived from an over the country
nv that rha people are already
rod of rrohibi:iOn and want 70 z"
|ack to WrNt wines and Heer-
Al an rata. there is going TO he
- n, CIV G0r~ps down nv the sea
fynsryriters VII ne uu,mbcr"d by ne
|sleqztion from PAX ROW. ana
Rroadvav will hold ono ear TO me
|au to listen to th+ slightest rum
HIinr Since prohibition RToad"aE
1 going into such decay that tleN
In their feeble hopes on the sliSht-
81 show Of snyth.nE that means
|onger lease Of life.
The Rialto IS laughing at Nero8I
aud that has broken out between
klexardpr WooIcott. dra TIatl" critic
" the Times. ard Raymond Huboeh'
he coD1nose~ O. the songs for the
hey HIDpodrCue show. FapD'
bays In reviewing the Pla" Mr.
.Vpolrotr ya The music l. all ~
Ravnond HubbeIl and sounds like it..
Naturally Mr. HUbheN. too. read
d. immediately he took his tr1Istv
lambs Club pen in hand ard wrote
Mr.. WooICott as follows:
NV dear MI WOOlrott-QuotinE
rom your revirrv Of Happy DaJs'
n the Times. The music is all Nv
Raymord HubheU and sounds like
L tSarca sm-r'
% citing from your review Of Tho
Big SH0v-' three years ego. II il
TOO bad the song the little japanese
-irl sings has not a better rusica!
setting.
The song was Poor Butterfly.
NAV I ventue the hope that YOU
Ire right gain? More sarcasm"
A guest nl hotel near Longacre
squarc 1rCau" afflicted with an. ag-
.ravafcd case Of incrowinC chagrin
the other evening and decided to
md il all. Tn" river WAS too far
awav and he did not happen to have
with him his pocket edition of Smith
and Wesson's little volume on How
10 VentiIate the Human system" The
actors were striking and he couldn't
to death. There was nothing left
for him to do but jump out Of the
He climbed over the sill. lowered
himself and hung there holding on
with his fngertips. He may have
been praying. lie may have been
II he had forgotten any
thing So as he was hanging there
p man across the court
saw him and phoncd the mana GO
ment that an apparently firSt-C'asS
PAYING guest was about TO drop from
the sixth noOr.
\ rescuing party was on the scene
and broke open the door. but the
man on the other side Of the window
warned the wOuId-be TCscuers that
II they advanced 2 sten frther he
would Immediately Law claim to his
harp. halo and wings b. releasing
his hold
They pleaded and caioIed. But the
guest only smiled and said that when
ne counted ten he would be on his
way. He began to count. When he
reached six he stepped. His lower
Jaw dropped. His eyes fixed in a
steady stare. Everyone turned. and
there in tho doorway stood one OF
the guests holding aloft wee
IsOch, and Boris''-known in common
verbisge as a shot Of Scotch.
He made no resistance as they
pulled him hack in the room. He
dropped limp on the bed and they
poured the whisky past his white
lips. \ little later he was dressing.
preparstory to leaving the hotel. He
told the house detective he must
have he'd a nightmare.
I ate some grapes for dinner, ''
he sGid, and I must have swallowed
q pit"
You probably did" said the house
detective.
Ths col,ectior. Of art works owned
By 2 X. BUshrnsn, the moving pic
ture actor. were sold st public auc-
ton IN Manhattan the other day.
There were 10 Oriental rugs and car