The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-25
BY Robert welIes Ritchic.
London, May II.
To William Quick. Pronrietor Occi

dental Hotel, Buffalo. WYE.
Dear Bill.-~You remember me, Bill:
TIM the man you and the boys who
happened 10 he in town that Saturday
night tried to put over the jumps the
first time | blew into Buffalo along
with old Joe IeFors. You did this.
Bill. Just because you and the rest
thought I was an Fastener. and when
you found | came from California and
easod off n bit we all sat down and
had regular session in your back
room. where the picture of Custer $
Last Fight hangs on the wall Yes,
and ! remem Der, Bin your assistan mt
had 4 cast in his right eve and no.
body who was not hep to him could
toll whether he was anxious about tho
change from the last one or who was
going TO stand for the next one.
nope Bill. that boy has job with
the Eovernmen now; as far as | can
see from leading the home papers, the
government needs him.
Well anyway. I'm going to write
you lot Of stuff that has no right to
be in the news, because there's no
news about ii. You see. Bill, old top,
m regular reporter now; you and
the rest Of the Buffalo boys thought
| was n high brow who wrote fancy
stories about things that never hap
pened. Maybe ] did; hut I've re-
formed. and live in London, and God
knows Bill. that's as had as being
BLACK -balled" out in your Wyoming
country. lon know the bone steaks
your Title in the dining-room. with
sera NUNS at the windows. used to
serve with onions on the side and all
round. for the matter of that. Well,
Blli. when | wake up suddenly at
night over here and cast back over
me dreams I've been dreaming | dis
cover they're all about that T-bone
steak and the real honey YOU used
10 set out with the fiapjacks in the
morning. and the trout right out of
Clear creek, up near Soldiers home.
broled. and with three knife marks
down the tanks for the bacon juice
10 penetrate.
BIN Quick. you never can under
stand how terrible are those dreams
in London,
Lose Weight on Hoof
But I didn't start to write on the
cats question. Anybody from the
Y. $. A. who did that in London would
lose from three to five pounds right
on the hoof and be in no shape for
shipping with the rest of the two
year-olds What started out to do
was to tell you and the rest of the
boys who get together in Old Man
Whnsis' back room on Saturday nights
old Hard Winter Davis from Crazy
Sqnaw and the rest of the old time rs
ono or two things which make Lon
don different from. the rest of Amer
lea You know. Bill the doodle
entondrc" stuff Il got that phrase
while / was in Paris. Bill: what do
YOU think of it for a whizzer?)
For instance. when you're In the
Savoy -har-uhich the real Aneri-
cans eaH The Swami because Us SO
Wet compared with the rest Of the
Strand when you're in the aforesaid
bar. Bill. and somebody orders a
round and everythine'e all set some
short haired mulev lifts his glass and
says. "Chenrio." and everybody nuts
hts away prnnto Get that I'm.
"chccrio"' Now what do Won think of
that
Not 'etIou5 " or "pour Tho rot
hole" or anvthincr Christian like that
But "Cheprio," Just as If some short
horn from Kaokuk Jovav should sit
into a parry in vour hack room in the
Occidental and huy one and then
| say "Grandma's chintz piano cover y
! or something Quick and snanpv like
/ that.
Bill and bows. I've heen in london
nigh onto five months now. and
can, find out why the 'Cheerio' husi
ness. 1t spoils the taste of what's
there and take n from ono who's
had his foot on the old raj, from
hGillette to sheridan. there's not near
so much authority in what's there
in The Swami as there might no
At least. not ANYTHING 10 say Cheer.
10" about.
Another thing. Pill over hero Won
don't get a drink or water without
fighting for IL. OF course there are
some who drink water and there's
some who don't-from this anrle II
looks as if tho watcr~drjnkers wouln
he on the Increase back homo after
July !. Eut ovor here in -tbjs p,an,q
fot,,,ard :, 10 al 90 ,ha,. a.,