The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-29
(By EUGENE X. CAMPBELL)

was lily SOOu W We otiioAt =
those present at the farewell recep'
ton rendered him, on the occasion
of his round the world trip. Dinty
Moore, who by hook or crook IS alsc
going around the world, was there
So were Moriarty, the stationary en-
gineer: ODowd. the undertaken, or
mortician as he calls himself now
that he is making plenty of money
and a score OF the other celebrities
who have been among Jiggs' favorite
cronies and associates these many
years.
The feast was given at Dinty
MOore's famous place OF business
and was in a class by itself as Nor
iarty announced in the course of a
speech, memorable for its wit anf
ready reference ard in which he ex
pressed himself as prepared instant
~ to adjourn to the hall with any
nan present having the courage tC
disagree with him.
There is false convention, visible
ut most of our dinner occasions tc
well known persons, that full grow
men are able to appease their appe
tiles with daminutive game birds. 9
mushroom or two under glass, file
Of something or other, bit of ice
cream and a thimbleful of coffee
in a child's size cup.
"Corned Beef and"
Not so at Dinty Moore's. There
corned beef and cabbage is the main
staple, the plate of every man be
ing filled to overlooking. A CUES
may gulp his coffee with the spOor
in the cup or on the floor, and the
canard that peas, even the best OF
them. will roll off your knife il
you dor/ watch out, means nothini
when Jiggs is rendered a lv1que
by Dinty Moore. for invariably thoS
present are experts. At the head .
the table Dinty Moore was the
flawless host, with his collar off ant
his suspendors clear of his shoulders
that he might be the fre9r in gesticu
lation when making the point Of {;
story or driving the barb of witt
cism home. Jiggs, at the farthe
end OF the long board, was in hi
stocking feet, having checked hi
came in 1t is a conviction with hin
that the quality of post prandial ora
tory Is promoted in the speaker who
can contrive to keep his extremities
cool
AS | am to accompany Jiggs and
his household on their all encom
nassing tour of the wonders Of the
old and new world | was edited
TO Gull a word from the address o.
O'Dowd. the mortician, who before
the evening ended delivered a whirl
wind speech on the intellectual slim
illus of foreign travel with specia'
reference to a non-refillable coffir
he has invented for the comfort O.
travellers-to find in Jiggs mar
without sham or ostentation. one
who can see a joke as unerringly
when it is upon himself as when |
is fabricated at the expense OF ar
enemy, and a man withal who can
come directly to the point in any
eventuality. be the gloss Of wordf
what 1t may His rejoinder for in
stance was like a flash when
'sked him. during a lull in Mortar
'y's speech, If he proposed to follow
his announced itinerary vigorously
as mapped out.
Clever Repartee
Not me-" he said. "I'll follow
Maggie. It's her that has the whole
say"
The subtlcty of this eluded me for
I minute. Was the man unbeliev
ably profound? But presently he
cleared the point. announcing his
orientation as it were. when he asked
how he could be expected to follow
an itinerary when, as he understood
it. the last one to be brought alive
from Australia had died three days
after being delivered at Bronx Park
Zoo.
Later, in his speech. he made the
most telling of extemporaneous refer
ences to Australia. when he assured
his friends that when he was out
there with all the people around
him too ignorant to be able to I'M
derstand anything but Australian his
thoughts would turn fondly to home
and friends.
I report the quiD particularly, as
proving the proposition that his thou
sands OF newspaper readers may ex,
pect much in the way Of shrewd ap-
praisal and aypt analogy in the
c<a,rs~ AZ a Hnrld four from an In