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New-York tribune., 1922-06-04
ALONE IN THE BIG TOWN WITH BABY

Then guess what happened! New York
is good old town and I'll always love 1t.
1t may seem cold and heartless and not caring
and hard and mean and rascally and all the
awful things you can think Of but it is all
right. All you have TO do is to hang onto 1t
little longer. Give it another chance. Doris
and have filed a petition with daddy, re-
questing permanent residence.
This is what happened Some one left our
apartment door open, by mistake. ! believe
New York people should get that habit.
think we close our front doors TOO quickly.
Outside our apartment door Is hall about
fifteen feet long, and at the end Of that fifteen
feet is another door just like ours. Every
time / went in or out Of our door I passed
in front Of this door, and every time passed
| wondered how two families could live so close
and never know each other. Out in Indiana
YOU know the people who live in the house
next door, and in the next, and in the next,
and in the next. And here in New York II
we knocked hole in our bedroom wall We
would be in somebody's living room and We
don't even know what that somebody looks
like.
But some one. some kind one, left our apart
ment door open. Doris was playing on my
bed and was sewing, close by | heard a
funny little noise down our hall, patter,
patter, patter Then there were real foot
steps, and voice right outside my bedroom
door: "Janey, Janey Janey, come back Oh,
Janey, you must not run into other peoples
apartments
But the little Janey was too young 10 under
stand tho conventions OF apartment house
life, and was exploring forbidden regions. In
another instant there stood a little girl in my
doorway, with the first layer Of little girls
clothes on, her feet bare. Her eyes were shin
ing. She was iubilant Janey's mother finally
captured the little runaway Then. OF course
they were inside my apartment and | had
little girl and in minute we were all friends.
Yes, right on our own floor, and just across
our fifteen-foot hall Janey and her mother
have been back to see US and Doris and have
been over to Janey's. Janeys mother has Dor
rowed an egg and l have borrowed one-halt
cupful Of sugar.
And Just think We have wheeled babies
together! Side by side, wheel to wheel We
have walked along. Yes, in this grim, friend
less New York Doris and ] have found friends
Daddy has signed our petition. And Doris
and and daddy, too, We arc all going to stay
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04
By KATHERINE PORTER BROWN
illustration by Stuart Hay

came out she had captured an old man. He
must have been seventy years old, or more,
little bent, his kindly old face quite wrinkled
and his hair, what could see under the old
derby, very white. He had nice eyes. "A
fipe baby" he said TO me, when deposited my
loaf Of bread on Doris's lap. "How old is
she."
| told him. "A little bigger than mine
here he answered. "but a little older, too."
/ was aware Of another baby carriage close
By, but did not know it belonged TO the old
man. "She's a little small, but she'll be
a-pickin' up now" And he pulled his baby
carriage up close TO mine.
"Thcre, there, now Rachel" he said, don't
you act up the minute some one takes look
at YOU" This to his baby, and then TO me,
Rachel likes to ride. I'll have to push her."
lie lifted the old derby TO me, and started of.
"See ye again, sometime"
said to Doris, That's a fine old man."
We have seen him several times since. The
last time we saw him he had Rachel trained
10 sit quietly with him in front Of our corner
drug store. We talked longer. He was an
expert bottle gver and a fine old man.
II we saw on our walks the Danish mother,
or the old-man.nurse-grl. We called it a red
letter day If we rode down in the elevator
with the beautiful lady, it was red-letter
day, too. And We were sure 70 do one or the
other several times a week.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

elevator But We did not II any one got
into the elevator with US. he deliberately
looked the other way. And 10 Doris, having
been born in a real neighborhood and in
mouse and among friends and grandmothers
and grandfathers and aunts ana great-aunts
and uncles and greatuncles and six cousins
it did seem strange. Once more We got dis
couraged about New York
Lets 90 look for the Danish woman"
said to Doris
Then the elevator stopped at the fifth floor
and a beautiful lady stepped in, and crowded
in behind the baby carriage with me and
smiled at Doris. Little Doris had been turned
down so many times before that she looked at
me for permission to smile back.
Smile quick Here's a chance TO make
friend. Smile, for goodness sake, smile"
said TO Doris in the Dada language which she
understands 50 well. And Doris smiled and
We were all friends in the elevator.
"See here, Doris I said when we were
,lone on the street. This is not so bad. We
have a friend on the fifth floor who has in
yited you down. That is just two floors be,
iow"
few days later we met a new friend.
Doris alone gets the credit for this one.
know one thing, when | go a-hunting for
nursegirl it is going to be for an old-man-
nursegirl One morning left her outside the
grocery store for just one minute, and when
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

the late. lamented Elizabeth Flanagan was the
sole inventor Of the late, lamented American
cocktail"
As Colonel Stubs uttered these words ne
removed the cheroot from his lips and the nat
from his head After moment Of reverent
silence he replaced them. saying:
Doubtful. arc youg We'll, here's the proof
From an old-fash.oncd cripsack reposng on
the floor at his feet nc drew forth copy OF
"The Spy Of the edition published by G. p
putnam's Sons in 1896, and turning 10 page
1913 he pointed to the following passage
Betty had the merit Of being the inventor
Of tina. beverage which is so well known, at
the present hour, to all the patriots who make
a winters march between the commercial and
political capitals Of this great state, and which
is distinguished by the name cocktail
The capitals Mr.. Cooper refers TO, explained
Colonel Stubs. are New York and Albany.
"Of course. none Of the legislators march
ing back and forth in Pullmans,' he COM
mcntcd. know anything about cocktails cx-
ccpting as a vague legend fast melting into
the dim past But when Fenimore Cooper
ponned this, his most famous historical work.
cocktails were more than myths. For his book
first was given the world exactly l0l years
ago. Il is thus that great inventions some
times are handed down TO posteriiy. But let
mo read little further from page 1874 Of
The Spy
Carefully modulating his voice 10 lend add
Cd imprcssyencss, he went on repeating
Coopor's printed words.
Elizabeth Flanagan was peculiarly well
qualified by education and circumstances, TO
effect this improvement in liquors, having been
literally brought up on It's principal ingredient
and having acquired from her Nirginisn Gus
toners the use Of mint from it's flavor in
iuop to its height Of renoNn in the article
in question
As Cooper remarks on another page. the
Vrginans VINO introduced Betty Flanagan TO
the virtues Of mint I'm a julop were troop
of mounted dragons from that fair state.
"Now." Colonel Stubs exclaimed, triumph
sntly. "thc stage is all set and the audience
is waiting. As soon as can interest leaders
iu craftsmanship. science. art society and
finance we'll spring a whirlwind campaign for
monument TO Elizabeth Flanagan. inventor
Of the great American cocktail, the benefactor
Of the human race, wherever found and
thirsty,
But there's one thing more. This gigantic
and symbolic pile Of marble is TO stand on the
very spot where Betty actually originated,
perfected and finally dispensed to Washing
toms army her inspriting concoction. For
here. ON page 1913 Of this edition Of The
SPY Fonimore Cooper himself defines the
exact location
Colonel Stubs indicated these opening sen
tcnccs Of Chapter XVI
"The position held by the corps Of dragons,
We have already said. was a favorite place
Of hating with their commander. A cluster
Of some half dozen small and dilapidated
buildings formed what, from the circumstance
Of two roads intersecting each other at right
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

~oLoNEL WILKINSON STUBBs. edi-
81 tor Of "The Nannahsgon Weekly Ga
4 zctte,v arrived st the Grand Central
Terminal late Thursday afternoon, re-
marking that he had come direct from his
home, on Hardscrabble Road, Westchester
County. over which washington's army with
drew after the Battle Of White Plains,
I'm taking a night train for Washington"
Colonel Stubs continued; "highly important
mission Confidential as yet, so be careful
what you put in the paper In the next few
days I'm going 70 call al the White House to
sec President Harding and enlist his co-opera-
ton. Then / intend 20 call on the Cabinet
members and obtain th-ir support lmmedi-
atoly aftcrward well get under way a CAM
uaign thatli sweep the country. Money will
come pouring in from every side Sculptors
~ the whole world viii he invited 20 submit
designs and from them viii be- selected a mon
umcnt 10 cost not less than million dollars
and perhaps two millions The most magnih-
cent work in marble executed since the days
II Ph.dias"
"H8id on a moment. co'oncl-who is this
proposed memorial for. and whore vii IL be
orcctie'
Tor tho fraction Of q -ccond Colonel Will
ldnson stabi registered painci surprise fol-
lowed ir fado.aWay OF bount.es' Pity for
unfaihomab'o ignorance.
Ha,,rt SOU beard 3' this proposed monu-
mort to Betty Flanagan he exploded "Pay
attention. SON. % vha, I'm sayinc.
"BcHy I'macan was the widow OF ono Of
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

study has proved 10 mo that the real and orig
ina -Four Corners. now 20 be made sacred TO
tho memory Of Betty Flanagan, lie about two
miles in a southerly direction and slightly
westward from the Hawthorne station on the
Harlem Division Of the New York Central.
To cet there you turn OF the State Road just
above Hawthorne, enter on a little used dirt
road. keep straight ahead, and before long
come 10 another dirt road crossing at right
angles the one you're on. and leading from
near the acrating plant Of tho Kcnsico Rcscr-
voir. over toward the Hudson. And there you
arc, lt IS my belief that we'll see nocks Of
tourists from New York making pigrimages
10 this hallowcd spot. rejecting upon its glor-
'ous past and signing over the low estate into
which if has fallen.
ct is here that I propose 10 enshrine, in
imperishable marble, fitting tribute 10 that
noble woman Of Revolutionary spirit, Mrs
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

angles. WAS called the village Of Tho -Four
Corners. As usual. ono OF tho most imposing
Of these cdifces had been termed. in the Ian
Cusgc Of the day. "A house Of entertainment
for man and beast On a rough board sur-
pended from the gallows-iooking post tha,
supported the ancient sign was, however,
written in red chalk, Elizabeth Flanagan, her
hotel. an cbuition Of the wit Of some Of The
idle wags Of the corps
The -Four Corners, explicitly mentioned hr
Cooper as the spot whore Betty Flanagan in-
vented the cocktail, IS not (accordnc 20 tho
editor Of "The Nannahagen Weekly Gazette
that intersection Of highway known as Me-
Keel's Corners; some five milo7 from larry
town, two miles from BriarcliG. ono milo
from Plesssntville. and about The same dis
tance from the old Sleepy Hollow Road
Local antquarians arc confused as 90 this
Colonel Stubs declared "But pain7'aking
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04
IN MEMORY OF THE COCKTAIL

Elizabeth Flanagan. There is no question
about raising n paltry million or two for tho
monument. True patriots will subscribe glad
" as an expression Of their national senti-
ment. Vets will esteem IL a privilege to
honor the memory OF ono who. in their eyes,
-nbolzcs great triumph for civilization.
s. for the Drys, they will hasten 20 send ~
checks to prove how glad they arc that Betty
Flanagan is no more and that her invention
Il presumably on It's way 20 join her ]
rather hatter myself" Colonel Stubs con
tinued modcstly, that I've got 'cm both ways
coming and going. But that is neither here
nor there. What want especially is 20 call
attention 10 tho worldwide influence cxcrted
by this humble and almost forgotten washer
woman; this Betty Flanagan, whom Fcnimorc
Cooper depicts in such mastery fashion.
I'm my judgment II was the tonic effect
Of her stupendous invention alone which re-
vived the courage Of Washington's army rsis-
ing its morale 20 such height as TO make Ger
tain tho defeat Of CORVALLIS, the surrender
at Yorktown and victory for tho glorious cause
OF American independence If IL hadn't been
for Betty Flanagan our great nation stili
might be but a British colony-thc cold, cal
culating finger Of irresistible logic uncrringly
points 20 such conclusion. Yet up 10 this mo-
ment no ono has undertaken 70 erect monu-
ment 10 her memory. Another tragic example
that republics are ungrateful"
The colonel picked up his gripsack, settled
his hat more firmly and concluded;
"Now, I'm Off to Washington. II you print
anything about me, be sure 10 get my name
right-Coloncl Wilkinson Gambrinus Stubbs,
editor and proprietor Of The Nannahagcn
Weekly Gazette, Westchcster County's IA
voritc home paper. Goodby, young man. Come
UP and see me some time
Then he started toward Forty-sccond Street.
WAsHINGToN, Friday.-oiicial circles arc
" retccnt al TO the reception awaiting Col.
". Stubbs. of The Nlnnahagcn Weekly Ca
zcttc" who is understood 10 hc ON bis way
here TO obtain backing Of the Federal gov
crnment for his projected monument 10 Eliza
beth or Betty Flanagan, rcputed inventor
Of the cocktail
Il may be said, however. that no appoint
ment has been made FOR Colonel Stubbs 10
call upon tho President al the White House.
Members Of the Cabinet though naturally in
tercstcd in the novel idea Of such monu-
ncnt. carefully refrain from comment Such
Senators and Representatives as could be
reached tonight likewise decline to be quotcd
in the matter.
Preliminary search at tho Congressional
Library. necessarily hurried. does not bring
TO light official documents Of the Revolution
airy period in which Betty Flanagan and her
invention arc specifically mentioned Yet
there is no question that on pages 1913 and
1874 Of the 1896 Putnam edition Of "The Spy
it's distinguished author, j. Fonmore Cooper,
relates the circumstances precisely as quoted
by Colonel Stubbs That much, at any rate,
is definite and certain.
II is not possible, at this late hour to
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04
ONLY THE RICH
SEND LETTERS
By Edwin A. Menninger


II p tho value of money in Russia. Austria
end other bankrupt European countries
n continues TO drop the time may soon
come when only 'n''.Ion'lI'' ca" "'''e
.etteis. IH'.' al l'"''' D. .'' o''' 80
come oi iho p''eF OF lh' -ios'o" anu ''''''"
governments n raising postage rates 80 'no'-
mouslv that none but the ucn can ahofd
postage stamp.
OF course. what the governments hoped to
accomplish was 10 balance the budgets in their
rorfoffco departments But tho effect has
been different in that f. has markedly reduced
tho number Of lottors written in those lands
md has made 50 virtually impor bic for tno
avcraro wage Garner or middle-class person
~ write letters
Russia re.scd ts postage rate soon after the
y,iro of tro r1blo began % shrink from sight.
erh.o0uorf increases were authorized with
such frequency that st became necessary 10
.nou.-e every day AZ the posto0ice whether
r,t,. had gone uo again overnight.
r,ra tro - WAS no-..blc 10 paste enough
Ra..i,n stamps on o letter t1 pay the postage
But af.ar q while tho rate became so high
tlat tacrc wasn't enough room ON the onve-
lopc to ec. am tho stamp on, oven when pias-
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

verify by official maps Of the Geological e..
vey the abandoned crossroads south of H..
thorne, Wostchcster County where Co',,.
Stubs claims that Betty Flanagan invent.
tho cocktail and where he proposes tba,
millon-dollar monuuent be erected tbron.,
popular subscription. In the absence of ,,..,
70 the contrary, topographers are inclined ;,
assume that he may be correct
ALBANY, Friday Nobody could b. fss,.
at the state capital tonight who Lno-,
anything about Colonel Wilkinson ggbb, !.
his Betty Flanagan monument scheme
In some quarters IL was intimated iba. D.
may have secured options on a conside,ab.
area Of land near the -Four Corners. VIII.
Cooper describes as the place whore Betty \.
vented the cocktail, and that tho rodosb,.y.
colonel has in view n big real estate d.,
which shortly he will Try 20 put over on a,
unsuspccting public.
Another suggestion is that a. country s..,.
~ newspapers sometimes arc unprofabl. ,.
may be organizing national monument -.
ISOLATION with the idea Of becoming its e1,es.
tive secretary a. a good, fat salary.
Tho consensus Of conservative opnon
that tho public should be wary Of slb,e,a.
ing 10 this enterprise until further psr,icsa,
arc forthcoming.
pLEAsANTvILLE, =. y. Triday-Hr,
scrabble Road lies half a milo vest q a,
village. no such paper as "Thc Narrshsg-
Weekly Gazette" IS published IN Wesths,t,,
County or ever was published horeabou,s. n.
only Nannahagen existing since The Mana.
hagen Indians moved away--after tho fr,,
white settlers arrived-is the rev Mans.
hagen Golf Club here IN Pioasantyii'e. Tn,
president Of the club also AYERS that ,h,-,
never was an Indian tribe known Al Mann,
hagen, and says the namo wa- used By cary
Dutch settlers.
Furthermore. nobody BY The name q Coor.
Wilkinson Stubs lives anywhere along he
Hardscrabbe Road. One Of tho Oldest IN.
habitants dimly remembers that a young nan
calling himself Stubs boarded az a Hard
scrabble farmhouse for n week or 70 IN ie
centennial year summer Of 1876 He was
poet who took tintypes on the side
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04
THE SALESMAN'S
GRIEVANCE
By Arthur Chapman

THEIR things may have con,
down somewhat, bar tho price O
rooms in small and ncd.ums.1ei
towns IS 'tiil holding firm. ari
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

oLoNEL WILKINSON STUBS. edi-
tor Of "The Nannahsgon Weekly Ga
zctte,v arrived sc the Grand Central
Terminal late Thursday afternoon, re-
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-29

bringing them here to the westward to this wonderful country and over the railroad to the Interior. I believe that project will be cOnsummated. It will be at any rate if I have influence enough to bring it about at Washing ton. I am taking this matter up in time so as to have details all ar ranged sufficiently in advance. So many visitors have expressed keen disappointment that they have not seen Alaska and I have impressed upon all of them how much they have missed. I could not maintain my op- timism but for my knowledge of this part of the country, especially the great Interior country. To me it Is an inspiration"
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-29
WOULD HAVE ACRIC. AGENT
 IN ALASKA

After spending two weeks in south eastern Alaska, and conferring with Dr. c. c. Georgeson, regarding condi- tions throughout the Territory, w. A. Lloyd in charge of the western divi- sion, extension service, Department of Agriculture, made the statement that he believes the time has now come for an agracultural agent to be stationed in Alaska, as in each county in the states at the present time.
 q believe the establishment of an agricultural agent in Alaska at the present time would be most advisable and desirable. As I understand the situation, the farmers in the Territory, the majority having been engaged in the industry only a short time, are not thoroughly familiar with the science of farming and would welcome the advice and aid which could be given for the agents in the states comes from the government and the county, or in Alaska, the Territory. An agent could have his headquarters at Juneau and travel over the Territory. When I return to Washington I shall recom- mend to the department that the situa- tion is worthy of the consideration of the secretary.
 q am especially impressed with the possibilities of the dairy industry in this district While I was in Juneau I made trip on the Glacier Highway by automobile to see the Mendenhall Glacier, but I was not so much inn pressed by the glacier as by the Jul neau Dairy at Mendenhall. The cat tie I saw are a credit to any dairy and the evident success of such a modern dairy here indicates that the industry can be carried out over the entire district"
 MT. Lloyd said the Sitka agricul- tural experimental station is making excellent progress and splendid work is being carried on there. He said he regretted that he was unable to visit the Panama and Matanuska agr1- cultural valleys, but his time for re- turning is limited. His trip to Alas ka was on a vacation only and it was necessary that he get back to head- ouarters within a short time.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-29
SHIPS BY GOVT.
 FOR TOURISTS , IS COWS PLAN

Recommendation to Washington to the United States Shipping Board that two tourist vessels be put on the Alas ka run next year, has been made by Gov. Scott c. Bone, according to a statement made by him recently in discussing the tourist situation in the Territory. Governor Bone also recom- mended that preliminary campaign of advertising be inaugurated at once, and that these two vessels shall be es- pecially adapted to take care of tour ists, bringing them to Southeastern Alaska points, thence to the westward, and allowing time for trip over the Government Railway and Richardson Highway to the Interior and return.
 "The tourists now coming to Alaska have little opportunity to see the coun- try" said Governor Bone. "The ma jority of tourists this past season came on Canadian lines and visited only the coast of the southeastern district They leave disappointed and dissatisfied and I feel that something must be done to open the country to the tourist travel.'
 Governor Bone discussed the situa- tion in detail in an address made be- fore the Anchorage Chamber of Con- merce on his recent visit there, when he said:
 'rIt has been a matter of deep re- gret to me during the season just closed that so few tourists, who have visited Alaska this season, reached this part of the Territory. The tour ist travel increased very largely dur ing the season of 1922, the official figures showing that over 5000 wis itors came to Alaska Most of them unhappily, came on the Canadian line. They saw only a strip of Alaska-a beautiful panoramic strip, 'tis true, but only the beginning of Alaska. It is my hope that next year we can have tour ist travel to the westward and out over the railroad.
 q have already made strong recom- mendations to Washington to the Unit ed States Shipping Board that two tourist vessels be put on next year and that a preliminary campaign of ad- vertising be inaugurated at once, and that these two vessels shall be espe- cially adapted to take care of tourists,
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-29
WIFE IS SPANKED
 FOR B0BBING HAIR

MACON, Sept. 29.-Cave man tac tics didn't take with Mrs. Myrtle Anna Barron, eighteen.
 Alleging her husband had whipped her because she bobbed her hair, the youthful wife recently filed suit for di' vorce against John Barron.
 The plaintiff said that she was mar ried June IA, 1920, and that she had her hair bobbed July 4, this year.
 'The defendant flew into a rage about it and proceeded to whip and ccuelly abuse her." the petition reads
 "Never again." Mrs. Barron vehem, ently remarked.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-29
CAR TURNS OVER
 BABY SLEEPS ON

CINCINNATI, O., Sept. 29. - Clarence Mccoy, of Norwood, is a handy man with a flivver. He was driving home in his sedan the other night when the wheels skid ded on wet street car rails and the car overturned He and his wife, who was holding their sleeping ba- by in her arms, crawled out unhurt and Mccoy took in at glance that the auto was not damaged. He caught hold of the top and gave a mighty heave The car righted and Mccoy and his wife got back in and drove off. The baby was still asleep.
 Congratulations MT. Voteget- ter, you were elected by large majority!
 Politician-Curses! Then I spent more money than I needed to!