Stories about how Broadway spent New Year's eve.
The real mint julep.
The 5:15--without being unjustly accused.
_We Shall Not Miss_
Sermons against rum.
Sermons against Prohibition.
The free lunch.
The Southern gentleman who says he's the only man who can make the
real mint julep.
German beer gardens.
The man who never drinks without offering a toast.
New Year's eve on Broadway.
Comic-opera drinking songs.
A vote on the next Constitutional amendment.
BLUCK--"Why do vessels leaving New York make the greatest speed the
first three miles?"
BLYNK--"The bartenders help stoke."
"Do you find that prohibition has deprest Crimson Gulch?"
"No," answered Cactus Joe. "We're more cheerful than usual. Everybody
seems to think it's a great joke on all the rest of the boys."
"_Going Up_"
SMITH--"Do you realize that we are beholding the completion of a great
cycle in history?"
JONES--"Explain."
"Three hundred and six years ago the island of Manhattan was bought
from the Indians for six quarts of whisky."
"Well?"
"Well?--Within six months, maybe, the descendants of those Indians
will be able to buy it back for the same price.
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