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Show FAMOUS TAVERN IS TORN DOWN I on .H "Ye Ohio Blue Last" in- Londor H Demolished. Due to Danger- K'H to iH ous Condition. K'H aid Jull REMOVES FROM LITERARY gS H ANNALS CURIOUS LANDMARK B Jut tM Ird Ino 'fl Place Where Thackeray, Gold- gj jJ smith, Samuel Johnson and 0 !H Richardson Supped. t fl BY PAUL LAMBETH. P Spoclal Cablo to The Tribune. bg jH LONDON, Aug. 6. The passing of th I famous old tavern known as -"Ye Olde lm Blue Last," In Dorset streot. London, I 1 after moro than 300 years of unlntorrupt- J jH od existence, removes from literary an- J jH nals a curious landmark. The ancient )u building- has been ordered demolished. m- owing to the dangerous condition It is !hcjl now In, hut the boards will doubtless bo j , cut up Into souvenirs and made into 1 trlnhets, for the tavern has a history rich 13- In literary associations- Here Is whore lj Richardson, the novelist, sat and smolied ft H his long churchwarden pipe and drank ra m ale. Horc, too, Samuel JohnBon would 0f come of evenings for a cut of beef nnd jer j many mugs of strongly, browed beer, and, ;K0 IB while he sat, Boswoll, his cheerful bl- 1 ographer, sat near by, Intent upon every -cur word which foil from Ills patron's Hps. 2 Oliver Goldsmith frequented the tavern II at times when ho had money. Most T' mm often the distinguished author of "Tho I 81 Vicar of Wakefield" was too poor to buy MM ale or cvon a single chop, so he stood a .fill about the doorway, according to tradl- , ' tlon, and enjoyed the rich, warm aroma " ) of tho cooking beef and chops. Upon ' ' nn onk settle, which had seen 'service tm for a hundred years, Is a big letter T f " carved deeply Into' tho wood. This was J-U done by William Thackeray, author of ( "Vanitv Fair," once upon a time when M ho sat 'with a few Jolly companions. Tho y fjm quaint little bar parlor, with its .groat co- AS open-mouthed fireplaco, has been tho imm sceno of many a festive gathering. Great Jmmm men long dead and nearly forgotten gath- heMJBJJ ored there two centuries ago. If tho tavern could bo converted Into a muaoum, mmm it seems to me, it would be tho Mecca chaVJ for a great many sightseers. ( m Wolcomo for Lord Eoherta. onM There will be a warm welcome and a cr- cordial greeting walling for Lord Rob- M-W orts Tvhon ho arrives In Berlin lato this month to apprlpo Emperor William form- ss allv of King George's accession to the ruflVa British throne. Tleld Marshal Lord Rob- M'-flVfll erts Is acting as the special envoy of iuMmM King Gcorgo to the crowned heads or Eu- u-fBVJl ropo In giving official notification that AcrVaVj King George la now the presiding ruler of MoH Groat Britain and hor alllod territory. Sr-SB Although no Intimation has been given, I T.-fflVJ would not bo surprised If the kaiser In- hdJH slsts upon Lord Roberts remaining for tho if annual maneuvers of the entire German MM army early In September. Jf the Lng- Li-iBB, lish 30ldler Is able to take advantage of t fJjBB this Invitation he will bo the cmporor a ;L'h MM guest upon tho field. Lord Roberts ana r his suite will be received by the kaiser d at Wllmshohe on August 27. Tho Hold MM marshal and his suite will bo the pucUi ! MM ot the kaiser at tho Imperial castle at X MM Wllmshohe. Emperor William does not r MM hide his Intense admiration for England a t tvc great soldiers Lord Kltcnennr ami L MM Lord Roberts. Under o-linar.; clrcuni- l,. MU stances Prince Arthur of Connaught j'yg MM would have taken part In somo of ihom: r MM but his royal highness canno: bi bpaifj '.MM from his military duties with the Scots ip MM Grcvs in the middle of the training sea- ,MU son. Early Roberts will proceed to Rus- sin, Turkey and the Balkan states on a similar errand later. i( jiBJ Money in Bain. j 3fl There is now money In rain for tho :j 9H holiday seeker. Arrangements have now I -MM been made whereby It Is posslhlo for any MM visitor to places on the south or oast coast betweon Bournemouth and Scar- MM borough, lo Insure at Lloyd's against bis vacation being spoiled by wet weathor. II. .T. Goodlnsr. a young Insurance broker smm of Poultry. E. C, Is responsible for this i MM new and In many respects remarkable MM form of insurance. "Right up to Sept.cin- MM ber 30 next." said Mr. Goodlmr to your MM correspondent. "I am prepared, on bo- ' Mm half of certain underwriters, to Insuro MM proposers against one-tenth of an Inch 1 MM of rain falling on more than two days a MM week during their holidays, at any towns on the south and cast coasts between Bournemouth and Scarborough. The in- HB suranco applies, of course, to towns f. whore the dally rainfall Is officially pub- . H llshcd. or where underwriters can mako suitable arrangements lo procure roc- f tMm ords." Lloyd's Insure many things., but MM tho risks against rain Is something en- t - MM tlrolv new. If tho proposition Is success- MM ful In Encland. tho branch offices of Mm Lloyd's will extend the same system to Mt America. After all. this Is nothing but mt a new form of gambling. Mm Sets a Good Example. Ilenrv Phlpps, tho American multi-mil- llonalre, who mado his vast fortune out IM of Pittsburg steel mills, has sot an ox- -,M cellent example to the rich patrons of tho ; London Zoological gardens. Thousands of wealthv folk derive pleasuro from visits lo th? Zoo. but few of them ever think of acknowledging their Indebtedness to the Institution. Not so Henry Phlppn. Prom that gentleman tho council of the Zoologlcnl society has recently received a substantial check, together with this ( loiter- "Mv children, grandchildren and , H myself havo. much onloyod our occasional i visits to tho Zoological gardens, nnd I wish vou to accent the enclonuro as a lit- He recognition of the pleasuro and bono- tit we have all rccolved." v9 |