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of the time, handsome and always correctly groomed,
invariably chose the Bar as the goal of a solitary prom–
enade down the Avenue. He would stop just long enough
to have one little drink, and would then saunter out,
strolling back up the Avenue. William H. Crane and
Nat Goodwin, who had a drink named after him
(q. v.),
were "regulars," and Peter F. Dailey, popular comedian
of the Weber
&
Fields show, and John T. Kelly, of the
same Company, were often in rotund view, and occa–
sionally one might spot the long, lanky figure of Dan
Daly, another comedian, who helged make "The Belle
of New York" famous. A much more frequent patron
was Burr Mcintosh, who deserted the stage temporarily
to take up photography and publish a magazine. John
Ringling, the circus man, was an occasional patron of
the place, but the stout, good-looking youth who
wa~
seen there often during the last few years of the Bar
was not one of his "attractions." He weighed more than
three hundred pounds, but by everybody was called
"Tiny" Longley. "Tiny" is said to have "reduced"
since those days as a farmer in New 'England.
BEER BARONS
The big brewers of the country invariably gravitated to
the place at more or less regular intervals. One would
frequently encounter such local beer barons, for ex–
ample, as William Lemp, George F. Ehret, Jr., W. H.
Beadleston, "Rudy" Schaeffer, and Colonel Jacob Rup–
pert, Jr.; and from over Newark way, a Ballantine
would drop in frequently, to see how his product was
going- and to take something else. Adolph\JS Busch,
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