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Mrs. M. A. Hoag of Sacramento Is STRICT RULES FOR
ing w ill be p e rm itte d
in
leag u e
A list of ap p ro v e d d a n c e h a lls hasi
a late arrival.
ANN ARBOR CO-EDS h o u ses w h e re th e g irls ap p ro v e.
been s e n t to e a ch h o u se, a n d g irls
NEW LINE
; NEW HEATERS
—OF—
PROVOST B R O S:
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Refrigerators
For a smooth shave, and
quick service, go to the
Shell Barber Shop, across
from Depot. Grinding of
all kinds. Children’s work
a specialty.
NOVELTIES
' We take used heaters in -
: exchange for new ones.
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- AND—
EAR RINGS
They’re Very Low Priced
VARIETY store
8», N. Main
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W . A. S H E L L , P ro p .
532 A. S t. A sh la n d , O re.
ANN A R B O R , M ich., S ept. 11— No
a u to m o b ile o r c a n o e rid in g w ith o u t,
p e rm issio n fro m hom e.
M ust n o t s ta y o u t a f te r 11 p. m.
T h ese tw o new re g u la tio n s con-!
fro n t U n iv e rsity of M ichigan co-eds
th is y e a r, a c co rd in g to a n n o u n c e m e n t
to d ay by Miss J e a n H a m ilto n , d ean
As to sm o k in g , M iss H a m ilto n h as
left it up to th e g irls th em se lv e s.
Co-eds will* vo te on th is, a n d sm o k
D ean H a m ilto n giv es c o n sid e ra b le will be p e rm itte d to a tte n d only J Send th is ad
and
te n c e n ts to
a tte n tio n to ju s t w h a t is a p ro p e r th e s e h a lls.
F o ley & Co., 2835 S h e ffie ld Ave.,
C hicago, 111., w ritin g y o u r n a m e a n d
p a rlo r w h e re in ro m a n c e m ay bud.
“ W e do n o t in te n d to ta k e aw ay J a d d re s s c le a rly . You w ill rec e iv e a
T he re g u la tio n in th is c o n n e ctio n th e g irls ' freed o m by th e s e new reg-1
ten c e n t b o ttle of F O L E Y ’S HONEY
says, in p a r t:
u la tio n s ,” said M iss H a m ilto n . “ It AND TA R fo r C oughs, C olds, an d
“ G lass d o o rs a re
allo w ed .
T he is an e ffo rt to a d ju s t th e ir lives to C ro u p , a lso fre e sa m p le p a c k a g e s of
FO L E Y KIDNEY’ P IL L S fo r B ack
door in th e fro n t h a ll m u st be kep t b e tte r co llege w o rk .”
ache, R h e u m a tic P a in s, K id n ey an d
open. T h e sh a d e s m u st be k e p t up.
B la d d e r tro u b le , an d FO L E Y C A T H
H ouses w ith la rg e v e ra n d a s m ust
A
R TIC T A B L E T S fo r C o n stip a tio n
A b a r a sso c ia tio n p re s id e n t says
and
B ilio u sn e ss. T h ese w o n d e rfu l
e ith e r h av e a lig h t upon th em o r a th e c o u n try
has gone
law -crazy. re m e d ie s h a v e h elp ed
m illio n s of
light from th e h a ll a n d fro n t w in W ith m o to riz a tio n cam e a m a n ia to
people. T ry th e m ! Sold E v e ry w h e re .
do w .”
pass so m e th in g .— D e tro it N ew s.
C lassified a d s b rin g re s u lts .
Coffee Houses
)'
brewers o f Coffee-and the Revolution
By WILLIAM B. CLARK
By its sign you shall know i t !
The coffee house, once the pulsating centre of American
Ine, is again coming into its own.
.. For a century forgotten, it is returning to its old pres
tige, its shingle swaying in the breeze as of yore, the aroma
of its brew luring passersby to its spacious drinking room.
The coffee house! Modem in its appointments, yes,
but carrying in its very name the romance of infant Ameri
ca. Over a great span of years it has been borne to us,
coupling the present with the heroic past.
T hey brew ed rea l coffee in the
old coffee house, aye, and they
brew ed th e A m erican R evolution
th e re , too. And th ere, w hen it was
brew ed, m any cam paigns by sea
and land w ere planned over the
ste a m in g cups, a cro ss th e worn
deal tables.
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R e so rt of th e sta te sm a n and the
w arrio r, th e m erc h an t and the
tra d e r, It w elcom ed to Its b ar and
its tab les th e g re a t m inds of the
Colonies, w here, stim u la te d by the
beverage fo r w hich th e coffee
h o u se w as nam ed and fam ed, wis-
|dom gave ex p ressio n to th e ideals
leading to u n ity and independence.
No w its m uddled by liquor w ere
th o s e w hich coped w ith th e tyran-
jny of George, of th e H ouse of H an
dover. > N o sc atter-b ra in e d rad ic als
planned th e re v o lt w hich culm i
n a te d In freedom . S ane rem edies
¡for affro n t and oppression w ere
so ught and found by our forbedrs
over m any a cup of coffee in m any
a coffee house session.
A h e ritag e , th a t, for th e coffee
houses sprin g in g up today. E nvi
ro n m en t Is changed. C lothes and
custom s a re a lte re d . V astly dif
fe re n t problem s have arisen . But
hum an n a tu re h a s seen no tra n s
fo rm ation in nigh 150 years. T he
ideals of 1776 a re th e ideals of
1923. T he coffee of today is no
different th an the re fresh in g drink
ou r a n c esto rs sipped.
c ra t to see th e w rong of th e tax,
th e tw o A dam s—Sam uel, th e fire
b rand of re v o lt; Jo h n , younger
th en but one of th e m o st em in en t
law yers of M a ssa c h u setts Bay,—
Jo sia h Quincy and P au l R evere,
lead er of th e m echanics, voiced
th e ir p ro te s ts In th e d rin k in g room.
N or would it be an idle g u ess to
s ta te th a t w ithin th e G reen D ragon
was plan n ed th e d em o n stratio n
w hich follow ed re c e ip t of news of
the S tam p AcL
g o n e , W a sh in g to n ’s b a tte rie r 1
th re a te n in g from t h e
h e ig h t :
around ab o u t and leaving them exit
only by sea. T h e p a trio ts cam e
back to th e ir coffee a t th e G reen
D ragon, b u t th e w ar had passed
fo re v e r from M assachusetts.
T he G reen D ragon, on th e word
of D aniel W e b ste r In a fte r years,
was th e “h e a d q u a rte rs of the Revo
lu tio n .” W ho will say him n a y ?
Merchants' Coffee House.
Busy c e n tre of com m erce Was
W all a n d W ater (th e n Q ueen)
s tre e ts In th e h e a rt of old New
York. Focal p oint of th e in te re s ts
of th e tow n w as th e M e rc h a n ts’
Coffee H ouse on th e so u th e a st cor
ner. It opened in 1772, th e pro
p rie tre ss, Mrs. M ary F e rra ri, m ov
ing In from a c ro ss th e s tr e e t w here
fo r six teen y e a rs she had conducted
a n o th e r coffee house u n d e r the
sam e nam e.
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F
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n ti
M ercha" ‘ «’ £ ° ffm
Over the Coffee Cups.
T he B oston Tow n M eeting was
first conceived In th e old coffee
house. All th e e v e n ts w hich tra n s
pired w ith such ra p id ity — the
T ow nshend R evenue Bill, placing a
duty
glass, paper, p a in te rs ’ col
ors and. te a ; th e a rriv a l of tw o
frig a te s in B oston h arb o r, th e d is
em b ark in g of tw o m ore reg im en ts
of In fan try , th e s ta n d of th e legis-
UI
IMI e
D rank T h e ir Coffee
Black.
B ut it w as around the London
Coffee H ouse th a t th e w aves of the
R evolution beat highest. P hiladel
phia, s e a t of th e C on tin en tal Con
g re fs, d ra n k its coffee black
th ro u g h the y e a rs of th e stru g g le
a n d exchanged its hopes and fears
aro u n d the board in W illiam B rad
fo rd ’s popular e sta b lish m e n t. B ack
bone of the R evolution it, w ith the
g r e a t lig h ts of the n a tio n its h a
bitues.
To tell th e sto ry of th ese coffee
houses is to tell th e sto ry of the
R evolution, its causes, its progress
a n d its re su lts. Sketchily th en , let
us touch th e high points in coffee
house h isto ry ;
the color, the
glam our, th e rom ance, w ith the
sc en e s p erm eated alw ays by th e
fra g ra n t odor of th e beverage
brew ed th erein .
* Boston’s Coffee House.
B oston's Sign of th e G reen
D ragon stood on U nion s tr e e t in
th e h e a rt of th e old C olonial town.
T hrough U nion S tre e t passed the
traffic from th e N eck to th e Town
H ouse and back again. All p er
sons stopped a t th e G reen D ragon
fo r It w as th e c e n tre of all in te r
ests. H ere m et also B oston's first
M asonic Lodge, and, in the upper
floor w here th e M asons g a th e re d ,
no one w as held in g re a te r respect
th a n Jo sep h W arren , th e first
G rand M aster, th e sam e Jo sep h
W a rre n who was to die so glorious
ly a t B unker Hill.
C olonial G overnors, red co ats of
th e 29th R egim ent of B ritish foot,
w ealth y m a n u fa c tu re rs from the
Rope W alk, sea c a p ta in s fresh
from E uropean and o th e r Colonial
p orts, m em bers of th e b ar and ot
th e assem bly cam e to th e G reen
D ragon to exchange view s and
pew s over th e ir coffee. P eaceful
on th e su rface, but re s tle s s u n d e r
n e a th w as the in te rco u rse in the
e a rly days fo r even as far back as
1733 the crow n had evinced no con
c ilia to ry a ttitu d e tow ard th e Colo
nists.
Green Dragon Oratory.
B etw een eleven a n d tw elve
th is forenoon about th irty of our
a sso c ia to rs w aited upon and,con-
ducted Isaac H u n t from his
dw elling to th e Coffee H ouse,
w here having placed him In a
c a rt, he very politely acknow l
edged he had said an d acted
wrong, fo r which he a sk ed p a r
don of the public a n d com m itted
him self u n d er the p ro tectio n of
the a sso c ia to rs, to defend him
from any gross In su lts from the
populace. T his, h is behaviour,
they approved him , and co nduct
ed him in th a t situ a tio n with
drum s beating, through th e p rin
cipal s tre e ts , he acknow ledging
his m isconduct in div ers places.
D iary of C h risto p h er M arshall.
P h ilad elp h ia, Sept. 6, 1775.
laid th e foundation for ’th e u n ity of
th e th irte e n colonies, visioned in
dependence and planned fo r it w ith
all the a b ilitie s of th e ir sta te sm e n
n a tu re s.
The “Tea Party” Signal.
W here w as fram ed th a t utter
ance of Sam uel A dam s w hen the
Tow n M eeting learn ed th e govern
or would not send th e te a ships
back to E ngland? H isto ry tells us
it w as a preconceived sig n al for
th e Boston T ea P arty .
“ T his m eeting can do nothing
m ore to &ave th e co u n try ,” said
Adam s, and th e B oston folk in In
dian reg alia dum ped th re e cargoes
of te a overboard. T he B oston T ea
P a rty w as scheduled in advance,
and it will be rem em b ered th a t
A dam s’ C om m ittee of C orrespond
ence m et in th e G reen D ragon.
Daniel Webster’s Tribute.
W ith a n o th e r year, th e e ra of
th e G reen D ragon passed.
T he
Boston P o rt Bill closed th e re b e l
lious city.
B lundering Gage put
4,000 red coats into the tow n and
the p a trio ts m oved out to avoid
e x p a tria tio n or im prisonm ent. T hen
cam e th a t A pril day of 1775 a t Con
cord and L exington, an d the Revo
lution w as u n d er way.
T h en , in 1765, new s cam e of th e
p a ssa g e of th e S tam p Act. T he
peaceful a ir vanished.
In th e
¡Green D ragon m en ta lk e d of r e
ta lia tio n , of re sista n c e . T he red
c o a ts e n te re d its doors no longer,
or, If th ey v e n tu re d th e re , sh a rp
w ords w ere exchanged, q u a rre ls
g av e th re a t of violence. Individ
u als began to sta n d fo rth a s lead-
era. ' James O tis, th e pioneer pa ' The British drank the brew of
triot; John H ancock, m e rc h a n t the Green Dragon, but only for a
prince and a lm o st th e sole aristo- while. A year more and they were
How they treat*
ed the Tories be
fore
the
London
Coffee House, Phila
delphia.
A re s tle s s , im petuous, d a rin g
New York d ran k its coffee in the
new coffee house from 1772 on
ward. C onversation tu rn e d n o t to
tra d e and com m erce, b u t to the
obnoxious duty on te a , th e oppres
sion of E ngland, th e a ttitu d e of the
loyalists. And th e re w as m ore
th a n co n v e rsa tio n ; th e re w as plot
ting w ith th e lea d e rs of th e Sons
of L ib e rty —Isaac S e a rs, J o h n Mo
rin, Jo h n L am b—sipping th e fra
g ra n t brew an d laying plan s for
the seizu re of a rm s, th e suppres
slon of T oryism , and re s is ta n c e of
te a im portation.
Famous Men There.
N am es la te r fam ous in th e a n
n a ls of th e R evolution w ere on the
tongues of th e fre q u e n te rs of th e
Coffee H ouse. Jo h n Ja y , young
an d prom ising law yer, spoke Im
pressiv ely o v er th e coffee cups, as
did F ra n c is L ew is a n d P hilip L iv
ingston. A youth nam ed A lexan
d e r H am ilton cam e th e re and
d ra n k in w ords of p a trio tism and
cups of the p leasing b everage a t
th e sam e tim e.
Boston’s Famous Coffee House Th»* c,*n_
x»
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In th e M erch an ts' Coffee H ouse
bored the Nete-I D
, *•
S 90 of the Green Dragon Har
th e Sons of L ib erty h e a rd of the
bored the Noted Revolutionary Spirits of Massachusetts.
a rriv a l In 1774 of th e te a ships,
R iv in g to n ’ the hands of the enem y. D istinction
one tu rn e d aw ay from Boston, the t,?r°ngh' t
<• “ M - a fte r th e w ar
o th e r d ire c t from E ngland. T hey E r
rea c h e d im m ed iate decision.
It for th a t w hen S ears and th e Boys when, on A pril 23, 1789, governor,
w as d em o n stra ted w hen t h e of L iberty, fre sh from th e coffee m ayor and o th e r officials of the
N ancy, from B oston, w as m et by a house, broke in to his p rin tin g e s s ta te and city of New York g a th
delegation a n d its c a p ta in heeded tab lish m en t, d estroyed th e form s ered th e re to receive the n a tio n ’s
th e grim w arning and tu rn e d out and c a rrie d aw ay h is type for Con first p resid en t, the sam e W ash in g
to sea. T he o b d u rate m a ste r of tin e n ta l bullets.
ton who had led his b e a te n arm y
It was too m uch e x citem en t for
the L ondon, th e o th e r te a ship,
from the city th irte e n y e a rs be
elected to stay.
H is te a ’found a wom an p ro p rie tress. M ary F e r fore.
re s tin g place in th e bottom of New ra ri sold out in May, 1776, to Cor
The London Coffee House,
York harb o r. D rinking coffee w as nelius B radford, who began his
“W
h at a re they doing in P h ila
te
n
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re
w
ith
the
ann
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cem
en
t
th
a
t
bad fo r te a in those days.
“in te re s tin g in telligence will be d elp h ia?” T hus th e question on
Liberty Boys and Coffee.
carefully collected and the g re a te s t
T hey say Isaac S e a rs w as in th e a tte n tio n will be given to the a r th e lips of tw elve o th e r revolting
M erch an ts’ Coffee H ouse when rival of vessels w hen tra d e and colonies from 1774 to 1783. T he
new s cam e by c o u rier of L exing navigation
sh all resu m e
th e ir an sw e r could be found a t all tim es
ton. H e and his Sons of L ib erty fo rm er ch an n els.”
in the d rik in g room of the London
a c te d sw iftly th a t day.
They
Coffee H ouse, a th re e sto ry wooden
The Crowning Glory.
Storm ed th e a rse n a l a t Broad and
s tru c tu re on the so u th e a st corner
A little p rem atu re, th a t la tte r of F ro n t and H igh S tre e ts
W all an d collected 600 m u sk ets for
High
th e p a trio ts a n d th ey looted the hope. T he C o ntinental Army was S tre e t is th e M arket S tre e t of to
C ustom s H ouse a n d th e g en eral in New York and on Long Island. day.
store.
A t the London Coffee H ouse an
May of 1774 saw one of New B attle sm oke w as in th e air, and old - tim e chronologer tells us
officers of the line, th e a rtille ry
Y ork’s g re a te s t p ro te s t m eetings
“m erc h an ts did g re a tly congre
and the en g in eers quaffed coffee in
g a th e r in th e old coffee house. A
g a te ; c a p ta in s rep a ire d to the
the place of m erch an ts.
Then
g e n e ra l m eetin g of citizens it was,
Coffee H ouse to m ake th e ir rep o rts
Howe landed a t G ravesend Bay
to d iscuss m eans of com m unicating
and to discuss w ith consignees or
and th e re began those se rie s of de
w ith th e M assach u setts colony to
consignors, as the case m ight be,
fea ts which drove th e A m ericans
co-ordinate efforts in re sistin g op
the in cid en ts of th e la st and th e ex
out of old New York for m any a
pression.
O ut of th a t m eeting
p ectatio n s of th e com ing voyage.
year.
C ornelius B radford w ent
cam e th e fam ous, forceful le tte r
S tra n g e rs reso rte d to the Coffee
with them and th e M erch an ts’
urging
"v irtu o u s
and
sp irited
Coffee H ouse found a T ory pro H ouse for news. P rovincial digni
union,” and th e decision to o rg an
ta rie s, officers u n d er th e crow n and
p rie to r who re ta in e d it in popu
ize a com m ittee of 100 to m anage
larity during th e B ritish occupa of th e arm y and navy, freq u en ted
public affairs.
the e sta b lish m e n t In the colonial
tion.
days and gave way in tu rn to rebel
*
Exit the Tory Press.
But its glory w as only dim m ed,
They managed public affairs well not blotted out, by Its uses in the m ilitiam en,—C o ntinental colonels
and majors, the captains of the
it th a t a copy of th e a c t rep ealin g
the S tam p A ct was rea d in 1766,
and tho u san d s of e n th u sia stic c iti
zens g ree ted C aptain W ise, of the
brig M inerva, who brought th e
new s of the repeal. “A p rese n t
was m ade to th e crew ,” s ta te s one
h isto ria n , “and th e c ap tain was
escorted to th e shore and coffee
house, w ith colors flying, am id
echoing huzzas.”
Coffee House a L a n d m a r k /
T he budding natio n recognized
the im port of th e London Coffee
H ouse. To P h iladelphians and to
“g en teel s tra n g e rs ” it was a land
m ark upon which directio n s for
finding o th e r places w ere based.
T he old E vening P o st identified it
self during th e troublesom e y ears
as being “prin ted by B enjam in
Towne, in F ro n t S tre e t, n e a r the
London Coffee H ouse.” M erchants
in th a t section of th e old tow n ad
vertised them selves a s being near,
or next to, or acro ss from the cof
fee house. V isitors found the cof
fee house first and shopped a fte r
w ards.
W hat a g a th e rin g spot it was!
F ra n k lin gave it his patronage.
D elegates to th e C ontinental Con-
g ress sipped th e ir brew and m et in
com m ittee in its upper floors. Its
bar and tables knew Commodore
H opkins, Jo h n Paul Jones, Lam.
b e rt W ickes, N icholas Biddle and
all the re s t of th e g a lla n t seam en
of th e C o n tin en tal navy.
H ere
cam e P utnam , L a F a y e tte , G reene,
G ates and o th e r g e n e ra l officers o*
th e line. Colonel P ro cto r, of the
P en n sy lv an ia A rtille ry ;
Colonel
Miles, of th e R iflem en; A nthony
W ayne, of th e P en n sy lv an ia In
fa n try ; o th ers, who could bo
nam ed by the score, discussed
cam paigns and outlined s tra te g y
u n d er the stim u la n t of th e bever
age brew ed for them .
E x tra c ts From a Diary.
In 1775 six sub-com m ittees of in
spection and ob serv atio n w ere o r
ganized and one s a t each day a t
th e coffee house. To th ese com
m itte e s th e C om m ittee of S afety
delegated th e m ain ten an ce of loy
alty to the C ontinent. C hristopher
M arshall, aged a n d
m ilita n t
Q uaker, k e p t a diary of those days
and, a s a m em ber of one of th e
sub-com m ittees, gives graphic de
scrip tio n s of the occurrences. They
used no kid glove m ethods on the
T ories then.
W hen B arry Sailed th e Sea.
D uring th e e n tire stru g g le it was
the scene of th e sale of m ost of the
prizes b rought in to th e p ort of
Philadelphia. T he first c a p tu re by
a C o ntinental ship occurred off the
V irginia C apes on A pril 7, 1776,
when Jo h n B arry, in th e brig Lex
ington, took th e sloop E dw ard,
te n d e r to the Liverpool, frig ate.
He s e n t h e r into th e D elaw are, a
le tte r e n tru s te d to the prize
m aste r, s ta tin g “ we s h a tte re d h er
in te rrib le m an n e r a s you sh all
see.” A m onth la te r "th e E dw ard,
h er tackle a n d equipm ent,” was
sold by th e m arsh a l of th e Ad
m iralty a t th e Coffee House. T h ere
also w ere displayed fra g m en ts of
the frig a te R oebuck, b a tte re d loose
by Y ankee cannonball during the
p icturesque b u t draw n engagem ent
betw een two of th e K ing’s ships
and th e P e n n sy lv a n ia N avy in the
D elaw are off W ilm ington.
M j)
la tu re and th e d e lib e ra tio n s of the
first C o n tin en tal C ongress in New
York— w ere su b je c ts fanned to
flam es of fu ry o r p a trio tism In th e
G reen Dragon.
From it w ent fo rth a n g ry m en on
th a t M arch day in 1770 w hen B rit
ish so ldiers fired upon the populace
and shed th e first blood of th e Rev
olution in th a t in cident now know n
in h isto ry a s th e Boston M assacre.
An in cident, indeed, b ut it tu rn e d
m en tow ard though.:, of union and
arm ed re sista n c e , ai.d !t led to the
C om m ittee
of
C orrespondence
which m et tin re a fte r in the G reen
D ragon. Y u ir e n , the tw o A dam s,
H ancock, Quincy, !■:, v .re cam e
o fte n e r to the coffee house, m et in
s e s s ’on d.i ’y, corresponded w ith
the o th e r tow ns of th e colony, w ith
th e other provinces of th e crow n,
H ° USe’ New Y o rk ’ W here the Sons of
Liberty Plotted the Overthrow of Toryism,
Revolutionary Coffee Houses.
Im p erlsh ab ly en tw in ed w ith the
rom ance and deeds of th e Revolu
tion a re
th re e fam ous coffee
h o u ses: *
T he Sign of th e G reen D ragon, in
Boston.
T he M e rc h a n ts’ Coffee H ouse, in
New York.
T he London Coffee H ouse, in
P hiladelphia.
T he Sign of th e G reen Dragon
saw th e b irth of re se n tm e n t, the
cry sta lliz in g of d e te rm in a tio n , the
decision to resist, its e ra was the
period from 1765 to 1775.
S h o rte r was th e epoch of the
M e rc h a n ts’ Coffee House.
Six
u o n th s of 1776 saw its g re a te s t
glory. It fa th e re d f i e rev o lt in
New York a g a in st T oryism .
Ct*T THIS OUT— IT IS WORTH
MONEY
Yankee Coffee Cups.
Cl
The Modern Coffee House Draws
the Man of Affairs.
D uring the y e a r of B ritish occu
pation, the T ories held high festiv
ity in th e Coffee H ouse, b u t w ith
th e ev acuation th ey fled th e city.
W illiam B radford, p a trio t Colonel
and p rin te r, reopened it and once
m ore its room s w ere scented by
th e aro m a from th e cups of th e
s ta te sm e n and w arrio rs of the new
republic.
Backbone of th e R evolution w as
th e London Coffee H ouse and stim
u lato r of p a trio tism w as its brew .
By its sign you sh a ll know it.
W ill the G reen D ragons, the M er
chants* Coffee H ouses and th e L on
don Coffee H ouses of th e p rese n t
day brew as g re a t ideals w ith th e ir
coffee?
W e see m en of affairs and le a d
e rs of th o u g h t in co n su ltatio n over
th e ir coffee In th e m odern coffee
house, and th e fra g m en ts of con
v ersatio n o v erh eard a re of c u rre n t
topics and g re a t econom ic q ues
tions. Yes, th e coffee houses of
today a re functioning even a s did
the coffee houses of th e Révolu-
S ta te and C o n tinental flotillas and
fleets.
Picture From the Past.
“I t w as th e h e a d q u a rte rs of life
and action, th e p u lsatin g h e a rt of
excitem en t, e n te rp rise and p a tri
otism as th e exigencies of the tim e
m ight dem and. All P hiladelphia
ranged around th e old building for
a q u a rte r of a century, and it was
the scene of m any excitem ents."
'The scene of m any ex cite
m e n ts !” T he tru th of th a t s ta te
m en t can ¿ re a d ily be shown. It
was in fro n t of the London Coffee
H ouse in 1765 th a t a paper from
B arbadces bearin g a stam p called
for by th e obnoxious S tam p Act
w as publicly burned. It was before tloû,
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