Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 264, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1912 — Still In the Cradle. [ARTICLE]

Still In the Cradle.

■William Dean Howells, the novelist, said at a dinner at York Harbor, apropos of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.’s declaration that Newport was no longer sufficiently exclusive for the American aristocrat. , * “After all, the American aristocrat is very young, isn’t he? Only a generation or so ago, he was peddling clocks or hoeing corn, eh? The American aristocrat makes me smile. “He reminds me, rather, of the bottle of burgundy at the half-dollar table d’hote. “Two men, you know, were dining at this table d|hote, and, to round out their dinner, they ordered a bottle of buhgundy. It came, like all wines that throw off a sediment, lying on its side in a wicker basket, or cradle. "The first man said, as the waiter carefully filled their glasses: “ ‘Why is this wine served in a cradle, do you know?*'. “The second man took a sip of the burgundy, shuddered slightly, and answered: "‘Because It is so young.'’’•—Detroit Free Press.