Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 214, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1920 — Gas Tank Terrified Waiters. [ARTICLE]

Gas Tank Terrified Waiters.

Pandemonium reigned in El Prado case for a few fast and furious seconds, the Havana Post states. Shortly after 8 o’clock, when the extra waiters were busy handling the evening’s largest crowd, there suddenly burst out In the case a rapid succession of short, sharp, hissing sounds: Psst —psst—psst! It seemed as though all Havana was suddenly giving the well known Cuban call for service. A hundred thousand people crowding about the case and shouting “Past, chico!” could not have created more excitement. Walters looked under chairs, behind the bar, rushed to all their customers, wiped off tables frantically, tossed their napkins desperately in midair and gave other signs of frenzy. The fuss did not begin to abate until the proprietor, red faced and sweating with exertion, discovered the source of the hissing sounds. A large cylinder of the carbonated gas In the corner of the case had sprung a leak, the hissing mysteriously as each whiffet it escaped. v