Just a Twain add-on...
Mark Twain dines at Delmonico’s, 1905:
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December 1905, Harper's president Colonel George Harvey invited the Freemans to a banquet at Delmonico’s in New York City in honor of Samuel Clemens’ (Mark Twain) 70th birthday. At front/center is Mary Wilkins Freeman, the female Mark Twain of that era.
A transcript of the speech he gave there, which includes his secrets of longevity:
Delmonico's NYC menu, 1914:
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Delmonico's served dinner in jail to Harry Kendall Thaw after 1906 murder of Stanford White:
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Mark Twain dines at Delmonico’s, 1905:
December 1905, Harper's president Colonel George Harvey invited the Freemans to a banquet at Delmonico’s in New York City in honor of Samuel Clemens’ (Mark Twain) 70th birthday. At front/center is Mary Wilkins Freeman, the female Mark Twain of that era.
A transcript of the speech he gave there, which includes his secrets of longevity:
Quote:I have made it a rule never to smoke more than one cigar at a time. I have no other restriction as regards smoking. I do not know just when I began to smoke, I only know that it was in my father’s lifetime, and that I was discreet. He passed from this life early in 1847, when I was a shade past eleven; ever since then I have smoked publicly. As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain when awake. It is a good rule. I mean, for me; but some of you know quite well that it wouldn’t answer for everybody that’s trying to get to be seventy.
Delmonico's NYC menu, 1914:
Delmonico's served dinner in jail to Harry Kendall Thaw after 1906 murder of Stanford White:
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