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Actually he is an amiable, approachable man with a dry, friendly wit, who likes to talk and mix whiskey with his soda. He is not a cold fish; nor is he filled with feverish excitement. His temperature is normal. He is a self-disciplined man who is very sure of himself...
...TIME yields to no one (certainly not to Author Arlen) in its admiration for Scotch but likes bourbon and rye too; and life is too short to spell whiskey two ways...
...Detroit, bar owners complained to the police about police who bar-hop in squads, cadging bottles of whiskey...
...lieutenant assigned a detective to go the rounds and testify to the legitimacy of Joe's unbelievable errand. After that, hour after hour, Joe gave away money. "Who wants whiskey?" he called. "Who wants dinner?" He took a hundred men into a tavern, bought them drinks and meals. He led another ragged brigade past Bowery beef-stew joints to a restaurant that served turkey, and then ordered dinners for all. Then, with money gone and hoarse toasts ringing in his ears, he went outside. He sat down on the curb and wept, out of pity...
...Thursday, Clerkenwell; Friday, Bow Street again. Jones leaves the court by 11:30, lunches at 12 exactly, begins to write at 12:30, is through at two. He is home again at 4:15 (having stopped for a drink at his club), spends most of his evenings with a whiskey or beer before his fire reading biographies, mysteries, books on astronomy-or almost anything else that gets into print. Characteristically, he was only mildly disturbed last month when burglars broke into his home and left with his watch and cigaret case. Said he: "I'd hate to think...