A Winner Never Quits; Tin Pan Alley; Gray Lady

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CORRECTION: "Fell Swoop" should be page 15, not page 13.  The copy was difficult to read.

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A WINNER NEVER QUITS, AND A QUITTER NEVER WINS (continued)

   From the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, 2 February 1946, pg. 16, col. 1:

   _"A Winner Never Quits"_
(...)  "You know, said Gabby (Street, a boxing manager--ed.), a great man for quoting proverbs, "a quitter never wins and a winner never quits.  And this Watkins is a winner."

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TIN PAN ALLEY (continued)

   From the NYHT, 11 January 1946, pg. 18, col. 3:

_Harry von Tolzer Dies at 73;_
_Wrote Hundreds of Song Hits_
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_Coiner of Phrase "Tin Pan_
   _Alley" Was Author and_
   _Publisher Here Since '92_

(He was famous, certainly.  He possibly coined it, but my early "Tin Pan Alley" cites don't give anyone credit--ed.)

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GRAY LADY (continued)

   The New York Times is the Old Gray Lady.
   The NYHT, 31 January 1946, pg. 22, col. 8, describes a "Red Cross Gray Lady."  A possible influence?

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BEEFSTEAK CHARLIE

   A New York trade name, but see also my work on the older "Champagne Charlie."
   From the NYHT, 25 January 1946, pg. 16, col. 5:

_Charles Chessar Dies at 77;_
  _Original "Beefsteak Charlie"_
(...)
   The steak house for twenty years after World War I, with its old brown bar, red-backed chairs and the high walls papered with the pictures of horses and "spills," was a meeting place for track followers.  It was known, too, for twelve-egg lemon meringue pies, for steaks juicy and large.

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ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS, DOESN'T REALLY MATTER TO ME...

   I'd previously posted the Chicago Tribune errors of June 2001, and then August 4, 2001 ("Ask Tom Why").
   There were THREE.  THREE!  The third--after I'd complained to the Public Editor at least twice--is by far the worst.  It states that "Windy City" was coined _during_ the 1893 fair!
   From the CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 23 August 2001, section 2, pg. 10. col. 2:

_WEATHER WORD_
Windy City:  In 1893, New York Sun editor Charles Dana, tired of hearing Chicagoans boasting of the huge success of Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, dubbed Chicago the "Windy City."