"Big Apple" is finally online

[Bapopik at AOL.COM]

   John J. Fitz Gerald's 1920s "Big Apple" columns are finally online.  Go to www.PoliticsNY.com and click for "Enos Throop," or go directly to www.politicsny.com/scoop/index.shtml.
   It was ten years ago that I brought this to the attention of William Safire and the New York Times.  George Thompson's sex life got better coverage!
   Safire's column, even _eight years_ later, got it wrong and never corrected my words.  I have always said that "Big Apple" was spoken by an African-American, and that that African-American should be honored, and that the Times should help look for him by telling readers his exact words.
   I told the story to PoliticsNY.com, and the site agreed to tell the story--at last--this Black History Month.
   FWIW, at the Honolulu Airport, the cocktail lounge was decorated with an old menu from PHIL'S PAGO-PAGO COCKTAIL LOUNGE.  I don't know the where or when, but this is probably early 1950s.  Some stuff from that drink menu:

BIG APPLE--Hawaiian Fruit Juices, Light Rums and Sloe Gin, Served in Hollowed-Out Fresh Pineapple  $2.00

"KING SIZE" AFTER DINNER SUGGESTIONS
Pink Elephant
Grasshopper
Chartreuse
Drambuie-Kahlua
Pernod
Stinger
B&B
Kummel
Creme de Menthe
White Cloud
Galiano
Blue Tail Fly
Strega
Pago Bowl

FOR THAT TIRED FEELING
Oklahoma
Cuba Libra
Gin Buck
Rickeys
French '75
French '90
Collins
Sours
Fizzes

Tahisan
Rum-Swizzle
Shark's Tooth
The Leilana
Cobra's Fangs
Hawaiian Sour
Tropic's Gold Cup
Hawaiian Lullaby
Loving Cup