1931 Old Waldorf Bar Days by Albert Stevens Crockett

THOMPSON After Denman Thompson, the actor, who made "The Old Homestead" famous, and upon whom that play had equally and probably better beneficent results. Thompson was a patron of the Waldorf, and lived for a time in the house. He was one of the famous men of that day who clung to the old-fashioned boot long after it had given place to laced shoes and Oxfords. The boot had to be pulled on by straps, and sometimes it was hard to divest oneself of a pair. One day, about noon, a bellboy rushed out of the elevator and came hurrying down the lobby, looking as if he were being pursued. Boldt stopped him. "It is Mr. Thompson, sir," said the boy. "He can't get his boots off, and he is swearing terrible. I was afraid he was going to lick me." Boldt immediately sent for the carpenter and told him to make a replica of an old-fashioned boot jack, by sawing an angle out of a piece of board and nailing a block under it. This done in quick time, he sent it with his compliments to the actor's room, and Thompson was able to ease himself out of his boots.. .. One-third Italian Vermuth Two-thirds Whiskey Orie piece each ofOrange Peel, Pineapple, Lemon Peel Frappe [ 166]