The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-14
THE BATTLE FOR LAGER.

Sunday with Beer, Music and Hap
, kiness-Somo of the Liquor Saloons
,.hrosc Their Front Doors ana Open
4hoir Back Doors-Au tho Beer Gar.
ems Open, and Not Even tho Front
Doors OF the Beer Saloons I'm the
Bowery Closed.
Lager or no lagcr-was not the question among
Germans yesterday. The reports in regard to
action OF the Excise Commissioners had been
4 connicting that some timid persons might have
fought the beer saloons would be closed, bat the
ajority knew that it would not be question OF
GER or no lager, but simply question OF front
ors or back doors. AGerman's sunday without
ger You might as well speak Of a Greek
Ids feast without nectar or anbrosia. A
iebrated Bavarian statesman said, many
EARS ago, 1t did not matter how much
icy increased the taxes; the people would bear
30 long as they did not raise the price of beer;
at II they did so there would surely be Q rebel
on-a revolution. 1t was q jest. perhaps, but
ere is no doubt that beer, the cool, delicious
,rer, is an important element Of German hap
Y less and GermuetnIich1eat Every lager beer
DON yesterday was, in Its way
TEMPLE OF JOY
Ia Of jollity. Wherever the husky voice OF the
Finer shouted .'beer', there were quiet enjoyment
4 er, good nature and sociability. No rowdyism,
oaths, no squartng and hitting, no drunkenness,
4 good-humored chatting, and, In some places,
dstc. HERALD reporter, who visited very
rge number OF saloons and gardens In different
rts OF the city yesterday, saw not q single
unken person.
rhe scene in the Atlantic Garden, In the Bowery,
= very animated. Some 1000 persons were there
sterday. There were two concerts, one In the
ternoon and one in the evening and four or five
the remaining members OF the viennese lady
rchestra played all day long to entertain this vast
'udience. They were dressed in black, very
aodestly. There was flush OF roses on their
' ssned GOOD deal while they were playing The
dience was attentive and appreciative. Every
" and then the nouse-or the garden-thun-
red with applause and II the spirit OF Beethoven
mself had been leader the enthusiasm could
4 u possibly have been more intense.
NO LIQUORS WERE SOLD.
seer weiss beer, sarsaparilla, even Rhine wine you
suld have, but nothing stronger; no brandy, no
u, NO rum, and, alas no whiskey. But how did
proprietor comply with the requirements OF the
rye ones and two small ones at the sides. The
rec large doors were closed and the blinds pulled
/ served the purpose Just as we'll There was
!. thing mysterious about 1t. There WAS con-
rat rush Of people In and out, and any officer
y 10 were going In and coming out were having
st Of lager. Many an oficer passed by In the
rse OF the day, but the beer flowed faster and
X Ter. and the strains of Strauss ana Weber grew
~ Ter and louder, and there was no interference,
4 the day was as merry in Atlantic Garden as 1t
n he saloons and gardens in the Bowery were all
~ n Most Of them did moi even close their front
Vi re-, but kept them wide open. The reporter
81 ed the proprietors OF these saloons whether
H yhad received any notice from the EXCISE Com
sioners
answer was everywhere mo-" Further up
N Z O.
rter went through avenue A, avenue and
y Fcr streets in which lager nows freely, and
\, the "business'' done was capital In the
ser part Of the city the liquor saloons
20 very generally closed, and those that were
4 IN could only be entered by the back doors:
.. fsevelt street and its vicinity. for instance,
own the proprietors OF the liquor saloons
, ID their front doors and opened their back
J, q 80 that the difference between the liquor
D as and the regular beer saloons is simply
} The first had only their back and side doors
n the latter their front doors as well.
b. police had received no instructions to close
u aloons The HERALD reporter met Mr.. Henry
h q, the President OF the Police Commissioners
{ old him that the Board had given no special
m in fsvor Of letting the Germans have all
/ Ger they want" he said. "The Germans are
oSpERLY CLASS OF PEOPLE
ody has right to Interfere with their en-
h ~ / shall not tell any Captain to ask his
b crawl through the chimney to see whether
ser is sold. II the front doors are closed and
r, thing seems quiet and orderly, am salts
reporter was about to ask, ''But how II the
nj doors are not closed 2'' He had no time, how
r, for Mr.. Henry Smith was called away by Q
9 Loi friends who were slipping champagne. 1t
o geanl Loonie, in the Sixth precinct, told the
o. tier that the force in this precinct had In
ne lions 70 see that the front doors were closed
~ they have no instructions to get in BY Q hall
9 !" he added. "a great many liquor saloons
2 1town are closed, at any rate, because IL
q ID not pay TO weep them open wnen there Is SO
le travel on sunday. You see, there Is no
M lenness on the streets; all is quiet and
err ". or course have no doubt that many OF
sal DON Keepers are selling liquor, but all we can
b Il obey the orders OF the Commissioners"
erH( can't Lowery, OF the Second precinct said he
~ m on the police force for twenty three years,
lg s'e 1t a. his opinion that severe Legislation
MADE MATTERS ONLY WORSE.
1dt the old stringent excise law - he said 81
! 10 ore drunken men than see now; was in
up icr district ct the time, and knew laDorers
D pc ssibly might have taken glass or two II
saloN ons had been kept open, but as they were
ciose they bought great bottle on Saturday
IONS this precinct are effectualIy closed but
majo.t Tity DO business with closed DOORS"
ne of the jolliest German audiences was that
TerraA -,e Garden. There was "grand sacred
cert cast night. What sort OF . sacred con-
b. sch or Handel Perhaps o performance
ne IN tcssiahn or some other sublime work Of
RED m N .aic No, not exactly. The performance
J. IA Belle Helene" which Ia very sacred, In
q p9N ncularly In the love sccnea Paul Falk's,
~, owery Garden and the other German
euy Jolly Sunday, ana what more could they
~ adeR eertet kxo1se law.