The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-08-21
Driuktps, at Home and Abroad.

(From the Detroit POSt) IN 81 ~
An American resident oil Paris, who
Inns been investigating the subject, says
that ono rarely sees q drpnhard IN that
city. LIE has gone about day afteF day
.and,pight after night, and notseen enough
drunkenness to call for the police OF ex-
cite the attention Of q stranger. In the
course Of several days visit, which we
know Of, there was but one arrest that
came under the observation OF the visitor.
This was the arrest Of 9 cabman, who was
not noisy or quarrelsome, but was TOO
stupid to drive his customers 70 their des.
tination. He was quietly taken care OF
and although the arrest occurred IN me
open public square In front OF the PaIais
Royal, II created no excitement and drew
no crowd. The American resident re-
icrred 10 says that, you can sec twenty IN,
toxicated men In London or New York V
one Ia. Paris, Florence, Berlin, OF. Vienna.
He attributes this to the use OF whisky
and other ardent spirits in tho one case,
and of coffee, beer and light wines In the
other. Although the English drink beer
yet the greater part Of their desperate
drunkenness comes from the Irish whisky
drinkers and gin drinkers. Their "bittNr
beer" has more alcohol in 1t than the
German beer and the French light wines
OF three thousand people, the American
met in restaurants one thousand were sip
ming coffee, eight hundred and fifty
drinking beer; five hundred and fifty cog.
nae and coffee; two hundred and fifty.
cognac; two hundred andldlly common
wine; fly absinthe; twenty whisky; and
ten expensive wines. The Americans and
English were among the whisky and tho
brandy drinkers. Of the three thousand
there were only four that wGSthe worse
for intoxication, and they were Americans
Indeed, the Americans, Irish and English
generally mako all that drunken noise
and uproOr which Is tho evidence oil cra7
illness and drunkenness.
The difference between q well.cOnduc-
ted French cafe and one Of our American
Saloons even the best Of Them is very
MARKED. In the cafe, q dozen or score Of
men will be quietly seated at tables, read
Ing the papers, Il indoors, or chatting, or
smoking u out Of doors on the sidewalk.
A woman generally "presides" over the
establishment, seated On Q raised chair
behind desk, overlooking al the guests,
directing the walters to attend prompt
" to any wants, and receiving the money.
4 parlor with tho mistress Of the house
experimenting a tea party could not be
more quiet and decorou9. The customers
starry long at the wine" and, the bear, not
because they drink much, but because
they zip It slowly, scarcely taking more
than spoonful from time 10 time. They
talk In reasonably low tones, pay their
reckoning and walk quietly. ont
when they are ready. A dlsIur-
bance 10 no more expected and
aS seldom happens % at o social en-.
tertaInment Of Wellbred people. In the
American saloon, on the contrary, and In
a London gin palace, especially in the
saloon, even the best ones, party oil
three or Tour will come noiSily up TO the
bar, generally swearing and betting aud
splitting, lust on the verge oil fighting
and ready to be provoked thereto on
slight occasion. They order fiery drinks
swallow them at one Rulp, pay for them
and are of, perhaps to repeat the scene a
half dozen times before they fall into the
hands OF the police. OF course this L.
not the character Of all the customers OIL
an American saloon, nor does 1t describe
their conduct; but i 10 what ell who visit
them for the sake Of a quiet, orderly, 80
Clable evening are exposed TO. At any
time such gaDgs may rush In and break
all enjoyment the decent orderly parties
could otherwise get out Of It. But "they
do these thipES better In France"