New-York tribune., 1874-04-15
HOLLY TREE INNS.
TO THE TEMPERANCE MEN AND WOMEN OF
NEW-YORK.

TO THE TEMPERANCE MEN AND WOMEN OF
NEw-YORK.
soMr PRACTICAL suGGEsTIONs-FACrs AND FIGURES
To ths Editor Of The Trioune.
SIR: II seems TO me that vast deal of good IN
tention energy and money are being wasted ul'op
the matter of Temperance. That drunkenness ralnei
than money is the root, OF most evil' anu ,ha' ITO
abolition is absolutely necessary 10 the wen
of socety no thoughtful person will deny. no" "
Hr,n,, hut consummation so devouty to be
Wished il the problem of the moment over whicn
eornest .orls are pondefing, dsagreeing anu' "'
times. showing their own intemperance py ios'ne
temner Now. whether reformers be Total ADstiheu''
or in the real sense of the word Temperance ao'o
cotes thew ought to be willing 10 ince'
on ,yhotovrr ground Will advance the cause they
have at heart which is to diminish the sale OF aco
boI Praying bands may ayau IN small Pia'os 60,
tbouQh the recent elections In ONO hardly Ju''"9
this hypothesis certainly their possipii',e' .'
exceedingly small in New-fork. and what inos' 'oH
Germs ps is to do the work that nes heA' "s' A.
Mr. Editor. I think know way to AID tne
aor,nor,nce Movement The idea however, is
not m;pe II has been successfully trleu
oIsowbore and All / suggest Is its application
20 this oyercrowded aud consequently uhusu-
oI,v thirsty metropolis. doubt not You VIII agree
with me when assert that 1t is useless 10 'ei
badly fed miserably housed, overworSed men anu
woucn whose lungs have been poisoned by foul air
or worse whisky, that they must touch nothing put
cold water They must have something warm,
something stimulating, and the practical road to
Temperance is to find hot, paaable substitute for
the liquid Satan now preying on poor humanity
That substitute has been found, and without belley
ing its adoption in New-YOrk would lead to the
millennium do believe it would do much toward
mitigating curse. Read and then pronounce judg-
ment. ....... -.f <.... .
You are Of course aware that Glasgow is abOnt the
most immoral and iutemperate town in all the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland there
fore what can succeed there must succeed here and
what relate is condensation OF Social Science
Tract written by William Chambers, LII. d., OF Edn-
burgh One day, at the close of 1862, this we'll
known gentleman visited Glasgow in order to make
himself personally acquainted with Temarkanle
system of supplying meals on a cheap and extensive
scale organized two years before by Thomas C0rbett
esq., an opulent merchant. Influenced by the belief
that the working classes of Glasgow might be sup
piled with cooked food of wholesome and agreeable
kind at much cheaper rate than that which they
had hitherto paid. Mr.. Corbett conceived the idea OF
opening an establishment for the purpose and
adopted the term Great Western Cooking Depot.
Such was the popularity Of the scheme, that branch
after branch was added at the rate OF about one
every two months, and there are thirteen
branches, with a prospect of fresh additions What
ia the nature of these depots is best shown by re-
producing one of their bills of fare:
Great Western Cooking Depot, Specially opened for
the Working Classes No. "A Jamacast These premises
are the most commodous handsome that have ever
been opered for the working classes in country,
and have accommodation for dining comfortably 400
uersops at one tine.