The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-28
THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE.
The War That u To Be Waged Against
King Alcohol in New York.
The Women Studying Spiritual
Strategy.

The men IN this city who make their living by
day and by night In the dealing out Of whiskey
straights, hot RUNS. brandy smashes, and at times
- small bottle for tw0," when there Is three of
party are apparently doomed. To be doomed In
New York city In the liquor trade is certainly
something new in the 'reform" line; but there
but few OF our foremost reformers who viii not
concede that reforms, even In liquid form, may
be reforms IN deed and spirit even though
inaugurated by women. The fact OF the
matter is that Gotham is very open to as
sault when men and women alike cry out
amen to the new crusade against the liquor
trade, and express desire to pray and be happy in
liquor saloons. wnere the ardent reigns and the
plain soda that tranquilizes the uneasy mind, and
the cocktail that is said to give life in the early
morning to the hard drnker rendered half iifeless
and cumbersome TO himself from copious draughts
from the lowing bowl OF friend and foe alike the
night before, dealt out with scientific measure.
To fight against 900 men who have grown rich on
the spoils, while the bartenders OF 1000 spirit
nal dispensaries OF the usual comforters
of the not and cold advocates Of spir-
ituai consolation have accumulated for years,
Is, indeed, no easy task. As yet che crusade
| in Gotham is not well organized. The Good
Templars, the 7. A. BIS and the various other or.
CARNATIONS, 1t is true, determined TO take ad-
but they are, one and all, apparently in a middle
as to just how they should go about the important
struggle they deem necessary to overcome
THE LIQUOR INFLUENCE OF THE METROPOLIS
One or the most conscientious advocates OF the
new idea Of praying the saloons dry OF customers,
and who has already this year made his mark OF
total abstinence IN every saloon doorway
in Ohio he came across. and who was
met In q liquor store in this city yes
terday, remarked, between his "vermount'
cocktails which, probably unknown to himself,
were not free from the faint OF the coming through
the rye liquid and the tastes Of the Bourbon
In the town. He talked Of the conaue made in
the West ana the saloons that had been closed
because the presence OF sweet woman had
DRIVEN THE DEVIL FROM his sTRONGHoLDs.
But" said ne, ''your city here is a very big
place. My name 1t is-weil, let IL be unknown
now; have been In Dayton and even in God for
saken Indianapolis, but am yet man who does
his duty tor his Makers sake;" and as Mr.. Canert
drained his fifth vermonter he again repeated
that he was man who did his duty.
A reporter Of the HERALD yesterday, full OF
spiritual inclination to do good, and determined,
80 tar as lay in his power, to make the way OF the
poor and the rich wife alike smooth and easy for
years to come, provided his sayings and doings
could make sinners long used to daily and nightly
liquoring up repent and turn over new leaf,
called at various liquor saloons during the day
to ascertain the general sentiment OF the trade.
e now he Dc To ~
ny from on the backs Of the wolves in sleeps
clothing who
and yet who, In an underband way owned and
heavily pronted by cocktails and brandy smashes
that were daily and even nightly passed over GER
tain bar counters He was also, was this spiritually
inquisitive reporter bent on finding out to what
them feel weak in the knees william I. Dodge,
II had been said. and the men who were anxious
mission 81 inquiry into the statistics Of the liquor
trade of the Union were really at the bottom OF
ss Ss wsy Sa1su Rd In
| he learned that this evening at Association
Hall. Dr.. Dio Lewis and others will expatiate
! on the way 70 avoid becoming confirmed drunk
viii be given at the meeting BY some Of the best
ligntful thing 1t was to know what 1t was to have
been Jolly drunk when one was really jolly drunk
thing it is to be able to stand firmly on ones TWO
legs and be able to tell, without staggering, what
nno the 30 Se a yet from
be unable to tell the whole truth The temperance
movement as It Is called already may be said to
about it. New YORK city is metropolis. It Is
very little about those small conventiOnalities
which in
to certain dominant class There are the Ger
mans, who like their lager at home as well as at
their saloons; the Irish. who have as strong faith
as they have in the virtues OF the
soil Of Erin, which does no. permit OF
of the Americans Of the hot and young blood who
will brook no interference with their champagne
crowned. as il we're, By their champagnes and and
their rare liquors, which lager never interieres
|
terday-and whose statement is an illustration Of
this general view Of the Cosmopolitan drinkablli-
and every time they Come win pi ,essi
tisement. As the poet says men may come
and men may e. but g on forever. But Tenny-
think to prevent men from drinking their private
drinks by going about in the winter time, soiling
their nice linen by kneeling on the sidewalks In
prayer, and IN reality costing their devoted part
ners" by that exhibition OF holy devotion more
than II they stayed at home and permitted their
and their nightcaps at night undisturbed by any
screech or howl against whiskey or GIN which does
not lnebrate but simply exhlarates the well
"But," asked the reporter, "what can You DO II
oevy OF pretty ladies cali on you, and deliberately
pray lor your deverance from evil for dealing out
whiskey, you know, is an evil ?"
"Wel." said the dealer as ne went over to the
s'deboard behind mis- bar and aed wine glass
UP TO THE BRIN WITH COGNAC
which he drained ut single draughI "wellr said
NC wouiu lecI Hoppy. 1 IOFe lovely women
tBy the way, II you publish my name you must say
that ! am married man, and refer to my wife
In this particular connection.l | do, sir,r he
continued, 'Tike to see women In prayer | often
go to church to see 'em but, to be candid, they
may prove, beautiful as they are, rather in the
way. Still don't think they will bother us much
In New York. The city is q big place, and single
word TO policeman, on a charge OF q breach OF
the peace, disordery conduct and all that would
put whole gang OF lem IN the station house.
Virtue Is its own reward; but tell you what IL is
they wouldn't stand over couple Of nights. I've
been there myself and all because OF a lark, and
want no more OF them cell arrangements.n
1t is pretty generally understood, so far as the
HERALD reporter could learn yesterday, that the
Tcmpars and the General Praying Temperance
Society do not mean to go about from saloon to
saloon to fight King Alcohol The managers, IL
would seem, are men OF common sense, and will
content themselves with doing the best they can
by getting up REVEALS in tue chuI ches and aQitat-
ing the temperance cause at appointed mass
meetings One failure, they know of a praying
irretrlevably, and 1t Is therefore highly possible,
Notwithstanding the