Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-02-04
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An nvENINa IN LONDON GIN RAlAcn-1u
pOkND AND INcIDxNrs Fu11n Pn1nnNFaD "A
NNnn VIEW or DRAN snoY RxPs1zknCas.
lContrihated 10 the Commercial BY OtpAant.)
i The taverns in London, u "sin pAlacss" q
they arc sometimes callsd, are widely diasesu
places from what they azs IN this country. Bon,
! Of them may wsil bs termed "palacss.n bsin
> often buss buildings with highly ornaments
hAss, which for the purposes of astr,ction m
most slaborasely fitted up n enormous expsssa
and are Invariably In psrfset blase Of Light u
these houses, and watch The many chsnSdp,
scsnss enacted there By the busy crowds wh'
frsqnsntsd them, had long been cherished ID,
or mane. and with this intention I sss out oua
evening 70 viait shovy gin palace, mot grsA
name Of the !" Golden Gate" and which had in
words -
"Rsiss.a@ent hero for al tha. passes--
Horses, doga, men and aases." UI
This name md this tablet always were riddles
e ~ Whsehse Il was intsndsa n ,mpAy b
the name that The plAss was golden 9ass q
the customers, the Landlord or brewers, I viii
noe preeond to ssy, nor Why on earth the msr
nnd Asses were coupled together on The tablss
However that may be, 1t was at the bsr OF ths
Golden Gate" that took up my qusrterv n
about seven O'Clock one chilly Saturday night 10
sutumn. The place was tolerably we'll hllsd
when sntsred, some fifty or xixty people Of all
ages and both sexes occupying the di4eesut
compartments In front of the bar. Homs WSfe
evidenty ON good terms with themselves and
were laughing loudly, some were talking serious
y, aud some In mysterious whispers, WhilA the
more youthful mAlo customers, those Of aboat
sss so..st or ,sS' ws.s tinss..tssy
with kind Of an - man would" air about them
which was exceedingly amusing. noticed that
| these young fellows always addressed the land
lord, when requiring their glasses repleDishsd, m
wefe evidently bent on showing the public what
| quantity Of liquor .mAu" could drink and
what enormous clouds Of smokecA ''uaa" could
blow in short space Of time stood quietly
pulling my cigar. and surveying the picture BE-
Tore me, when my attention WAS attracted by
dirty little toddlsr Of certainly not mole than
three years old, who came staggering In under
the enormous weight Of . great quart pot.
what DO YOU want my little man?" said l,
up TO the counter want pint an . half Of
half half an farden our, pease" lisped the
tiny naornel, and being served he managed, 10
my great surprise, to drag the immense load
nay h $ r,sa ne snSrary md cruelty q
with 10 large jug to tavern for beer, asked
the landlord II such things were common In
London Common, my dear sir" said he, sur
prised at the question. III you stay here long
enough you will soon learn how common it iavI
why, we have twenty or thirty little shavsrAy -
that every day who come here after ..aly 1lQ1h~
Tor their drunken mothern, aud eso frequs9Ay
beaten for breaking their bottles and -jugA"
should fancy you refused 70 serve them,
are wrong sir" snswered the landlord, "for If
didn't serve them. other houses would. No, NO.
the practice is far too common to be checked by
anything Of that kind" and at this Juno
Il NaI &r {.k l. -
in quelling = fight that had arisen
on the opposite side Of the bar. It was evident
by the manner he set about it that he had served
quite al apprenticeship to such work for hs
had soon elected the turbulent onss, aud COM
menced attending to his customen again q if
nothing had occurred to disturb the harmony Of
the evening. A few moro puffs at nv cigar and |
in came . little girl. "If you please, father
says" said she addressing the landlord, will
day nishkS "No, Certainly not" he replied %
sharply, "tsll your father there's no
trust herS," aud away she dew half frightened At
the lan@ords mannsE Presently, how.
ssa svsr - a9S Isnsd I'D 10 !. .upplsossi9g tons
have It ~ fos this oaes, be voax ~ fsr 4 |
anymoesS Ast bseo out o'Work I'll the eses, ~ |
Iss sss s':s3ss & 9 - y r a - -
a. ~ 0Wsii, IN ybcf 5sS|Esr 8 sons snd I
10 trust hsrsH aid tie landlord. vho
was considerably lowered in my aatlma-
tion, not 70 much BY his refusal ~
by his coarse manner OF refusing, and turning to |
me he added. half spologe etically as II ashamed
of his conduct, "lt don't 40 TO % TOO soft
hearted sir, to keep tavern assure you"
"Go" said I, shortly, | suppose NOT" For |
some time after this l stood somking my cigar In
silence III my attention vas drawn to . Young
girl Of about eighteen, Who came up to ths bar. |
She was very thnly clsd, and bv the hectic 1ush |
upon her cheek | should imma8ine that consurnp-
tion had marked her for iu own. "Do !
said to- to the landlord, aaS III u pay % sou 'os On
Monday do, there's q good fellow, Tor I'm
desperately cold" "Oan't do it," sald the land |
lord, .its against the rule, and you know It +" |
" Well she said "you might do it for me at all
in your house, and il you only knew how cold |
was" "Don't matter" he answered, GIVE |
made the rule and l wont break 1t for you nor
anybody else" " 30 you won't then, won't you,
with passion and striking the counter with her
small bony fist; "then III have 1t in spite Of you
I've got something left to pawn yet, and il |
pawn my last rag I'd have it now, if never had
yon aud such ~ you that have been my
ruin, and the ruin Of thousands more
too, and its such ~ us, suoh a.
me menn, that X cps up IN your p,ide both
you and yonrs. Its our foolish pennies you fat
ten on, and il we spent Thousands in your house
you'd kick us into the gutter when our money
WAS gone, Eli Lyon sneak you have done it, you
know You have y and with this she bounded on
into the street. 1t was seldom had heard such |
u string Of vituperation coming from lips Of ono
80 young, ond ne, too, who still bore some
slight traces OF early mental culture, and from
whom every vestige Of beauty had not yet fed.
While was deeply pondering on the scenes
that had Witnessed that evening, and vainly
suggesting to myself remedy after remedy for
the insane desire OF mankind 70 dry up tho DIFF
feren sources OF happiness placed within their
reach l was startled by tho temperance OF
the young girl, who advanced to the counter
in QUE hand and shilling in the
other. "NOw give me = quartern OF gin; what
do YOU think Of that Eh I'm welcome enough
nova nov am NJ, no said She displaying the shilling
change, Rapidly drinking the first qusrtern
she called for . second one which was also
served her. "Will you give me another she
,Ss .sse. before touching it .Yss Of course said
for it. not without" "Ah ~ replied
wouldn't you, il l had the money to pay
forit3 Noindeed you've seen the. last you'll
ever see Of my money, .'and swallowing the gin
at single draught she at once quilted the
place. As the evening advanced the bar became
more and more crowded and by half past eleven
there WAS scarcely standing room in any portion
dressed siri., some Of them extremely ' youthfaI o
in appearance, and, evidently, already under the
influence Of drink. Within few minutes Of |
numerous that the largs staff behind the bar |
were totally unable TO keep pace with them,
aud people jostlsd each other In wild dispair
lest they should not get served with that " one !
more glass before the neighboring church !
clock chmed out the fatal hour Of midnight, |
when it would be too late" One might we'll 4
have imagined that they were fighting for life st |
the scene OF some dreadful shipwreck when the |
clocks measured sounds rung out on tho still |
night air. The gas was suddenly turned down, |
End tho noisy crowd hustled into The street, |
where II congregated in little Knots TO dissusa |
the " situation and left it to It's own rsasc- |
tiOne, perfectly satisfied that had seen quite |
enough for my money II the Golden 0ate."
Costly EllFeasi0A. |
Miss Charlotte z. Ross, . buxom maiden we'll |