The New York herald., 1877-12-10

was placed on the chair beside that on which the
view by the table what's all this fuss amount 10 ~
said the proprietor. III people want drink they
will drinK and no law can prevent What do they do
In most country places where liquor saloons are
prohibitedr Why, the drug stores sell the sluG
medicine And mere. people " they can't drink IN u
saloon III put IN their liquor at home Saturday and
90 their drinking there That's all tho difference
ses." Al some other restaurants less caution
used In serving ale and wine At the tables the
police being thrown or their guard by the fact that
the bar vigorously shut. I'VE can't catch any OF
they may sell little 10 their friends hut wnen one OF
appears they lock the doors remove the elasse
Even our men IN c'tizens clothes can't get ~" II
WAS generally agreed among the denZcns OF tho east
side that the enforcement Of the Sunday law ysster
day was lar more rigorous than was good for German
joty or gemdthltchkstL
THE UPTOWN RESORTS.
As rule the hotel proprietors accepted tho newt
able situation ana kept their bars tightly closed
during Tie day. They did IT, however, with y bad
grace, and by way oil protest whenever fow guests
dubbed together In u private room the familiar
decanter was at their service whenever desired Ths
Fifth Avenue Hotel bar was not alone closed but as
II assuming superior virtue, every glass and bottle
aud all the other paraphernalia OF shop were
relsiously excluded from their accustomed place on
The shelves and counters Nothing but q vacant aud
fashionable hdbitu<s haunted the vicinity OF the bar
by natural law Of gravitation which they could not
resist few disconsolate customers could be seen
seated ~ the walnut tables, looking ike SO many
BanQuos anticipating the feast
The Hoffman House aud the Albemarle Hotel were
gloomy and deserted, whilo Gallagher's saloon, ag-
gressivey and enterprisngly. sandwiched between It's
two aristocratic ncghbors, kept up attempt an
osten taous display of excise virtue. The cigar
In front OF the saloon was occupied by hvs quick
wited looking gentlemen, VINO formed sort
OF barricade to tho omnibus door which
led into tho envled procincts oi tho bar
All applicants Tor admission had to storm
aud capture this before The pretorian guard
IN tho citadel would consent TO capituiate AS the
reporters attention was attracted by the unusual
tivity the cigar store he walked boldly IN assuming
familiar AMI nonchAant arr but was heartlessly
firmly repulsed by the attentive young gentleman who
presided At tho cigar stand mo; the place closed.
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vcracIous youth. The reporter. while vending his
way To the Twenty ninth precinct station house TO
confer with Captain Williams or his subordinate IN
charge, was mot by cheerful looking person,
with an in1amcd proboscis, nonchalantly carrying
foaming pitcher OF ale almost across the very thresh
hod vi the station house Sergeant Hamilton
desk ana three distressed looking citizens plead
ing for an unfortunate iriend who was undergoing
durance vile or hating the Excise law not wisely, but
too WE'LL ''rhese saloon keepers are beginning TO
tumble TO themselves, ut last, said the Sergeant
''We enforcing the law according TO INSTRUCTIONS
We arrested delinquent bartenders TINS morning.
Thoy taken before Judge Morgan aud bailed out
in $lO0 each. Seven moro have been captured this
afternoon. We have locked them up In the cells,
where they will remain until we are notified that
Judge Is ready TO hear their cases tell you what"
said the Sergeant these liquor people pretty well
scared by this time. They know now that we are in
earnest ana the consequence is that generally speak
ing, oil tno saloons are closed"
LOOKED '.DowS TOWN"
The more friends in the hotel business man had
yesterday the better he Jared below Fourteenth street
II he were bibuously disposed knowledge was
power. fellows lace, II II we'll AZ that
Of man who paid his bills, was literally worth >
drink In every hotel south OF Union square, The vgi-
lance Of the police was something It's char
acter. The eagle eye Of the officer post never
wandered from things directly ahead OF him. and az
he invariably, in obedience TO orders kept moving
along tho sidewalk, the opening and shutting OF doors
never apparently attracted his attention ANYBODY
could enter q first class hotel but nobody saw a
police 0ihcer on the floors OF one OF those from
the Battery 10 Wallacks. Strangers who stepped
the Grand Central found, as the HERALD reporter
found, the bar closed, or rather hidden by a Dig
screen, which merely stood about feet from the
mahogany receptacle Of sings, smashes, Tom Col
hnses other beverages 10 the palate OF the
followers OF Bacchuz There was behind tho
bar and the shelves were stripped Of glasses bottles
napkins and lemons. But the place tull OF
ters," who smoked and chatted IN undertones just
costly as they might nave done after their tenth GIN
and gum. The conviction Was born IN the mind or
the reporter that these men must certainly have
obtained a drink somewhere IL was ridiculous
to suppose that every one OF them mad pro-
vlded himself with pocket pistol and come 10 empty
IL in the barroom out OF sheer contempt and in
nance OF the Police commissioners Liquor must
have been had The premisss The reporter, IN this
frame OF mind, stepped up to tho neatly dressed
young who sat reading the latest divorce suits
sive manner whether q drink could not be obtained
the hotel the youth raised his eyes ana, disclosing
the u glory OF his changed" and oeagin0us locks TO
the HERALD mans admring glance, said:-"We amt
got no liquor here. The bar IS closed" dis mouth
shut with snap and his head dropped those words
fell upon his interrogator's ears.
"Don't you suspend the laws In favor OF old
tomersf" was good naturediy suggested
mo- we don't. The law ~ tho same Tor AZ for
aI.u In this hopeless state OF things the manager
tho desk in the office was applied He briefly OBJ
served that liquors sold on the premises on
Sunday and that the proprietors did want 10 get
any more difficulty, because they only mad O
CO pt or an application for license the leo Tor wbch
had been paid 10 EXCISE Comm issoners some time
ago. The reporter asked whether guest could not
get drink Of ale or wine at his dinner. The clerk IN
charge replied IN the negative, adding that had
been granted such a boon. But, Notwithstanding
ahess statements, men mysteriously disappeared IN
the and returned again with brighter eyes and
countenancss all agiow with satisfaction.
WINE YoR DINNER
In deep detection the inquirer crossed to tho ST
Charles and asked the French gentleman running tho
restaurant whether hungry man could get bumper
OF clare, or nagon OF ale TO moisten his STEAK,
no. Removing his cigarette from his mouth and
pointing with lis holder 10 the notice the STAIR
way leading to tho apartment beneath he said '.You
see 70 wine room is closed" Then with u snrup OF
he replaced his cigarette In his mouth aud added sIts
all right Ny brosser IN out usGis II somebody want
glass Of wine Wis mis- dinner we VII II 10 him. Right
wrongI Bah don't know. Dis is restaurant"
From the ST. Charles to the metropolitan but step
and here was learned that the guests blessed
with privileges at dinner likewise. But the bar,
alasl was closed 10 the general public lew towels
hanging from string and some cane bottom stools
formed impassabe barriers across the arcncd en-
trance to the bower oil Bacchus ana Gambrinus who
It very evdent had stepped into the convenient
elevator AND gone TO u quiet nook In upper story
to entertain as many OF their trends AS called upon
them. Al the ST. Nicholas, over the way, there was
plenty TO drink although the bur was closed, Wines
and liquors were served at meals 10 those who wanted
them and there were symptoms OF u great demand
for drinks between meals. But Just where The tap
LIQUOR AD LIZ.
But 10 was down Town, IN the vicinity Of the City
Hail. that the 'rosy" flowed in generous streams anu
laved the heated throats oil iamIshed nortalG At
Leggett's the bar closed anu ono was seen
within IT, In obedience TO the warning CIV en- oy the
police. But NJ the tables In the restaurant men sat
AID ate and drank 10 thor hearts, content. As Mr..
Leggett the orders he had received resrc
tion merely applied TO the sale exposure of
liquor over the bar. He believed he had q perfect
rgnt TO supply his customers with their favor,te
tpple long as taey SAT At the dinner tables and
Stimulating the operation OF dining. or course
no abused this priviiege. People simply made
their post prandlal hbalions more copious and
many instances took several extra meals, thus ex
tending their hquor rights In nearly every motel
below Chambers street, those who wanted drink
could get one Al the Astor House, George, the
genial, SUI lied increasingly on his numerous acquant
ances allowing man TO leave unsatisled with the
hospitality 0f the place aud without renewing his
famiiarity with the choicest OF its cellar But
down among the west sdc hotels devoted TO recep-
ton OF Western commercial guests the propretors
were more circumspecL No unknown New YORKER
could fnd the entrance TO the apartment oi tho
bottle aud glass IN the United States Merchants,
National stevens House others IN tins neighbor.
hood. lie had 10 be known or we'll recommended TO
ENJOY any OF those pleasant little amenities peculiar
TO tne relationship oil landlord and guest Even the
gluedoorB OF saloons Opeu % yervuodv.