The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-12
DRINKING HABITS or THE ENGLISH


bOny, approximately spe"kihs' "rihhH "i"o'
alc' or beer-women ana chllur'n no, cNc'p"u'
very large majority OF inc EhEi'sh poop'
look upon ale and beer as being quite ns nc'es-
snry u part oil their living as te" ana cuHoe-
rs being quite as legitimate too. In the onlted
states. drinks that will in'oXicatc have been
nearly banlshcd from good society except III
fashionable circles ana among the lower strata
of the people. In England. n man VIII" does not
drink IL something OF an Odhlty ABSTINENCE IL
looked upon MS whim; lew can d'tcf III IL
real principle when the temperance people
get together. they no. indeed make ialr mus
ter. but when they have dispersed, ahh gone
hthcr and thithcr tn their homes. they are few
and far apart Ncnrly all families Keep rug
OF beer or ale in the house. ana all parlakc OF IL
daily When the Jug IL empty. the wife or
daughter thinks nothing OF running INTO the
public house for now supply.
In the United States our drinking places. or
saloons" they are never called saloons in
Grcat Britain. are mostly places whore
woman IL rarely seen. and whore men are
often ashamed TO be seen. The English public
house Is comparatively respectable. The oc-
cup0ton IL itself considered reputable. and the
most attractive house fronts in almost any busi-
ness street, arc those OF the public houses.
Within, they contrast very favorably with other
places Of business, and tho tidy. good-looking
bnrmaids are IA feature much more calculated
TO attract, thnn rcpcl good custom When peo-
pie all drink beer. the places whore beer is sold
cannot well bc other than reasonably decent. /
would not be I'M icrstood ny saying that the
average English public house II n thoroughly
reputable place. but 1t is less Objection
able than Four American saloon. In most
public houses girls wait upon the bar. and. 50
far rs can sec. they are generally quito rs in
tclligrnt and well behaved as those who wait
upon customers in other branches OF business.
At any busy part " the day you would not often
look into public house. without seeing inir
shrinking of women present. There is plenty
of nero coarscncss. but little or no profanity.
and very seldom amy real vulgarlty. vi drunk
onncs- there is plenty. but IT does not :" often
manifest Itself in real violence us III Ath"Ii'".
one Of the Bishops OF the Church oil England
says England is the drunkenness country III
the world" and his statement is doubtless cor
rect. Tho drunkenness is not oil the most Nio-
lent kind. but II * very general. English ale
| AMI beer are much stronger than the lager beer
used in Germany AMI the United States. \
prrson not used To- the English malt drinks, and
! ma, ,,u.h ,,;,,n o., drinks If anv kind is very
| litnlv to Ia, .n,nn tipsv ON two glasscs of ordi-
n,rv ENGLISH nlc
| lchris,'s acknowledgements called tho" Blue
! COAT S,ho,l"-is "A famous institution Of Lon
! lon Colcr,dye Charles Lamb. and Leigh
Ham, r,cci,e.I thclr education there. II is ex-
| ci,,si,ly f,.h,ys nn1 there nre usually some
| e,, ~ ,hor, Th,v Uv, In the school while
,i,i. .h,.,i m, l,s,s anil th.ir average nre il
| ,,,, NOR, ,b,n tom v.ars. AT dinner. each boy
- hair n ain, If h.nr That fact tells
| -, -, ,ho ,,riyors,li,v of the use of strong
Irn,l IN E,,,lnnd tbon "A whole column of cx-
,,,ano,ion would do When children are taught
~ drinl hocr man arc no, likely to be- ahsti-