The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-11
THE PEOPLE WHO DRINK.
TIM RESULT or ORGANIZATIONS At
EIRH7- OHM IIRS.

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From tho low shope on South and West strects.
along tho limo OF moro fashionable saloons on
and near Broadway. in The vicinity ftho old rOst
ONCE in the gilded rrtrcais that grid tho Astor
House. in the several places Of note on Printing
House square. In the coy boudors OF Union
square. and in tho III agninccn, marble palaces
that fringe Madison square. not emitting the
frcsrocd club room and tho dn..y slop shois,
of tho extreme cast HideirOm the first to the
Inst. and in thom all tho same story OF ntcm-
pcrun,r may be learned.
And who AFRO the drinkcrs2
Boys. young mon. uiiddlo-agod mon. and old
mon.
They all drink.
Two young men nee, in the lobby " thehir.
What'll you tlke2' In the first and coinmoncsi
| salutnton. They adjourn to barroom and
drink. Az tho ono pays. the other looks at his
watch aud says. " Just time for another. Re
pcnt'-aud both drink again.
| At zach fall Of the curtain nj least one half Of
| MI tho men rise. push out. and hurry for
| drink.
This ia no eSngEcra,on. We all know IT, aud
Invent into the basement of ono Of 0otham's
| greatest nrch'N iural piles THIS morn ng. ana
There were four bartcndcrs. all busily on
In thnt brief time thcv sold 10 MI sorts md
conditions Of mrn two hundred beers. thirty
two whisAeys. ten leinOnadcs. two PLAIN scli2rfs.
It WINS an exceptionally busy hnlf hour. 10 he
sure but as took my scat at lluie table near
made ~ memorandum 10 guard against mis-
tnscs. safe " one hundred and thirty Doors.
nty whiskcys. nnd six gin cocktails
Tn" mon who drank W r. not buns
Very many Of them are known TO tho world Of
FURNISHED IL duoin aomc do business In the
SWAMP. ma not one seemed ia the least degree
Aft Il hy what hr drank.
Leaving tfis place went 90 another saloon.
e1urlly Wei known. whose propriNors pay AN
annual rent OF 'GD.UlO for promises which ure
kept open from o'clock in the morning until 7
strndlng hy y little cigar caso which is placed
at unr sid, ot tho room devoted half nm hour
10 q close count NJ the drinks and drinkcrs.
There wrrN three imrkorp"rs. md they had
all they could do TO attend promptly to the Gus
One complny ol siA young mon drank six
| times In 'ss ''nn fifteen minutes land ca. l. took
In hall an hours tine that bar sold ninety
| ciEht Wi sS"ys. tour singor ales, tree elders,
ana fuufi ON A n-Dnr STAINS.
The mon who drank w.r' respectable mon Of
business. u lew Literary people. md two or three
| persons who mi-ht have btcn tru kmcn or mo
None Of them showed tho effects Of thclr
| drink.
As iwoni,out said 70 one q th' six Young
drink 80 much Tor to-day p"
e o.. nutlin-, he replied: didn't iutend
10. Charley AMI went in Tor au nysf r nnl
w.re ordering whom t9msr four fl9ws from
! Albany onni' along. Charley asked 'cm TO
drink. ana ono followed the other"
Thuts The I story %, many, snrc" Th"
frcnd the ON" Temps the other.
Return NJ 70 the saloon visited fis'. or
| d"r'd lGn H. and WIS soon loin"i-l always
'Whn,Ii 'ou Tx ~ "''V' ''''''
bong IN taking mood I said would try
| How" aud rmIti,d our ...a-. H. sand. " Nufc
what ~, you dri"N that wlissey for DO you
" NJ. don't lseii. I'm drinking too much.
toe. Gu. - I'm ruli up
" W"l. II mr. what did YOU order It for -
Why. for r". Ybnl.y sake. SUPPOSE What
" Besiu- wnnt'd ~ ask lust this 1ueNton.
! I've been looking at tho fellows drinK tn"r'.
nud believe that rtlt out o; IA drank Just D5-
caus" thy don't Ike 49, -fy nor
" Docs Il rluke your head ACHE 10 drink wills
NHYes."
" So It docs mine. l sworr N whiskcy and
| tllk 20 b"rr. lui hfnr mas. 3 me bilious"
" Why drink hnythingw
Hanged II know. but W. all do drink"
W w,ro joined 10y an a'tor. Being an actor
and in the company OF anewspnper man there
Wa sc, n n tneY5W nqI S %ns ta a.ni 70 d.
We took whlskcy.
! do YOU Ike whl-kcy Z"
WHY do You drink IT,"
don't often. generally take Gin hut they
/ both upset me; give me- "a fearful headache.
| But what nro YOU gong 10 do Must drink
In that way have spoken to not Legs than
| twenty men lnis worry day OF the twenty. fifteen
one owned that he " loved the tastc: one said
| he drank because he was blue" and one con
| ir--e'i h" WAS on IA tear and he didn't " care
Not lar rom, Trinity Church thorc is in
| superb marble building "A restaurant and tar
| oil great popularity with merchants ana brOk-
er~ down town.
Brw,on twelve and hnlfpast ono its first
! n.nr - "a tpan 10. ,un ~. an.
i IN worth a trip from Harlem 10 look at it,
l,e AMI whisky. oyster pate and gin. cake
cnichy everything and whisSey. with now and
| then pony ui the . very best brandy or u
nero t,ste II absinthe." disappear with aston
Brokers boys rush in. seize a sandwich. cram
IL down call Tor whiskey. gulp II in, grab u
check. pay lOr II. light cigarette and lly like
The huge doors Zap and Zap like the wings
Waters Il about the room bearing tray, with
! botti" and glass.
There's no rest for the barmen.
Bottles here. dccanters there, tumblers every
Tho bulls drink because they have won. tho
between drinks. bargains nra made across bars
the bottle and the whole of II is done in hurry.
At times from oto three hundred M n and
boys struggle for service at time.
NJ one H. willing To- wait.
Each wants his bottle first but though they
ail drink, have yet 10 SEQ tho first drunkon
~ ip0l uhN III THU lilt-Hlllifn ptIitpnl.
II is Just 50 further up town in the hotels the
clubs, ana the elegant saloons putronlzed by the
young bloods of New York
Each place has lis patrons and its hours Of
push and drive.
In the great barrooms mp town I rarely find
more than half n dozen drinkers bctwern ~ aud
O'Clock. From that hour ON Till midnight the
| plnces are illl,d
The harroOms ncar WHack's tho Union
Square, Booths, and the Finh Avenue theatres
do but little business in tho day time: but in the
evening they are spasmOdically extremely busy.
The patrons Of these theatres are our best
people"
From the invarlablo rush Of the Whiskcy
Brigade between the acts, the unavoidable in
ference is that our " best people" drink.
Even without the valuable testimony Of the
medicine men, We know that 10 be the fi,t.
Some 70 mod"stly into the adjacent drug
store, aud call for the refreshing Nichy; others
sock nglglboring. chop house, ana indulge IN
Il glass II ale hut the vast minority do nuiiin.
81 the kind, They Join their friends in the lob-
! 10y, walk direct 10 the rHurrst hhrrnOm. say
WHAT You take - call for whiskcy. drink il
solomnly with one long swallow. pay Tor it, aul
walk back 10 the theatre r,dolent Of Glove.
lemon. or pNrchcd corn.
This habit IL not confined 10 old mon nor to
mon III trouble.
Boys hardly ont Of their teens drink brandy
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