The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-03-10
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DISSIPATED LITTLE DEARS.
Refroahment Ears for Fashionable New
York Shoppers.

Fashionable clothes occupy the minds,
often to the exclusion Of everything else,
of those New York women who are
financially able to crafty their longings.
Shopping is their diversion and delight.
They spend the long day going from
store to store, whether they intend to buy
anythingor not. They do not stop to 60
home for midday meal, but buy a
lunch wherever they chance to be when
eating time comes. In one Of the largest
fancy goods establishments in the city o
restaurant, fifty feet square, does Il rush
ing business, and O soda water fountnin
fizzes continuously. Blu. the latest pro-
ject for the refreshnent of fashionable
women is a bar. Now, rrooms, in
which disrepu!able women drink. is no
novelty, but this is no such concern. 1t
is as respectable as it is unique. 1t is on
Broadway, close to Stewards great mart
and WalIack's Theatre, in the midst of
handsome retail establishments. The
front is resplendent with plate.glass, and
the store itself is wide, deep and elegant
ly fitted up. The walls aud ceilings are
trescoed; and the door is marble, One
side is devoted to the sale of confectiou.
cry. That shows the proprietor's shrewd.
ness, for women probably would not &"
in if there was nothing but bar 10 the
place. The bar runs along the opposite
side, and il about the same in style as
those of the best cafes, though the mar.
ble counter is a little lower. An i'm
mense mirror faces the drinkers, and the
back bar is adorned without glasses and
decanters. Instead of q beer-pump,
however, there is soda-fountain. Piles
of lemons, an ornamental lemon-squeezer,
groups of ginger.ale bottles, and pyra
mids of silver Tom and Jerry cups, make
display as gorgeous as can be found on
any bar in the city. Two bar.tenders. OF
the regulation pattern, with their hair
and moustaches carefully brushed, dia.
mnnds glistening on their polished shirt
fronts, and the sleeves of their white
coats turned up to the elbows, are con
.tantly on duty. The women walk up
just like little men and order their drinks,
with the careless air of veterans. The
enterprise has been under way only a few
weeks, and it is already an established
success. The beverages are about what
might be expected. Hard liquors" are
not sold. except in mixed drinks, as in
Tom and Jerrys, on which the run during
the present cold weather is brisk. They
are made hot and sweet, and the women
dote on them. The next most popular
drink just nov is hot punch, composed of
rum,. lemon juice, water and dash Of
brandy. Sometimes Settler is ordered in
place of water. Hot cofee, chocolate
and lemonade are also sold in large guam
titles. On days of moderate temperature
the cal is for. cold lemonade, claret
punch, ginger ale and soda water. While
I was there yesterday the pop of the ale
bottle was momentary. and the lever of
the lemon-squeezer was in almost con-
slant motion. Women stand three feet
deep in front of the bar. Two compan-
IONS drank tngether, and each paid for
her own dissipation but as a rule, the
gentle tipplers gracefully initiate polite
bar.room manners, though they are given
to slipping their beverages slowly, instead
of tossing them into their mouths like so
much medicine.
"What are you going to drinks" said
4 mild face sapling of q girl in cloak
If satin matelasse and blue cspote.
"It's my treat this time" replied a
cherry.lipped dumpling Of belle in
maroon velvet.
mo, no; you bought yesterday
Come, what'll you take? ?"
"a .eltzer lemonade"
make me Tom and Jerry, sweet"
So the confusion of orders and the
eager drinking went on. asked one of
the bar tenders why he didn't keep lager
beer on tap, since New York women
drink it at home and in the concsrt gar.
,lens so generally7 He said: "Oh, we
want to go slow at 6rst-don't want to
startle our customers too much but we'll
give 'em beer az soon as warm weather
..nmes,"--New York Cor. Of the Chicago
Times.