The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-03-10
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Entertainments Nara for FashionabIe 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 longinga
shopping is their diversion and delight
They spend tho live long day going from
store 70 store, whether they inteud TO buy
anything'or not. They do not stop 10 20
home for mid day meal, but buy q
lunch wherever they chance to DO when
eating lime comes. In one of the largest
fancy goods establishments in the city q
restaurant, fifty feet square, does rush
ing business, and soda wafer fountain
fizzes continuously. But the latest pro
ject for the refreshneut of fashionable
wn nen in n bar. Now. bar. rooms, in
which disrepu,abie wnmen drink. is no
novelty, but this is no auch concern. II
il as respectable as it is unique. 1t is on
Broadway, cloae 10 Stewards great mart
and Walack's Theatre. in the midst OF
hpndsome retail establishments. Tho
front is respIendent with plate glass, aud
the store itself il wide, deep and elegant
~ fitted up. The walls aud ceilings arc
frescoed; and the floor is marble, One
side is devoted to the sale Of confection.
cry. That showsthe proprietor'p shrewd.
'No"t ava "OhASu IIOL Rn
in il there wns nothing but u bar in th.
place The bar runs along the opposite
side. and is about the sana in style ns
those Of the best cafes, though the mar.
ble counter is o little lower. An i'm
mcnse mirror faces the drinkers, and the
back bar is adorned without glas4ea aud
decanters. Instead of beer pump.
however, there il q soda fountain. Piles
of lemons. an ornamental lemon. squeezer.
groups of ginger. ale bottles, and pyra
mids Of silver Tom aud Jerry cups, make
display as gorgeous as eau be found on
any bar in tho city. Two bar-ienders. OF
The regulation pattern, with their hair
and moustaCIes carefully brushed, dia.
mnnds glistening on their polished shirt
fronts, und the sleeyes Of their white
coats turned up 10 tho 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 few
weeks, and 10 il already an established
success. The beverages are about what
might be expected. Hard liquors" are
not so.j. except in mixed drinks, rs in
Tom and Jerrys. On which the run during
The present cold weather is brisk. They
are made 4ct and aweet. and the women
dote "n them. The next most popular
'irlnk just nov il hot punch. composed Of
rum, lemon juice, water and dash Of
brandy. Sometimes Settler is ordered in
place of water. Hot coffee, chocolate
and lemonade are aIs3 sold in large guam
titles. On days Of moderate temperature
the call Is for cold lemonade, cIaret
punch, ginger ale and soda water. While
was there yesterday the pop Of the ale
bottle was monientary. and the lever of
the lemon -squeezer was in almost con-
.tant motion. Women stand three feet
ieep in front of tho bar. Two compau-
nns drank together. and each paid for
her own dissipation; but rs u rule, the
gentle tipplers gracefully imitste polite
aar. !e:.:n :asnne:.=, though :hsy are given
10 slipping their beverages slowly, instead
nf tossing them into their mouths like SO
much medicine.
What are you going to drink ?" said
!. mild face sapling of girl in cloak
f satin mateInsse and blue capote.
"It's my treat this time" replied a
cherry Tipped dumping Of belle in
'nnr0nn velvet.
No, no; you bought yesterdsy.-
Come, what'll you tskeY"
"A Rs!tzer lemGnnde."
Mako mo o Iom and Jerry, sweet."
So the confusion of orders aud the
eager drinking went on. I asked one of
the bar tenders why he didn't keep lager
beer on tap, since New York women
drink it at home and IT, the concert gar.
lens so generality He said: "Oh, we
want to go slow at frst--don't want to
startle our customerstoo much but we'll
give EN- beer as soon as warm weather
"nmes."-Neic York Cor. of III. Chicago
Times.