, 1881-07-17
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tlquoring.up as. 1t Is Done in
London.
mr. Nasby's observations as to En-.
gllsh Drinking Customs.
Feminine Observation-Disclosures.
tlon upon the Liqupr-Traf1c.
American Drinks--scaroity Of 1cs-Qnality
and Price Of Spirits and Ale.
From .NHsl,H IN Eri{<.

From .Nashy IN Eri1<
s LONDON, June 24.-The British 1andIo1
D. doesn't set the bottle before his customer. ;
: his brother does in free and enligh,ene
>, America. Over here the barnlaid measure
;. :. your liquor. Ion may have three penu'0rt]
~ four penn'ofth, or six pcnn'ortl. l. Is mea
urea OUT to sou and handed to you, and 70
swallow it and 90 away.
l demonstrated with one proprietor as t
the absurdity Of the custom, and the meal
I ness of it.
u will show you the reason for IT,, Il
: said, quietly. Just then a bod Brjton can,
; III, and the landlord directed the maid behln
the bar to set down the bottle The asto,
1shed customer was invited to l,elp himself
after the American custom. He 1ctts an a:
tonlshed Briton, but he managed to expires
ms qualification at the innovation. Seizin
t the bottle, he poured out an ordinary Dime
tumbler full. and, looking griered becaus
the glass was no larger, drank it OIL withou
a wink.
1could easily see why the British landlort
!, measures the liquor to the British public
Two such customers OH the American plar
would bankrupt It very opulent proprietor.
THE QUALITY OF LIQUOR
used by the better classes is perhaps triaf
better than those consumed in Amprica,--a1
least 50 have been Informed by those who
use liquors. Vast quantities of brandy are
Imported flom France, and it is so chear
there that It doubtless approyimates to purl-
". The whtsklrs drank are entirely Scotch
and Irish, the English making none what
ever. Wines are consumed in great Quanti-
ties, and there is no question as to the purity
OF the cheaper grades, which Is to say they
are undoubtedly the pure Juice Of the grape.
The duty on wine is so small that there Is no
| lnducemen1, as in America. for the mauu-
| 1acture Of bagus varieties.
But the liquors consumed in London by
the lower classes are probably the most ex-
| ecrable and vile that the ingenuity of the
| haters of mankind have ever Invented. The
brandy they drink is liquid lightnil,g-chain
| lishtning-w hich goes crashing through the
| system. breaking down and destroying every
| pulsatlon towards anything good. The gin
well. theit gin is the very ;,cllt, the abs..-
| Lutte summit, Ut vi}eness. There is Quarrel
IN every, gill ol it, a wife-beating i'll every
pint, and murder in every quart.
| And Yet they all drink it, and
ESPECIALLY THE WOMEN.
produce is a London gin-drinking woman
shiy % for Ut her sf dratn' "@'''n With 'svx3- un-
kenpt hair, a small, but Intensely
dirty shawl, with stockingless feet, and
Shoes down at the heel, with eyes rherltny
and watery. that twinkle with gin light out
from the obscurityuf gin-sweled flesh with
q face on which the scorching fingers of 4
depraved appetite have set red lines. as inef-
faceable as though they had been placed
there by redhot iron, every one If which is
the unavliling protest of long-outraged
stomach. There she stands, a btttch upon
the face ofNature and a satire upon woman
lond.
:. IL : america ne this sort Of being exists but It
nat stand q. at the bars In the best streets to
egveIyW'nf,ere g lltTe. It II In the Strand and on
fic.eaaiily ahn Krerhi Streets
even the e casses d dea1S yns an 10
booze. drunkenness Is not the result either
OF c0n'ivitlity or desperation, as il is i'll
other countries. 1t is the one thing longed
fur ana n set deiiberately\abeu Rare John
Years ago. \ man was lying very drunk at
the fnot at a lainp-p0st. 4 benevolent old
lady, Of Exeter Hall school seeing lin called
a aca6lnar: 1.-The Door man is sick" Qunth !
ne ne a,i kildly dame. |why ion't you help
him., - sick, is he::' replied cabby, ''sickt
don't Wish 'ad Just art of vot als 'iu,o
and the cabby spoke the honest sentiments 0f !
bis htart. The Luntloner OF his class !
l0YeS IL
FOR THE EFFECT IT HAS Epoy HIM.
and as he occon,nIishcs hfs dastor with En-.
eli:l, rin i,n 20 rr;as ,t.,th hi,o :, hr,nth thn+
su@n.Sts fha tomhof nnt yarWarc;ant .t' K;na
= hrrafh ub;ch hos @ :: den.if, % = ..nutre i, -
one might say, At il o'clock Saturday night
he would tight a rattIesnakc and give the
snake the first bite. Werea venolnnus sllake
10 bite such ali Englshnan, the nlan would
never know it, fur alcohnl Is a sure cure for
rtptilian poison, but the poor snake would
WTiggle family away to some secluded spot
and die sadly.
While am about If, [ NAV say that aIco-
holixation is not confinpti tn. tht, iownr order
by any means. Eyarybody drinks. The !
tradesinan who can atfortt it has cIaret at his
table. and during the day his drinks, nf |
,randy are very frtnlpnt The erpt,rry and |
nobility drink more. costly wires and beticr |
hut lnttOr is cyrrywhnre. Mailing
: done Without the nccouinanvInv drink. Il
\, universal aml in all places. The climate
prevents the injury tllat wol1Id visit the same
nan in America. int it i,nrts. # 1hp Engiisi
orld only Iiyt. rs tcu,pera1elv as the AMER
cans. they would be the greatest racr Of neo- .
1t. on earth. =
THE eycInsiyeness of the Enp1ish is mani
esl in .heir vices as in their virtues. Every
ar is divided in the front i,y partitions. nne
or each class, Over the ono designated Az
the private barr you get PRECISELY the sa1fe
4uors rs at the others. but you pay ni"re !
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