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can be changed. and besides wigs are very
cheap In this country,
, The British woman drinks as much as the
speaking Of the low, degraded Woman.

cheap IN this country.
me British woman drinks as much as th
speaking Of the low, degraded woman,
HUT OF THE EEsPEcrAp1LIrY.
LIS L IS nothing singular to see women-respec1
oands aud lovers, and the amount OF stou
and the number OF brandy coltl'' the,
make away With is somethin. wonderful
II was through the wonderful park !,
and all LONDON was ont. of the city in til
parks. All the little roadside inns were tilic,
with the popnlaee, women and children beii.:
largely in the majority, and there was nese
woman, no matter il she had ii child ut th,
breast. who did not have i monster pot
pewter flied either with stout or ale. !.nt
| they gave it To their children as freely as al
amerlcan mother would give milk 70 hers.
me d!lnK'nG-lonse i'll London is, asarule
lunches. Ito nibl,ling bits free on anv bar
Nothing bat liquids are sold. An American
specstl;ttOr conceived the brilliant iuea o1
Starting bar with the addition Of the Amer:
icaM u tree lunch, with which to ATTRACT trade,
II ul! attract altogether too much. LII twell-
~ minutes the lunch which should have
lasted all day was gone, and the British pub.
llc was indignant that it was not renewed.
lhey pronounced the proprietor swindle,
ana me speculation was disastrous failure
| ~ some OF the bars an attempt is male to
take thacdrse Oft the liquor traffic By making
Some @ prettnse Of selling eatables- But the
British public
KNOWS TINS Is 4 SHAM,
and resents it BY never buying any comesti-
DIES at the counter. The British public scorns
eailns ea!n III such place and insists upon
at ~ rs long as it can drink.
! " nat they generally have IN these places
| unuer glass covers are curiotlsly indigestib1e
,ieat-pfes. sandwiches. cheese-cakes, and
linn.
ETY. brlton buys and partakes OF these things.
ott not often, and never without his glass of
something to wash it down.
Ihe Englislnlan takes bis liquor straight,
or or ;nea1, as they call it. Mixed drinks are
entirely unknown. The sherry cobblrr, tile
mint julrp, the fragrant cocktail, are never
beard OF in regular English bars, but the
droushty man who drinks, and they all do,
1akes either brandy, or Scotch or Irish whis-
~. raw from a barrel, and swallows his
potion and walks away satisfied. One woman
III famous drinking place was taught by an
American to make cocktails, and the fame af
ne mixture drew all the Americans to this
paflienlar place. The proprietor was sore
Two pence above what was regular to Keep 1t
away. 1t took too much of the girls time to,
compound the liquor.
=, Drinking does not have the effect upon an
Engilshlnan that it does upon an American.
The Englishman is a more stolid anu phleg-
matte 1l'an anyhow, and the climate is less
exciting. There is not the exhi1aratiou in the
atmosphere that there is in America, and the
moist humidity that you exist in is very favor
able to the consumption Of alcoholic drinks,
TIE PRICES OF LIQUORS
average quite rs high as in America, and
higher and the quality is vile. \ decent
cigar, Of. one counted decent here, costs Is
cents. it oeiug of the grade that in New Yurk
sells fur 10 cents.
No tobacco is chewed except by sailors.
and the Englisl,man very properly considers
II disgusting habit only to be practiced by
very low people. In consequence Of the
nigh price OF tobacco, pipes and cisarets
are very generally used. The Engli>hman
nf the bet er class smokes his pipe upon the
street, the same as an American does his
cigar. lie prefers pipe to a cigar, possibly
because It is better, and possibly because it
The lovers Of drink in America, especially |
their denunciation OF the Uauor laws OF the !
United States. They ought to live in En- |
gland little while to appreciate the privi- |
legtS they have at home
IN London no liquor can be procured after I
r O'Clock at night. Every bar, big and little,
Is closed, and this law is not eyadetl, for the ]
risk Is too great. 4 mans license would be |
taken from him Immediately, and without
remedy.
= Persons are not licensed to sell liquor In
IT Is THE PREMISES
that are licensed. The Board having it in
Charge license one public house III district,
basng 1t upon the supposed necessity, and
these premises hofd this license ILL deprived
# 1t By violation If law. # ynu uesire to sell
opel your bar; ynu ale CON Jelled to bur
:he lease Ut a place whit carries the license
with it. Consequently Il licensed place
$ a valuable piece Of property. One at the
,,orner OF =. Martins street ana Orange, q
llngy bui!din. in dinRy neighborhood, was
bought by an American to BE- used as an
American bar, and lie paid SIS 900 bonus for
lie lease. The annual rental Of the place IS !
)! 800, and the lease for which he p.id the
onlts has forty-tve years to run. For any
lext to nothing In that neig!lborh0od-
Sunday Is an especially drouthy day in
london. All the bars are closed till O'clock
!. Ill.,. and are then open but all hour. Then
hey are cloSed till &, and are permitted to
hat law. in England Is law. You can't
lugh at il as yon do in America There is
0 evasion Ut this law attempted. The pub
cs are required to be closed, aid they are
[nsed. There are no side-.l,ors, as in New I
ork-thefe is no selling on the sly
THEY AEE CLOSED.
The only exception is At tie railroad stations.
he refreshn'ent bars there are permitted to
Kept opel Is long as trains arrive or de-
art, fur the British Government recognizes
le necessity Of an EnelishMan's having his
rog. till the prescribed hour for his getting
to his bed. The thirsty soli who pants for
ter after Il goes 10 Charing Station and buys
ticket tu the first station out, which is
TnppeIce ha'penny," or FIVE cents. Then
walks into the bar, and being "traveler''
II buy, drink, and bay for all the stlnuIants
desires, till the last train. has arrived or
parted for The night. His ticket he puts
to his pocket to he used when he desires.
The night trade in liquor is something
orh0us. L landlord iii the llaymarket,
lose lease is about expiring is now paylne
900 year rent, and the proprietors have
tifi.'d him that his renewal will cost him
st five times that sum. lie told lie that he
nuld net renew, but that he would gladly,
he were allowed to keep open till half-past
a half-lsUur after the regular time. That t
lf-honr each day would more than make -
, difference in rent. =
walk along Piccadilly after 12 explains
: difference. The street, from e,ld to end, ~.
crowded with prostitutes and drunken H
ses, who think they are having a good time. B
t they are hot. They walk uo and down, Z
affing with these poor unfortunates. They 4
&C them into the publics and
PAY FOR THEIR DRINKS, I