, 1881-01-30

!! rttr 1-or. Corrt,pondenee Cincinnati Enquirer.
Fashionable clothes occupy the mlnds,otten
to the exclusion Of everything else, OF thoso
New York women who are financially aDle
to crafty their longings. Shopping IS tnelr
diversion and delight They spend the i've
long day going from store to store, Whetnef
they intend to buy anything or not. They DO
MT stop to 70 home for a midday meal, ont
buy 4 lunch wherever they chance TO oe
when eating time comes In one OF tne
largest establishments in the city, restaur-
ant fifty feet square does rushing business,
and a soda-Water fountain fzzes CONTINUOUS
ly. But the latest project for the refresh
ment Of fashionable women IS 4 Dar. NOW,
bar-roonls In which disreputable women
arlnK are no novelty; but tins IS no SUCH
concern. 1t is us respectable us it is unique.
It is in Broadway. close to Stewards great
mart and Wallack's Theatre, i'll the midst
of handsome retail establishments Inc
front is resplcndent with plate-Slass,
and the store itself is wide. deep, ana
elegantly fitted up. The wallis and cell1ne
are frescocd, and the floor is marble: One
side is devoted to the sale OF con1ectlonety.
Women probably would not go in It there was
nothing but a bar in the place. The oar runs
along the opposit side, and is about the sii1e
in style as the best cafes, though the mar9ie
counter is Il little lower. AN immense lnll- h
is adorned with cut-elasses and decahtets.
Instead of q beer-pump, however, there IS i
soda-fountain. Piles Of lemons, an oran, aS
mental lemor-squeezer, groups o1 glnEGIi,a11 Icsas
cups make a display as gorgeous 2S ,!sa can 1a pe
found on any bar in the city. Two pa!-
tenders, of the regulation pattern, Wlln tnslr
hair and mustaches carefully 1rnshed, ,,.ilt uist
onds gistening sao,as On their eiT whIte
coats turned up to the elbows, are con-
stantly on duty. The women walk Up
Just like little men, and order their a. arlnhs
with the careless air of veterans. Inc en-. en-
terprise has been under way only few
weeks. and is already an established success.
The beverages are about what might oe eA.
pected. "lIard liquors" are not sold, except
in mixed drinks, as in Ton-and-J Jerrles- on
which the run during the present a ed c9Ia se3 we
and the women dote on them: Tue next
most popular. thing just now is hot punch,
composed of rum, leraon-juice, water, and "a
dash Of brandy. Sometimes seltzer is ordered
in place Of the water LOT @ cGlfe ,e cnoGondf nanti
ties. On days Of moderate temperature tne
ger gel. ale. and soda-watcr: While was there
| Yesterday the pop OF the ale bottle was mo-
81 etAt ths 'taf' bar: Two companio1ls drank lS
| together, and each paid for ner
own dissipation; but as Il rule the gentle tip
pliers gracefully initiated polite ba!-room
manners. though they, we're given to sippiinS pinSs
| their beverages slowly, instead or tossing
them into their mouths like so much medl-
cine. ,.;.,~o,, ,,;a -
| mi]d-facei sapli1ag Of girl in cloak OF satin
motelaSse and q blue capOte. .
ny trent t!s ti1'eI replied 11o, engiyf{ 1eiyE{
lippSd dqmpng To3 3 bougt g6iie yesterday M Come
| what'll you take:"
~ seltZer lemonade
| make me Tom-and-J Jerry, sweet"
| So the confusion Of orders and the eager
drinking went OIL, asked one OF the bar
tenders why he didn't keep lager.beeT on tap,
since New York women drink it at home
and in the concert~gardens SO generally: he
| said: .:Ohi we want to go slow at ilrst-
don't want to startlo. our customers 100
| much; but we'll give 'enl peer as soon as
t warm weather COmeS.'