Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-11-05
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. g gos On g " acc!denta!ty. just On
.ne outskirts NJ. i,, o. the shopping district q the
street which bears the hissorlca! name OF lam.
worm. LIS very little travelled - compared
WIN the rushing wrongs which paas along the
adjoining thoroughfares, aud there are no
stvree o. osher places, kAYe one OF Two.
fronting upon il The rear entrances OF build
inge face npon it mainly. Ihappened TO dodge
down 1t the other afternoon IS : short out aud
my eye caught the sign Of beer saloon. Al
most a. the same timessls Mas seized With M
contrOliable .thirst-a strange coincidence. q %
stepped inside, when. &tos my astonishment, q
vision, not altogether OF ioveliness, but one of
large, but there were some two dozen ladies' OF
all ages and positions III life present, sitting at
tables and guarded by mugs OF t0amlne laR"r
beer, which they were busliy engaged in drink 4
fings Az the further end Of the apartment was
10 small bar, and staring met boldly In the face
was placard which Informed me that picked
pigs feet and sour kront' was obtainable. /
had not entirely recovered from my
surprise when was confronted by
rather go ,d-looking young wAiter-girl
who carried hstfa . duz'tn empty, beer glasse'
in one. hand and 4 wet towel Ia the other, and
who address edasIfley simpi ysass 4sssWetl" But /
was quite equal +, the emergency. and an.
swered "Besr. The fairy beer-jerker looked
mo all over, and then motioned ms TO fellow
her, which Ibid, and was shortly seated 10 an
sout= 1the-FayS coEnerE Of the saloon with
5naugSof bser in.fToat of me. l improved the
opportunity To take I'M the place usually.
There were about ten long beer tables III the
room, some being covered with fine white table
cloths and few wit! out. Tho floor was quite
clean and lightly cover ID with sfine house sand
Inc walls were papsred aud hung Win cheap.
framed PICTURES On the whole ,; the surround
lngs were but those Of the ordinary beer sa-
DON, and felt perfectly Statistic tLat the at
traction OF the place was not Its beauty: The
fact was plainly app reut that it was not beauty
but beer. Behind the bar stood red-headed
ArnazoD--the y''bos," ssof the, saloon and the
chief thrower-ont ~ Of meas@ who ln-
ious to- the female pa,rons Of the
place She was%a female John l. Sullivan
The only other person of masculine gender
present besides myself was a callow youth who
rinsed out empty beer glasses. He seemed to:
be in coas,sus fear Of tho. red headed worn "a
pumping beer. Upon my entrance the hum 81
conversation had ceased, and TWO dozen pair
OF eyes, some bleasel. am sorry to say, were
turned upon ma:s Finding that was safe III
the clutches OF tho waiter girl, they soon re-
turned to their beer a ID cigarettes.
One-hslf the l4dies we're gently putting away
at cigarettes in q manner quite proper. Some
Of them were expert enough TO blow pretty
little rings Of SIN jkc that sailed up into the air.
and, watched by the fair maker, broke and
then disapp aared. 2 AT two Of the tables
faces OF the smokers. was greatly amused IN
Watching one Of the Ia lies taking her first les
son in smoking. She put the cigarette daintily
between her red lips and touched match to
it as it she was afraid it would explode like
fire. cracker. pulled" away at it with all her
pulled" too hard, for the smoke went down
int, her lungs, choking hor I'd causing con-
sidera bio mnaotoaf for the time being. Such
chatfering and bursts of Lag tor! It twas talk,
talk, talk, sinsulary and collectively, with no
inter1nissions for rest And the subjects:
and politics. Each related her experiences
while shopping that day, and told of the great
bargains she might have obtained III she only
had the money" the latest gossip was re-
tailed in the most interesting manner, with
spicy personal comments Politics were only
touched upon incidentally, but all seemed
to admire Bcn Butler as their
ideal hero ALI present seemed to be
conviyial spirits ~ noiced the manner in
which they disposed Of their beer. They did
not pour it down their throats man fashion, but
slipped itas one would wine Another thing
ment, aud that t'treating'A evidently was not
popular with them. None seemed ill ct ease,
and, on the contrary, appeared to be quite at
home. Two glasses was about the limit OF in
d1vidual indulgoncs, although raw one stout
maron dispose OF five beers in comparatively
ness, rough expressions or actions, and, to tell
the truth, they were M we'll behaved al if they
were attending tea party. The majority OF
them were Of the b tier class, and saw but
one who appeared ''o6 color" Americans pre-
dominated All were we'll dressed, many of them
wearing costly silks. and saluable jeweIry.
Some were undoubtedly mothers, others daugh-
ters of weu-to-do people. They cams and
went, bidding ebood-bye to friends. and prom
Using to 500 Them at some later day in the same
place. they generally came in in pairs, anti
seating .shemseives a table. wound heave
sigh of thankfulness for at last being able to
sit down and rest, and would then order
ssBoston" or an '.after tea" An s;after tea''
found ia. be a small glass of beer. while
knRns.onH %. Etf,a GcSo ,on.i, ,s
sa,soe " Us. ns.,o 'aaso ,a 10, ni.
oaLne OF mature years Wou'd oa1' Toe iutAs
Hclaret or sherry, aud I.m sorry to say that one
of the women ordered gin fig. This one,
however, was the girl who was q little s'off
color" Lunch was frequently ordered with
the baar.3 Men with fan,nIar comnan;ons also
dronned in ana occasionaI;v lone renrassnt..
pearanes,, j and d waaz cared for after
the same .. manner as, / had been.