The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-25
What Brokers Drink,

Wuab DrOh0rS DIluha
A New York Morning Journal re-
porter has been interviewing saloon
keepers on the subject of what brokers
drink Chow many drinks do brokers
take a day?" replied well-known
New York saloon man. '.Let me see.
Well, l should say they will average
up fifteen apiece between 10 in the
morning and 3 or half past 8 in the af-
ternoon.
s.Do all brokers drink?" was asked.
Eyes, there are some slow pokes who
go along in sing-song fashion from
day to day satisfied with just so much;
these fellows don't drink down here.
But take your regular git-up-and-git
broker; he must have his nip every half
hour at least. They can't get along
without it. They are constantly under
such strain they must have something
to brace up on. Just take the last ten
days. for instance. Why, some of them
were perfectly wild half the time"
''Does so much drinking intoxicate
them?"
mot ut all. The exertion works it
off, for they not only keep their lungs
going at full blast, but their legs and
arms. a broker talks very considera-
bly, by gesture"
'What do they mostly drink?''
Straight whisky almost entirely;
generally a little seltzer with it. A
drink called whisky daisy was intro
duced down here about four years ago,
and became quite popular. Somehow it
fell out of sight; but this summer it was
revived and has become very popular
again. 1t is made something like a
whisky sour, with the addition of self
yer. But plain whisky is the handiest
for brokers. When they do come out
for drink they only have a minute to
spare, and few care to wait to have a
fancy drink made up"
'.Do they drink just the same wheth-
er business is good or bad?"
"Well, think they drink more when
they are not doing their best. The work
and excitement, you see, is just the
same in Improbable times, sometimes
more. and then there is the additional
want of something to cheer the droop-
ing spirit. Brokers are not drinkers in
the sense of drunkards. You will, in
fact never see them under the influence,
or very rarely. They require above all
things q level head, and when they get
down i'll the morning you will find them
as clear rs u whistle. l know several
brokers who take during business hours
i'll Wall street twenty and twenty-five
drinks OF whisky, and there are some
who can and do drink as much as forty
drinks, and are never what are com.
monty called full
''What is the size of a brokers'
drink?" WIS asked.
''Well. that has Il good deal to dc
with ii; they take what / should cal
small drinks, not n finger deep-witl
the finger held sideways alongside the
glass. mind YOU"
Prosperity, then, does not drive
them to excess?'
''When brokers have made an extrs
good day they generally wind up by
drinking a bottle of champagne or two,
or perhaps more, with few crcnies.
Generally, however, they will have a
handsome spread sent to the office from
Delmonico's, in which champagne fig
urcs very largely. The whole office
partakcs of the feast, for brokers are
provcrblaily the most whole-souled OF
men. Lately there haven't been many
orders OF this Kind, ana-the- -beEs- are
finding it monotonous calling straight
every time"
1t is well-known to all who are OBJ
servers of Wall street men that it is sell
dom one is found under the influence OF
liquor. When the Stock Exchange closes
there is a rush for home, and by half.
past few brokers can be found in the
vicinity of Wall street. They are great
home people, and are much devoted tc
their families. They live in such s
whirl that the quiet of the fireside is q
great boon to them. They differ as
much in their choice of brand in whisky
as they do in their opinions on the
workings of the market, and certain
brokers go to this resort and none other
because their peculiar flavor is there,
and others do that for the same reason.