Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-27
MILES OF ENGLISH SALOONS.
An Unlimited Number of Tipping
Houses in England.


If the public drinking places of Eng
land were placed side by side in a straight
line they would extend a distance of 100
miles. IN describing these places we must
first classify them. Some are licensed to
sell all kinds of Intoxicating beverages
some to sell beer and wine; some to sell
only beer. They differ, also, in point of
responsibility.
The country tavern is rated as very
respectable. Often the keeper Of it is a
church-warden. In the tap-room honest
Hodge regales himself from a foaming
tankard, looking, with his long pipe and
rudy cOuntenance, the very picture of
health and contentment. Usually there
are several other drinking-rOoms of a bet
ter class. In these the squire sits down
to chat with his tenants. and the traveller
TO refresh himself for his further Journey
Occasionally, too, the country parson
drops in. These country inns are the
village hotels. The accommodations are
plain enough, but very clean, very COM
Portable and very cheap. Bed and break
fast will seldom cost more than so cents,
and the landlord and his wife will make
you feel so much at home that you will
he sorry when the time comes to leave.
You get at these places the maximum OF
real retres hment at the minimum of cost,
with no degrading associations and with
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The taverns in town and city are con-
Quoted differently. You must drink
there and pay we'll for it. But the
traveller can avoid these If he likes, for
in any place of any size lodging can be
procured at private houses, while in the
largest centres you will find hotels very
similar to those in our own country. The
ordinary city tavern clearly indicates on
the outside what is carried ON within.
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On the contrary, windows and doors are
covered with advertisements of the
different drinks, and by a study Of the eX-
terror you can find out the different COM
partments into which the plareTs divided.
On one door, the most conspicuous, you
will read the announcement sPublic
Bar" This will lead you into the part
where the common herd go and where
the lowest prices prevail. Another door
will admit you to the ''Private
Bar" Here drinks are served only by the
glass and the charges are little higher
Still another door will lead you to what is
called the Luncheon Bar" where you
can get snack of sausage or bread and
cheese as an accompaniment to your
drink and where, as you stand eating and
imbibing, your features will be hidden
from customers in other parts of the place,
even from those waiting upon you, by a
screen Ol STOunu grass pIdceu dJ proper
height above the counter for that express
purpose. All these compartments will be
one room, divided from each other by
wooden partitions, which extend from
the front OF the counter to the outer wall.
Behind the bar there is no division. This
part is usually arranged with great taste,
the glasses, bottles and other
ornaments standing against a
mirror which usually stretches
the full length Of the place, presenting
after gas-hght really brilliant appear
ance. Such is an ordinary English drink
ing saloon, the kind one finds scattered
ali over London within few hundred
steps OF each other. There are many
other kinds, Of course-some large and
magnificent, combining with the regular
bar, cafe, buffet, dinng-rooms, etc. The
Criterion is one of these. Another, just
finished, is the HolbOrn Restaurant. This
building is nearly all Of pure marble, fur
nished in regular style-really the most
"swell'' place in London, Its constitute
ton and fitting cost $500, 900, and there
are others in the metropolis not much be-
hind this in either cosJliness or sumptu-
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