The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-10

ton of mild and old, or of ale and porter. Gen
orally it means the first. The best ale costs
sixteen cents quart, the poorest eight cents.
The workingman wanting quart of beer would
ask for pot" or. if he wished to be slangy.
for "a long-sleeved 'un' If he desired quart
of the beverage that sells at eight cents he
might called for "a pot of legs and wings so
called because there is so little body to it. Odd
Six" is the trade name for mild and Burton
mixed Dogs nose is a popular drink with
old topers consisting of mixture of ale and
gin. Kun and milk is another common drink
The swell who was ''boozed' the previous night
will always want brandy and Soda first thing
next morning. A less tony fellow in the same
plight will seek to revive his dropping energies
with gin and bitterS. Gin, by the way, Is
much taken by old topers of the female persuasion.
With men the popular demand is for 1.-TWO of
Irish" which means two pennies worth of Irish
whisky. This drink is greatly lessening the con
sumption of beer and is largely supplantlng
brandy, both as a beverage and for medical pur-
poses. The increased demand for this article
has, [ am told, wrought a serious deterioration
in its quality. Whisky is never gulped down
neat over here but is diluted, usually with as
much water as LIQUOR Gin and rum can be
bought in most public houses by the penny
worth, two cents, and it is said that at the North
Pole, in Oxford street, in conformity with an
old clause in the lease those who have the cheek
to ask for it can be served with as small guam
tity of gin as a farthings worth, a farthlng be
ing of the value of about one-half a cent. The
slang term for champagne is THE Boy" and
when man meets friend and wants to treat
him the usual remark is Lets have shout"
In the of mixed drinks of the fancy class the
English are nowhere compared with the Amer
leans. The best authorities agree that
Yankee ingenuity has invented in all Just 800
different beverages, one for every day in the
year. What the English have in this line they
have probably copied from us. But, If only
learners they are by no means dull pupils. One
large place advertises quite an array. Among
he GsCo11aap RaIyn - 'tMaidpniS
Blush, 'Ladys Blush" Corpse Reviver"
Bosom Caress," several clips" and Flip
flap" Following these, numerous connections
are announced in the way of sours, ,smashes,
punches, cobblers, sangarees, juleps, sings etc.
Then comes a formidable list of fancy drinks,
with such fascinating titles as "Rattlesnake
Pick Me Up eye Duster,' Stone Fence"
'Flash of Lightning" ''Private Smile" Dew
Ticker" Heap of Comfort might Cap and
Goodnight" The last two names remind me
that large majority of the people of England
who can afford such luxury make it practice
to take might cap" in the shape of stltf
glass of Irish whisky, just before going to bed.
ATTRACTIVE DRINKING SHOPS.
The service in the public houses Of England is
of the most attractive kind. It is almost en-
tirely in the hands of females In small places
the wife of the landlord dispenses the fluids and
her daughters, if she has any, are the assistants.
l4dESeE places dI6 III VI Il ulfeu
ess, under whom will be several bar-maids.
Many of the London houses employ a score or
more of the latter The ''head lady" gets about
Sc week and board those under her from $50. so
down to 50 and board. Wretched pay, consider
ing the moral risks they run and the hours they
have to work. In London, the latter usually ex.
tend from 8 A. NJ to half an hour after midnight.
Out of this they allowed half hour for
dinner and two hours for rest; so that they work
little over twelve hours. The pay is about the
same as that received by lady assistants in the
retail business houses but the hours are longer
and the responsibility greater. The walters in
the public house have free run of the liquors,
and the system of check upon their cash receipts
is by means perfect Various contrvances
are resOrted to, but there is still plenty of room
for stealing. Cases of dishonesty are, however of
rare commencement less frequent, doubtless,
thanif the positions were held by the opposite sex
1t is we'll for some reasons, that this field of en-
ployment is open to women for they have hard
time of it in England So few are the doors
open to them that the great parental problem,
heard on every hand, is, what can we do with
our girls9" The question is always asked in
desparing tone, and no doubt the difficulty of
obtaining an independent living by honest work
has driven many poor girl into sin. But en-
ployment as maids, though good thing for women
in the sense that it gives them a decent liveli-
hood, is bad in other respects for both women
and men. The bar maids are always intelligent,
always tidy and clean, generally of pleasant ad-
dress, and sometimes very pretty. Naturally,
therefore, they attract custom, and many a man
who would only have taken one drink will take "a
second and third, just to prolong his chat with
the fair creature who waits upon him Upon
the girls themselves the associations of the
business cannot but be bad. Nevertheless, most
of them retain their selfrespect, and keep in
violate the priceless jewel of virtue. They are
familiar with patrons, but seldom coarse, and
the villain who presumes upon their familiarity
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and retreats from the assault a wiser if not a
happier man. To this rule, however, there are
many sad exceptions. Formerly one of Lon
dons novelties was an annual bar-maid show
There were usually hundred or more entries
Each girl had certain space allotted to her at the
counter and each visitor was supplied with
certain number of tickets calling for drinks. The
men could potronize which girl they choose
and the one that had received the largest num-
Der of tickets in return for drinks served carried
off the prize. HIT.