The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-02
common beer. which costs about half a cent

common beer, which costs about half a cent
a mug
Several sample dinners vera placed before
to taste. large plate of boiled or fried
fish AMI potatoes, or of veal outlets and po-
tatoes, cost II ore about 5 cents. These
were really substantial dishes, thoroughly
we'll cooked and clearly served. As rule
the managers of these places are women.
The meal are served by clean-looking and
neatly dressed girls. who are exceed
ingly polite To strangers, especially
foreigner, aud courtesy bewitch-
inglv as ths milk maid in "Patience.
The manager binds himself to sup
ply the public with good and well-pre-
pared fool, cold or warm, including coffee,
tea, cocoa, mineral water, cigars, etc, on
ms own account FIe further binds himself
to sell spurious liquors and wines only Tor
cash paid on the pot; not to sell to persons
"fuddled with drink, of under age not tn
go on selling ~p!rits b. persons who require
several drains in succession, rr who pay re
newell visit; to the pablo house within
short intervals" MI spurious liquors
Furnished from the company's vessels The
casks containing the liquor must lie 50 kept
as to be un Ter strict control. M liquor can
even he servel in any but tho regulation
glass or mug tho former containing two
cubic inches.
now IT WORKS.
Once week the manager Is bound to pay
the company tor all the spirits he has re
ceived for sale, whetGer sold according to
the tariff or still remaining rs stock on
hand. Flo is bound also to sell his stores as
he receives them; he may adj no in
gredients, or Otherwi-a alter their quality.
He may not without special permission in
troduce musical entertainments This does
away with all the lower-grale concert denS,
though good muSic and entertainment can
be had at the summer gardens AMI author
lied music hall Should the manager break
any of the provisions under which he tor
she lis appointed, he t.r she) can be dis
missed at once without compensation.
Accompanied by Mr.. Rubenson, | visited
at least half of tho public houses of Gothen-
burg, and we found thom uniformly clean,
orderly, airy AMI decent. During the first
hour of our tour they file with work
ingmen enjoy ing their drains almost indii-
pensable before dinner to the Swele) AMI
such dinners as those described above. 1
was struck with the civilty AMI attention
bestowed upon all customers 10y the mana
gers ami their not infraquentlT fascinating
assistants. Without entering into the que
ton as to whether or not this system could
he successfully introduced into the United
States it must be admiSted thai it has
worked mo t satisfa ctOrily in Scandinavia.
In some recent reports iunle by the gov
errors of other provinces, the testimony is
unanimous that the GntHenburg system has
lessenei drunkenness AMI been beneficial TO
the communes adopting it, In Norway it
has been legally adopted, and some time ago
its principles were adopted in the greater
numJer of such cornntunes had the right
to DO so. y committee of the British house
of lords, appointed to inquire into the moan,
Of preventing the increa % of intemnerance,
after examining various proposals, eX-
pressed themselves in favor of this SYSTEM
and recommended it adoption in En2land.
The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, the
Radical leader, IS also strong and bile all
vocate of this system for Birmingham, and
believe before many years it will be on it
trial in England.