Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-02

lower Broadway lisa soda-watcr stand
that does more business thsn any REGULAR
bar IN town. Women and children arc
the regular customers at such drinking
places elsewhere, but here the crowd n
composed almost entirely of men and the
shop is never shut All night lonq half n
dozen whitc-aproned fellows are busy he
hind the counter. In the DAYTIME the
swallowers include fair proportion of
those who order the common forms Of
sweetcned and Favored carbonic acid
water, but large number are LAWYERS.
bankers and other headachey chaps
while the night visitors are
very largely journalists employed IN
the neighborhood Of printinr-House
square. All these professional men scorp
the ordinary soda-water, nor do so many
OF them take whisky IN lieu OF the SUI
CARED favorS; but the demand FOR the
supposed brain-bmcing mixtures is as
tonishing. No saloon bar on earth is
stocked with half the varieties of bev-
erages that are here IN constant request
-Four managing editors OF morning ionr-
nails happened TO meet IN this medico-
groggely, weary with the nights strain,
and DESTROYS OF beneficial refreShmcnt
before going home. They drank To-.
gether, Cockerill OF the World took
acid phosphtes in yichy; Lord OF the
Sun chose nuX and soda; Reed of the
Times got quinine and sassalras, and
Flynn OF the Herald doSed himself with
zinc and kisScngch, Then they discussed
learnedlY the symptoms of neurasthenia,
the new name for nervous exhaustion,
compared their various feelings of fa-
tigue, and disagreed altogether as TO
remedies.
rIIE BAR-KEEPERs' TRADE
/ Worth studying as exhibits OF New
l York humanity are the bar-kcepers. There
is absolutely no end TO their variety; but
! the average specimen to-day is by no
means that of former years. To tend u
bar In popular saloon or cafe Mt one
time meant very liberal If not consci-
entious income, prospects of soon owning
the business, hosts of bibulous friends
| political preterment and wages varying
/ from $50 TO 5000 per month. Mixed
drinks were the rage and it required a
man Of skill TO achieve much success as q
concOcter aed mixer. These old-time
bar-tendcrs were elegant gentlemen when
off duty, as far as appearances were con-
cerned. They usually wore curly
/ hair, which shone with bears grease
and pomade, and their diamonds and
watch-chains were marvellous. Such men
are never seen now in New York, The
present fashion is that the bartender be
about twenty years old, Of blonde type,
| quick alert and In aspect respectable.
! He Is taught TO consider himself sery-
1 ant is never familiar with his custom
/ ers, and wears q snowy-white coat and
/ long apron. His hands are us white as a
] sIt
! him with par of Sotled cuffs there Is
/ the deuce to pay These young men are
/ by no means as expert rs their fOrcrun-
I ne's were, but they are always polite,
never familiar, and they work for less
/ hire than their predecessors. Besides,
/ the system OF checks aud bcil.puuchcs
renders thicvug a matter OF extreme
difficulty, hence the proprietor has more
( OF "a chance for his financial life.
THE END or THE SEASON
! The season of outdoor sports Is nearly
at an end Election day, November q,
will bring the racing season, which
opened in April last, 10 n close. The last
1 day VIII probably see some social display
I If the novelty OF the horse show does not
prove more attractive and draw OF sport
/ ING men and women from what was once
/ their iyorte racing grounds For, du.
/ ring the three days of the show, Madison
/ Square garden will, Of course, be ia,
center OF fashionable life. II win serve
/ the purpose Ola wedding reception or tn,
/ first o'clock tea ia bringing people to.
gether, and viii be slightly more exciting
/ than those melancholy functions.
/ The various hunting clubs are winding
| up their seasons with the annual hunl
balls