The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-06-17
This keeps eyes and hands busy.
a Temperance Barroom.

~ a writer III itut Atldutd +CUt0tttUtlo6s
tells of temperance barroom in Boston
that is a great success in every way. It
is on Washington street, and advertised
in big letters, Temperance Drinks"
Mr.. Eaton, who started this establish
ment three years ago, says that he lost
several thousand dollars the first Elk
months Of his experiment. But he is
willing and able to wait. He let his
saloon advertise itself by its refreshing
drinks and attractive furnishing.
No prettier barroom can be found in
Boston. Behind the marble counter
stands six young men in white coats. and
caps. Each man wears flower in his
buttonhole and pleasing look .on his
face, being in a business which maketh
not ashamed. Over the counter is long
list of the beverages on sale. Besides
icecold soda In all its agreeable COM
pounds. there are lactarts, egg phos-
pilates, Moxie's nerve food, hot beef tea,
chicken tea, and other refreshing and
invigorating fluids, all of the kind that
cheers without inebriating. In the rear
/ of the saloon there is lunch counter,
where the very best chicken and ham
sandwiches, pies, rolls, and delicious
coffee may be had at moderate rotes.
On any day at lunch time the room
will be found crowded, men waiting their
turn to take their lunch. The custom at
this counter is only limited by the room.
Meantime at the drinking counter there
is no intermission in the stream of Gus.
toners. During the hour spent there
talking with the proprietor there were
more applicants than could be immedi-
ately attended to by the large and active
force of attendants. Mr.. Eaton said they
had consumed hundred dozen eggs in
one day during the season for egg phos-
pilates alone. That means that 1000
people took a glass of this one fascinat-
| ing drink on that day. What the sales
of other drinks were he did not say but
he does say that the profits of the trade
are, in his opinion, larger as we'll as
cleaner than are made in the barrooma
of the old kind.
BE has refused large offers to go else.
where and repeat his establishment in
other large cities. The success he has
made in Boston is due to the personal
care he gives to each detail of the bust.
ness. Only the very incest material is
used in the preparation of his refresh.
ments.. The eggs are furnished by one
collector, who is paid nearly double the
market pries6 Warrant their freshness
So particular is the proprietor that he
gave up the use Of grape milk, a profita'
Bile and popular unfermented drink,
because he found it to contain u pei
cent. of alcohol. There is no fuss ol
philanthropy about this barroom; nc
pretence that it is carried on for any
other purpose than to make money
And the interesting and encouraging
feature about it is Just here: it really
pays better than liquor saloon of its
size would pay. What the gains are to
the people who accept it, in place of the
old tap, nobody can tell. But Mr.. Eaton
would be less than human if those gains
did not add something to the satisfaction
which he gets from the others. Only he
does not wish his business advertised for
what !. is not. 1t is business strictly
with him, not charity, mercy or reforma
tion. He entered upon it as specula'
ton, and finds it paying one.