Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-14


4 urltsE II he Atlanta Constifn
1oa telie of . tempernncs baRroou
Z Boston tat d great success
II every waY- L b on Waahington
slIeets ard adTeFEises Ii big leifers
Temperance drink Mr.. Eafsn
who Started this asfab1ishment tire
years ago. says that he Lost several
Thousand dollars the first six menshs
Of his expeFimenf. Bns he Is will
Ing and able % wait He lee his 60,
loon advertise itself b. iia refreshing
dEinks and attractive Furnishing
No prelfieF harroom can be f0und ID
boston- Behind the marble counter
stand SIX young men in white coats
and caps. Each man wears q flower
10 bis battonhole and : pleasant look
on his face Of beiag In q basincss
which maksih not ashamed Oyel
the counter Is 9 long list Of the bev.
eraEes on sale. Besides ice cold soda
u Al rs agreeable compounds, there
are laetaEts, egg ph0sphates. acid
phosphates. Moxie'g nerve food, hot
beef ten. chicken tea and other re.
fFeshing and inyigoraling fuids--all
Of the kind that cheers without In.
ebriating In the rear Of tbs saloon
there is . lunch counter, where tue
very best chicken and ham sand,
wiches, pies, rolls and delicious cot.
fee may Be had a. moderate rates.
On any day Ct lunch time the room
viii be found crowded, men waiting
their turn % take their lunch. The
custom a. this counter IL only limited
By the room. Meantime - the drink,
ing counter there is no inteFmission
10 tae stream OF customers. Dur.
ing the hour spent there talking with
the proprietor there were more ap.
plicants than could be immediately
attended 70 by the large and active
force Of attendants. Mr. Eaton said
that they had consumed 100 dozen
eggs II one day during the hot sea.
son for egg ph0sphates alone. That
means thai 1908 people took q glass
Of this one fascinating drink on that
day. What the sales Of other drinks
we're be did not say; but be does say
that the profits Of the trade are, 10
bis opinion. larger, IS well IS clean.
er. than ars made in the barTooms oil
the old kind.
He has refused large offers 10 20
elsewhere and repeat bis establish.
ment In other large cities. The sue
cess be has mads In Boston IL due "a
the personal care he gives to each de,
tail Of the business. Only the very
incest material is used In the prepar.
alton Of bis refreshments. The eggs
are furnished by one collector, who
Is paid nearly double the market
price 70 warrant their freshness So
particular Is the proprietor that he
gave up the use Of grape milk, q pro.
iitabie and popular unfermented
drink. because be found il 70 con
tain I-2 per cent Of alcohol. There
is no fuss Of philanthropy about this
barr0om; no pretense that Il Is car.
ried on for any other purpose than to
make money. And the interesting
and encouraging feature about il il
just here-it really pays better than q
liquor saloon Of lis size would pay.
What tbs gains are 10 the people
who accept il IN place Of the old tap
nobody can tell But Mr.. Eaton
would be less than human II those
gains did not add something 70 the
satisfaction which be gets from the
others. 0nly he does not wish his
business advertised for what il is not.
Il Is business strictly with him, not
charity, mercy or reformation. He
entered upon It IS q speculation, and
be inds il q paying one.