Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-28

Pennsylvania and Maryland produce the finest
WHISTLES in the world, and we bring from
tions the finest liquors which money can buy.
The trouble with the Englishman is that he
doesn't know how to drink. At home he takes
wine only at bis dinner table ana connnes nis
Scotch whisky and water, or brandy ana SOFA.
When he gets in the wild whirl of American
mixed drinks, his head and his 1eet ran MIN
and he wonders what has come over him.
Young Americans nowadays display knowl-
edge of the relative effects OF various drinks
which might do credit to doctor OF medicine.
Moralsts may bewail the existence OF such
dangerous knowledge, but men Will drink,
and that being the case, it is certainty petter
they should drink intelligently and not fall
through ignorance as does the Engishman
who comes TO America. Through his knowl-
edge of bibulous effects 1t is aosoluteiy marvel-
Gus how much liquor young American OF the
world worldly can absorb without o,s ssudMietlng dieg
about mixing drinks he runs tine entire alco-
holic gamut. He doesn't touch cocKtals IN
the morning, proceeding which Is the pegin-
ming of a quickly-approaching emo win tne
Englshman in America.
THE EXPERIENCED AMERICAN SWELL
begins the days imbibations with frozen
absinthe. He finds that gives tone to his
stomach and steadiness to his nerves. He
doesn't take two That would be fatal. He
touches no more liquor until an hour after
breakfast, when he gloatingly approaches q
gin fizz. which he finds SO refreshing that he
assimilates two more before lunch. That meal
he prefaces with glass of sherry with dash
of orange bitters in it and wasnes ms ms
food down with bottle or pass Ihe
afternoon journeyings put him outside OIL three
whisky punches and one Remsen cooler. DIN
ner is invited with an old-tashioned WHISKY
cocktail At this meal he rarely takes more
than one kind of wine. He drinks either q
quart Of claret or quart Of champagne, and
follows his coffee with glass Of cordial. After
as his thirst suggests, winding up this attack
with glass of frozen Kummel, which his pro-
found knowledge tells him is settler" for
beer Then before turning iS IN iOr see nlgHI ne
of brandy in bottle of plain soda a tally
list of the days drinks makes iormidaoie
total, and yet the American youth does al this
without betraying in voice, walk or feature
that he has been tippling. His British cousin
who attempts to keep pace in the race does not
observe the proper order to pursue, and In the
wild conflict between drinks which ensues he
is sacrificed.
AS to the customs which surround his drink
ing the Englishman has. think, somewhat the
advantage of the American. The former does
not consider it good form to stand at bar and
drink and L ann glad to see that now in this
country those resorts are most patronlzed BY
men of position where tables na and enairs ana nf
customers. But the greatest difference be-
tween England and this country In this matter
concerns the great American eyil OF treating.
abused to a dreadful extent and is responsible
for the larger portion Of the evil effects Of
drinking In London it is considered in the
worst possible form for a man to offer to pay
for what another drinks. Friends sit side by
side, each one ordering what liquor he wishes
and each one paying for what he obtains.
When first told Of the American custom the
london swell SAYS in surprise: "And do men
take their acQuaintances in stores and treat
them to neckties and hats and shoes and CLOTH
ing?"
They don't, but why shouldn't they IL this
"treating" custom is all rightf
E. BERRY WALL.