Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-21
GETTING A DRINK.

it with butter. 1t may also be truly
said that no man ever died of thirst in
a prohibition state.
| was lying on a sofa the other day,
luxuriously enveloped in a sheet, in
the cooling room of a Turkish bath
establishment. There were two others
who were also cooling off, and right
here beg to state, for fear Of a mis-
understanding about the matter, that
the reason | was there was to get rid
of a cold that had just started, and
which, if generally taken in time, is
arrested by means Of a Turkish bath.
regret to say, however, that | rarely
get there in time. One of the men had
not come in to get rid of q cold. He
had had no sleep fora couple of nights,
he said, and was feeling rather under
the weather. / believe that somewhere
uptown there had been an all-night
poker game, with the accomplishments
of stimulants, and this victim of poker
had felt rather rocky, and so went to
a Turkish bath to sort of revive him.
"See here" he said to the attendant,
~ want you to send out and get me a
good whisky cocktail"
The attendant looked aghast.
"My dear sir" he said s'that is not
allowed in this establishment
"What is not alIowed?" asked the
man.
"We are not allowed to send out for
any liquors."
"Well," said the cooler of, in tones
of deep disgust, ''this is a fine bathing
establishment"
eyes, sir" said the attendant, sit
is considered the finest in town."
"In town." cried the other. ssIn
the village, you mean. Why, it's the
only place in the United States that a
man can't send put and get what he
wants. tell you I've got to have a
whisky cocktail, and / am going to
have it,"
"Oh, you can have it all right"
answered the attendant.
every well, then, 1 want it just
now"
"You can have it all right, but not
till after you get out"
nNow, see here" said the man, in
an insinuating tone of voice, "there lisa
dollar in this thing for you. You send
out on the quiet and get me a whisky
cocktail. 1t will be all right, nobody
will ever know anything about it,"
81 can't do it," said the attendant.
dts strictly against orders and, be-
sides, the proprietor wouldn't allow it.
It's no use, you had better go to sleep"
"Where is the proprietor"
"He's in the next room. I'll call
him, if you like"
"Well, l wish you would do so. l
want to see what the reason is for such
an idiotic arrangement as that. This
is the first Turkish bath place that /
was eve in that | couldn't get what |
wanted
The proprietor came in and was
very suave and soothing, but he was
perfectly firm on the liquor question.
No whisky cocktails could get into the
doors of that establishment, not while
he was proprietor.
The up-all-night man pleaded and
begged and swore, and threatened
never to come there again, and tried to
appeal to the proprietor's better nature,
but it was no go. No whisky would
be allowed in the cooling room. The
mai thought deeply for a while and
finally again sent for the proprietor.
"Say," he asked, "have you a tcle-
phone here?"
"Oh, yes" answered the owner of
the place.
ssWell, 1 wish Won would do me the
kindness to ring up my friend, Jacob
Strauss. Tell Jake, when you get
him, that I'm here at your bathing es-
t%ablishment and | can't get down for
an hour. T II him to postpone thai
appointment for another hour at
least"
can right. What did you say the
name WASP"
"Strauss-Jacob Strauss"
Gan right"
The proprietor seemed all the more
anxious to please his guest Is he had
had to refuse him the necessities of