Telegram-herald., 1890-06-16


aEro1-d ssFsilor apProzehed her sLs
beat 1sr A-aa over aEc1ly aL1 ~li,g-
sre4 s9aus mystsrl9as 1rase ts Lln.
hs sAeek his head AID pointed g. lhs
proprietor. so @2s sitting a. tie sash
tsE's 1zsL
IT = one of the rules OF the p see.
said tls sslter, -thaE 10 ll4leE shall
Do served &c ladies u4zecom panied by
gentlsmea
How dare you refuse my order, p
said he l4iy as hsr face Rushed -You
are iasolsat and slAll report yoa-
II dare % ID this madam, because !
az simPly following nay instructions '
~ this tine The proprietor, Who had
overheard ths conversation, reached
the table
II an very sorry" he said ''but Il Is
the rule OF oar place. There Is no re-
tectlon On you Ia any way, but Ne vii
not serve liquor 20 ladies VINO are not
escorted b gentlemen. We would
rather lose their custom. We hsd 10
do this ia self defense We used 10
serve Aqnor 20 women but II got as
into no cad Of trouble. | am very sorry
We cannot oblige you"
The lady arose hurriedly, took up her
bundles and walked CUT
But II there are few places that deny
this privilege 10 woman she need not 90
athiTst. There are more than ten thous-
and saloons in New York where liquor
Is sold openly and above board When
yOu say this the half has not been told.
When you are Informed that there are
several thousand drug stores in New
York IN which liquor can be obtained
upon 8 very fimsy reason for wanting
IL, not all has been told. And when
you are informed that grocery stores
sell as much liquor, comparatively
speaking, as tho saloons do, the half IS
not yet told
The keeper Of any of the swell restau-
rants will tell you that some Of his best
en- stomers, so FAR as liquid refreshments
are concerned, are women just as the
druggist will.tell you that the persons
who enable him 10 pay his license for
the sale OF liquors are largely women,
and just as the grocery man will, If he
tell you the truth in the matter, that
many of his best customers are
women who send to him for bottled
liquors and have it put down on the
charge books as "sundries."
Three women walked into a restaur-
ant not far from Union Square only a
few nj ghts ago. They sat at one of the
tai es, but it was apparent from their
order that they were not IN search of
an ordin6ry dinner. They were treated
with the utmost Difference by the
winters, fer the women were wives of
men we'll known in social circles. The
lunch they ordered was not extensi We
IN one sense, but champagne and i'm
ported liquors were the important ele-
ments in it, Nor did one bottle or
two do. until the proprietor of the
place. who had been looking on with
some unsasiness, for he did not know
at what time some one who knew the
ladies might come in. came 60 the table
/ and in an undertone said something to
one OF the ladies. She flushed, beck
oned TO the other ladies, paid her bill
and left the place.
They are ladies'" said the proprietor
in his broken English, "but they make
the trouble
Women have no opportunities to
drink
That is a mistake They have them
and they know it.
The ordinary reader does not know,
but 1t is a fact, nevertheless, that the
woman has the advantage over the man
in the wsv Of getting her tipple. The
man goes about it in "a very stupid way
aud for that reason you can. tell
man who ranges anywhere from
a tippler 90 a dipsomaniac, almost at
sight The man being the coarser and
in some respects the less secretive
auimal stands up st q public bar and
drinks 20 an extent that oil men may
suow thereof. or he places bulging
Hrsk in his pocket in such q way that
all the public can at once see that he
has bliss and brandy in both possession
and contemplation. Or IN some other
sases he av axes very early n the morn
.nz and hies himself away 10 tho near
est lodging place Of strong waters and
As the cocktail steals down his throa;
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tt.h q. Va. ,,tr-orv ..si~,o5 =,
srnil,s Ho smiles satisfied smile.
Ny wife u at home he says tc
1
t- ~ - 80
with evcrv body aud commits perjury
about tares hundred times \ day with
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