New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-16
WHAT MEN DRINK ~ WARM UEATHE II
SOME OBSERVATIONS MADE N ONE OF THE Up
TOWN BAR-ROOM>.

TOWN BATHROOMS.
There is as much fashion and fad In drinking
rs in the wearing Of clothes and there are clothes
appropriate for spring. summer autumn and winter
there drn, peculiar io the seasons Like clothes
drinks are lighter ia summer than IN winter and an
Ike clothc, they are longer during the hot months.
summer clothes are more eaudy general thing
than winter ones. and the rule apple, 10 drinks.
Mixed goods are being scld by most aor just al the
present. time and bartcndcrs doing the same sort
Of business.
To test the relative popularity of the various oevcr-
ages mixed plain reporter recently lunged about
one Of the fashionable ho'. barroom, for AN unusual
length Of time II was exceedingly hot even an the
twilight Of the judicou,ly shaded and lofty apartment
and enough men were thirsty to make the barender'
work hard In spite Of their cNcrtous aud the oppscs-
,lvc heat. they never turned hair question
arises l. il possibility for q bartender to arm
hair! whoever saw bartender whose hair was not
absolutely and securely glued IN position perfect
alike in whole and in part
Three ont Of every four drinhcr- Of hard drinks
ordered something mixed with cracked joe n it, and the
proportion If drukc- If beer "a the drinkers ot 'ri'
was o., g i, to 5. \. the observer cam" 100 i"r wei
fed and deliberately dressed broker, were absorbing
chamuagnc cocktails. When the newcomer ordered
beer they nur-cd their cocktails more closely and
looked As If the very existence Of beer was unknown
to them
Then came two callow youths, Al once sct down a.
COLLEGE undergraduates. one took sherry oohhicr'
while the other -olac~i himself with conc'cllon ~
sugar crg and sherry. known a. q sherry mp lhc'
sucked ILL. rlild,,t ~ mild Cigarette and had ct'i
or.. t.hcr 70 good pony ~ brandy. neat ANA h. /"
cigar a cab or au ambulance WouId nave ~ .i,'.'
been needed. While these Two ti"1p' 90 ,'.'
.l,lcr- w,r, at wor, goodly crowd ~ ''' Az I'i,
urcttv we'll lined the bar az the other rif. " T. vl
ib.ru took gIu GII wui-lcy -our 40 t"'h"i,' "'H..
thing. 800, - g., ,,.. ..-...,,.r mart oc.
c,,pIcd bv the ordinary men about town ono '"t's
.nd -,ue second rate all sorts ana '"lilph', ~
drink. were 10 bee seen. The better Ore 'u 'n', h'l
NM ~ y,riou, sorts, much diluted with -odh or
d. neral waters, or cr- drank ihIFiht Hih' JuFP'
the fashionable and aromatic creme q" r"'"'' 'i'''
neat" Or beer. , .t ~, .-,.,,t,,
a. accurately determined o. pO- Die. l' 81" llIl'
uecr and malt lQuDr- generally, -O' creme ' u IT,
~ I'm nlz 80. cocktails. various -nii-. ~
-tra,it -: wh-Ecy sour, L" hr"ndt ana .'''' -.
vh..kcy with -cltH'r. etc., l.. mint lnI,P. J" "'
and hlt.cr4 II brandy straight : 'hi'.''' -
r,.,mp,rnc cocktails /; milk punch. -. 'h'rF -
iicr sherry Nip. al~uthe fHrpr. J. '"I.tt!.it,,
,,t tbe exception ~ crsuc d. ucutnc were ''' {" i
,.,,. and only one bottle oi wine "ts oio'.ti. ,
if can be takcu as ftirly rcprc-"niatlN' ,,'u a.
',fne tloccs th.rc will not Doe such ere "''hl'N
mai, iruor. and many drinks not pid'iS Hl ul',
i,.tanr,. viii he called for. Just AS Oh"
't,uf Ia dcpart a rtdcrd I'i. I'i'n -,
I'M os none If the bartender, were id'"ir WIN '"0
Icctcr,-c he didn't gel IT, and took beer instead