The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-30
FOUR LONDON" BARMAIps.
They Don't Make Mixed Drinks Nor
Speak Cockney Accent.
From the Nem York .adrertiser

From the Neto York Advertiser
Jaw, good mawnin'; so pleased to learn
you were ere. you knau. Give me CLAWS
o. bittaw beehaw, me deah."
"Sorry, sir, but we haven't any bitter
beer. Will you take Milwaukee,
"M-yaas," replied the elegant, refxing
his monocle. What win you take,
Chawlesn
"Chawles" was an American who was
trying his best to pretend that he was a
Britisher, and he made bad break in his
lately acquired pronunciation when he said,
Gimme whisky souri, ss e,..sss
The girl drew the beer and a barman
made the whisky sour for her, aud she set
down both with an engaging smile. IL was
in barroom on Broadway, opposite the
postoffice, where as species Of advertise
ment the proprietor has changed his bar
tender-a man at the head of his calling
for four barmaids from London. Certainly
these four barmaids have occasioned lot
Of talk, and for day or two there has been
run on the place to see them An
Englishman who dropped in there was
waited on by girl with frizzy, dark hair a
la pompadour, small features, clear cut and
pale, deep furrow between the brows and
a pair of nose-tweezers.
Can you give me widows kis5!n
II certainly cannot purvey any descrip-
ton of osculatory dissipation. 0, is it a
drink, you meant have no doubt james
can compound it for you. What does your
friend requirep
Then you don't mix drinks yoursef!n
'Not the American drinks. We have not
been here long enough to acquire the requi-
site mauipulatory dexteritY."
Just come over, eh9 Well, am English.
Where do you hail fromT, as5 ~
| From London. y. ~ q tss .-- 80
itr'
"Just In the center.p
"Where may that be, and what was the
name of the placer
II don't remember the name, What will
| your friend takel'
| This evasion made the Englishman. who
| rather prides himself on a knowledge of
I London bars and barmaids, rather suspic
ious. Some time after he sauntered up tC
the bar, and engaged two of the other bal
maids in conversation. Ono was brunette
| and one a blonde, and both brushed their
hair from their foreheads and wore wide
turn-down collars. In reply to his question
they gigglsd-which is certainly a trick
| that no English barmaid would allow her
self to be guilty OF, especially when on duty
| They, too, could not remember the uame o;
the London bar from which they graduate
| into the profession, and about the GEOGRAPHY
of the British capital they were entirely
| ignorant. l.e
The bulk of opinion Of these curiosity
seekers was that the girls were factory
hands from Worcester, Mass. trying new
vocation. One close observer limited thai
they had not red hands, and therefore conli
not be English baTmsids. 1t has been trieG
before, this British custom of barmaids, but
has never been successful. Just now seemed
to be bad time for the innovation.
There were two or three knots of politi-
CLANS earnestly discussing the situation. As
strong language seems to be as essential il
local politics as IN mule driving, these states
men found tine presence Of the maids en-
berrasSed their natural flow of eloJuence
They went elsewhere. So did those who
found the girls totally ignorant of the way
to make mixed drinks. SO the attraction
may possibly be as short-lived as previous
attempts in the same direction.