Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-17
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romen anu cuiiufu" W
gsn ,r 4. served by women. A..
Bn,, sre nearly 200, 900 women tnu'
Inel.d avery day In the year. These
snsas. s,ass, the prsttieet and tldics'
sfv, 1, Inc three Kingdoms. What
vcm,h,l5 relations TO society at large
ever "h .,s characters good o. bad,
hey ~ and morals, Interesting o.
nn.sss,sl.e, and souls saved OF unssveu
.Css S he clergy, church societies anu
uigs,suarles never seem 70 ns'e
nlN ',,isJ themselves about the latter.
u9ap, me frat half Of the past Ten
pi had opportunity for frequent
yer ~ these British barmaids. Dur
nuu lax i've years, j have been
ine Wy rlssely observe them nearly
ao. dnv and evening OF my life. AZ
s;ho1yht, many may REGARD them
..hanlly mefiting serious consloe ,,'.
,Ian ii seems 10 me they are rea'iy
9Th talking about.
~g.nsiisb literature IL full Of the bar.
R Prose and poetry are redolent
mh nav, THOSE rare old fellows who
s nt, q, rather slept, sin chambers"
v,iin,i and wlned In public houses
~ msslng most Of the books which
W, m along down Through the i'm
Vs. ian centuries, and even ~ near
s ~ nrst third Of the present
s,s,nry seem to have drawn their in'
..i,,iicn largely from the tsp-room
,rni Indeed, N we will be wholly
h Osa about IL, English literature,
~ sVs.is,l and gfandest on earth,
VA ,be splgot have ever known close
sIiiLas.blp' And even n little stress
.hauld he laid upon the matter, we
No 10 the very presence OF tue
S.,maids N those days preserva-
AN N the sweetest fancies, the
M, sparkling humor, the most
rhamine situations, aud no mean
uamisf % the most cbaste and pathet.
q Incidents known 10 ballad poetry
md fciIon. This IL not defensive Of
N. bafmsid. II IL merely historic Of
bsf effect ~ sd presence In literature.
And have s,tsn thought bocause II
"a. -: becnuse tbs public house OF old
And Inc bafmald u old became
pdil.h Institutions, unconsciously
though universally grounded In the
human heart, they have survived civ.
IlliatIon aud decay.
on thi. line, there are two things
sl.ut the British people which we IN
America utterly fall 10 comprehend.
One i the ilflton's passionate loyalty
10 Anything sanctioned by prestige aud
anetlned BY precedent Into the status
., an lnsiitution-a British Institution.
10 general, all the more honor 10 him
bf that; Tor Ia aisadfastne-s and
loyalty 10 pation's own are
observed all goodt (hlgs, II q
lev bad ones happen q remain.
Another Il, the average Briton, high
" low, III being who will retain and
b.iain all "righs," good or had,
blch literature, society, precedent
N government have marked out for
h, with q p.rtlnaoiiy and bravery
lch puts 10 besgarly shame the N.
Ilefcnc- Of most American people TO
mauuef u Governmental, monopol.
c aud sthcr oncfoachment.
This may seem going n long why for
lylal sequence. but II " undcniaJly
ne that because the barinnid was
Dug sgo elevated irto n British Insti.
htlon through English literature; lc-'
cause the older any sentiment or thing,
barring the bafmald herself, IL In
Britain the more ondeariugiy II IL
, ii,I, and becaues your British noble.
man VI woikmhnIwill have his wine or
.bliivf" from the hand of y tsp-room
divinity, whether all the world like II
o. not, prototype Of the American
bartender" II here unknown. aud
.OO,O women serve 10000 900 British
people with their brsws and spirits to-
day. There are other effects, such N tho
rApld national Increase ia the con.
sumption Of liquors; the Increasing
power In politics ami legislation Of the
liquor Interests, and, wopc than all,
The startling Increase Of ltlaor drink.
ing by sll GLASSES VI Btnsh women;
upon each VI which vast aud sad vol.
ums might DO written. hut the great
host ofBtiiish barmaids II what the
British people like aud will have; and,
being acc0unlsd for, II only rsmaius u
'pcak Of this particular class as II indI.
aud collectively exists.
Rural England IL u thing Of the
past aud there never was n rural Scot
land or q rural Irelani where the
'weet old inn and the sweet young
Oafmald were Ravens and objects OF
material aud ethical delight. With
NE end ofthe coaching days was an
END Of the Inns, and With them, long
afer The old London type had gone.
Iaded away the cherry.ciieckrd Hebe
q the rural hostelry. To bs sure,
v you are a genuine tramp who
WI seek old nooks Of provincial
England and Scotland for tho
very love Of adventure, you will now
And then still find d gentle being In
az and apron, whose very presence
oehlnd The cupboard-likc bar His your
hlhd with all manner Of chivaIrous
sneies, until the whole locality takes
IN q magical seeming NJ Of nj nshine
snu ngWtrs. But u you remain long
snoushi you lind that even this rural
'afi'y J, already tainted by modern un.
~ a farmers daughter, the child
y ZONE castle gamekoepar, OF u widow
Iylge keeper or OF some underlipg of
.ue manor dsmesne, she has already
ny ambition fixed ON Edinburgh.
Liverpool or London, or even
' . bright, busy railway refreshments
I0Uons, Aud n year thereafter, you will
wv nn nefi ealcy and pert, straight aud
wv, sage aud calm, one OF the grea,
,y OF the public.house barmaids, mt
phouIeen bob week and found"
'Iooanly one-balf Of the whole
v, recruited from this source. The
'ner hall are from the eternal over.
''us o. clty.born girls, who, without
' osuVe immoral tendencies, have over.
IN, %,he restraint, and with much vigor,
'nnout sex In sentiment and that
iINins eonseiousness springing from
nv uus virtue Of the glory Of sex, have
~, their way into this manner OF
'e aud employment.
sohle curious facts have develope
~ certain interesting lines, In my
~ years study Of these people In
,,I Ireland and Scotland. As q
NV Wv, VI my wanderlngs, l have sought
y, number class Of inns, for housing;
10y ohly from motives OF comfort, but
\ pe,I urnishing various and vagari.
~ 'prtns OF character study; Inns on q
W. ~ nearly rs can be cornnnred. with