Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-20

3 Special Correspondence Of Gazette and journal
New YoRK, July 14.---Mr. Connolly kept
\ hiy word and came to take me to see what
y be called The s'loons." When he saw me
he laughed all over his good, kind face.
u. and said: 'Yer dressed for de part" had
on cotton frock and sailor hat and OIL
I'VE started to see the places where men
N went because they could find nowhere
better to go; because home was dirty and
" dull, wives were cross and tired, and the air
OF ',De s'loon" was at least cheerful. On,
N on, on we went down the Bowery until we |
X got into a street that even didn't know, |
and then Mr.. Connolly said I'm goin'
" TO take you to the Irish first" The Irish
N saloon was what is known as a barrel
x house; to the well-informed this means
Y that against the wall stands barrels labeled
N "Rum," whisky, ""Gin, and the various
N other drinks to which mems hearts do
N yearn. The Irish barkeeper is. first of all
MUMMY; he's a rather dapper fellow. with
&jong upper lip and a welf-developed muscle,
And his chief forte IS to please his Gus
TONERS and make money for the pro-
4 prietor. whose successor he expects to he.
A The saloon is bright as we go in, and there
(. are all sorts and conditions sitting around
the little tables.
e THE FOXY POLITICIAN.
a J. look with surprise at one man whose
dress is that of a gentleman, whose face is
81 that of a man of education, and who has
around him about 10 toughs, all of whom
* are drinking at his expense. Connolly
b pulls my sleeve and SAYS, Don't you catch
"a on2 A swell politician looking after his
q heelers.n ! sit down awed at the other
n table and Connolly orders whisky, which,
3 in hoarse whisper he advises me not to
y taste IL l have an.J regard 'for me STUN
mack" ] am not the only woman in the
+ place; at the table next to me are two
girls, Que decidedly worn looking, rouged
and bearing marks of dissipation-of years
"a of IL. The other, girl not over II, with
y that marvellous beauty which is seen in
the Irish girl. Her complexion reminds
W me of the Strawberries and cream | ate
F% with my dinner; her eyes are clear and
xN gray, and her hair black and glossy. Her
M companion is urging her to drink, and
eventually she takes what is known by
~ courtesy as a glass of wine. | watched the
y an girl. And watched the swell politician.
N Did you ever see gourmet look at per-
~ feet peach? That's the way he is looking at
1 her. ! am going to get up and speak to
her. But again Connolly's big, heavy,
honest hand comes down on me and hear
,# him huskily whisper: Watch de bar
e keeper" That condemnation | call him
N that-has lost all interest in the barrel and
~ serves out his drinks in half-hearted
4r kind of way, and his eyes are on the
swell. Presently the politician gets up,
W goes over to the table where the two
1M women are, speaks to the older of the two,
M and he can't have finished his sentence
W# when see the gate of the bar open and in
second the bartender's hand IS on his
shoulder, and he says in very emphatic
MAJ way: Look here, MIR. Schuyler, you can
come down here and pay for all de votes
yer likes, but when il comes to question
~ of payin' for women, dey amt on sale in
S dis shop. De girl is green. Now. Maudie
you let her alone and / i take her hom'
wild me, and my wife will find some homes
work for her" Quickly Mr.. Schuyler
says; "Why,. Patsy, you didn't under
~ stand me-" And Patsy answered: "0h
yes, l did; and il you come down her
E maxim any trouble among women, espe
M cally Irish women, I'll set all the boy
agin you, and you won't get elected mex
N time" Connolly was nodding his head il
rapt delight. Mr.. Schuyler looked as If h
had been kicked. Patsy has conducted tn
Irish girl away from Maudie and | an
smiling grateful smile at the Bayard
the bar.
w ALL OF THEM LOVE RUM.
Soon Patsy returns. Just in time to sui
due q little trouble. Two gentlemen "a d,
M cidedly the worse for their libations from
I'M the barrels, are excited OIL the subject O
free tariff, and are expressing their em'
N&N tions in free scrap. Patsy, Dig, Drawn
and without fear, walks between them an
I says: (which are ye? A Dimmycrat {
de other thing? Whichever youse is it's a
E r,lht but I'll have no row in here. Tmm,
&W you get along home and sleep dis off, {
you'll be ready for your work Tomorrow
XII and McSweeney, get along to your wi
W and look after her and help nurse de bah
s5N OATS only "a hours old.F This last WI
M accompanied by kick, and presnn
& that Mr.. insolvency was brought to by
M and saw his duty i'll life.
Then there came in an old woman, mise
able, ragged, CHASTITY; she hadn't tooth
M her head, and she ought to have been
M warning to every woman who wasn't i
ing as she should Patsy leaned over Il
bar and affably said: well, mother,
you want a little gin? l had it fixed
N your bottle all ready for you" And, wit
d out asking for thanks or money, in we
%t the tiny bottle and be murmured to hil
self: ''rhe saints be good to her, sh'
somebody's mother and if she can forg
her troubles for little WHILE I'll not
* the one to keep her from it." looked
M Connolly, and he answered me: IT
MH lrishmen come in here and get as full
# goats. Maybe they beat their wives, but
you an me, Miss,is alvin and a-breathii
7 m they're all of dem good in some way to
w wimmin. ALL of them think a deal OF
& woman bein' honest, and Patsy, ba
M there, who never drinks drop himse
b couldn't look his own good little wife
the face If he let girl go wrong in
sloon."We wentaway, and will you be s.
prised when tell you that before we
parted | shook hands with Patsy?
mightn't be going your way TO do good;
w mightn't be going mine, but he was dol
l{ it, and that it the most important of all
AMONG THE GERMAN DRINKERS.
Our next visit was to a German salo
II seemed TO be the quietest place | /
lever been in. The floor was sanded Q
on the bar were pretsels potato salad,
&lbread and one or two other German dis
That all tended, by-the-by, to make
%3thirsty. The barkeeper was fat, fair 6
5ftolid. He served out beer just as he mi
% Nave served out car tickets. If man
Moo much TO drink and went to sleep @
}tAble he had his assistant pale-hai
n Noy go over and kick and bang him III
Y} lid was wide awake enough to leave, or
&fder more beer AT two or three tai
!, thcre were men playing dominos;
l another one there were four wild-look
W3 men talking socialism. and still the
lfhnder served beer. Nothing seemed
IAove him. Connolly took me up to
NV hAr to taste the salad, and 1 asked hiI
2xhey ever had any rows there. IVY she
XX6e? Beer, it does not make men figh
nakes men sleepy" And it seemed 4
did. A boy, not over IL, who mi
5Nave been your son or mine, was stretc
&cross the table, sleeping as if that Y
the most blissful thing in the VIC
Poor wretch he would DE allowed to
&until somebody else came in and wal
zig place. Again looked at Come
and he said YES Miss like you, I'm
temperance, and if that temperance
5hown itself i'll pitcher of beer with
4 finner, and little honest fun afterwn
That boy wouldn't be gettin' full on
X5&nd pawn the road to whisky and
Nbnitentiary. / asked Mr.. Come
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