The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-16

Our Fascinating Correspondent is
Bound 10 See EVERYTHING in Life.

Characters Who Frequent Dram shops.
The Swell Politician and His Heel
ers Girls Around the Tables-A Gin
Mill sorap-The Chastity Old Wo-
man -Barkeeper Patsy in a Ger
man Saloon - Fireproof Aloohol-A
Wife's Sad Search-Man or Beast.
Copyright 1893
New York, July l1.-Mr Connolly kept
his word and came to taEeme TO see what
he called The s'loOus." When he saw
me, he laughed all over his good, kind
face, and said: Yer dressed for de part. 81
] had on "a cotton frock and sailor hat,
ana on we started To see the places where
men went because they could find no.
where better to so; because home was
dirty and dull. wives we're cross and tir-
ed, and the air of ''De s'lOon" was at
least cheerful. On, on, on we went down
the Bowery until we got into "A street
that even didn't know, and then Mr.
Connolly said I'm going to take YOU TO
the Irish first" The Irish saloon was
what is known as a barrel house; to the
wcll-infOrmed this means that against
tine wall stand barrels labeled Rum. 80
WHISKY" "Gin,N and the various 9th
er drinks to which mems hearts do yearu.
The Irish barkeeper is, first of all, funny;
he's rather dapper fellow with long
upper lip, and Il well-dcyciODed muscle.
and his chief forte is to please his Gus
toners and make money for the prOpric-
tor. whose successor ne expects to be.
The saloon is bright as we go in, and there
are all sorts and conditions sitting around
the little tables.
THE FOXY POLITICIAN.
I look with surprise at one man whose
a faF aN... H..
is that OF a man of education, and who
has around him about fifteen toughs. all
of whom are drinking at his expense.
Connolly pulls my sleeve and says
Don't you catch on? A swell politician
looking after his heelers' So / sit down
awed at the other table, and Connolly
orders whisky, which, in a hOarsc whis-
per, he advises me not to taste if | have
any regard for me stummack.' | am
not the only woman in the place; at the
table next to me are two girls, one decid-
lY worn looking, rouged and bearing
marks of dissipation-of years of it. The
other, a girl not over Il, with that mar
Vicious beauty which is seen in the Irish
girl. Her complexion reminds me of the
Strawberries and cream | ate with my
dinner; her eyes are clear and gray and
her hair black and glossy. Her com
paniOu is urging her to drink, and eventu-
any Sllt ltltNCo w lldO - hlON II ny NVuIJtNN
as a glass of wine 1 watched the girl.
And ! watched the swell politician. Did
You ever see a gOurmand look ata perfect
peachl That's the way he is looking at
her. ! am going TO get up and speak to
her But again COnnollys big, heavy,
honest hand comes down on me and | hear
him huskily whisper: Watch
de barkeeper." That gentleman,
for l viii call him that, has loso
al IN. n ia n snl inf
his drinks III half-hearted kind of way,
and his eyes are on the swell Presently
the politician gets up, goes over TO the
table where the two women
are, speaks to the older of the
two and he can't have fin
ished his sentence when I see the gate of
the bar open and in a second the barteud-
er's hand is on his shoulder, and he says
in very emphatic way Look here,
Mr.. Schuyler, you can come down here
and pay for all de votes yer likes, but
when it comes to a question of payin for
women, dey AIM no sale in dis shop. De
girl is green Now, Maudie, you let her
alone and I'll take her home wild me, and
my wife will find som honest work for
her" Quickly Mr.. Schuyler says: "Why,
Patsy, you didn't understand me- And
Patsy answered: ''Oh, yes, did and if
you come down here maxim any trouble
among women, especially Irish women,
I'll set all the boys agin you, and you
won't get elected next time Connolly
was nOdding his head in rapt delight. Mr.
Schuyler looked as if he had been kicked,
Patsy has conducted the Irish girl away
from Maudie, and am smiling a grateful
smile at at the Bayard at the bar.
ALL. OF THEM LOVE RUM
Soon Patsy returns. Just in time to
subdue little trouble. Two gentlemen
(0 decidedly the worse for their libations
from the barrels, are excited on the sub
Jet of free tariff, and are expressing
their emotions in a free scrap. Patsy,
big, brawny and without fear, walks be-
tween them and says: (Which are ye2
A dimmycrat or de other thing Which
ever youse is, it's all right, but I'll have
no row in here. Jimmy, you get along
home and sleep dis off, so you'll be ready
for your work tomorrow, and Nc
Sweeny. get along to your wife and look
after her and help nurse de baby OATS
only twenty-four hours old" This last
was accompanied by a kick, and [ pre-
sumo that MIR. McSwecny was brought to
by 1t ana saw his duty in life.
Then there came in an Old woman, mis-
cradle, ragged, chastity; she hadn't Il
tooth in hCr head. and she OUGHT to have
been a warning to every vo nan who
WASH living as she should. Patsy leaned
b\OI blG JAR anu UA1Dly Stll, - Wen.
/ mother, do YOU want Il little gin? / had
it fixed in your bottle all ready for YOU "
Ana, without asking for thanks or
money in went the ciuy bottle, and he
murmurad to himself. The saints be
good to her, she's somebody mother, and
if she can forget her troubles for a little
while I'll nos be the one to keep her from
it," I looked at Connolly and he an
sWered me; The lrishmen come in here
and get full as goats. Maybe they beat
their wives, but as you an me, miss. is
alvin and a-breathin', they're all of
dem good in some way to de wimmin
All of them think a deal of a woman be-
in honest, and Patsy, back there, who
never drinks drop himself couldn't look
his own good little wife in the face if he
let girl 90 wrong in de s'lo0n." We
went away. and will you be surprised
when l tell You that before we departed
( shook hands with Patsy! He mightn't
be going your way to do good he mightn't
be going mine, but he was doing it, and
that 10 the most important of all.
AMONG THE GERMAN DRINKERS.
Our next visit was to a German saloon.
1t seemed to be the quietest place | had
ever been in. The floor was sanded, and
on the bar were pretzels, potato salad
rye bread and one or two other German
dishes. that all tended, by the by, to make
one thirsty. The bar6eeper was fat, fair
and stolld. He served out beer Just as he
might have served out car tickets IF n