The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-12
DOES NOT TAKE.
:.
An Anti-Treat Society Is
Proposed.
But the Baltimore Scheme Meets
:. With Very Chilling Reception
r. in This City.

.: An Anti-Tfeat Club is reT DRIED 10 nave heeh
organized in Baltimore, the members OF which
take a solemn Obligation that tbeY VIII neithtT
threat nor be treated" Whether the organZa'
ton is the Outgrowth OF the present hhahclai
difficulties and the members are III out OF jobs
or the Oriole City is having spasihodlc FeIorIn'
The dispatch neelects 10 state
= Bu1 whatever may have been the origin Of
the Baltimore Institution, a search yesterday
for PROSPECTIVE members OF an Anti-ITeat So
;: cietv in this city was not crowned with all the
= success which ought 10 have been hoped for,
and by the time the would-be organizer OF this
.-monev-saving Institution had made the rounds
of the places where probable candidates for the
club most do congregate he was walking
commentary on the evil OF the habit of treat
ing and his arguments for the establishing OF
The new society grew scarcer, until all were
forgotten.
An Anti-Treat Club may go all right in Balti-
more, but in the language OF jim Corbett, "It's
. q dead cold frost IN this town." and II will be
CanlZatiCn get an application for a Pacific
coast branch OF the order If the opinions culled
yesterday were in any way representative.
= "An anti treat club?" answered Carroll
Cook in response to a query, "well, now, thai
would come pretty near being something new
: under he sun. But it's too new. That's the
trouble with ii, and twon't go. Why, that
would not let Us set up the drinks or cigars, or
buy tickets for the theater, or even pay
1rleGG'S Streetcar fare.
why, that would be regular parayzer on
business IN San Francisco for there are hun
dleds of places that could not be Kept up if
eVeryOody put up for himself. OF course
suppose he Town could get along without those
places-but / don't think it Will, not for
d while yet, at any rate.
O.: But you'n have something with me. won't
you?" and the anti-treat society received It's
. irst setback right there.
How much stock would l take in such an
organization ?" replied W. W. FOote in a rather
surprised tone of voice. "Well, who is behind
The movement? Some nickel savings bank
scheme or temperance society? Or IS this
The advance guard Of an advertisement for
some new drink?
- But here, lets step in here and have some.
: thing while we talk abOut H." and inside pop
ular resort half dozen more acquantances
Joined in taking something" and they voted
;. unanimously that the new scheme would not
work.
why" said one of them, "what do you think
would become OF all us fellows who were lei
out Of The City Han over year ago and have
10 wait for the next election before Well be
flush again! We would have TO 20 thirsty for
whole year, some OF US, II you get that club
agQlng."
=. 1t Would do no good to go to people who never
treat, so a round of prominent clubhouSeS WAS
made In hopes OF finding some pentent who
the new society boost.
But the idea was tabOOed by every clubman
questioned, and every one of til IN wanted 20
= give practical Illustration of the beauties of
the present system, as opposed 10 the one
which The new society proposed TO naugurate.
Among people who never treat to anything
more than a stteetcaF ride or morning paper
. the scheme found some friends. but IL IS of no
use TO reform man who IS already reformed
aud they were not asked to sign the roster Of
The club, and as yet the page where the names
should be written is as white rs when II came
from lie mill, and the idea of organizing an
anti-treat society has gone into hiding, as the
times some way are not ausplcIOus.
1t my be ali right in Baltimore, but perhaps
they need reform there worse than we do IN
San Francisco.