The evening world., 1894-04-12
Why HE CHANGED HIS ROUTE
FINANCIAL sTRINGENCY INDUCES
col. NUDGE TO ECONOMIC.
hut lie VIII stick TO Cocktails and
the Old saloons.

Some c"m'ncr, was caused IN drinking
u is ;lc .;hsr ~ MAY BY the ~arnOunc-
m.l. That ''il,' Bu!g- had Ieciiei to re-
,- hHs cocktail srao !I.e, says the san
Francisco Chronicle. 1t Vas at FIRST
though, ~ the ~5ar.endcrs On the Jag
.u.r .r. That u. co.puDl int"uIvi - with
lra" rs ]patrouag" entirely and establish
a lrw fuui. ia some ether par. % the
town. Or. what was worse, a few
imagined thai he hal lost his min Iai
was about tu swear off. Inquiries we're
sent by barmen to tn" Cp.on'ls hotel.
politely asking II he hal any 'au., TO
nni with the cocktails along the route.
and the thlrst-.nspirci haDitues u the
CDlgn,.s haun's wouI,foI IL they had
ever refused to drink WIKI Budg" or had
given him Uneus In any uther way. IL
50. they were Wiling ~ apologize.
To the relief Of all concerned me
Colonel replied that ne was Sun addicted
90 the lowing bow with lemon peel IN
Il. but thai; circumstance beyond MS
control neoess!,atei a few changes in
the schedule.
Il VIII acquire my regular load this
evening ant explain ali. was IN" lntelll-
gene" impaired in the mcssag" 10 the
For years col. Bulge has been a
familiar figure in AMI about ID" stations
along the most popular cocktail route
in n" city, The colonel Is a dIlig"n'
suiuuI IN filling him w. Cocktails ar"
ms. only h"H"rag, ana IN" route on
Wticn They are absorbed extends from
the occidental Hn'"l 20 tn" baldwin,
with numerous dips, spurs and angles
IN" return trip is usually made in "A
hack
others hay" established themselves on
the route, tut they work the district in
gangs, while tn" colonel travels alone.
He starts about I o'clock in the after
noon, at tho station which marks the
eastern End 81 hi4 route.
l. th"r" IS 10 IN" N n" bar who he
knows. the Colonel shake. dice with
always taxes a cocktail, win or lose.
Occasionally. though, he meets respccta
bic men Of business VINO like a load
themsclye- II" then talks business
enterprises In which hc has figured and
Joins Tho crow in a drink, either with or
ne finds a railroad man who loves gin
fizz with an egg in II. The Colonel
speaks diepariglngly Of competing roads
a. long As tn" cocktails hold out and
then shapes his course for the next sta
ton on IN" route.
He rails IN with f1rty-nirers who have
made their pile, sheriffs from up-country
ana mining men forever talking shop.
~ this time the Colonel Is slightly conf
l,n'i"l and thinks OF investing heavily
"a stpck'. witch means more cocktails.
; = ll'l 'llf 'AF'lS lllhll hl'p 'hN. Wv
Colonel suddenly remembers an impur-
tant engagement further up the street.
and Il few minutes later finds him
prOpp"l up against a New Montgomery
street bar. There h" mingles with poll.
tiCians, journalists. country editors and
nearly everybody h has n taste for
scarce, but BY skilful sparring the Colo
mel manages to flush "A brace Of cocktails
IN the curse" Of half an hour. some
times he foregathers with an old soldier,
! upi l,inus in "A Ipniui9rpnt TnnDI hN This
time. he mOd"stly Confrsses that he was
mainly instrumental In subduing the re-
: lion, AID perhaps makes a borrow OF
iivc or ten.
1t is nearly 6 o'clock when the Colo
mel drifts into the next hotel bar. where
he hobnohs with horsemen and blooded
fighters. He accepts all invitations to
drink, hut makes no propositions him
self. BY : o'clock the Colonel is work
ing the Market street spur to the west
ward. on tn" FIRST station in this dis
trict he meets "A sprinkling OF city hall
politicians and rock-rollers. who never
come much further down. Here. too.
are those who toll not. neither do they
spin, and tho lawyers who think they
are standing in with the press. They do
not move ahou, much over the route.
but lie in walt for the buyers" on their
round The Colonel is posted and ut
once lines up with the bichloride gradu-
HteS.
They are known AS Rodgers" or wall;
flowers 10 the patrons Of the route. and
men Tx" the colonel Introduce them to
buyers who ask them TO drink, II Is
on ting station thai the Colonel shines,
as h" is now FAR enough advanced to
spring his collection OF choice stories.
" he has money the auditors laugh at
his t~iin"-houored tales. but If he lie out
OF luck and coin his gems are hrutally
ignored. IL" feels the slight and with
draws In wrath and dignity to seek a
more "uugyn!nl crowd along the route.
/ " orking Market street 10y easy stage, |
n" finally reaches the place to eat, but
on ltp removed from the Baldwin.
Tho 'nlonc!S rotations have created
an Hrr'tit" for something else. and he
availa himself Of the privilege which en-
tlt!cs a.. patrons 10 a plate ~ beans or
z. "aEiary sandwich with every drink.
Nor" politicians, a.l-rounh sports and
poker players preparing for their nights
work are her" assembled. They all know
COT HudEe and tax" pleasure In asking
him t. hay" something. \ cocktail, h.
thinRs, would do him good and help bal
anC" ~" burden h" already carries More
cocktails follow and the Colonel is pretty
POINTS his head f"r the Baldwin. tho ter
minus # tn" route. 1t Is nearly o'clock
NOV. and IL" colonel IL heavy with the
w@irht OF H." h.tt"rs within him, but he
mas room for more.
" IN" term!nri station the Inevitable
cg..ai'. takes place, but not before the
'g,ipn.l has interviewed his lellow-agcnts
collected there. Actors pr.d0minate in
II" Cuchttil region Of this resort. actors
! active and passive, with npw and then
an aiE!u," agent who knows the cock
'... '.''t' ''NN'If W tiiI Ns IlII l!lt STOW .
circuit Worn ont histrions in a state of
perpetual thirst AMI poverty drop In and
Srar Tor drinks on their weary rounds /
y a ril" hoy tine themselves to reach
tn" terminal s. As - intercept the col
..rl at N w.ru-ur ~ his evening run. /
IT. Is reckless hN this time ana insists
un treating somebody Al hands take
cocktails except tn Colonel. He is pain
'uI,y aware NJ hts condition. tells every-
body how many drink. he has hat since
I ''.Iurk. AMI concludes his evenings
WORK WIN a small mug ~ hot r,am Juice
for q bra ""r, after which he goes home
| about " o'clock In q hack
IT," colonel Is Dlt one NJ many VIII
thus travel the cocktail route dav after
lay. with n" same" result. There are
always a few members " the craft
who have 9Th" price and. with me
happy faculty they POSSESS Of intro.
H.!r'iNT buyers - N" light time. ,hrr,
are always DRINKS 'or tn. crowd A
"hGyrr is pn" - HON an agent pilots
along 'h' ron', on - '"r.nE tho saloon
t1' 'Hr'Tt' treats t.. "luyer." WI,
&c. % r..'l ~nrat,-. hu' during this pIcas-
Iu- .'-"INar.. b. outsiders casually
tun',' nap 20 the var. ami the urharr
ami g"''lolulrly agent introduces his
'rL.r e.. =. -. .'ui'r' I,~r-ul'-drnks
WlI.. iaas bis r~o'.ll, on tho r!rat
In question 'n' r1.Hr,I explained tnc
Irnr -..I ,a.ra- in nly schedule r. ic