The evening world., 1894-04-12
WHY HE CHANGED HIS ROUTE
FINANCIAL STRINGENCy INDUCES
COZ" NUDGE TO ECONOMIC.
But lie VIII stick to Cocktails and
the old Saloons.

Some comment was caused in drinking
irclos the other evening by the announce
mcnt that Do!. bulge had decided to re-
Wis" has cocktail schedule, says the San
Francisco Chronicle. 1t was at first
thought by the bartenlers on tie jag
circuit that the Colonel Intended to with
draw hs patronage entirely and establish
a new route in some other part of the
town or. what was worse, "A few
imagined that he had lost his mind and
was about to swear OF. Inquiries were
sent by barmen to the Colonies hotel,
politely asking II he had any fault 10
ind with the cocktails along the route,
and the thirst-inspired habitucs Of the
Colonc's huunts wondered II they had
ever refused to drink with Bulge or hal
given him orfensc IN my other way. II
so, they were willing TO- Apologize.
Colonel replied that he was stu addicted
to the flowing bow with lemon peel In
1t, but that circumstances beyond ms
control ncccssithted "A few changes In
the schedule.
Il will acquire my regular load this
evening and explain ALL was the lntelil-
gencc impaired in the message" to the
For years Col. Bulge has been a
familiar figure in and about the stations
along th@ most popular '2ck,n'i r@n,s
drinker -Four hour. Is the time con
sum"d in tilling him up. Cocktails are
his, only beverage and IN" route on
the occidental Hotel to the baldwin.
with numerous dips. spurs and angles.
The return trip Is usually mad" in "A
hack.
Others have established themsnlves on
tn" route, bat they work the district in
gangs. while the Colonel travels alone.
He starts about 4 o'clock in the, after
noon, at the station which marks the
eastern end Of his route,
II there Is no one in The bar who he
knows, the Colonel shakes dice with
the mixer for his, opening gun and
always takes a cocktail. win or lose.
Occasionally. though, he meets rcspectn-
III" men Of business who like a load
themselves. IL then talks business
himself. referring casually 70 gigantic
enterprises in which ne has figured and
Joins the crowd in a drink, either with or
without an inyitation. Not infrequHntly
fiZz with an egg in II. The Colonel
speaks diFparagingly Of competing roads
a. long as the cocktails hold out and
then shapes his course for the next sta
ton on the route.
II" falls in with %forty-niners who have
mad" their pile, shcrins from up-country
lty this time the Colonel IL slightly conf
Dental and thinks OF investing heavily
In stocks. witch means more cocktails.
When the buyers finally drop out. the
Colonel suddenly remembers an impor-
tant engagement further UP the street,
and a few minutes later hnds him
proppeI up against a New, Montgomery
street bar. There he mingles with poll
ticians, Journalists, country editors and
nearly everybody who has a taste for
sase-brpsh politics. Drinks may be
mel manages to flush u brace of cocktails
In the course II half an hour. Some
times he foregathcrs with an old soldier.
and. being In u reminiscent mood by this
time. he modestlv confesses that he was
mainly instrumental In subduing the re-
h".lion. and perhaps makes a borrow of
five or ten.
1t Is nearly = o'clock when the Colo
mel drifts into the next hotel bar, where
he hobnobs with horsemcn and FLOODED
fighters. He accepts all invitations TO
self. by : o'clock the Colonel Is work
Ing the Market street spur to the west
ward, On the first station in this dis
trict he meets ii sprin' ling Of city hall
politicians and rock rollers. who never
come much further down. Here, too.
are those who toll not. neither do they
are standinF in with the press. They do
not move about much over the route,
but lie in wait for the buyers on their
rounds. The Colonel Is posted and at
once lines up with the bichloride gradu-
nteS.
They are known "a '~kedgers" or wall
howers to the patrons OF the route. and
men like the Colonel introduce them to
buyers" who ask them to drink. 1t is
on this station that the Colonel shines.
as he Ia now far enough advanced to
spring his collection of choice stories,
II he has money the auditors laugh at
his time-hunorcd tales, but If he he out
Of luck and coin his gems are hrutally
ignored. He feels the slight and With
drawa in wrath and dignity to seek a
moro Congcnial crowd along the route.
working Market street by easy stages,
h" finally reaches the place, 10 eat, but
ono lap removed from the Baldwin.
The 'olrncIs potat.ons have created
an appetite for something else. and he
avails himself NJ the privilege which en-
IA caviar" sandwich with every drink.
More politicians, all-round sports and
poker players preparing for their nights
col. Rudgc and TAX" pleasure in asking
him 10 have something. a cocktail. he
thinks; ""ul! dc, him good and help. bal
cocktails follow and the Colonel is pretty
well slowed when he clears away and
points MS head for the baldwin, the ter
now. and the Colonel is heavy with the
weight of the hittcrs within him. but he
has room for more.
A. the terminal station the inevitable
collapse takes place, but not before the
colonel has interviewed his fcllOw-agents
collected there. Actors predominate in
III. cocktail resion Of this resort, actors
' 49, "'' f''F''N' ~ ~ WV NI'll
an ahNanC" agent, who knows the cock
tail route better, perhaps, than the show
Giro lit. Worn out histriOns in a state OF
perpetual thirst and poverty drop in and
spar for drinks on their weary rounds.
As "A rul" they time themselves to reach
IN" terminal SO AS to int. rCept the Col
1n"l AT tn" wind-up Of his evening run.
He is reckless by this time and insists
on treating somebody. All hands take
cocktails except the Colonel. He is pain
fully awarc Of his condition. tells every
body how many drinks ne has had since
! o'clock, ana concludes his evenings
work with u small mug OF hot clam Juice
for a hraC"r. after which he goes home
about = o'clock In a hack
The Colonel Is but one OF many who
thus travel the cocktail route day after
lay, with the sam" result. There are
always a few members ~ the craft
WHO hay" The price" and, with the
happy faculty they possess OF intro
dUCting buyers at the right time. there
ar" always drinks for the crowd. A
"huyer' is one whom an agent" pilots
along The route ON entering the saloon
"a" agent treats the "huycr.' who
soon rrciprncatcs, hut during this pleas
iuG observance the outsiders casually
Snuutor Wp to tn" bar, and the urhanc
an! E"utlcmaniy agent introduces his
friends To- the "huycr.' Result-lrInks.
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