Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-10-30

o>D~y ~ the Three ra~er~s-rhe Ruin
wrought ny Li0uor-Crimscn Wave ce
Dissipation HAS Destroyed More Ssai-
80 Than the ocean-Mankind'sC Curse.

April Forum and the Three Taverns."
Acts xviii. Is.
Seventeen miles south OF Rome Italy.
there a village OF unfortunate name
and bibulous suggestion A tavern IL a
place % entertainment. and. in our time.
Of frtoxicSnts. One sach place you would
think would have been enough for that
Italian village No, There were three OF
saem. with doors open for entertainment
and ohguscation- The world has never
lacked stimulating drinks. You remember
the condition 81 Noah on one occasion.
and 90 Aoigail's husband. Nsbal. and the
story OF BelsaarzSrs feast. and Benhadad.
and the new wine in old bottles. and whole
paragraphs on prohibition enactment
thousands Of years before Neal Dow was
born: and no doubt there were whole
shelves % inhSnnatory liquid in these no.
tels which gave the name TO the village
where psul's friends came 10 meet him.
namely. the Three Taverns. In vain
search ancient geography for some salts
fyiHx account Of that village Two roads
cane from the sea cCast 70 that place. the
one rom Actiun and the other from Fute-
oil. the last road being the one which Paul
travelled There were. no doubt. in that
village houses o. merchandise snd ne
chanics' shops and Professionalism ceS. but
nothing l. known % them. All we know %
that village = that Il had a D-oiUsion Of
inns-the Three Tsvsrns. Paul lid not
choose any one % these taverns as the
pisce T. meet his friends He certainly
Was very ahSte-nious. but they made the
selection He had enlarged about keeping
the BODY under. though once he prescribed
for = young theological student a stgnu-
lstinS cordial for Stcmschic 81 sorder.
hat he told him 70 take only a small dose
"A little wine Tor thv stomach'S sake"
One % TIE worst things about thesa
Tarce Tav-rns was that they had especial
temptation Tor those who had just come
ashore- People who had JUST landed az
Actium o. PutecL were soon tempted by
these three hotels. which were only little
WY Cd from the beach. Those who are
6isorier>1 % the sea for Il i a physical
ctso-S1ai-e-i instead OF waiting for the
gradual return o; physical equipoise. are
apt q take artificial means 20 brace up.
O. the one million sailors now on the sea.
how few Ct them coming ashore will escape
the Three TAverns, Alter surviving hurri-
canes. cyclones. iceoerSe. collisions. many
OF then are wrecked IN har5or. I warrant
thas X Z calculation were made OF the CON-
T1rntfve number OF sailors lost az sea aud
lost ashore. those drowned BY the crimson
wave % dissipation would far outnzmber
those drowned by the salt water.
Alas. that the large n a ority % those who
60 down 70 the sea IN ships should have
twice 70 pass the Three Taverns. namely:
Before they 70 ont End after they come in.
That 1act was what aroused Father Taylor
the great sailors preacher. az the sailors
Bethel. Boston and ~ n public meeting at
the drunkArd-nakinS. soui-destroying
b1slne-s n IN perfect running order. from
the low greg holes on the docks. kept open
10 ruin nv poor sailor boys. 10 the great
establishments in stin House square. and
when We ask men what IL 10 BE- done abou.
AZ. they say you can't help "a ard YET
.therr Il Bunker Hill. and you say you can I
stop a.: and ~ there are Lexington and
Concord" We might answer Father TAy.
lors remark BY saying. The trouble Is not
hat ftrtr km-
stop IL" We nus; have xQore generation.
slain before the world viii fully wake Up q
the evil That which tempted the travel
erS o, old who came mp from the sesportl
@; Actiun ana PcteoA - now the rula o.
se1faring men a. they come Up from th'
coasts o. ali the continents, namely, th'
Three T4verns.
There a. streets In some o, cur elite,
where there are three or four tSverns OF
every block, aye. where every other hOus.
f. q tavern You can take the Arabic nun
er&l 81 ny text. the three. ane pat on th'
right hand side % q one cipher. and tw,
ciphers. and four ciphcrs. and THAI rein
forceDent q numerals will not express ii,
statistics q American rummeries. Even 4
IL were q good. healthy business. supplyin.
necessity al article superbly nutritious
u l. . business nightly overdone. ana
there are three t2veE1s where there cugh'
20 be only one.
The fact s. there are IN another sense
Three TaverEs nov. the gorgeous tavern
for the 9figenf. the medium tavern for tn
working classes and the tavern d. III
Sums. and they stand in line, and nan
people. begianf1g with the FIRST. com
down. through the second and come oC
e. the third Az tie frst % the three tay
ernE, the wines are OF celebrated vintage
and the Whistles are sAit 20 be pure, an
they are oua1ee from cut glass az rnarbl
sice-tables, under pictures approAchin
naster-piece-. The patrons pull OF thei
Kid gloves, and hand their silk hats 20 "a
waiter. and push hack their hair with
hand on one finger % which - a cameo.
Bat those patrons are apt 70 stop visst.n
that place. IL Il not the money that . n
pays for drinks. for what are few hundre
or . few thousand dollars 10 3 man O. lars
income, hut their brain gets touched. al
tia. unbalanees their Judgment. and the
can sse fortunes IN ert--Erikes surchargs
wlth disaster. In longer OF shorter tia
they change tav~rns aud they come dow
10 txVera the s<coai. where The r<ct1rss a
10. quite - sfruI uions % suggestion 81
ths s1sli table l. rD1Gher and the east
Standing On II l. % German silver and q
ssr has been kept OVER fro1 the night b
fore and thai w.ieh they sip from q
pewter mug has = larger percentage OF be
Efne. proeelc acid. eoculus sacieus, plast
Of PARE, ccppsrs-. and Di<Stshsts- I
patron uay De scer a'-oo-f every ID
aad perhaps naDy times the same q
~ this tavern the second. bEt be T. 81