The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-27
SOLDIERS DRINKS FREE.
Army and Navy Mems Money Re-
fused in Many Saloons.

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New York, April 27-In almost any
saloon from Harlem to Red Hook a
man wearing the uniform of the United
states army or navy is just now entit-
led to anything he may call for in the
beverage line without paying for it,
With the beginning of the war a spon-
taneous patriotic sentiment Sprang up
l nthe barrooms of this city, and the
bartenderS consider it an honor to treat
a soldier or sailor of the government.
While for years innumerable the saloon
keepers having places near the Brook
lyn navy yard have been in the habit
of charging sailors and marines for
drinks, today these same saloon keepers
consider it an honor to blow off, the
army and navy. The same may be said
of saloon keepers in the neighborhood
of Fort Hamilton.
New York has a Pat Barry who is a
liquor dealer, and who believes in treat
ing the boys in blue. This particular
Pat Barry, like the ex-supervisor in
Brooklyn, is a big, good natured fellow,
who has been kept busy for the last
two days saying, Come, what are you
going to have " to uniformed soldiers
who have dropped into his place at
Eighteenth street and Amsterdam av-
enue for a drink. Like the Brooklyn
Barry, the New Yorker is a patriot who
keeps open house to the sailors and
soldiers.
The same may be said of the proprie-
tor of the saloon at Eighty-f1rst street
and Columbus avenue, Joe Lindheimer.
This is the Tammany headquarters of
"A
large American flag is swung over the
sidewalk opposite Lindheimer's saloon,
and behind the bar there is a sign,
which reads:
OUR ARMY AND NAVY
FOREVER! &
No money taken for drinks served
TO =: .: 9o!olers ana oa!lors'
The same rule prevails at Silver Dol
lar Smiths establishment at Thirty
r4-
at Mr.. Smiths Silver Dollar saloon op
posite the Essex Market court. Along
Third avenue and the Bowery the bar
tenders consider themselves hOnOred by
a visit from uniformed soldier or sail
or. At ex-Alderman Farley's estab-
lishment on the Bowery three jack tars
ordered whisky. AS one of them was
paying for the drinks Mr.. Farley shout
ed to his bartender:
Hey don't take money from those
fellows. They're United States sailors,
and they need some ammunition to
blow those Spaniards to kingdom
come.'
The three sailors thanked Mr.. Far
Schulum, who is one of the East side
political leaders, Joined the party min
ute later, and invited the three sailors
Have something with me, boys
You're made of the kind of stuff that I |
admire"
After ScnuluIn haQ treated the sailors
a crowd came in from Miners theater |
on the BoWery and every one of the |
crowd became a volunteer in the army |
of treaters. The sailors refused to |
drink after having three each, and then |
the crowd explained thati it was in |
Permission time" at the Bowery theater, |
and they insisted that the three sailors |
should go back and see the show with |
them. The three sailors were escorted |
up the Bowery by the crowd and taken |
into the theater, the doorkeeper re- |
fusing to accept any admission money |
for them. The manager of the theater |
escorted them to box on the lower |
tier adjoining the stage. The audi J
ence cheered when the sailors came in |
and the performers paid many compli- |
ments to the jackies during the remain |
DIRE of the performance. When the show |
was over at least twenty men insisted |
on treating the sailors. The manager |
of the saloon adjoining the theater, |
however, took the crowd to task, say |
ing: /!
''None of you can treat those boys |
while they are in my place; they're my |
guests, and that settles it,
Further down the Bowery, at Barney |
Flynn's saloon, at Pell street, there is a /
sign behind the bar that reads:
/: IN GOD WE TRUST. ::
{: All others must pay cash for drinks,
Except
Marines, Sailors and Soldiers
I: Serving under the American Flag.
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