The sun., 1900-12-09

on hotr id - tt, -iHrunn'd Woo ~" ines
The, iaIry ,sh, n'"n ,Ss,!n., haze asSg9 cci,s
Watson. uIi'iu- ~ I-Ii. tells OF ~" 1nd
OF tnis historic risnhoHrI This ny tal'iapr
sign, which should have been copied hN anu'
Wa bundled about ike the Casa ,sart1
of Lor"t'p irY'u post to pillar TN Il located
S"l'U .irts, hcar ,i% 4Iu obternted by
heavy coat = brown pgin' ON "hl'h Is
lcttered Pod con l7s7
The tavern siynhoaris were not oniN ailIs,,
tic IN many case, UIt they very often ,dropp"d
into poetry a. N'U The tnioh h"'rI "l
ihiladr. ,,' - ln'c A. ls. wren t,I ,as6l n"Ir.
toned inn ouG IA tIverr. was "dVUtl~'d W
Samuel l. Warwick respectfully informs
MS friends and ne uuhiic generally TINT he
has opened house ul hutcrtain,neht AZ tne
northeast corner Of seventh and rodnr streets
ana has copied for ii~ ~lEn Nj bnils neau-
tifpi CopIerpla'c engraving Of the Declata-
tiom ~ lndcpyndcncc, hy that ln''F c'ie-
bra'ed artist Mr. Wood-idc
.Whs,,'er may tend 20 soothe the soul below.
10 Try the lear and bunl tho shaft OF woe
~ drown the is ,nl, i.orpI1e s, ne .h,, nend end
On the Beehive Tavern signboard in Phila-
dslphiR there was the conventional! picture
OF a hcchlvc, the sentiment by Industry
We Thrive. and those jocnnd lines
Here ln this hive We re all alive.
Good nCuor makes rs funny
II you are dry. step In and ny
The favor Ut our hofey.
Philadclph.1, was M inn with SlEnboard
on which were those line-'
"l william Ncncrmott uva- here
-,.s good porter. ole and beer,
~, ln,de my -.gr a atiG wider.
70 ic YOU know sell good cider
In smppen street. Philadelphia, between
scutInr sailor aud a woman, separated hy
these lines
IN. .cs-voru "a! or here will fni
The porter good. the treatment kind
a Mrs EurI,. thirsty iurS
found Ms ~irh most attractive; more So.
am sure. than the ure'entous si.n oi Lebanon
Tavern, corner ui Tenth and South streets
This sign was rlIrtcd by the artist Pratt
on one side was Neptune In his chariot. sur
rounded by Trtons: underneath the lines
"Ncpt.ns with bis triumphant host
Comm iuis tho O. can to be silent
SmJ1ul the surface ni N" waiers
AnI universal c1m ]poce'd"
"On the other side was n marine view of
ships. &C. with the lines
Now calm at and peace on land
Have bl-st our Continental storce.
our atsts arc ready, ~ command
10 sway aud curb oon'endIn2 Powers
As the sign purvovor dropped easily INTO
Verse albeit OF the blanfest type, these lines
surmounted the coor
"oi tie water of Lebanon
tiOol chez good chocolate and tea
With Kind entertainment
By John henuefy
Both in Boston and Philadelphia there
were tavern ssnN on which were palhted
u
low those mysterious symbol. w"r" these
lines
This /. the tree that grew
Ih- Ia tho bird that never de7
his is the ship thai nrys- e1.ri
This Is the mug that never ftied
one OF the most curious tavern signs of
the last century ia thus descrIbad hy Mrs
In small Philadelphla alley running
from Spruce street to l.ocs street was q
signboard lettered A Man Full Of Trouble
: hnrO also a picture Of A man on whose arm
a woman was leaning, and n monkey wp
rerched on his shoulder. and a bird. .nnp-
parpntly n parrot. stood Oh his hand The
woman carried "A bandbox. on the top, OF
which sat a cat. Thia sign has a long his
board Of an old aichouse sjill in oxford street.
London IL is said TO have been painted by
hoSarth a, anE rate rate !, Is yatnod ainsn enough
i is known in London i The Man Loaded
he ,V woman holds a glass Of gin in her hand.
Ia the background at one side IS pot house,
at the other a pawnbroke7't shon The en-
Esrcrisnee. is,IShs CO Enrraved b2 Sorrow, md The
rhyme:
4 %Snssy mo lS;. .nS.sp ST.sps q, :,a,. .aa wife
A similar emblem is in Norwich. another
II BlsTs6Tsy Enria1d o,ts9 Hae Fbe IPh sd raied %
Mischief.' Still another at Cambridge, Eng,
land; showed the man and woman % fastened
n
dred FRENCH sigDboerd Is called lie Trio
de- Malice (the trio being cat, y man
and a monkey,
An old Philadelphia tavern on sixth
street, below catherine street, had the curl
Gus name, The -Four Ais. The meaning
was explained by tho painting on the sign;
which was a very large one. II represented
a palace, on the steps OF which stood king
an Officer IN uniform. q clergyman In gown
and bands, and u laborer In plain dress
The satirical inscription read
q King-I govern AL
General-l fight for Al.
3. Alnlster-l pray for Al.
Laborer-And pay for AL
About the only remnant OF the od-fash-
ioned symbolical signs before public houses
of entertainment now TO be found are he,
fore some Of the French restaurants Several
ot these have signboards with paintings
Of one kind or another. generally Of birds or
animals. as for instance one In hrd avenue
which rejolCGs IN the name and style AUX
Deux Canariei." Still another hasa cat carved
IN wood over its door. But the bulls hrads
and bonrs' elds and Others ot that kind are
hcre now only by name. the ciorles Of their
.ignboards having long since vanished-in
ONE cases with their former rospectnbiltg.