The sun., 1900-04-22
REMEMBER THESE FACTS.
NOT MIXED. ONLY VARIED.
A Radical Change In the Style Of Drinks sf
the Average New Yorker.

For many years New York adopted and accepted
cheeruy as its own the preference OF the South
ern States In the matter u such mixed drinks
a. mint ueps whskcy toddies, sherry cobblers
rum ssngsrees and gin and tansy. With ths
larger product ~ Northern distillerles In the
line Of whskey with the falling q in popularity
Of fancy dec )ctiuns and the diminished demand
for skilled barkeepers in making them. there has
grown up = preference for variations In plain
drinks TO the disregard of mixed ones
A few years ago in New York under the generic
name Of liquors there Were In the ordinary bar.
room or hotel cafe. one brand of whiskey, native
and one brand Of whiskey, imported, one Of brandy
and one Of gin; whereas now every first csss
establishment Is expected 90 have. and usually
dn~s pretend TO have. at least six varieties OF
American whiskey and nearly as many Of foreign
whiskey, three or more brands OF Scotch and
two usually Of Irish. These brands are not only
known 70 customers, but arc called for BY name,
and the substitution Of one for another IL not
accepted with equanimity by a patron cognizant
Of the change. Relatively there has been very
large increase in III. retail consumption Of vhiskey
compared with other drinks but the increase
has been larger in foreign whiskeys, the imports
Of which have about quadrupl-d in ten years,
But while the sale of whlsk"y, native or foreign,
falling of in sales of liquor, formerly q con.
siderable item u retail trade, rum, the importa-
tons Of rum having much diminished Of recent
years and the lcal demand for u being now very
restricted Jamaica rum and Santa Cruz rum
from the West Indies are no longer in much de-
mand here and the production Oi native rum has
fallen N nearly one half in twenty years In
1880 IL amounted to 24OO 900 gallons; last year
il was | 2DO,OCO In the same period the product
of American made gin has increased from 395, 90
gallons to 1900, 900 The steadleSt consumer of
American m ade rum hrr colored persons and the
diminished demand Tor IL has largely increased
the demand fur American made gin
One reason fur the diminished popularity of
mi Sed drinks IS to be found IN The fact that the ex
pert barkaopers Hhn gained rsputa,0n through
such decoctio hrc no longer 10 b. found in tbs
best known salrunS, \ barkceper may not BE-
able 90 show much pr f1riercy IN tn" mixing of
drinks but this fart cJntitutes No reason Why he
should be aba to SECURE rom the right bottle
such brands Of whiSkey or brandy as customers
may require. StiH another reason for the present
pr fpTcnca straight drinks Is H. be found In the
fsCt that tim" ia, bee mo an important element
In the lgutr buincss aud the patrons Il the chief
saloons no longer delay In theg, pending the
prcphvaticn II a favored decoCtOn. but are very
often in hurry and in tha rush of trade line can
not b. taken, as Il furnerly WAS Tor the prparatiCn
of complex drini;s Even in the matter of cock
tails II has been found desirable g. have theas
manufactured In bulk and slld afterwart by ths
gla AZ a tneFsying device and il is ia difference
g. the same notion that whiSkpy high balls arl
rlcksys. which ar NOR variations Oi straight
drinks hav" come largely into vogue among
saloon pa,rons