New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-07
SUBSTITUTE FOR SALOON
TWO EAST SIDE BUILDINGS
TO AFFORD ATTRACTIONS
WITHOUT EVILS.
THE WIFE OF BISHOP POTTER INTER
ESTED IN ONE AND HIS NIECE IN
THE OTHER-ENPERIMEN
TO BE TRIED.

The saloon is often called by certain demagogues
the poor mans club. Here 1t is said he can obtain
membership for merely the price OF glass OF beer
and his fees consist simply OF buying more glasses
CT beer Indeed, the rules and regulations OF such
a club inritingly convenient and can generally
bs summarized under two heads. First, the club
member pay for his drinks. and, secono' lac
viii be thrown into the street If he gets drunk
The privileges Of the saloon club are rev. pu'
they are of a practical nature. Here man may
keep warm 10 matter how clustering the weather
outside. Here there is society, where acquaintance
Is no. hampered by formality. Here one may meet
such well known men the alderman OF the us
trct the Mayor of the avenue the IammahS
leader Of the district organization, and the Proii
nent ward politicians And here, too one heeu
not 20 hungry for the free lunch counter is gen
orally kept stocked with such deicacies as bologna
sausage, Orange County cheese picked cucuihoeis
heets cabbage and caulifower, rye bread some
slices Of ham, and perhaps popcorn or ginger snaps.
The evils OF the saloon, however have peeh set
forth so frequently and so wildly for so many
generations that even the proposition OF Gaming
club only disgraces the meaning OF the worn ciN
Nevertheless the saloon. whatever new haiiis IL
may take has TO be regarded by an reioi III
ere institution TO be reckoned with Settie-
rent workers on the East Side have come to the
conclusion that st Is idle TO ask the poor man 10
keep ont of the saloon unless he is to have some
other place equally congeniaL He is not hkely u
stand in the rain and see his fellows enjoying
boring drinking place If he has only the ram anu
the darkness of the street to comfort him. Neitei
Is natural 10 suppose that he will sit on MS DUNK
II Bowery lodging house and swing his heels ana
iee that ne is entirely satisfied with me he
Knows the bottom of his heart that the Saloon Is
NE cause of most of the wretchedness ana pow
er'y in this world, but there is no other place SO
eorafortable in which spend his evenings ana 30
ne spends them there.
10 order to combat the saloon on its own GROUND
sno with its own weapons two buildings are now
0eng erected on :he East Side which Will aHoro
al The attractions of the saloon without any OF its
Evils One of these buildings is 70 stand at NO. 20
nannonst. almost at the eastern edge OF the lower
sl Side and its cost Of construction is being met
~ Mrs Potter. the wife of the Episcopal bshop OF
e~-sork. Its northern wall will ad1oin the Aitreo
,sorhing Clark Settlement House. which she also
-'i' ana supports. and which stands on the SOUTH
vest corner of Cannon and Rivington sts The eN-
avalon for the new building is nearly ready Tor
as foundations
- los Ciinton-st., and the two old buildings which
se long occupied this site being demolished
nsAe way for the structure. This pufioing'
- ever is not the result of one persons CHARITY
So, business project. 1t is being built by a
80, eh company, known as the Social Halls Associa-
p,t OF which Miss Virginia Potter, niece OF the
p' is vice-president and one of the prime