The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-11
Amusing stories Told of Eject of
Blacklist Law on London
ClubianG.
NAY METAMCRPHlZE TIE CITY.
believed New Licensing Act VIII
Remove One of Reproarhrs of
Observation-Disclosures
in the Streets.

SPECIAL. BN CABLE TO TfiC NEW YORK
tEHAL MD TEE ~. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
London Han. l~o-tt"uT-lSht, lg&. AT the
end Of ten days operation, 1t is an indis-
putahle fact that the new ceusing act, the
Two HTu:klrdE .Act. 81 Il + mos C"-er-
ally called. il one that Will work great good
To l.oEoer ana 20 Il consderan'e extent re
ii"ve on Of Londor's reproaches-that Of
drunkenness in streets.
The past week has revealed much that is
interesting. TIL East End pub.icaus are at
theic Wit end IS tO EoH 10 o'al with ihcir
customers. They don't know when they
may BE- charged With the new Grim If = y
ing drink 10 an hahitGal drunkard, sohe:
Though he may seem.
EGt west OF TeTrie Err. that IS. in che
fashionable quarter, the licensed victUal!ors
hail Ike new arj Is an aid IN maintaining
the respectfully of their houses. /, is rec
oSnizCd by the trade as Il distinct triumph
for the Government in licensing legislation.
Hotel prorIiot0Ts. maHasers of large public
houses az! secretaries Of bona-ilde clubs
are yras ally unanimous in !ts pra.se.
one manager of an important retail house
remarked to a representative OF the Pan
Mall Gazette:
1t Is The hes; licensing measure ever
passed. The results OF is working have been
most beneficial. The effect has been to rid
the bars to some extent of undesirable GUS
toners and the exemplary sentences passed
by the Magistrates on habitual druuliards
have had Il good effect on that class"
Talking Of the new law the manager of
the cafe de Europe neatly defined the
measure. An act of grace His Charac-
teriZatlon was applaU/ 81 by all others 20
wnom the phrase was lnterrOgatIvaly Of
fered. Ii was "a revelation to see. SO to
speak. i succession of publications putting 4
feather in the cap of the Government and
patting the Ministers On the back tor what
they regard as Il piece of iirst-clasS legisla-
tion.
'Soakers, as they are roughly called be-
hind the bars, are not confined to the tap
rooms Of the East End. The giitterins
West End has its share. and they are u
positive peSt-nC good for the trade and
obnoxious to everybody who comes near
them" said the manager OF Il big house in
Leicester Square.
THESE dzrelicts have a way of loungIng
day and night about the buffet. their OBJ
fUacated condition being noticeable only
when they rise and staeger into the street.
For all such there are terrOrS in the black
list. and much good is expected from this
eypcdient."
Danger Of finding their names enrolled
beside those of notorious drunkards is ex-
pected to deter many men from drinking too
freely upon iovial occasions Talking about
the terrifying effect the new act has had in
clubland. a writer in the Globe tells an
amusing story. The other night a guest
wa leaving a host who had been enter
tanning him at dinner at his club.
You nave dined me very we'll said the
guest. 81 feel all right, hut would you
mind watching me as | walk up the street
and back asain"'
The host assented. The guest paced about
twenty yards and back again.
You're all right observed the host.
"You walk as straight as a die, but who's
that other fellow with your