New-York tribune., 1903-02-03
SALOONS AND SUBSTITUTES.
Third Lecture in Course on Present Day
Problems at Miss Gould's.

The third lecture In the course on present day
problems. given under the auspices of Miss Helen
Miller Gould at her city home. for the beneht OF
the American Female Guardian Society, was de-
vered by DIR. William H Tolman, director OF the
American Institute of Social Service yesterday
BY way of introduction. lantern slides were SHOWN
of the various phases of the saloon interiors; ree
luncheon counters. cafes. amusement halis-in TACT.
an exposition of the place which the saloon fills In
the life of to-day, and what it does for the people
in the large cities.
Then the question of substitutes was discussed,
by which were meant the various movements pro-
viding satisfaction for the cravings ana DESIRES
which for the most part find their gratifcaton IN
the saloon. for it is the combination OF lquor anu
pleasure that makes the saloon so insidious' Win
its tendency downward. Prominent among supsu-
tutes is the institutional church. wh1ch creates
a new environment. ana in the overcrowdeo tehe
ment houses where the home can hardly exist or
where it fails to perform its proper function, tile
church steps in to supplement that which is lack
ing. The Church Temperance Society. under the
efficient management of it's secretary Robert Gra-
ham, with its Squirrel Inn on the Bowery, its
luncheon wagons, coachmens van hremens van
and free ice water fountains. was described IN de-
TAIL and the practical character OF Its work COM
mended.
The Naval Branch of the Young Mems Chrlstlan
Association at Brooklyn throws about the sailor
the shelter and protection which ne so much heeus
when he comes ashore with money In MS poche's'
for what he calls ga good time" This building is
comfortable rooms storage for his bags and kit
restaurant, for billiards. bowling ano other
games swimming pool and spray baths and read
ing room. The wisdom of this work is evidenced
by the fact that the building is already too small
The Railroad Branch of the Young Mems Christian
Association described, with illustrations from
the branches of the Pennsylvania Railroad the
New-York Central and those at Kansas City. where
the Young Mems Christian Association has opened
what might very fairly be called railroad men 8
clubs.
In conclusion. the Gothenburg system of national
control explained, whereby Sweden has be-
come the fifth most temperate country in Europe
Photographs were shown of the retail shops, bar
rooms. eating houses for the workmen. reading
rooms and entertainment halls in Gothenburg.
where the company having the control of the liquor
traffic maintains saloon to each 2,79S of the
population. Norway has been able to profit by the
mistakes of Sweden, notably in the distribution OF
the profits for objects Of public utility instead OF
using them to reduce the taxes
In the last twenty years of the system IN Norway
s735 900 has been distributed among hospitals muse
umS public baths, theatres, village Improvement
and education In Bergen there is one bar to each
S,1S7 of the population, and one establishment
where liquor may be consumed off the premises to
each 1915 of the population In this Scandinavian
city the saloons are closed daily from z TO i;5o
O'Clock to protect the workmen from dram drink
four waiting rooms for workmen, where they are
allowed to smoke and where they are supplied tree
with newspapers. Scandinavia has oourageously
srappled with the liquor traffic menace after It
had thoroughly informed itself regarding it It
that 1t could not prohibit it, but that it could
control and regulate it.
Sherwen and Rowntree are doing in their studleS
of the liquor problem in the different countries OF
the world Views were also shown Of the Pupilc
House Trust of England, sometimes known as the
Earl Grey movement.