The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-28
HALF THE WOMEN
ASK FOR LIQUOR
So Say the Salt Lake Soda
Fountain Clerks.
RESTAURANTS, go PER CENT
BEER AND WINE, COCKTAILS
AND HIGHBALLS.

= = = ~ , , ~
y Percentage OF Salt Lake women
who ask for liquor at soda
fountains .-.--...-- .-.-..-..--. % y
= Percentage Of salt Lake women
= who ask for liquor, wine or ,
beer at restaurants .........-...90 ?
TO MAN alone belongs the preroga-
tive Of marching UP to the bar
and shaking his thirst at the
fountain OF King Barleycorn, but
an investigation made in Zion by
The Herald yesterday shows that the
women here have appetites for the
sparkling beverages of the gin shop.
and a large percentage of them find
means of gratifying their desires.
There is no physiological reason why
a woman should not have the same
taste for intOXiCauts that n man has.
and although the rules OF prOpriety
would deny her the right 10 imbibC
sudh fluids. she does IL. At least. that
is the case i'm Salt Lake. And from
statistics furnished by those who
should know. the proportion OF women
who indulge TO a moderate degree is
far from a small one. Not that they
patronize saloons as the men do, but
when they are ION TO the ropes" as
the slang expression goes. they can
usually get almost anything, from q
fancy punch that contains liquor to a
small bottle, either at a soda fountain
or i'm a restaurant where anything
from the amber fluid TO -bubbly-bubbly
water is served ION the side" OF
course liquor is not supposed to De sold
at soda fountains. but then corn juice
is corn juice. even though il has an
other name that is spoken only in sig1
language
Fifty Per Cent. Say Some.
Inquiry at soda fountains ELECTED the
Information that at places where it If
generally understood that no liquors
are served. not less than 10 per cent Of
the women who call for drinks there
ask that a little liquor be mixed i'm.
At other fountains where it is known
that spiritOu drinks are sold it is
claimed that nearly so per cent of the
women patrons indulge in fancy drinks
that contain liquor. To the layman
such q thing would seem almost pre-
posterous. but the soda man who deals
cut the drinks knows This indulgence
is not confined to the common classes.
but is more prevalent among the best
of society and the highest class OF
people The indulgence is only 20 the
most moderate degree.
In Restaurants 90 Per Cent.
At restaurants the largest percent
age of women indUlgers is noticed. a
prominent restaurant proprietor stated
yesterday that not less than 80 per
cent of the women who pa trOnize res
taurants indulge in spurious drinks
This estimate he has made from ex-
perience Of years.
There are comparatively few wo-
men," said he, who viii not take
something in the liquor line when they
are eating in a restaurant OF course,
some Of them viii take nothing more
than a glass of beer with their meals,
and probably the larger proportion OF
them drink this beverage; but the wine
list is patrOnized by thirty or forty out
of every hundred women. In fact, il
is almost a rare thing that a party OF
men and women take lunch in res
taurant without having a bottle or
something opened. / don't mean 10
Imply that they drink too much. but
they will take a glass or two with
meal.
some order cocktails and highbalIs,
but the majority prefer beer or wine.
have noticed that many women, es-
pecially those that are travelling, viii
go into restaurant and buy bottle
and have it wrapped up 10 take with
them"
Some women who like a taste OF
LIQUOR. but don't want others around
them TO know what they are drinking.
win resort TO various clever schemes to
get the liquor without the nature Of
the drink being apparent to observers
This is easily accomplished by ordering
a pot of tea and giving the waiter,the
proper high sign" The waiter is
next and returns in Il Few moments
with crOckery teapot and a cup and
saucer. OF course the contents Of the
teapot may be anything, from beer to
wine. but to the casual observer the
woman is merely having a cup Of tea.