Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
How Salvation Army and other Wom-
en- Go Among the Drinkers to
Sell Their Papers.
Have a War Cry sir?"

Have War Cry sir?"
The speaker was bright-faced young
woman and she stood before the bar in
one of the fashionable downtown sa-
ICONS, says the Philadelphia Press.
Her pretty face was reflected In the
big mirror and her presence was noted
by the large number OF men who were
lined up at the bar or who lounged about
the handsomely decorated room.
From man to man the lassie passed
about the place and many of the loung-
ers goodhumoredly purchased copies Of
the paper from her.
The men seemed to feel ashamed to
turn the young woman away when 1t
was but nickel she asked, while they
were spending much more for some
thing to satisfy an imaginary thirst, and
so many hands were thrust in many
pockets and many nickels were forth
coming.
"The Salvationists are WISE" said the
bartender as he gazed after the young
woman as she passed out the swinging
doors.
"They always send bright, fresh-look-
ing young women to the saloons and
they are always sure of attention and
are nine times out of ten more likely to
sell papers than elderly or plain women.
Men are fond Of seeing beautiful
things about them They like to drink
in saloons where the decorations are
beautiful and expensive and they do not
like anything disagreeable thrust before
them while they are enjoying them
selves.
Hence the young, pretty and neatly
dressed woman is more apt to succeed
than others. But this thing of women
visiting the saloons Is getting to be
bore" said he with scowl as another
woman lodged in through the swinging
doors and began to try to sell shoe
strings.
I'm most cases the bartender Is the
man who is bled by the women. and
after awhile man gets so he can turn
them down with very little ceremony.
The proprietors of the saloons very sell
dom give anything or are asked to. But
the man behind the bar and the people
who face the bar are the ones called
upon to contribute.
THE women begin to arrive very early
in the morning and they keep coming
In until away late at night The War
Cry vendors are in and out nearly every
day. Then there are the Volunteers Of
America. They have papers to sell.
'Then there is an army of women who
want to sell different things. Late at
night women tramp through the down.
town districts with big baskets of flow
ers. They have roses and carnations
and no matter if they are slightly with
cred they sell ratf = readily to the
maudlin fellows standing at the tables
or hanging to bars.
Some Of the women peddle cuff
buttons, others offer for sale needles
and lead pencils and still others have
chewing gum for sale. Many want to sell
tickets to raffles and sell chances on
drawings, and even the Dowieites get
into some Of the 'glittering places Of sim
and offer for sale leaves Of healing and
tracts.
"Any number of women and little girls
pass around among the customers in the
saloons crying newspapers and they
usually find ready buyers"
Men who have tended bars for some
length of time say the women are very
wise and know that men are more lib
eral when they are slightly intoxicated,
hence they make trips late at night and
try to dispose of wilted roses that look
as good as new to the half-overseas
man. Others push the sales of brass cuff
buttons that look like real good gold to
the person under the influence Of many
potations.
Very few beggars and untidily dressed
women get into the saloons at all. In
tie first place, the proprietors will not
allow them to enter II it is possible to
keep them out, and they are as usual
thing treated with the respect that good
cIOLHlHS anu d Dll6ul uSlhSdHOi SOiu PSiS'
II a woman enters the place with conf
dence and passes about in quiet but de-
termined manner she is never molested
and Is quite likely to leave the place
with a generous little accumulation Of
nickels and dimes.
ORIENTAL PLACE NAMES.