The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-29
BISHOP STANDS BY THE TAVERN
4>UtUED BECiESE NEW YORK
ms No IIiOLI &iRDEAS.
the Cornwall spirit Was Put into Man
Nv Ills Creator open amt Honest
Drinking Contrast ed Win Prohibition
siatr Sncai,Ins and Household Tipping

reunisu ~ the Entertainment Club Mrs.
Roswell y Hitchcock president, IN the
,.t,r Gallery of the Waldorf-Astoria last
evening was The Su bway Tavern, and
R.bop Potter was the principal speaker
dom j f Person. president OF the Army
and Navy club. in introducing Bishop
po,tar referred to attacks 10 which the
p.bop was subjected particularly from
Nh, religious press, as well IA from the
rulpit because OF his public Endorsement
of the subway Tavern enterprise. Bishop
potte. himself when he began his address,
said that he had taken pains to come pro-
,idcd with supply Of charges he
had delivered long before the opening
ofthc tavern in which he had taken precise
lv M. ground on the Temperance question
bc had taken when he indorsed the Sub
way Tavern movement. and which he still
held
-Ru- continued the Bishop. lit seems
there is a good deal OF difference in some
,eople'l minds between theory and
rr,ctled application of that theory.
Il have received good many abusive
letters bat | have rcfrained from affecting
m. lnagement of the Subway Tavern
with them II may be interesting 10 some
Of Won. and II may DO shocking to some
of Won 20 know that | am credited with
making Il great deal Of money out OF the
Subway Tavern-that l am believed by
same people to have heavy financial inter-
erts in the venture.
i have never been in the Subway Tavern
Int once and the thing that occurred then
which seems most 20 have shocked many
Of the people who have favored me with
their criticisms was the singing on tho
occasion of that my first and only visit.
al the opening. Of the long metro doIology,
PRAISE God From Whom All Blessings
Flow That has been many times char
ecterized as little short OF blasphemy under
the circumstances.
The problem of temperance Is the same
in this land az in any other. The under
living causes of intemperance are the same
in all countries. though their expression
may be different insufficient nourlsh-
ment bad air or exposure to severe weather
all have their effect. Hut the cornwall note
il the one that is oftenest struck In con-
nection with drinking Now the cornwall
note is in our physical and mental con-
stitution because-shall | shock you II
eay it?--because God put 1t there Play
ing and recreation are not wrong, are not
harmful They are essential
Il remember hearing story about bar
mum and the late Bishop Cox. whom some
Of YOU doubtless knew The Bishop and
the Snowman had been converHng together
when the Bishop, about taking his leave
said with bis usual courtly grace, Wen,
Mr. Barnum, do not know as we shall
ever meet again unless II be ID heaven.
Well Bishop replied the Snowman, IL
you are there we will meet
Have any of you ever stopped TO thlnk
OF the different conditions OF life under
which YOU and | live and those under which
the vast majority of the people OF New YORK
liver
Have any OF you ever been in New
York tanement2 | remember one very not
day last summer | was driving through
Twenty-siyth street on my way % the
river where I was going 10 take dinner
on "a superb yacht owned by friend OF
mine As drove along saw men, women
and children literally hanging out the tene-
ment house windows TO get breath OF
fresh air 1t was the very next day after
that that went down and made that speech
at the opening of the Subway Tavern.
III any Of YOU have been in Copenhagen
hope YOU have visited the Tivoh Garden
That is a place of resort the idea OF which
was conceived by a wealthy and public
spirited Dane. who was actuated by the
highest sentiment, of humanity IL Is
place where you may see people represent
ing all grades Of social position assembled
- hear good music and partake OF good
cheer, with the prices for the food and
drink graded according TO the means OF
those who patronze the place. am proud
of New York ] am not ashamed because
/ was not horn In Boston. But am ashamed
because New York has no Ilvoh Garden,
aud you ought to be also.
Now tho subway Tavern is an attempt
along the lines of the 1ivoh Garden But
some of YOU may say, there is a bar there'
Well yes. there is a bar there. Further
more a man may 20 up to that bar, pay
for drink and drink 1t Ike an honest man.
Furthermore he is sure he lis getting what
lie pays for and sure that what he Is drink
ing is not adulteralcd
-You all know the state OF affairs in the
States where prohibition prevails. You know
that IN Topeka. Kan, a. in Portland, Me,
there Is no trouble IN a man getting what
We wants to drink But in Portland or
Topeka there has got to be some mysterious
and furtve sign. some form OF sneaklng
and hypocrisy. All that Is bad, very bad,
uut few people realize how bad IL Is or
how bad blow is struck thereby at the
very foundations OF social integrity.
4 VIZ talking with a Georgia clergy
man the other day and he told me of
certain concoction which many ladies'
were in the habit of drinking privately
when they feel depressed, a decoction
that has 80 per cent Of alcohol In its COM
position. and of still another that has Vi
per cent, and another 10 per cent III
You condemn the sale OF honest beer and
ale and spirits and yet drink these things
privately you contribute 70 the moral
degeneration OF the land. You are liar
20 begin with You are teaching your
children to become liars and hypocrites.
i was talking with a certain popular
lecturer recently. He travels over a
great deal OF the country He said that he
was down South and was a guest In private
house. just before dinne~ the hostess
said / must ask you to excuse our having
only water 20 drink with dinner, Mr.. So
and-So We have a son, young man,
and We do not think il night 70 set him an
example OF intemperance night here NJ
home
The guest replied that it was matter
a Indifference to him, that be cared little
for vine at dinner. Soon after no was go
Ing go his room upstairs when the hostese
appeared at her bedroom door and beckoned
10 him IN Il secret, furtive manner. which no
thought was singularly expressive, he
"a- -uil more impressed when the lady,
after he had entered. shut the door i
know. Mr. So-and-So,' she said, that you
viii not care for your dinner unless you
have something to drink, and have got
little something for you. Then she
brought out "A bottle OF brandy. Soon after
the guest was downstairs and the host
leckoned him into the library. The host
not only shut the door but locked It. Ihen
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