The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-24
Subway TAVERN'S new RULE.
VISITORS NOT WELCOME WHO
ONLY COME TO "RUBDER."

Nr. Joe johnson Urges in an ADVERTISE
ment That All Such Stay Away Until
After Six O'Clock-Explains That
His Patrons object to BEING Exhibits
The beautiful Mr.. johnson, the landlord
n the Subway Tavern, astonished many
ofthe patrons of his establishment yesterday
bv causing the following advertisement
to be printed:
SUBWAY TAVERN -Bleecker station. subway.
10 being on exhibiton) Come 10 RathsRciier ana
he one OF US Alc. Music.
what does it mean?' he repeated yes
terday after an interviewer. Just what 1t
says.
Mr. johnson went on to explain that when
he said visitors" in the advertisement. he
meant visitors and not people who came
in search Of drink, food, comfort, and in
teIlectual support. Visitors were people
who came to see what the Subway Tavern
looked like; sometimes they tried to dis
g1lise themselves by buying drinks, or moro
often cigars or ice cream.
The Tavern was not built, said the beau
uful boss, for sightseers, but to give the
business men and working people In the
vicinity a normal, reasonable, cheerful,
clean place Of refreshing themselves. Visi-
tors who were generally Of hostile turn OF
mind did not conduoe to the ideal atmos-
phere-
.How.' asked the beautiful Mr.. johnson,
would you like the taste Of glass Of beer,
|, at the moment you were lifting II to your
lips Mrs. Grannis came founding through
the swinging doors and began peering
around one side OF you and then the other
and saying:
Il wonder why tho poor man drinks.
It is beer he Is drinking, isn't 1t, How
much better it would be for. him Il he would
throw away the dreadful stuff and drink
nice, pure milk
And then she trots down to the bar
tender and says: OF course, this Is such
a Christian place, you advised that man to
drink milk before you put that dreadful
beer into his hands, didn't you, nowT
you might stay and finish your beer.
But you wouldn't come again. And we
feel obliged to protect our patrons from
that sort Of thing. We have issued orders
now that no woman shall be admitted to
Nothing but curiosity ever brought them
in here, and that Is not what the place was
established to satisfy"
The manager Of the saloon then added
his tale Of woe. He told how occasional
visitors stopped at the desk and pointed
and wondered out loud why such neat.
intelligent looking young man was sitting
there looking sad. Wasn't 1t likely that
there was O great life tragedy behind his
apparent oarelessness'
The prize visitor was one who came IN
- A. Nkha lou n n
the middle Of the floor and shifted.
aSir,' said he in deep and imperative
tones TO the manager, lis this the place
where no drunkard Is served with strong
drink?' ,
:, - tsas, you wouldn't let a dr0nkaro come
we couldn't help his coming In, sir
to 20 out again at once.
And. Of COURSE no man ever got drunk
In here7'
The clergyman leveled long and ac-
o,,sinr arm at q regular customer OF the
saloon who had stopped In on his way here
from work for his nightly glass OF beer.
The customer was leaning heavily on the
bar and his head was bowed on one hand
usually spent at least twenty minutes drink
sIook at that poor sot!' roared tho
clergyman, sYou would have the effron-
tery to Tell me that he was not drunk, that
his soul was not made sodden by your
hell fire, that he was one Of those for whom
YOU and the Bishop are providing poor
mans cubI It is just what thought OF
The vhoie business and shall tell the Bishop
40, I tell you that black as Ia the blot on
that mans soul, the hand that put It there
Is blackerl"
sBut, SIR" said the manager a. soon as
customer here and he may not care to
have you comment on him, especially as
he Is quite sober. he may not care to be
pointed at.
DO you dare to rebuke me- you, shouted
the elegymen' when am on Gods err
you wouldn't like me to get up In your
church would you asked the manager.
sand rpint out some man who was asleep
In the middle Of your sermon and ask
Drunkenness, impertinence. BRITISH
ness snd irreverence!' said the clergy
man, and fed.
People who want to 60 down and sit IN
the Tavern Rathskeller, just TO be able
to say when they 60 back to Kalamazoo
that hey have been in the Subway Tavern
will De welcomed after o o'clock. 1t Is
hopea that they will not mind having some
of tie people from the neighborhood shout
"Coue right in, ladies and gents come right
in ard see the animals fed" Mr.. johnson
Is Wiling to admit certain legitimacy
Of publio interest in his enterprise, but
he annot let 1t interfere with the day