The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-08
SATURNALIA OF
DRINKING AND
DEBAUCHERY
Liquor Openly Sold in Palama Sec.
ton on Sunday--Under the
Noses OF the Police.

Beretania avenue. The saloon faces on
King street and an alleyway runs along
the Waikiki side to a large open lot
in the rear. In the rear of the saloon
a cafe has been added on. the roof
being of corrugated iron. A door opens
out from the rear of this structure into
the open lot. An electric light outside
the door makes the lot quite brilliant,
and with benches and chairs. that spot
has become a favorite lounging place
for the neighborhood-
Yesterday evening there was a big
crowd of drunken men and women
about the place. all engaged in a drink
ing bout. beer being the beverage. The
cafe was well lighted and beer liter
ally flowed over the little bar which
Clark has erected there. The cafe is
divided by a hallway running from the
back door of the cafe" 70 the back
door of the saloon proper On the Wal
kik side there is a small place In which
two men may stand. A patent beer
for the keg. There is sink for wash
ing the glasses. A tin containing scraps
of crackers reposed on the counter. and
these We're the only edibles to be found
in the place.
On the Eva side are three booths
with doors attached. In one room a
drunken man lay asleep on bench.
In the next room two men and two
waiians. They We're drinking beer and
having a lively time. In the third
room four women and three men in
dulged in antics that may best be de-
scribed as beastly. The women were
very careless in their conduct, to say
the least. and somewhat negligent as
to whether their clothes remained on
them or not
Before the bar the space was taken
by the thirsty ones and the Hawaiian
and Jap serving there had their hands
full. In fact. the demand for beer be-
came so great that to save time when
a glass was drawn and more than half
was foam, more beer was drawn into
bowls and dumped bodily into the
glasses. This method quickly disposed
of the froth. The cash register played
a merry tinkling tune. as the dimes
We're rung up. All one had to do was
a dime and get the beer. Nobody ask
ed for anything to eat at that cafe"
and nothing was offered.
Late in the evening, when Clark was
questioned about the lack of edibles
and apparently the lack of cooking IA
cilities for his cafe" he replied:
.1Oh, we have had SO much business
the sandwiches gave out. We have
some crackers on the bar. Just now I
sent cut and got some fish. You see
my man is making sandwiches
And so he was. but that was hours
after the last sandwich was eaten in
the afternoon. and the new supply was |
only furnished after Joe had received |
a gentle hint that he had better have
some eatables in his cafe"
The women were in beastiy state |
Of intoxicatiof4. Some stumbled and
some staggered and all indulged in free /
antics with the men. One fat woman |
was especially vuIgaraend gave an in
decent exhibition OF herself before the
whole crowd when a man displeased
her with some remarks.
Shortly after this a bicycle policeman
arrived at the request of one of the
women. He came into the alley, came
upon the crowd of people sitting in the
ot, looked into the cafe and saw
booze being served TO patrons directly
over the bar. but as that did not con-
Germ him he looked at some boys play
ng guitars. singled out man and had
a quiet little confab a little apart from
the circle and then returned TO the
police station.
In rooms above Clark's saloon men
and women also congregate.