New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
on C[TY-CURED "JAGS''
Nonv TieTs, but Much Doubt of
Ne.r York FoIIOscing Cincinnati.

., amt care nuttin' about tariff revising
-.s.,, noIcies or Taft's weight said Jimmy da
~. tha boofhlsck IN front of Chris" Wahmann's
.,soe in sixth avenue. Nope. 1 don't care. but
IN goin Ter Nooe Aei ''e ma" "iio siNes US cllS
sag cure
,,s ~rrfvate stock battery. paid attention to
,hJs until somebody remarked that Jimmy
,s-sne 10 the bill introduced in the City Council of
r,nrnnati by Councilman O'Brien providing for
sr in the municipal hospital for the treatment of
.,en with accumulated 'jags.'
Frhen another patron explained that Councilman
,rR-ien represents more saloons than any other
rsur,sker in Cincinnati Chris" became interested.
Sure he said, we ought to have jag retreat
right here in Manhattan Anything bum enjoys
,s retreat I'd like to have the contract to fix
the plsoe lip There'd be nice mahogany bar
sn' brass rail an mirrors, an all the ixns. with
, couple of han'some barteDders. What?"
The man who had been reading the dispatch had
interrupted Chris NO booze?" he queried Why.
,rnn must be tflinkin Of sanatorium. If you
q retreat where the Jass' will retreat like the
fellsrs at Bull Run. you've got have real bar.
Otherwise you'll have TO use nightstick to get
'en there
Joe Adams. whose resort Of music and tinkling
,ce surrounded by liquids is from the Square
N the Circle said he didn't know why New York
should need city jag cure. Mentioning no
names" said Joe displaying his famous collection
of gold teeth. there are half dozen hotels not
sorts guarantee that any drink twice
ss many Of my drinks as he can Of the sort he
has at the bar when he pours the stuff out him
self. What's the IF Jag cure. anyway IT
2 man can raise the price Of gentlemans souse
ne surely ran dig up enough for a Turkish bath
afterward."
IN in Harlem. where the fat dwellers discreetly
carry the can in 8 blue paper bag. Mike Ford
ssid he noticed that his patrons took q home jag
cure or Sundays and that if the city butted in il
He remarked that the best for drinking for
resident Of Manhattan TO GO across the river
and order = mixed drink of a real, bred-in-the-
hone Brooklyn bartender. The important part of
the cure he insisted, was for the Manhattanite to
drink the mixture.
st-eet. just 'fernnst-' the lobster and champagne
Of the 80 precinct. DR. T. E. Shaffer who for
nine years has superintended the fight against the
Demon Rum, said II was g. serious matter.
II don't know anything about this Cincinnati
Councilman" SAID DR.. Shaffer. but his idea is
excellent To take Z suffering from overin-
dUlgenee in alcohol and send him TO jail where he
receives medical treatment. is almost as bad
physical torture. Leaving out the moral legal
side Of the question. a man who has been really
drunk Is I'll and should be treated medically be-
fore he is made 10 pay the penalty OF his bad be-
hsvior
7 have sifted the drinkers down three classes.
There is the steady drinker. who gets drunk.
DCl WHO taxes certain NUMBER OF GrlnkS every
DAY. Then there is the periodic drinker. who
drinks for socability sake and occasionally gets
drunk with crowd Of acquaintances. Finally
there il the sort. the periodic dipsomaniac.
This is the man who every few months has
ing for alcohol that is satisfied until he
ursfed with liquor and is sick from it If the
city should establish place where the drunk
ards could be committed for Treatment before be
ginning their Jail term 1 think II would be most
beneficial"
But even with all these expert recommendations,
the political reporters said yesterday that they
didn't believe any New York alderman would come
cut with bill for a jag retreat this year.
least until after the Denver convention.