The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-05-18
a 0Es MONIES DRAwsHoP MAN
TO RUN 4 MODEL PLAcE-soFT
DRINKS 4 SPECIALITY.
HAD A PROHIBITION SCARE
The C.erss-Not ss-teo5ers-NHI
Recommend sof, Drinks 10 Patrons
and ~ Drunkenness viii be ALLOW.
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CHICAGO a.u.-.A. Krsuar- owner
Oh. fifteen saloons .a D.s Mores. w.d
establish adj auutr.t.u- temperance.
urging saloon. patterned after tue n.
nous bun-. OF Bisaop Potter .u Sew
York. aItu the au,.t--a.us provision
added so man w,. Do. allowed 20 90.
,ifr his friends Co ta. bar and say.
Have something" and no suaye bar.
tender will lean toward a customer
and whisper. Take auothcru. jim.
before you go'" On the other hand.
the barkcepcr will hand out a drink,
ring mp the fare and turn away per.
haps TO polish the nickel on his soda
fountain Soit drinks are to be the
specially
Mr.. Kirkhart has been a student Of
the barroom drunk lie has been
In business here Tor years and nas
seen men make fools of themselves
until he Is Disguised lie has watched
the iucbriatc plant an unsteady foot
ON the brass rail hang hlmsen uu
the mahogany and eloqucntly order
" 'Nuzzcr'' until past the ordering
stage. And he believes the time ha,
come when the saloon men must take
action themselves if they are TO re-.
main in business.
Iowa came so near having "A pro.
hibition amendment submitted by the
last legislature that saloon men be.
came alarmed. All saloons in tn,
state close now at 10 o'clock at
night, and they really close them. too
Because OF the prevailing conditions
aud his personal desire to have a bet.
ter saloon, Kirkhar will try his anti.
treating, temperance urging bar. IN.
c"nse to conduct such saloon has
been granted 10 HIM at 72G West
Grand avenue, iu the heart Of the city
Th" new resort IS to be primarily a
workingman. saloon. coca fountain
drinks, tea, coffee and milk will be
served in preference TO highballs or
beer \ man will be allowed To drink
milk until he is sick and soda pop un.
I'll he is dizzy. hut If he Is drinking
whisky he is 10 be stopped before The
liquor gets TO his brain The bar.
tenders, or clerks. as they w.: De call.
ed viii, In every way possible. dis.
courage the use OF intoxicants and
attempt 10 persuade the tipplers that
the soft drinks beat the others mile
Il want saloon" Kirkhart sail.
TO which man may go. get his nip
and get away without having to treat
IN" gang | want place whore the
worklngmau may after his day of toll
Is ended. purchase drink of his fav.
orite beverage. then take his dinner
pall and 20 home, having spent only
small percentage OF his daily in-
come" As :, Is now he usually enter,
grpgshop with crowd of compau.
ions and under The guise of good fri.
lowship purchases round after round
of drinks llr GOES home later i'm "A
sort OF srmicuusciOus condition. mi.
nus the greater part of his daily wage.
Many Norkmemru, in their labor soil.
ed garments. hesitate to go to drus
store or other place whore temperance
drinks are served, and instead go to
th" saloons. when they really prefer
the soft drinks These men. / believe.
when In the proper atmosphere, Will
take a substitute for the usual uigh..
cap
Understand me, however, | am I'm
the liquor business. am not con.
ductiug a temperance campaign, but
am goiug 20 ty tins experiment II
the liquor business. as it is now con.
Quoted is wrong, or If it can be- cua.
Quoted on q higher plane, then want
90 find the right plan and do what Is
n my power TO set it ON higher
plane, It lis purely an economic ques
tion. | want TO discover If the busi.
ness viii be- rcmuueratiyc with the H.
Quor part eliminated as far as possible
adm the treating entirely abolished, If
it Is, then viii fashion all my saloons
hereafter ON that plan.
81 believe the principle involved
in the antitreating line VIII be- SIC.
cessful IL may lose money at the
start, put IL is, in my opinion, tho
, ultimate solution of the liquor ques.
ton expect to introduce all the
drinks popular at soda fountains n
summer and winter and will instruct
! the clerks to urge their use SO far as
J possible, l expect the experiment TO
; cost me money But I've made mon
ey in the saloon business and can af.