Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-16

Statisticians have tried and tried in vain even to
estimate what costs the each day to indulge in
this custom. 1t is many thousands of dollars, and
that does not include the money that is being spent
by wine agents wherever crowd of men who can
be detached from their money without much trouble is
found These are the Hessians in the battle against
treating They are given the money to spend for
tain brands of wine and far they concerned
it might just as well be stage money. But outside Of
this the money that is expended by men for drinks
they do not want because they think they cannot af
ford to be called penurious in these matters would be
a surprise if it could be ascertained.
Don't think there not two sides to this question:
for there The custom of treating is defended by
men who buy every time their turn comes, and who
fill their pockets with cigars when they have had all
the drinks they want This taking of cigars in the
place of drinks is not regarded good form by the
Have Another Club. but is permitted at times.
at makes for sociability" is the defence that is
made of the custom. "Men learn to know each other
better when they meet each with foot the bar
rail than they do in any other way. 1t brings them
closer together and they the fine things in each
other that might go undiscovered if it not for
the treating"
That is one of the best arguments they make.
Rather neat, too if it be not very convincing.
There are or two other specifications to the de-
One of these told to the wives is that the
quaintances formed that way very beneficial in
brokers and real estate men, and GOOD takers can
get away with that, providing the women be ready
to believe only the good.
Anyway, it is a great custom as practised in this
CITY, which is not very different from PAMELA
Four Corners and Unadilla Forks in that respect
In each of those places the stand around
the bar when the town goes license and around in
dark room when goes dry and the excuses they tell
their wives original than those told by
the city One of the peculiar things about treat
ing is that the for the effects produces
within few hours as old the custom itself Some
of the very used last night used in the
turtles long ago by men of ancient Greece and Rome.
1t has been said that treating is natural instinct
and man can never be cured of it. Assuming that
this true practical has suggested that it
be turned into a useful or rather be turned away
from useless, expenditure. One man has put forth
the idea that after the first drink which the sake
of the argument is assumed to be in the nature of
life saver, the go to haberdashers store When
it came time buy the second time the conversation
would be something like this
II will take something neat in Isle hose. What do
you want?"
'rhnk 1 will have of those new collars
size It,"
"Give me a couple of collar buttons"
In that way all the men would get the things they
need, and which would always be useful. and they
would not injure their health by taking a lot of
drinks they did not either want need. There
a lot of men who will condemn this and say 1t is I'M
possible to be socable without the works of art that
decorate the cafes but that is not the real why
the plan will not be popular with them.