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

+be fighting qualities of a Napoleon will arise
~ some day and wage a crusade against the treat
ing system. 1t will be battle royal, for there
are valiant thousands who will fight for the
right to buy a drink for others, and thousands more
who will die for the right have others buy drinks
for them
With Have another" for battle cry and led by
n phaanx of wine agents with no limit on their ex
pense accounts these unnumbered thousands Will op
pose this crusader and will not give up the light until
the next to the last has said to the last one
Lets have just one more
Whoever this knight may be who will lead the fight
against the custom of the centuries he will not fight
alone Every man knows those who from their early
youth have abjured this custom, and there is no
instance where they asked the assembled crowd what
they would like to take.
There are many men who will be for this reform
in part They the ones, and every man knows
them who believe no man should refuse a drink that
is offered but for reason each man may have
different one are firmly opposed to reciprocity in
matters of this kind These will be the guerillas of
the war fighting with the crusader when it is time
to buy fighting against him when some one else says
the word that makes the "barkeep' get busy.
When the lines of battle fairly drawn and the
issues are clearly understood the women will be found
fighting with this leader of the new crusade. He
will need only to explain to them that not hundreds
hut thousands of dollars are being spent by the men
every day at the bars in treating money that might
better go for dresses and millinery according to their
views and there is no question to under which
banner they will be found.
Few customs of to-day be traced further back
than that of treating Plato and Zenophon have de-
scribed the famous symposia or drinking parties OF
the Greeks which came in vogue in Rome under the
Empire 1t was taken up by the English, but the
Puritans would have none of it, and it was abolished
for time only to be restored with the accession of
Charles II. Goldsmith described conditions of his
day. and those same conditions be found to-day
in the cafes of a half dozen hotels, with
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Killer of Good Intentions.
AS a destroyer of good intentions there is nothing
quite like the treating custom man may have had
hard day in his Office Or if lawyer, in the courts.
He needs drink, or, as to escape an argument
with the temperance folk, he thinks he needs drink,
which amounts to the same thing. He wants just
one and then he is going right home to his family,
and is going to relax that evening by taking WHY to
the theatre She is the dearest woman in the world
and he has been busy that he has not taken her out
as much he ought to.
This all happens about five O'Clock in the afternoon.
He goes in cafe after that drink There is never
any difference except in the minor details to how
works out orders highball, and as he is drink
ing it and thinking how surprised his wife will be in
comes Smith
"Haye little drink" be says For some unex-
planned reason they always say '1ttle" drink, and
probably would if it stein full of hydrochoric
acid Smith takes the drink and they in
conversation
''Have another" says Smith. You will see that
Smith is one of the charter members of the Have
Another Club. They always say the same thing and
at the same time and by observing what he says you
will learn all the secrets of that order. You will also
observe to what extent cowardice is responsible
for the prevalence of the treating custom .
.'Nope I'm going home. Going to take the missus to
show tonight" replies the man.
Come on and have more. That won't hurt
you" says Smith, and please observe the formula.
Now Smith in after just one drink, and that is
all he wants But he is fearful that if he does not
buy in return the man will mark him down the
most despicable of all creatures to good fellow
tight wad," that he is determined to punish his
stomach with the second drink.
Don't be hard on Smith. There few men of the
kind that are known as mems men who viii do any
differently OF course, there are those-and some OF
them are pretty well known citizens of this cy-who
can see half dozen men buy, and who are there as
each has the check handed to him, and never say
But to follow the man with the good resolution AS
he and Smith are taking the second drink, which
neither wants Brown comes in You ought to know
Brown. He is joy, always has the latest story and
every loves him but the wives of his friends: He
is one of the charter members of the Sun Dodgers
and does not really begin to live until the gas Is
lighted Brown is asked to have drink.
Come to this table, and S1t down." says
Brown The protests, and sees by the clock that
it is halfpast five. There is just time to get home,
have early dinner and dress for the Theatres so he
tries to excuse himself Brown promises new story
that will take just a minute to tell Now the man
knows that Brown told story in less than ten
minutes in his life but he goes and sits at the
table.
"Tust One More"
"Haye another" This time it is Brown, but OBJ
serve that the words exactly the same as those
Smith used. The man demurs