New-York tribune., 1910-07-24

q 10 per cent IF that IS net profit. YOU SEE
we have nothing to complain of. Give us
the solid commercial and family trade let
the others have the roysterers and the Tot
tie Coughdrops.
I'VE always practised 1 o'clock closing.
and We're not in on this howl against the
Mayor for revokiHg most of the aI-nighr
liquor licenses That stuff about down
trodden newsp9 Der men who can't get ser
vice at late hours is tonmyrot Why they
come right here and use corner of our
mems cafe as club. after the public has
gone and the doors are closed. What's 10
prevent a newspa ger manor anybody else.
for that matter-from ordering earlier in
the evening whatever he wants TO drink and
staying on in The restaurant to drink it?
Actors? They want a bite and some
thing to drink directly the plays over and
they can get the makeup oft. ANYBODY
imagine they're going to loaf around hun
CRY for hour and a half before coming
TO a restaurant? Not much Broadway
takes care of It's legitimate night workers
same as ever it did. The only places hit by
the Mayors action are those that want 30
run wide open all night TO catch the high
flyers and the 'wontSo-home' crowd
It's amusing to compare the comments
the license revpcations. One saws. IT'S q,
killer His menu card reads: This res
taurant is open TOR luncheon" but. as he
truly says the place does no luncheon bust
ness, poor ~ medium dinner business
and a supper business call after 10 O'Clock;
that amounts 10 - per cent OF the gross
tak'nSs of the house And whereas one
third the receipts of a first class CONNER
ciai restaurant are derived from liquor
sales, at least two-tiiirds 10 three-quarters
of the profits IF a night place come .rom
the purveying of liquor. 1t will be seen
therefore, that the stop service order at !
O'Clock would deprive such a drinking K.n
OF half Of the most lucrative portion of i;s
receipts.
The very next lobster palace proprietor
further along the street tells YOU Gaynor's
odict will be of no effect Why? Oh"
says the restaurant keeper the law i.
abortive and cannot possibly be enforced
You know the history OF reform in this
town. NJ. Roosevelt when he was Police
Commissioner tried to stop liquor selling
out of hours. What happened? Several
hundred policemen caught cold and some
died from the exposure of standing as sen
tine!s in all kinds of weather in front Z
liquor stores to keep tabs and warn folks
away. The law was evaded Just the SAM.
Even Garn0r can't stop New Workers
from drinking all night if they want %
lie may succeed in driving some folks away
from nice places like this one to side doors
ana tough joints down the side streets bat
just as much liquor will be consumed h.
tween l and O'Clock in the morning US
ever before"
That Is BroadwayS real heart-to-heart
comment ON the situation. its oratory about
night workers." killing edict," etc, bein-
Tenderloin buncombe, The spasm OF virtue
VIII pass, the street thinks Somehow or
other drinks will be served though "looi,-
outs viii have TO guard the entrances Of
night restaurants aud walters may be
Obliged TO remind customers the drinks they
are getting are being served on orders of
the night before. The restaurants with the
most attractive clientele of girls will re-
main the "suro fire. winners for the mag
net Of sex will continue to draw the con-
tents OF plethoric pocketbool;s into the pro-
prietor's Golfers. IL, l. NJ