The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-25
BARS SEEM SHUT, SOME ARE
GREAT Snow OF OBEYING THE
SE'NDAY Law.

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Ntie rsar sf BroShlyn Naanhatann
East aaslers Are Denaat-Tnass 101
Extra Realizes PSlaee Fan % Appsar
II you saw q man standing quietly In
front Of a saloon yesterday who loonsd
you over from head 10 foot ~ you came
mp the street the chances are that he
was n retail liquor dealer taking q day
OF II he knew you and you asked him
what time 10 wa he might invite yOu In
10 Sc what the boys were doing othsr-
wise 10 was q had case Of drought.
Fewer reports are expected 10 he mads
to the District Attorneys this morning
than on previous Mondays aimee Mayor
Gaynor's views m to the liquor frame
were oct forth. In precincts where tho
afidavits were thickest . week ago only
two or three were drawn up yesterday.
perhaps because che extsrnAls were better
taken carsof
There were few bars In the city that
weren't open TO view. Saloon keepers
moved the bootblsck stands and took
out what colored glass they could from
their windows to show the absence Of
trafsc over the bars. Deputy Polics
Commissioner Louis " Reynolds OF Brook
lyn said that he took . SIXTY mile trip
in an automobile through Kings and
Queens yesterday and saw but one or
two bars that weren't exposed. Tho
same conditions prevailed in the other
borOughs.
The side door business for the moaa
part was carried on under careful auper-
vision. in many cases % the propristor
himself Either he OF a trusted man
Stood outside and lea only thoss alp IN
who were known 90 he % the elect. In
many cases chains were hung to doors
which had swung unhindered for years
until the Gaynor fat went into eject.
man in the upper West Side hsulsd his
hardware dealer out of bed an hour hs-
fore dawn yesterday morning to supply
himsslf with q chain. He didn't dare
20 Start the days bushes without u.
His bartender. like q thousand othera,
opened the door m inch and took q pssk
before he dared to take q chance on ad-
hitting . knOcker.
SOmetimea . whistle or q preconcsrtsd
system of raps was the identificAsion.
The bOOtblAck with . mop and a pail
would slip the catch and 10 you looked
familiar in you went
There were other places whsre thinRs
weren't 80 FORMAL. n you had q trom-
bling hand or Q beery look or even q Rsu-
eral Appearancs oe guileleaaneas you
were taken to be q satisfactory customer
and COuld order o. you pleased. soms-
times without the weary sandwich.
In the Tendsrioin the situation was
about What u was q week ago. The biR
hotels. ~ saual. had their bars closed
and served the dining room gueats from
their service bars The Victoria which
used to have us leather room open on
Sundays. closed Il again yesterday for
the second time in fifteen yeara Tho
Marlborough used TO have a room for
Sunday patrons near the bar. but that
was shut up tight yesterday.
Everybody was on the lookout for the
squad Of 300 young policemen who were
supposed to be out for violators Of the
excise Law. hIt the grist of an8davita
didn't reveal their activities. A man
who knew said tina, they hadn't been
chosen a. specaAi eScase oncers a. All
thAt they were going 20 make up special
baaslscn 'c' the pohce parade. Neysrthe"
go 'near moral enect WAS seen All over
town
Inc part ot the town that seemed 20
Se the widest open was along Thrdavcnue
There vas heavy undercurren' OF revolt
,hsre among the sa'oon keePers To
ne. W"n oaynor sA'd one OF tnem-
"nn arr We pav,nE our h,Su year TOE
.n1 'ue re"' ana h9h' besides HssH-
dAy morning anu sunday afternoon that
we "e-d Ior the ~ees pron. No what's
'"- nome OF 'hs Imru avsnus
propn~'orS were do.ns what wasn't dons
IN Jew o'h-r paris " the Town they were
ssna"S ou' can" o. Deer just a. they d,d
W 'ne o'u Gays 'r~"" w D"''Ien gooas
~cn' On also
w Tue br"ns Were was not the same
ac'N"y .nA' .oere was Week ago. a.
ea~' IN .ne sncNhs o. amoav"s. Up
20 mhnms" only nvs OF Sx VIOLATIONS
mao o'~" r~p"''eu 'h 'Sres ponce STATIONS