The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-16
s., .....', s..,. w. 81. e; + :,

massachree the staff of proof-read-
ers when / get home!--is much like
writing from Louisville, Kentucky,
to Munich, Bavaria, because the es
sential difference between the two,
like that between politics and par
tics in the United States, is of Il
iuid condition and kind; the id.osyn-
Grassy of Kentucky, whisky, of Ba
varia, beer.
There are other similarities. Mu-
NIGH is the most beautiful city in
Germany. Louisville is the most
beautiful city in America. Vienna
gets its pretty girls from Munich.
Half the pretty girls on Broadway
come from Kentucky. The Germans
Of Louisville are the best people in
the world. They seem part and par
eel of the Germans of Munich.
| don't know much about whisky,
have never drunk enough of it to
learn-they tell me the Kentucky
brands are the best ever and / can
well believe it, taking the Kentucky
women and the Kentucky horses as
the world 5 standards OF excellence
but | am an expert on beer, and |
co say without the peradyenturc
of doubt, or fear of successful con
tradietion that there is no brew
on earth equal to the Bavarian Hot
brau; howbeit, the especial brew
which Adolphus Busch makes for
Tony Faust, comes near to it, whilst
there is good beer to be had in Mil
waulsee, n Louisville and even in
Cincinnati, bless her poor cid soul
hope | shall not too greatly of
sfcnd the Kentucky distillers, when
declare that, if | had the power,
| would translate every distillery
ilto brewery. The cure for drunk
cnness, if there be any cure, is light
wines and lager. The case-h hardened
piohiLition;st who confesscs himself
unable TO distinguish between 9 glass
of groa and stein of beer-nay,
Who stiA further discredits his judg
ment by admitting that he is I'M
abe TO realize the amazing con
trarics betvixt a bottle of WHISKY
and a hole in the grounds as much
opposed to The one as TO the otner.
lie makes no discrimination All
drinks look alike to him, each hell
bent and sot,b-eeding, the most in
nocent tip DE along with the strong.
est spirits The experience Of con
tinental Europe is proof OF my con
ientioih Here in Bavaria the oeer
onsrmption is universal and enor
n.ous, and there is no drunkenness of
the sort so common with us. | am
indebted to Consal General Thomas
Willing Ieters for valuable cola
tion of facts bearing upon the drink
question from this point Of view.
The laws governing the sale Of
b ", wines aud liquors in Munich
are in The Mature of the people and
The case extremely liberal. Accord
ing to the census of 1905, there were
ia MGnish 53s.acS inhabitants, all,
or at least a very high percentage,
requiring liqqid nourishmant, prinei
paliy in the torn Of beer To meet
this need the authorities granted
permission to l,4S0 saloons, in which
beer may tie sold; TO wine rcstau
raGts, eiqhtyone cafes and eight tea
houses, making an average of one
establishment 1or the sale Of such
refreshments to about $40 persons,
exclusive Of the floating population.
Considering FRAT beer is both food
and drink and CT universal consump-
tion this IS not high percentage,
Any respectable person making ap-
plication to the proper authorities
and securing permission can open
saloon for the sale of beer; but
bar where other liquors as well as
beer are sold is subject to the re-
strietien that it must be 400 meters
distant from any other bar of the
ssamc description, nor will permission
be granted by the authorities unless
they are satisfied that the public re-
tquire such additional saloons for its
consequence. Besides. the regular in
conc tax, license tax has to be
paid according to the rent which the
saloon keeper has to pay The pro-
prietor must keep TN accurate nc.
count and return certain percent
age on the profits Of his business.
The hours for opening the beer sa-
looms and wine houses are ordinarily
from a. m, closing at II p m, in.
Guiding Sundays and holidays, the
ten rooms and coffee rooms closing
at Z o'clock p. m.
The question Of prohibition is un-
known. The moral zealot would be
considered crank. Beer is not only
\ drink, hut food, for large proper.
tion Of the population. The manu-
facture Of beer IS under the strict
supervision Of the law, which is rig,
idJy enforced, and nothing but malt
and hops can be used.
The consumption Of concentrated
nlnoho1ic DRINK In nronorfion In thax