The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-19
THE DOMESTIC MINDED BAR.
TENDER.

IN the theory Of what used 10 is
called Natural Philosophy. energy es"
lists In Hsed quantity. and v dies
Virtue Il like that. perhaps. Hui
spreading shallow owe n wide sur
face. n ~ seems 10 do nowadays. "
~ less lovely than when II cuts .
deep channel. win clearly marked
banks. Fashions In virtue change,
and to-day tho fashion In superficial.
and not modest. In tho public DIS
pensarics n spirits and good Spir1ts
which the timid, the convention wor-
shippers batantiy profess to-day to
hold In peculiar scorn a. an abomina-
ton Of the evil n human nature
survives. The trade Of the bartender
L. more honored in custom than In
repute; yet bartenders are an ad-
mirable race Of men. Certainly not In
ferior to their patrons in respect OF
sobriety. attention to business n
all the major requirements n good
citizenship. they need no defence; and
we have painted their unself-consciotis
virtue in colors too pale.
Every land has its fashions In drink.
Hoboken. the most foreign land OF
them all, Is all for beer and Rhein-
vein. In New York II is Rhine wine.
q poor approximation. In this town
there are places where dust and cob
webs are preserved with an apparent
zeal that ruins the effect. Sawdust
has not it's old feel and smell. though
a few superb nnuaries pretend To love
It. There are in Gotham ~bartenders
mean. b%artenders 1ordly: both breeds
are more TO he found uptown than
in the south. In the ferryhouse re-
gion Of West street. say from Cedar
to Chambers. there are. mingled with
those boozing kens where schooners
are OF great draught and n who
looks right hears deep sea talk and
gossip OF Scotch engineers knots
ahead Of Kipling, resorts where gen
tlemen who sleep in Jersey break
their homeward journey to enjoy the
manner. more warming to the
soul than the liquid fortifiers they
dispense. of the Teddys. the Guses,
the .Jims and Jacks and Jakes and
1oes. the Mikes and Charles and Har-
the Billies and Toms and Dicks
and TONES who measure and pour
their warming poisons.
The pharmaceutical colleges of
West street need n thing 20 com
their equipment. the undergrad
slogan. cheer or war cry. Would
he ~seasonable:
Gus and Teddy.
Tom and Jerry
Four men heady.
Hot and merry.
This would suit an early spring eve
ming
Mike and Billy
Ten o'clock
Getting silly.
But-one more book
And this has the merits combined of
'ribute to the white aproned doctors
md concoctors. recognition Of variance
n taste and pockethook range and
appropriateness in its COM
bearing:
lack and Charlie.
Brandy smash
REV Of barley
Show your each
Many good people regard The bar
LfTueT NS al s"IIltlu W WlthtIli'NS, ~
seeking 10 intoxicata tho world.
To others he Is a creature Of rare dig
and unsurpassed gentle firm
less. q monitor of morals and con-
.ervator ri reason. rising only with
need Il efficient violence. q
equator endowed with supcrhuman
Of perception and fnality of
'xecution in his DEGREES. The wreck
who needs a hracer gets II Mt his
,ands without money and without
,rice; he who would protract LANCER
,usly the influence OF the fumes Of
he nights rotations and become a
agent Of disorder cannot. for
he wealth OF Ind. get more pressure
rue bartender IL n IA %autocrat. Inn
,erativc hut not tyrannical.
Must not something he said for the
overs ~ endurance and self-control
4 men who. for little n week. stand
the counter with no brass
all whereon to a the strain Of
surrounded by hattalions
II bottles. IN fair ans of the muz-
les Of batteries Of spigots, and keep
ober while setting out straight"
thinks or mixed" drinks, q. s.. con-
emporaneously conventional or futur-
site. for the long rank OF faces of all
pig. the ape. the fox, and
or each rare lion a mean hyena? To
confront that line Of faces is a test Of
upermanhood.
And after nine or ten hours of that,
o go home ana be a kind and wise
OF a household. a good
and fathe>as seven NJ ten
do and are--is II not the
work. of an angel? The next time you
are abroad OF n holiday, please be
PCS smugly complacent. less scornful
1 the bartender disporting with his
onsort and offspring on the one Sun
or he gets with each half month
unless business Is too good 10 let
I'm be spared.
Cannot Be.Held RESPONSIBLE