The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-04-26

The question of how many drops
of whisky make a standard drink has
been buzzing through the cafes OF
broadway ever since trayelrs from
the West brought news that leg
islators of one of the progressive
commonwealth out there had ruled
that 100 drops of whisky made one
drink. says the New York Morning
Telegraph.
.How about it, Billy?" a friend
asked of Billy Considine in his cafe
at Forty-second and Broadway, DO
100 drops constitute drink in this
town."
NO" said Billy, a hundred drops
is a dose, not a drink. When you
pull medicine dropper on your
Iiouor it becomes d therapeutic and
not a beverage. Thank heaven, there
isn't bartender on the Rialto that
knows how many drops there are in
a drink. The Westerners have GER
tainly taken all the romance out OF
drinking since they began counting
the number of globules gurgling in
to a hooker Of rye.
"The policy Of counting the drops
will never reach Broadway MI.
Considine predicted. The actors
are interested in how many drops
there are in a stage setting, but not !
how many there are in a right good |
willywot for auld lang syne.
There is no definition in New
York as to what is the size Of a I
drink. Each man decides for HIM
self. The man who is not a hearty
drinker will take a fairly good hook
err to start off with, and on each sue
ceeding round he viii dwindle off.
"Up to the church windows is an
expression describing small drink
of whisky. That means the liquor IS
not to stand higher in the glass than
the ring of arches that decOrates the
base of a whisky tumbler. Twice as
high as the church windows is an
average drink. 1t is about half the
actual capacity of the glass. l don
know how many drops it makes. l
never heard the question asked be
fore.
Complications May Arise.
.The customer that counts them
will have no excuse for taking drop
too much. If chap happens to lose
count he'll have to start drinking all
over again. 1t will be a fine excuse
to give his wife when he comes in
late and elated.
.Tye heard of the anti-smoke lect-
urer who counted the puffs of ntco-
tine in cigar and experimental
with the poison on an animal. lie !
said: There is enough nicotine in a
single cigar to kill eight men II plac-
ed on the tongue of a cat.
THE question of how many angels |
can dance on the point Of cambria !
needle was discussed by ancient |
churchmen. The walrus and the car
Denter in Alice in Wonderland dis !
cussed the question of why the sea is
boiling hot and whether pigs have |
wings. Rural debating clubs have
argued over the question of whether
fire kills more people than water, and |
resolved that the dishrag is a more |
useful article than the broom. The |
city chemist has figured out how
many germs there ought to be in a !
drop of drinking water, but never
before has the question arisen as to
how many drops of JOY there are in
jigger of whisky
"A man that can keep his mind on
such a problem at such a time is Just
auromantic enough to want to know
how many calories of warmth there
are in the imprisoned kiss of a beau
tiful girl.
Il suppose the idea Of those West
ern LEGISLATORS is first to learn how
many drops there are in drink and
then how many drinks there are in
drunk, and then how many DRINKS
make a delirium. Then they will
know everything and life will be a
bore"
''By the way" interrupted the man
with the tortoise shell glasses, when
is man drunk? Has that ever been
adjudicated?"
YES replied Mr.. COnsidine.