The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-09-03
SALOON PREMISES .
PUT TO GOOD USE
Prohibition Results In Better
Business Old Bar Rooms Re-
modelled and Most Are Stores

md five out Of six arc now busy mer-
'handisc stores.
1t was said by those who favored the
attention of the liquor selling business
in Honolulu that when the saloons were
Orced out the old locations would long
70 vacant.
A very few still have "To Let " signs
hanging on the doors. But for the most
part. where once were banging, swing
| 'ng.doOrs, with noisy, drunken crowds
VI men inside lined up against the slop-
ny bars, are now doors which are like
their neighbors, and within, Legitimate
trade is carried on.
Where men once spent quarters and
| dollars, and many of them in day,
| for mugs of beer, the insidious cocktail
and straight whiskey, they now purchase
| shoes for the little fellows at home;
groceries for the coming weeks neces
stiles; or q new dress for mother y:
and even then, go home with money in
their pockets, and certainly without a
load" on.
Where the Criterion saloon attract
| ID large crowds day and night at the
| "Ornsf of Hotel and Bethel Street,
'uhere the glassware and mirrors and
POLISHED counter shone and where the
dollars jingled in an almost ceaseless
Journey from the pockets of the wage
narners into the busy cash register in
exchange for "boOze'', a general dry
goods store-The, Emporium-wil open
soon. If the saloon was elaborate the
| new store will be elaborate in its way.
| Giving the lie to the anti-prOhibitiOn
talk that these stores would remain
vacant for long time, this new store
also required the space occupied by
the barber shop which has gone TO n
new location. It will replace pool
room on Hotel Street, and so the re
generation of Hotel Street goes on.
fostering Sore Removed
| Where the Fashion saloon was former
" located near the Empire theater, a
location which respectable women of
the city hesitated about passing on
their wav to stores in legitimate bust
ness and where men reeled through the
swinging doors and the police were ac-
tive; where drunken men Ogled wom-
en- is now a remOdelled store, ready
for the establishment of q Legitimate
business, n store which would vie with
any in other respectable neighborhoods.
The one fostering sore Of the locality
has been removed.
Down in the middle of the block, back
of the Fort Street stores, and reached
Saloon, a building standing in the heart
Of one of the most valuable business
squares in the city, is now occupied
by Paul Schied 3, manufacturers
agents. Dry goods are now on dis
play, also womcn's wear. in n place
where women never set foot for forty
wears.
The old saloon on the corner of Ho
tel and Nuuanu Street is now a pool
room, although half Of the saloon had
been taken over by an adjoining res
taurant. This in itvrlf is an indica
tion that when the booze selling trade
nassed out the restaurants business
increased and the owner needed more
room.
At the corner of King and Nuuanu
a former saloon premises is being re
modelled for Legitimate business. Across
the wav a former saloon site is now
pawnbroker s shop and jewelry store
Further down Nuuanu the old Anchor
saloon premises are soon to be remodel
led for a merchandise store. Love
iov's wholesale liquor establishment
has been reprinted and cleansed AM
is ready for legitimate trade
4 "To Let' sign still hangs OF
'hc door Of the Royal Annex, opposite
!. the police station.
Other Changes
f The Prosit saloon on BPretanii
J Street, near Aala Lane. is a japanese
pOolrOOm, while the saloon site at tn,
t corner Of Beretania and River is nov
japanese drug store. The Kamehame
ia saloon on Maunakea Street has beer
replaced by an Oriental store. The oil,
McTighe saloon, corner Of King AM
Mauna Kea Streets has replaced some
/. time ago by popular cafe, bakery AM
T. candy store. The Service saloon OF
Hotel. near Maunakea Street. is still
X run as a soft drink emporium, as i
I Paddy Rvan's old saloon on Alake
II Street. The Mint saloon opposite tn
Liberty theater is soft drink rendez
{ vons with poOlrOOm attached.
q Peacock 3 wholesale liquor house nov
t carries soft drinks. The Young Hotc
har in the basement is closed and III
I used, but the billiard room adioinin
d is now occupied by the Hawaii Promo
& tion Committee.
IS And so it goes on all over the city
n with streets being completely reger
s Grated few DRINKS to be seen and tn
certainty that passersby on the street
d will not be suddenly confronted b
r drunken men thrown bodily out Of
e saloon by the prOprietor's bOuucer.
IS Professor E,gar Wood, principal q
n the normal school. has issued a call f.
r. all Of the school tenchprs, who recent
r. arrived from the mainland. TO meet hin
l. at the Normal School this moruiu" !;
# ten o'rlork. in order to formulate plan
for the Gaming erhool term As man
d of the urWlv arrived teachers are sea
IL tered about the ritv and il has be"
u imnnSsihlr 10 get in personal touch Wit
each "f them. Professor Wool ~ tai
v ing Tins means tn notify them Of th
J jmnnrtnnt meeting
- taken of the Christmas variation m
y the children were taught on Saturday