The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-08-22
what Man Does TO Booze and What
Booze Does 70 Man.

ing drnks : do not drink myself. j
have tended baf IN cheap cornor sal.
oons. 10 clubs 10 hotels. in cid fash
Toned .aie. Of the downtown business
district ~ New FORK and in Broad
way Gates The making Of drinks
that please 3 me only profession
I ever anew.
vas not born % America but
came here when J was young think
that prohibition came 10 as because
most Of us Americans DO not know
how 10 DRINK We drink too much.
too quickly; We drank wrong kinds
# drinks II wrong hours. 10 our i'm
petuous way, We did not give thought
10 drink MDst of Us. not knowing
how 10 drink. abused it. And so
prohibition
We drank sstanding up" at the bar
That Is wrohe To stand is tire
some. u made men drink quickly
and far more than they would were
they sitting down and converting
between sips, with a friend We had
the "have-one-on.me" habit General
~. & four men came up 70 the bar
I knew it would BE- four rounds: each
man had 10 treat Our use Of mix
sd drinks induced US 10 drink more
Disgusting the tatte Of alcohol, as we
bartenders Ola with eggs, fruit end
leaves, II was possible for a customer
who would baik al three straight
whistles" 70 down six mixed drinks
without bis stomach protesting
To me there wal always a fascina-
ton IN tending oar liked 10 study
the various ingredients with which
made drinks. and their effect upon
different kinds Of men. think that
In twenty years came TO know
booze intimately. Il has secrets
These ! shall tell you.
There has always been more or
less mystery about drinking The
swinging doors TO every cafe and sal
Don suggested secrecy They hid
the drinkers from the world Behind
the bar on my side of it. the side
where were the bottles with their
yaricolored contents that was mys-
terry What was really in those bot
ties? why the oolOrs Why did
men like cocktails Lzzes ricktys,
iuleps highbails, bbBches. toddies,
cordials. wines, whiskeys. beer?
Frankly. ] liked the bottles behind
the bar-not all Of them, for shall
tell yOu too. how men were cheated
liked 70 choose. from large NUM-
her Of bottles. certhin bottles which
my experience told me TO take. I en-
joyed pouring from those bottles just
the exact quantity Of liquors to pro
duce q drink satisfactory to my pa
irons J consider the mixing Of
drinks an art. I know the taste a Ger
tain mixture win produce, also the et
feet FOR twenty years I watched
the effect Of alcohol upon men.
have seen the occasional drinker
the moderate drinksr. the steady
driuker and the "souse" have
watched the faces of these men as
they tined up along the bar in front
Of me. J have heard much of their
conversation. have beeH witness TO
things they nave done. Some Gus
toners upon reaching a certain
stage. insist upon the bartender
having one" a bartender cannot
accept and properly attend to his
business The mixing Of drinks &c
auires an accurate eye. a very steady
hand OF courses everybody knows
that after d man has had few
drinks he beconies slightly inaccu.
rate. Also. ii a bartender refused to
drink with a customer. the man be
came offended and went to some 9th
er bar
have heard lot about what
booze does for men. Get one thing
straight There is one reason, and
only one, why men drink. ] have
seen them demand OF me a certain
brand OF whiskey and show pettish-
ness when We were out of it. have
seen them Ean for a particular make
OF gin. have seen wine drinkers
who in America are rare-hOld up a
glass 10 the light and so into he
lights about its color and oder.
have heard men speculate upon the
shadiugs u color and creaminess OF
beer ] have heard the virtues OF
iuleps. argued against those OF rick