The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-15
NON-ALCOHO[|C
SALOONS IN PLACE
OF GROCERIES
Won,en's League for Pa
triotic Service Announ-
ces Plans for Renova-
ton of Old Gin Mills.
ny wINIFRED VAN DtsER.
UNIVERSAL Service stan Correspondent.

New York Aprfi 1.-THE non alco-
holic saloon has heen snapped up by
this city and taken straight to its
moody heart
which grogless groggery has been
managed for the past month 100 siu1I-
lar Institutions are to be established
INN ediatcly in Manhattan and within
the year it s possible that one viii he
set up for each of the s 600 saloons of
the old type which went out of exist
ence when prohibition came IN.
This is the announcement made at
the home of Mrs. whitelaw Reid today,
after a meeting there Of the Church
Womens League for Patriotic Ser
vice, an organization Of prominent so
ciety women, which is back Of the
movement.
OUTSTANDING FEATURES.
Mrs. Reid explained outstanding fea-
said.
We are going to give them what
they've always had minus only the
punch in the beverages.
There will be lunch at a reasonable
price; the brass rail. the mirror over
the bar. the little tables grouped tn
willingly and in many Instances, the
same bartender who once served drinks
which iuebriated. Drinks even may be
called by the same old names Moth
Ing but the formula Will change"
The ginless- gtnmiIl has been success
fully established in former Astor
ma nsion. more than half way down
town. There are shower baths, bowl
ing alleys. and a pool and billiard
room In connection. Between the IN
teresting feature is the barroom which.
nearly as ] can judge, Is a life like re-
production of those now threatened
with total extinction excepting for the
efforts Of the league
The bartender wore starchy white
coat and bottles Of red and brown
liquids standing about lent the proper
air of sinister possibility
The barkeep explained the sudden
popularity in this city OF the Broad
way bug and the Greenwich Village
folly The last being. in this. some
thing In a glass instead Of in a the
alter. He originated both. he decla red
furthermore he sa i'd addicts will never
again partake. in preference. of old
time 'clover-leaT and ginger ale
high connections which the two new
ones are exactly like, minus only The
kick.
CROWD GROWS.
His records show that upon the first
day the saloon was open there were
two customers. The fourth brought
fifty. The n..~lher kept mounting I'M
til it touch- several hundred daily
One who stood with foot upon the
brass rail and slipped a chocolate soda.
expressed approval thus wise;
well what tell7 Don't US Chauf-
fers meet UP here every night same g
the old place on the corner? Don't
we get outa the house and away from
our old woman some where's same as
like always? Sure We do That's all
we want
How about the little old hundred
proof YOU used TO get down on the
corner?" | asked him.
We'll. what tell? he replied. grin
ming good naturedly Our whole eff
fort is based on the theory that men
go to saloons for socia biity-not to
drink"
Mrs. Reid explained further Not
all men who make a practice of GO
ing TO saloons are Objectionable: Some
are very fine. And we are trying TO
cater to every class OF patrons by pre-
serving the atmosphere of the old
type saloon"
With rare tact acquired during a
long period OF war work. the women
interested in the new saloons have cut
themselves OFF from direct contact
with active management They will
raise funds to meet initial expenses
and plan policies: men have been
hired 10 90 everything else
Among others Interested in the pro-
ject with Mrs. Reid are Mrs. Richard
-Aldrich. Mrs. F. +. Appleton. Mrs
Charles Fl. Brooks. Mrs. Layard Cut
| ting. Mrs. Hamilton Fairfax Mrs
William Nj. James. Mrs w. f, Roose
yeft- Mrs Edmund l. Rayiies, Mrs
Seth Low. Mrs. Herbert Satterlee, Miss
Anne Morgan, Mrs Lawrence Henry
Schwah. Mrs. James r Slade. Mrs
Edward r. Stettinius. Mrs. Chaunce.
c. Stilman. Mrs. f. A. H Angler.