New Britain herald., 1923-02-23

men buying houses Instead OF hooeh
Good thing for everybody to so dry
No Mers DrinLs on Trip.
"He went on like that even after
the hritisher slipped away. OF course
took II to be remorse talking. bu,
none of that party drank another
drop during the trip, This IL only
one instance, I've seen II happen a
hundred times, Maybe you can ae-
count for It. The only way ] have
OF accounting for II is that Ameri-
cans have got out OF the habit OF
drinking and. like the baby special.
ist ! was talking about. they ind Il
hard to get their hand In again or
their stomachs IN again. whichever
way You want 10 put II.
Taking all my experience on an
American liner into consideration
must say that the big majority Of
Americans are drinking much differ
entity. They used TO shoot the stun
like they did everything else--in q
hurry. The American drinking man
was 100 per cent. American. He
didn't drink like the European any
more than he works like the Eu-
ropean. While he may not be 80
neat about It. and while he may hre
lot Of lost motion. the American
will turn off a Job In about half the
time the European will. II was the
same with his drinking. The Eu-
ropean would take day or at least
an afternoon to his drinking. and he
stood up well under 1t because lac
took 1t easy. You know the old say
ing about take 1t easy and you'll last
longer. don't you?
But the American shot his ho3ze
like he shot his affairs-bing. biny
bling. Get me? He was too busy to
take 1t easy. That was the trouble.
Because he refused to take his drinks
slowly and quietly. the drys had
enough horrible examples to appall
sufficient number of voters and we
got the Eighteenth Amendment
"Ill never forget the night when
an organizer for the union addressed
us barkeeps down in Thirty-flfth
street. That was ten years ago. and
/ ask you II you wouldn't have
handed the bird. as the English say.
to guy who. ten years ago, told you
New York was going dry. Well. this
organizer was talking to lot Of us
union barkeeps and he warned US Of
the necessity of keeping our mem
bership solid. W.,
You want to get all that's COM
ing to you now said he, because It
won't be long before you'll be out OF
jobs because the United States OF
America is going dry
II remember his words as II It was
yesterday. Well. we laughed at him
and handed him crop Of raspberries.
But he didn't laugh. often thought
Of that guy since. A wise, wise bird.
Do you know what he's doing now1
Well. he's making some sort Of an
orange drink out in Denver and
cleaning up big. His name is Harry
McCabe, and long while ago he was
tending bar in the old Brown Palacl
Hotel in Denver.
First Trip on the Liner.
But to get back to my job on the
ship, I'll never forget the first trip I
made behind the bar of an American
liner. There were five ministers on
board going to England to attend
some convention or other. And it's
that makes me laugh when l hear
that only recently they've been rails.
ing row about selling hooch on
American liners.
THE four ministers came into thu
bar and ordered sarsaparilla or some-
thing, and couple Of men with la
dies came in and ordered champagne
I didn't get wise to 1t myself at first.
And at the start think they thought
the party was having a little fun
you know. ordering champagne and
thinking cider or something.
The preachers went out only to
come in a little later and find one OF
The party bit noisy. 1t was all
right. They only had quart OF
champagne among the four of them,
and all Of them were all right except
his one.
well, the clergymen began to get
suspicious. Also there were present
'ome gentlemen drinking whisky
ind. well, there was a barroom tang
n the air. Everybody was all right
Ind all that. but an infant would
rave known we were selling booze.
WAL you please tell me-, said one
# the ministers, whether you are
CRYING intoxicants here? We have
'een wondering, and / said that it
vas quite impossible that liquor
ould be served thus under the Stars
nd Stripes
Yes, SIR said, we are serving
iquor.'
He seemed kinda knocked out for
minute and then he said:
Do you mean to tell me that you
re bootlegger?'
"'No. sir. I'm a barkeep getting
ny 500 month and bed and board 9
nd whatever l can pick up
But whose liquor is this you
ell? Where does it come from? Z
Who pays your d
az don't know whose liquor 1t is.
replied, unless it belongs to the {
'nited States or the company run Il
ing this liner, and 1 don't know
here it comes from. I'm paid regu- b
Lrly by the company. sir I