The Washington times., 1929-10-24
FIND REAL BEER
BOTTLED IN
DISTRICT
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Df1n& me III Ine clups he was well
known and vouched Tor Mr.. s. and
me. when we were admitted. enter
Ing about 1870 am.
No liquor was sold by the manage.
nent, but It permitted the itnnost
to parties who brought their
own liquor, which practically all did.
This club was primarily for drink
Ing and dancing. The management
provided ginger ale and set-upa Of
Ice, etc. for mixing drinks.
The prices ran about aa folloWss
small bottle of ginger ale. cost 76
cents with cracked Toe and glasses
The use of i booth. cost 50. The
cover charge was 81 OF $3.50 for
three people. Cigars were 26 cents
and checking cost around 81.
Our Bill was 50 not including
and all we bought was
four bottles OF ginger ale and one
cigar. Our party had q bottle Of
gin openly displayed on the table,
and girls and men came and drank
openly with no protest from the
or walters. In fact they
aided in all the drinking by get.
ting extra glasses and ginger ale
and Ice.
This was d quiet night. There
were about 80 men and girls In the
booths and at tables In the room,
dancing, singing. and drinking.
Two notorious women from Phila.
delphfa with q New York man were
present. One girl patron gave
dance. The general dancing was
the black bottom and charleston and
such kind.
Bootleggers and gamblers were
met here and introduced.
Everyone admitted had to be ''all
right and the management was
wary Of strangers. The club was
4 place where men and girls could
drink all they wanted. Practically
every man brought liquor, and II
was openly drunk at almost III
the tables in the place.
Taxicab drivers outside this place
took men from there to hootleggers
who sell liquor by the pint and
quart. One taxi driver drove three
OF us to Fourteenth and r Stress
where he introduced =
bootlegger who sold the captain
two pints Of gin.
Night Club. A ticket
is necessary to get one ad.
mitted, or else the supplying Of
very good vouchers. s. had ticket
and we could have gone. 1t Is
similar to the -- Night Club
in operation.
Display Liquor a1
Liquor Is not sold by the manage
R1asA NE.lnaq
permit the utmost liberty to guests
who drink at tables and display
the bottles Of whisky and liquor
they bring in.
The card OF admittance which
s. has runs until June.
---- Night Club. This was one
Of the big night clubs and similar
to the others. The management did
not sell liquor Chat is, from any
/ obtained, but II did
permit drinking at tables and
liberty of actions by those who
brought their own liquor.
Bottling Company. This
place Is supposedly a soft drink
bottling company. The concern
bottles and is the distributor of q
beer sold all over the city in
saloons, speakeasies, etc. This
beer Is said to be about 1 per cent
in alcohol and it is strong and
tastes ike that amount at least.
Called By Name
II is called for by namely
those who know. / was informed
that this beer Is most probabIy
made in Maryland, shipped here N
1as, Rss
1t Is sold not only to saloons and
usually one case of near beer and
one case Of real beer.
The real beer is said to be de-
ivered along with cases Of near
beer and the only difference is that
mark on the bottle cap, there be-
ng no labels on either type of
bottle.
Rye From Maryland
The new rye whfskey sold ts
cheap stuff. My informant said
hat q lot OF it is made near
Leonardtown, Nd. where there are
many stills.
Bottling Company. This
concern has . supply Of millions Of
bottles OF all descriptions.
This Ii where bootlsggera and
stil owners get old bottles to be
Used for filling with fake whisky
Ind gin, etc. The concern has
Empty bottles for every kind Of
whisky and gin. / was told it
furnishes counterfeit labels, so that
Sd bottles can be filled with spuri.
,us liquor and sealed the same as
genuine bottles.
The concern has six or eight |
women who do nothing but sort old |
BOTTLES.
Alcohol Cans
The concern has all kinds Of glass
containers, demijohns. alcohol bot.
les, glass Jugs, ETC., and even cans !
hat denatured alcohol comes in and
liquor Il shipped in.
On january s, 1927. Che MT.
Pleasant Citizens Association held
/ meeting to protest against the
selling OF liquor to school children.
Aroused and alarmed BY the sit
lation, the association adopted reso,
utions calling for drastic action
against bootleggers In its territory
4 an effort to prevent the furthee
saie OF liquor to minors.
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