The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-25
In New York
Dy PAUL HARRISON

,,oVaSle T pressure from the ciu- yenry, the New York liauor eon' trol board became very lenient TO: gently with the proprletors ot sroghouses, allowing them to a,s. penae hard drlnxa right over the mahogany to the standees, ana to stay open until 1 e'ciock m tne morning. It uscd to be o'clock n tho days when Home, sweet Home" was something besides . song title.
 Xil this may be accepted as . forecast of great gaiety in Man. haitian, Or Glao it means that the state Ia anxious to soak up rev oxtra dollars in liquor taxos ana is willing to keep tho bartehdeA awake until dawn to do It. AS Tor perpendicular drinking. it haS be0n sternly stated that thoro Is no intention of permitting the re- turn of tho old-time saloon.
 Tosiay's Pussle
 Tliere must bo a few of us, though, who are Q little puzzled about tho essential differences between, say, Paddy O'Reilly's old saloon, with It's bar sinister, and Ye Quainte ripple Shoppe of thls enlightened day. In order to be good and quaint, To ripple shoppe is likely to scatter sawdust and cuspidors on the floor, put q brass rail before the bar and a couple Of lush nudes right whore the nudes used to be in paddy'a place. Chances are, Indeed, that tho site aud the bar itself used to belong to Paddy. who now Is just the bar keep,
 aood.bye. rrce Lunch,
 To be sure, tho rules say that Ye Quainte Tipple Shoppe has to sell food. Hut that is all right with the present owner, who remembers that O'Reilly used to have to give it away. And no rubber lettuce and papier.maehe steaks, either, Another difference is that the swinging doora have been replaced by c planked barrier, tavern.style, which is . little harder to get out Of.
 Of course I am one who recalls the old time saloons very haxily, and l may be doing tho Quiekie Shoppes and the Aikie Aicoves q grave injustice by suggesting that they are only nominally unlike the saloons of long ago. 1t may bc. too, that 1 am q cross.eyed China man named Reginald. Hut l don't think so.
 on Mixed Drinking
 Regardless of physical appur. tenanees, though, there Is q great dissimilarity in elienteles. The women, you see, never have for- gotten how much they enjoyed what passed for brass-rail camera derie In the speakeasy era. So when the bar was taken of bar drinking, many e trim 4-A pump was hoisted onto the rail. and many . lass called for Collins or Q Martini.
 "And what do you make of that?" I asked Dinty Moore, the Broadway restaurateur, and he made quite . lot of 1t. "The frails." said MT Moore, he being man who has a very little truck with emahcipated femininity. "have forgotten that there is . difference between a public bar and q speaky where everybody knew practically everybody else.
 with everybody leaning over a public bar on q rainy afternoon somebody Is bound to say Hello, sweetheart to somebody else's girl. and then everybody in the place will be ducking fists and bot. ties. It will take a couple more courts in this town to take care of all the murders that will hap- pen under the new rules" MT Moore even made a little epigram. He said: "At a bar men and women just don't mix. ' The New Liquor Problem
 Up at the Hotel Ansonia officiali were worrying about whether meT should be required to check theiI hats and coats before Tningling al the rail with women. At thS Times Square, Patrick Devins was grumbling about women whs shoulder their way to the mahog. any and then complain about ths color Of the conversation the, overhear. Only at the Ritz wal there no problem at aII. It hal one bar for men. another for wo men, and women with escorts.
 In the avenue district the diff, cuity is mltigated q good deal b, the fact that most of the custom, CTS are sitting slippers by traininC and inclination. These people ar, designated as ladies and gentle men anyway, and 1t is praclicallj certain that nobody is going to sa, Co a strange lady. 'sHeil8 doarIe how's tricks7" At least. not in Jus those wardR