Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1898 — INTEMPERANCE IN HAVANA. [ARTICLE]

INTEMPERANCE IN HAVANA.

Cabana Trent am tflhe CBnoff BariacnSfUfe. - - “Havana is the <me place wtew ate chief occupation off the taJuddraam seems to consist of tippling.” said W®liam Ryan, the well-known Virginia journalist, at the Metrqptflimm. “It is The drinker's paradise, amil afiso the smoker’s, for in these own* iiaßttN* everybody indulges w ith at tfowodom I never saw elsewhere, fwjik rather early in the <Culucn enjihsfl » etajoy the cool morning air, amd stwrority take anything except a ettffor and wM before breakfasting zi 11 a. m. that period the regulation amount eff tipple for a Cuban gentleman iis six gia cocktails. Thus fortified Ibe -cam nnake out till the first meal etf the -dity.. ad ■ which It is the jtropttr mid euswmurty •act to drink a bottle sf .ttaret amfl Bbewise a bottle of champagne. TYh' tattler costs jnst as much. too. Hot 'it wa (escape your mind, as it dees iin the Umnefl States. “Now, having breakfasted, eturiftimril is getting ready for the serious taafi- , ness of the day—rhe ettnsumjititm <sff other spirituous drinks. Kis flimsy turns to brandy and soda aS tills stage, and eee the dinner hour arrives Ibe tnnntt have swallowed no less than six 9«. amd s’s.; at least he is sfiy rtf the treqtniHiite quota unless that many thaw ifißwoed the gin cocktails. There is m» Tmitl. though, st The haif-dooon station, lltnr it is regarded as a miuimnm. J*imwr comes on, and with it another flwcttle claret and ditto champagne, jjuffl as att breakfast. In The evtming there as m regular program. Inn miwed brinks are indulged in ad libitum. I will ssy_ tacidentally, Thai paymtuns for bll <drinks are on a cash iiasis. •This is no fancy descriptiaß. 9un iis just what the a verage indivi dual Crthirn will regale himseff vifli in nwuEy-fiair hours. With it all. it Is the rarest tiling in the world To see anyone imokiejotid. The only drunken man I saw fitwur there was an Amerh-an. As far as rtita" drinking goes nobody in Havana -considers that the eusroin rtf the t+tanfl in this respect is at all So fee critielsefl :ns excessive. The dtame -is surili than men can stand a vast amount of drilling without apparent injury Watrih. ington Post.