| Show JEWISH SALOONS they exist in now york the people who frequent them the assertion has often been made and rarely denied that in russia jussim anil and poland the jews drink very little As most ot of the jews of 0 the cut cast hide call gifted from one or the alitt other ot of those countries it would seem that the saloon habit la is among the many new customs acquired by them in america to persona understanding their character and jai jargon jaison son their saloons are doWd decidedly edly interesting te they are very from any other drinking resorts ot at the metropolis tro polis polls the attractive features of the modern gin palace are lacking in them and the beautiful woodwork wood tk decorations mirrors and glassware that mako mak the former oi nier so expensive to the a owner and so 50 pleasing to the patrons are unknown in the latter enese are usually large dark dreary rooms with sanded floors karte lunches aro also rarely soon but all the saloons birve sandwiches and hot viands tor for pay all the food kosher and some saloonkeepers saloon keepers tempt the ultra pious by advertisements of 0 wines and liquors made by orthodox hands and hearing bearing certificates of 0 pen gen ulu eness from rabbis abbis outside a and nd inside signs are plentiful and the 1 i I virtues of 0 the wares are proclaimed calmed la ia adjectives ot of the superlative degree taken from the three languages which compass ponc tho the east easl sue side jargon english germs german n and hebrew the newest ot of these saloons contain such startling innovations as pool ts ta bles these have evidently been discarded by more pretentious resorts lor for the cushions have lost their spring the coverings are worn the balls are chipped and the cues aro are crooked the tables are invariably in the rear ot of the saloons where a dismal light from a back windorf falls upon them they are much patronized by the youths no charge la Is made for or their use but the players aro are expected to buy drinks with each game tho the conduct of 0 those these youngsters Is 19 interesting as illustrating the effect of american institutions upon the tha descendants ants of immigrants who came here with all the narrow ideas which their restricted lire life in the countries they abandoned had bred in them nearly all have east ca t aside many of the trammels which beset their fathers but true enlightenment I 1 Is till tar far oft off they are inclined to be aussid noisy and argumentative arid and as imperious as their patents pai ants were meek and humble the far farmers r era ot of vineland neland Vl once told a sun re reporter p orter that when the jews who bolm 01 m tile the big colony at alliance arrived they walked in ill tho the gutters and dotted their hats to every carl christian dan no matter how mean his appearance within six elx months they took to the I 1 sidewalks Ide walks kept their hats on their heak heads arid and knew and maintained their rights tho the tame rame spirit animates these youths but they have ia v a also a contempt tor for those not so far advanced anil and do not net hesitate to show it not a few have cast aside their religion too and caro care nothing forthe scowls an and 4 muttered imprecations of the who overhear their impious jests irom from the picturesque point or 0 view these orthodox scholars eire are altogether the most interesting characters that frequent the saloons jiosa lost of them are bachelors bach clora slid and come primarily to pet get food as well as drink even the dinginess of 0 the saloon la Is preferable to a the it noise also and squalor of their little rooms or the he crowded quarters of their boardinghouses boarding houses scholars who have homes of their own drop in occasionally too because they know they can hero here meet some of their brethren and argue to their hearts content over tile the real meaning of some borne dictum of a learned many centuries in his grave the orthodox jew who Is learned in thorah talmud or clina Is ever ready tor for an argument with it a worthy foeman and all the shrewdness and cunning of the trained logician tire are his it must not be supposed that the scholar hns has no other occupation than study and disputation it if lie la Is a scholar pure and simple he a slats the rabbis in preparing their sermons por roona teaches hebrew and orthodox judaism to the children and expounds the mosaic law to perplexed housewives who tear fear they have been guilty of 0 breaking rome nomo of 0 its numerous nume ious petty provisions wore more likely however lie he Is a peddler ot of s and matches compelled to slave hard at this distasteful calling to get food anti and shelter but never dropping ills his studies when his days work la Is over lie he finds delight in poring over the ancient volumes in the basement bailment study eludy at the synagogue anti anil thus keeps up lite ills knowledge and the weapons of his b 1 I intellectual combats new york sun |
