Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-11-02 | Page 5 | Paris, it Seems, is No Place for an American to Get a "Good Drink"

f I Paris It Seems Is No Place glace for an American to Get a Good Drink I By MINOTT SAUNDERS N NEA EA Service Correspondent I PARIS Some PARIS Some Americans ad- ad come to Paris to get a good drink Others do not let a good drink stand stand in fn their way while here But strangely enough during this busy tourist year quite a few Americans have been going home without having what they call a good drink These are the serious drinkers of prohibition America In Paris they could get almost anything they wanted night or day but ther there wasn't any thrill in getting it Talk lalk of bootleggers and speakeasies with new acquaintances seemed to fall flat Something of f the fa familiar familiar familiar fa- fa zest of or drinking was lost TOO MILD And to these the alcoholic wares of Paris were disappointing The stuff here didn't carry arry that old kick The whisky was too smooth and cognac not sufficiently com com- Still wines and champagnes champagnes champagnes cham cham- were they knew little about and cared less Men were heard to say they wanted a aman's amans amans aman's amans aman's mans man's drink It is true that the smooth stuff often proved deceiving and exercised exercised exercised exer exer- quite as astonishing authorIty authority author author- it ity but In general the hosts of Paris found themselves outclassed In drinking capacity b by the tire visiting visiting visiting visit ing firemen from the big towns back home The Time visitors had been trained in a harder school and quite a number of them have been just as glad to get back to to good American drinks they as were to good American cooking BUYING THE IMPLEMENTS Another sidelight on prohibition was seen in the articles purchased by Americans to take talce back home as precious souvenirs from Paris A survey conducted by Mlle Mile Marjorie Marjorie Mar Mar- jorie jode Odette inquiring feminine reporter reporter re- re porter potter of shows that the chief Items among the purchases purchases purchases pur pur- chases made by were cocktail implements Establishments Establishments Establish Establish- Establishments ments which included cocktail shakers glasses J and a hip n flasKs SK's amon among their stocks sold more of such wares than anything else Walking sticks with tubes that might contain liquids liquid were eagerly sought after The Barflies have been buzzing merrily Harry McElhone proprietor proprietor proprietor pro pro- of the New York bar and supreme bluebottle fly ly lyof of of the International In International International In- In Barflies' Barflies asso association re reports reports reports re- re ports a record registration of new members during the fortnight that the tho were here He signed up over enthusiastic drinkers including his honor the mayor of New York This figure surpasses any other registration ov over r such a period and brought the total number of Barflies up to Since it costs 10 30 francs francs' to become a Barfly these members paid about for the little luxury luxury luxury lux lux- ury of being enrolled PRAISES LEGION MEN And Harry adds I never have seen a better belter behaved behaved behaved be be- haved company of men than the They Tirey drank like gentlemen gentlemen gentlemen gen gen- and we never had a single fight nor a serious quarrel during the bust convention period Everybody Everybody Everybody Every Every- body had a good time and everybOdy everybody everybody every every- body seemed happy Out of the convention has come come the I I Never Heard of Ii It cock cock- tail As gathered to together together together to- to gether in social hours they naturally naturally naturally nat nat- asked each other where they came from When obscure cities and towns were named the response would be I never heard of it This was repeated so often that it practically became the slogan of the Paris convention But Harrys Harry's cocktail considerably improved the geographical knowledge of the United States