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Show Saving on Drink. That men will drink less while they havo something to look at or to listen to Is proved by the sobriety which attends at-tends public amusements In England. No-consumption of alcoholic refreshments refresh-ments Is allowed in the auditorium, and It Is rare that the patrons leave their eeats for a drink at the bars Indeed, many of these resorts are conducted con-ducted on strictly temperance lines. At the theaters, too, the consumption of alcoholic refreshments during the entr'actes has latterly been reduced to a minimum. Midway In the pantomimes, pan-tomimes, the descent'of the curtain I contemporaneous with the appearance of trim waitresses and the tea tray. Even in the theater bars the lords of creation prefer "the cup that cheers" to whisky nnd soda. |