ABSTRACT
The fact that the mortgage was so much larger than the value of the property it covered made it practically certain it would never be paid off, and that the saloon would remain the property of the brewery. The population in the neighborhood of saloon was what is technically called in the saloon business “a good drinking one.” It was made up of Irish and Germans in about equal parts, with a good-sized Italian section, and a few Americans thrown in. The saloon-keeper’s free lunch saves many a poor fellow from starvation in hard times. A man may have a whole meal, with a big glass of beer or a “soft drink,” for a single nickel. There is a sort of familiarly affectionate feeling for the saloon-keeper among these people.
