Thursday, July 13, 1939,
THE SOWER
A Weekly Department of Religious
and Secular Thought Contributed
by REV. JAMES A. TURNER,
Pastor, M. E. Church, Patton, Pa.
THE TAVERN IN THE TOWN
The following excerpts from “The
Chicago Reporter” of April, 1939,
should be read by every American in-
terested in the concerns of his country:
The Tavern is Chicago's
{ present 9,017 licensed taverns in Chi-
cago, and only 276 motion picture the-
atres in the city. In 1937 the total seat-
ing capacity of the theatres was 338,000
| or one seat for every nine residents. If
we estimate that there are fifty seats
per tavern, we reach the tavern seat-
ing capacity of 450,000. Attendance at
Chicago's theatres is over 20 million
annually, The taverns far outstrip this |*
figure under almost any method
calculation. Taking a low estimate
10 customers per tavern per day would
give a yearly total of over 30 millions
of
as
°60,000
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and a tavern. Her escort smashed into a
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Smoker a fifteen year old girl was taken to a
tavern by her aunt. There they met
two men and all drank considerably.
The aunt left the girl with the two
; men, and when she was almost uncon-
1 scious from six hours of continuous
drinking, they took her into a back
room of the tavern and raped her. The
tavern was closed by the police, but
—for 939 taverns were found that sold li-
All Six | quor to persons who apparantly were
Pieces! | minors,
: | The ordinance providing that the
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| ular commercial facility. There are at
THE UNION
—
of tavern customers—there is one tav-
, ern for each 338 people.
Law violation by the tavern owner
| is constant, The State Liquor Control
, law provides that “All rooms where
» liquor is sold for consumption on the
premises shall be continuously lighted
during business hours . . . so that all
parts parts of the interior of the prem-
ises shall be clearly visible.
In a recent survey made by the Ju-
} rns
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venile Protective Association of 3,028
! taverns in the City, 2,019 violated this
law. Most patrons visit the tavern as
a place where they can lose their in-
hibitions and escape from everyday
rutine. Soft lights are a psychological
aid in mellowing the realties of the
world and in inducing the customers
to indulge freely in the various enter-
tainments offered. Many taverns not
only dim the lights, but have rooms or
booths almost in total darkness. Some
such rooms have signs, “For Women
and Couples Only,” posted at their
entrance. Patrons also are hidden from
public view by obstructions in the win-
dows of the taverns. Though such ob-
structions are against the law, 1678
taverns were found the interiors ef
which could not be seen from the
street,
The State Liquor Control law pro-
hibits sales to intoxicated persons, and
yet the Juvenile Protective Associa-
tion observed 1,432 taverns that serv-
ed liquor to persons obviously drunk.
Some tavern owners are reluctant to
sell to druks because of the provision
of the statute that makes an owner li-
able to any person injured by the in-
toxication of a patron of the tavern.
But the possibility of liability always
seems remote when the customer is
paying for his drinks and a profit is
in sight.
tavern must be locked, the customers
must leave, and no liquor may be sold
between 1 a. m. and 7 a. m. on week
days or between 2 a. m. and 12 noon
on Sundays is notoriously disregarded
886 taverns were visited that sold li-
quor after hours.
The Juvenile Protective Association
ound 539 taverns in which floors, bars
tables or toilets were in unsanitary
condition . . . Glasses often are not
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allowed to spit on the floors. A graver
threat to public health than dirty kit-
chens is the venereal disease problem
that raises its ugly head in connection
with prostitution in taverns. In 113
taverns women were heard to solicit
men and if that many were heard,
there were plenty of unheard solicita-
tions. Mr. C. R. Cooper in his recent
book on vice estimates that 80 per cent
of the prostitutes in the country are
diseased or suffering from after ef-
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fects of disease.
Some of the most tragic victims of
tavern prostitution are the girls them-
selves. Many start on the short and
speedy road because they are seeking
new thrills; others because they need
the money. They come from country
towns, from our high schools. It is easy
for an attractive girl to get a job in a
tavern soliciting men to buy drinks for
her and for themselves, even though
it is against the city code. The house
gives the girl a percentage of the sale
price, and increases its profit by serv-
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ing the girl only with colored water,
She quickly learns how to work the
men for what they are worth, and sub-
mits to their pawing as long as they
keep buying drinks. From here it is an
easy step to prostitution, especially
when prodded by other girls to “go in-
to the business and make easy money.”
Once the girl is “in the business” the
taverns are excelent headquarters. The
breakdown of the taboo against wo-
men in the saloon, the willingness of
the owner to serve anyone especially
if that person is likely to attract other
customers, the fact that the customer
of the tavern is looking for a “good
time,” all point to the tavern as the of-
fice of the prostitute.
This problem of prostitution is close-
ly connected with child labor in the
taverns. In 162 taverns persons who
apparantly were minors were working
as hostesses, entertainers or waitress-
es. Such employment violates the city
code. A case will illustrate some of the
bumps in the road that these young
girls travel. The girls, 13 and 14 years
old, from out of town were hired to
solicit drinks from customers for $1.00
a night. After working for him for a
few days, they moved to another tav-
ern, and then to a third. They sought
a place to sleep from a restaurant own-
er, who offered them a squalid room
with table linen for bed sheets. When
they moved in he locked the door on
them and then admitted patrons who
took liberties with the girls. Police
finally arrested him.
Violations of other sections of the
state law and the city code are fre-
quent. In 1,069 taverns gambling oc-
curred; indecent entertainment in 392
taverns. On the average there were
more than three law violations per tav-
ern visited. . . The tavern owner who
does not toe the political line has trou-
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