Word: tiajuana
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...same dollars-round, hard and heavy-are the chief currency of Tiajuana...
Behind the bars of Tiajuana stand the remnants of a disappearing race-the U.S. bartender. Many a man among them will tell heart-breaking tales of better days when he served drinks at the Waldorf in Manhattan, at Boston's Parker House or at Coffee Dan's in San Francisco. Their skill confirms their stories and strong men weep gently into their old-fashioned whiskey cocktails to think such souls are passing...
These bartenders comprise the ranking industry. For Tiajuana, exotic as it may sound to the dry and fevered U.S. fancy, is nothing but a couple of dirty streets of barrooms. It is almost epic in its drabness. One bar stretches an entire block and announces itself as "The Longest Bar in the World."* Some have mechanical music; some musicians. Most places have small clearings for dancing. All smell...
...whenever the races are over, the play is wildest. Losers are trying desperately to win it all back. Winners are giving their luck a ride. There are only a few minutes left. For Tiajuana has practically no hotel accommodations and the U.S. border closes...
This winter ingenious promoters devised a way to keep some of the U.S. gold in town for the evening. They withdrew two miles from Tiajuana to a spot called Agua Caliente. Here they built a beautiful hotel and beside it a large and luxurious gambling casino. While the rabble is fleeing for the border from Tiajuana, the lazy rich man is beginning to dress for dinner at Agua Caliente...