Thanks a million, Lyle,
  I appreciate your taking the time to answer.
  I see why the termination date was set for May.
  Virginia Hutson


At 05:43 PM 1/7/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>A house of private entertainment, apart from
>whatever modern connotations the name might
>conjure, was in the 19th century a licensed place
>to sell booze, possibly meals but which did not
>offer overnight accommodation. The applicant had
>to be sworn to be of good character and not given
>to various vices, etc. by upstanding citizens,
>usually his neighbors and probably the logical
>source of customers as well. The license had to be
>renewed each year.
>
>Lyle
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