Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 50, Number 19, Jasper, Dubois County, 24 January 1908 — Page 2
DRINK HABIT AMONG WOMEN ON INCREASE GROWTH OF DANGEROUS EVIL IS SEEN
Prof. Quackenbos and Dr. Parkhurst Join in Deploring Present Conditions "Common Among All Classes," Declares the Former Columbia Professor Testimony of the Present Superintendent of Bellevue Hospital.
NEW YORK. According to Prof. John Duncan Quuckonbos. specialist In nervous and mental dlsonsos. member of many American and foreign medical societies, aud formerly of the Columbia university faculty, th- drink habit is spreading at an Alarming rate among the women of New York. To a representative of the Sunday World he said: It is with real alarm that I note
bowl, however, is not to bo blatnod entirely. Many women dtp into it and may do it many times without acquiring Uie drink habit, but many get their start there. It does give thorn the tte of liquor and thon. with many of them, the tasto for liquor. Now. the tondoncy of the American woman is to go to extremes, and in drinking she over-drinks. It is dangerous for her to touch liquor at all. This is particularly true of the
v,.- vnrk woman. Docauso ui uiu
l.e rapid growth of the drtuk habit , exciu?m0nt of llfo in Kow York.
among waien in New York city
i
tations of whisky were Judgca to be
the real thing. "It stands to reason, of course, that tho groat proportion of tho liquor sold Is counterfeit, whon it Is known that the consumption la far In oxcoss of the ability of distillers and brewors to produce the genulno product. Adulterations and criminal countorfelta must be resorted to In order to meet the demand. I will wagor that thore have been Inmates of Uollevuo's alcoholic ward who have never tasted a drop of real whisky in their llvos. They Just think they havo boon drinking whisky, and if they had been drinking real whisky tho chances are they would never have been In Bellevue. I don't say that roal whisky, if taken excessively. Is not harmful, but I do say that a man could drink tho pure article in moderation all his lifo
and not bo hurt by It Why. lo drinks of pure whisky would not do a man tho harm that ono drink of this vilo stuff they sell for whisky In Now York would do him. Poisoned by Vile Liquor. "1 know a man who left his office one evening all tired out. droppod Into
dull, sunken eyes and pincneu neu, and tho continuance of tho uso of tho drug lendt to nervous wreckage, delirium and Insanity." LETTER POSTED 32 YEARS AGO.
Crossd Ocean Many Time Before Delivery to Sea Captain. A lettor posted at Garmstad. Norway. 32 years ago to CapL Thomas NlelHon of the bark llarmonia, and which has traveled across tho Atlantic to and fro many times In pursuit of him. was dollvorod to Thomas Nlelson. a carpontor of tho rovenuo cutter Manhattan of tho local sorvico. says a Now York dispatch to tho SL Louis Globo Democrat. It was tho right envolopo, and th joint letter it contalnod brought tho mist to his eyes with tho "news" it told of old friends and relatives in Norway, many of whom aro now dead. Capt. Nielsen is now GS years old, and has been retired from the sea for many years. Tho letter was from his wife Alvlner, and his brother John, who wrote to tell of an accident to an-
HÜ MLESSINQ FOR HER.
Disappointed Youngster Discriminated
In Hit Prayer. , For several weeks, llttlo Rnlph had enjoyed tho uso of a Shetland pony, tho proporty of a homo dealer who was a frlond of tho family. But much to Ralph's sorrow, there came a day recently when tho pony was sold, and tho dollghtful horseback rides camo to a suddon end. Tho purchaser, aa Ralph found out by inquiry, was a llttlo girl of about his own mature
auco with tho pony began, Ralph had ,
Included him in his bedtlmo prayer, and "God bless tho pony," was an carnost nightly petition. Tho first cvoulng after tho salo of tho pony, Ralph hesitated when ho reached his pet's place in tho prayer. Then, aftor a moment's thought, ho continued: "Please, God, bless tho pony Just tho same; but, God, don't you bless tho llttlo girl what's got tho pony."
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ha' h he-n In a position to watch that g )th closely and I can sy with fu'i kaow ledge that ten women drink t Uy uLere one drank a dosen years The growth of the habit has been anions women of all classes, the rich
It is not my object to preach un
less the mere statement of fact Is a sermon, and tho fact is New York women do drink, or .rather too largo a percentage of them drink, and drink to excess. If ono doubts it let him go to auy of our large hotels and restaurants any night and look about
hiin. On every hand you find them ,
and their sister visitors to New ork drinking No one thinks anything alxmt it. and the women think they are simply doing the proper thing. Many of them dHnk just because they do think that way and many of them drink because they like the liquor. Do Not Want to Be Cured. "I have treated in the last eight years TOO cases of alcoholism, with a large percentage of women, and I found la many cases where the patient was a woman that she did not, deep down In her heart, want to be cured of the habit. This fact Is true especially in tho ease of the rich society woman. She usually comes to me either at tho urgent solicitation of relatives or friends, or with only a surface desire to be rid of the habit. Very few of them honestly and truly, and with their whole heart, want to be cured. "For instance, a certain woman came to me for treatment for the drink habit and seemed sincere indeed. I treated her by autosuggestion, giving her the suggestion that she could not lift a wineglass to her lips. She wont away and the very next night
His Hands Were a Solid Mass, and Disease Spread All Over Body Cured In 4 Days By Cutlcura. "One day wo noticed that our llttlo boy was all broken out with Itching
! sores. Wo first noticed It on his little
hands. His hands were not as bad then, and wo didn't think anything tcrlous would result But tho next day wo heard of tho Cutlcura Remedies being so good for Itching sores. By this time the disease had spread all over his body, and his hands were
nothing but a solid mass of this itch ing disease. I purchased a box of Cut!
cura Soap and ono box of Cutlcura Ointment, and that night I took the Cutlcura Soap and lukewarm water and washed him well. Then I dried him and took the Cutlcura Ointment and anointed him with iL I did this every evening and In four nights ho was entlroly cured. Mrs. Frank Donahue. 20S Fremont SL, Kokomo, Ind., Sept 16, 1907." AND THERE WASI
"A case was pointed out recently of a luncheon given here In New York at which 24 debutantes drank 36 bottles of champagne, and 15 of them smoked seven dozen cigarettes." Dr. Quackenbos.
New Yorkers Becoming Hysterical
BY DR. S. T. ARMSTRONG. (Superintendent of Bellevue and the Allied Hospitals.)
Till h
iE New Yorkers are becoming a
ys-rical people. Th' y show an ..... i I
lnc-Hv.rii: excttftriiy. a uimin-
' !f control This demon-
If in all forms of mce. )..w5 restraint if ex reis d. !i,o tfnsin of life here is n the people One scxaniphs of this in indiu.1vat demonstration "f it ;"s of the i''.)ile is lt!.e inci a.-in hysteiia of 'ra'ii-ns as thofct? of the
muht Vf r thp N w Year What is true of '1.- city m n is true of thity wot- vi The in rease of drunk-f-nnesf i a distrt-.-nine fact. It i a natu'?.1. Mutrome f the restlessn ss. the on er-' riving, the unrestraint of
iv life in Now York. Iject Is f tremendous ini We ghou! I know Just hat
i tunpn i--.-3te Iio-s !'.: Ti- tfc' iwii.z I !-t ty ' ia'i Iii iniong a s- rved :t s ich Ce'
tioas, or to make comparisons between the present and the past Tho records of the alcoholic and pBycopathIc wards of Bellevue haspltal do not show the facta of inebriety even among the classes of men and women
who would seek aid from this hos- j pital. In l&OI there were S.941 admissions to Bellevue for various forms of alcoholism. The number now is great- j
a saloon of the best class and took only two drinks of their bar whisky and was lost for four days. I was called In to help find him. as he was a friend of mine, and when we found him he was In a pitiable condition, his mind was clouded, he could not remember where he had boon or what he had done after leaving that saloon. He only remembered that he had taken two drinks of whisky. -Tho beer drinker, if he gets real boor, is handed a glass of tho beverage which, to meet the demands of trade, Is put out too new and Improperly fermented. Beer should be kept In the keg for six months before belnu sold to tho drinker. "It is rather surprising how many of our school children havo become beer drinkers, especially those of foreign birth, and the habit is making them mentally sluggish to a degre
that is attracting tho attention of educators and philanthropists. "Another liabit which is getting con
trol of our shop girls particularly is
h wino hhir This habit has
ly less than that. In 190 It had fallen
to 6,633. But even with this reduc- wn t last few vears with such
tion the nurober of alcoholic patients I MllW,,. thflt txvdav thousands of
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preset Thlt jrtan! atT as it
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form an lnt-hri' : 1 !t,iti -
'k b' re iti ih ii ' In
I Is more than 25 per cent of all the r-atient8 admitted to Bellevue. But I these records prove nothing in the J line we would follow. The number of ' inebriates who seek treatment at ! Bellevue has fallen off simply be1 cause an old offender who comes here i is now liable to be turned over to a city magistrate, who will sentence him to an asylum as a chronic drunk- ; ard. This had the effect especially ; of keeping many women from taking
young girls as well as mature worn en and men are held in its clutches
The effect of the habit is noted in tho
other brother. Nicholas, who had re
turned from a soa trip with a broken log. All three brothers are now employed on the Manhattan, and the wifo.
now an elderly woman, is living with her husband In Brooklyn.
Tho envelope containg the letter
was covered with postmarks, many of
thorn so faded that they could not bo made out- It was directed originally
to ailnoteteon, Mexico, in care of tho Swedish consul, but had been, directed
so many times there was no further
space, and when it was returned to Garmstad for tho sixth time last Juno It had to be inclosed in an other cov
er. Tho letter, which was posted Jan
uary 9, 1S75. had been opened and sealed with Mexican stamps bearing tho date of 1S7C. '
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Dr. Parkhurst Says "It Is a Fact
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repeated advantage of treatment at
nrrontinp. what th futur" i B11tvue. t r,: fur v.. juht where anii What is the cure of tho ovil of In-
-. are thrpa'tti'd
One may 1 c casing Inebriety in New York?
opinion a to an increasing I Whatever will bring easement to the
ntleaa life in the city will lessen all forms of dissipation. Tho whole subject neds careful and thorough investigation to know what palliative measures can le taken. Drinking is only one symptom of what is wrong with us.
: nnr ng w n t n from suh ex- - a those f New Year's eve. . 1 that it not easy to ko. ii no official statistics b arinj; o'ifstion. Th" subject ha-had . s-uation f scientific value.
im iM.ut speak exactly as to condi-
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dtun 1 1 litre ! Iran cork
or. youtic and old. Girls in . evident I v see no improprl vt-r in drinking publicly :i' n coniparii'iiit . Very often 1 Livt had oiii:k girls bi o i;ht it trea' .m ilt, h atei i ally
has treat i wi'hin a vear l. ; ' Jiill for f li;un s 1 .;.!..
l . .1 ,ii 1 :imi will) um fi i
n -val. 1-tween thir ' r,,,hinK into temptation
she went with ft man companion to one of our large restaurants, made no objection whatever when wine waa ordered, and even tried hor best to overcome the suggestion I had given
her and drink the wine. But she found that she could not lift the glass from the titble. You see. she
did not really and honestly want to be
rnred and wasted but little time In
- wine with hiichhalls and - One nm.ui diank a riait
f I aiutmfme ewry morning, and wher r to sjo out Lor t ustom waa fn o! ',: I.- r niuid to britit; her another viart TU "i lefor- ) .mng the house to en " ' r rarrlfti-" w would empty tho t. ' 'o "steai!-- 1i-t n'Tves.' Girls Indulge In Liquor. "SiTiooi mlnses and college girls in great numbers are among the throng of w-invn drlnkora. A etisa waa I-ointod ut recently of a luncheou Kiven here in Now Yorh nt which 24 debutantos drank 36 bottles of champagne, and 15 of them smokod seven dozen clRarettoH. "As everyone knows, tho punch bowl figures largely in the growth of tho drink habit among women of Now York. It Is found nt all functions, nnd
many a girl 1ms got her first tasto of
'imuot by a dip into it. The punch
-Conditions might not he so bad, however, if women qr men drank real, pure whisky, real, pure wlno and roal,
pure liquors of nil sorts, but they don't. They think they do, but what
they are really drinking is a deadly
poison and one swift In Its execution
I feel safe In sayfr.g that out of 100 drinks sold in Now York city ns
whisky not moro than ono Is the roa nrtlclq. Counterfeit Whisky.
"But so cleverly is whisky countor
felted today that club connoisseurs cannot detect it, as was shown In an experiment mado recently by Dr. Dar
lington of tho board of health. Dr.
Darlington went around and collected
a number of samples of whisky from
saloons of all classes, took tho Bam
plos to his club, whero ho had sev
oral of tho members tost them, ant muoh to hi? surprise the cheap Iml
1 1
HEN a representative oi ine
Sunday World road portions of Dr. Quackenbos article to Rov.
Dr. Charles Parkhurst he said:
"It is undoubtedly truo, and a de
plorable fact, that the drink habit is
growing rapidly among me- wumu
of New York.
"I havo not mado a real investiga
tion, as Dr. Quackenuos nas, out ou
doos not havo to investigate; it is a fact which staros you in the face,
It is all on the surface, and ono cannot overlook it.
A chief reason for this Increase in
the number of women who drink is, I
believe, that there has been too mucn
nrosnerity. Of courso, just now wo
are passing through a period of 'hard
Rev. Dr. Charles Parkhurst.
times.' so to speak, but boforo tho
panic for a number of years tho coun
try waa most prosperous, evorybody had money, and lifo becamo too easy. When lifo iß made too easy wo aro in
a danger zone and moro prono to glvo way to temptation. That long period
of prosperity mado ns too mnterlpl,
also turned the doslros of many only
and
to what thoy could aeo and eat
drink.
"I supposo the growth of the drink
habit hns boon principally among tho
woman of tho richer classes. It Is at least reasonable to believe so, as
they have the money and time to indulge in such laxity. Idleness Is usually dangerous.
"Another phase In the drink question is tho quality of tho liquor. Dr. Quackenbos points out tho shameless
adulteration in whisky, but let mo ask
why It Is tolerated? Where ia our pure food law? Why. It is In our statute books, but It Isn't in the hearts or minds of thoso in author ity or In the hearts or minds of tho people who put thoso men In authority. If it woro, tho law would bo onforcod. "Tho growing tendency of the Amoricnn pooplo is a disrespect for laws. We have plenty of good lnws. but they aro not enforced. That is the whole trouble. Tho men who should enforce them do not do It, and the people who elect those men to offlco do not make them do It, and they keep on electing men who will not do It. "Our mayor is sworn to bo active In the enforcomont of tho laws, but Is he? He is not. Well, if the mayor i3 inactivo can you expect those under him to bo othorwl!? He ia the man to whom tho lessor officials look, and if he sots such an example, what is the result? Inactivity all along tho lino and our laws beconio moro printed matter. "Wo also sond incompetency to our legislative bodies In Albany. We have done so for years and probably will keep on doing so. Wo know that wo are doing it and havo llttlo or no respect for a largo majority of tho men wo send there, so how can wo havo respect for tho laws thoy mako? We cannot havo respect for thoso laws and wo have not"
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