Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-07-28
The Fashionable Glass Of Wine.

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higher and patrician classes. At the con- v
meeting of boon companions, cham =
payne and other sparkling liquids were 6
among the programme of refreshments, .
and considered indispensable to the hilai- :
ty OF the evening. When friends ocea-
sionally met, the warm clasp of the hand c
and cordial greeting must be ratified by a q
glass OF ruby wine and even the romantic I
and chivalric Troubadour, gifted as he vas :
with the sweet spirit of song, must INSPIRE.
the minstreFs strain, and fortify his courage
by quaffing the wine-cup, before trillRg
his lay beneath the latticed window of bis.
ladylove. Fashionable dinner-parties wre.
decidedly not recherche, if various wiles.
graced not the sumptuous table, wIh
which to drink the health of friends, or tee
complimentary toast and the reignhge
belle of the season received the homagebD,
her bright eyes, her grace and beauty m
an Overlooking goblet of the sparkling lses-
erage. Even in our W happy Apenoas i
many years ago, in every house of any pre-
t%entions, the side-board was decorated with
finely cut glass and well-flled decan5ers:
and "mine host" was considered far def-
Gent IN courtesy and hospitality, if thaoas-
uai visitor or friends of the house wena:not.
invited to drink a glass of fine brandk OH
daintily sipmaderia at their pleasure. But
thanksto thenobleS Sons of Temperance andi
other bands of moral reformers, this aastom,
has fallen almost entirely into disusa.:and
the pure, crystal streams of Temperance.
now sparkle, where the fower-w 14athedi
but poisoned bowl once presided. Buttit
is more particularly of the custom, now
so fashionable in the parlor on draw
ing-room that we would speak. AAsl.thatl
t ladies, and especially young ladies, att balls,.
parties, plcnlcs, and even round tfGsasred.
hearth-stone, will drink intoxicat ng. 5ev-
$ erages IN the presence of father, brother
q and their gentlemen friends. Andlin4 pay
ing a fashionable call, with only female,
friends, how often are refreshments Drought
in accompanied with wine and othenstim+-
ulating drinks, that arc coyly sirpea,. butt
with evident pleasure by tae lady visitors.
anG have seen those who refuseCnte,par-
!, take OF this hospitality, frowned upon, oall+-
ed s%queamish, puritan, and heard itt ssser-
er ted IN their absence, that any once who is
&c SO very particular, wouM take su1Eil asimu-
'e lants when it could be done secreHl.Et Of
of this, have only to say, that ITO the purn.
it all things are pure" and the puresameNves,
n. can never be appreciated by those, who,
re have no sympathy with them. Butt. oh. I
Id young lady, if you have a father or broth
C. er, to say nothing of your inaumoe- over
or friends and acquintances, stop, and' think
IT. onous draught. Dearly as you Ibpe. -FOUR
he brother, proud as You are to cIai nhirn.::o oh.
e? better far see HIM lying before pou, male
and still, with deaths signet on m~aunsallied
er youth, than, by your example, bad. Aim.in
IT. the first steps Of dissipation, anIlte. She in,
as fanny OF a drunkard's grave. Yoa, NAV
lis think speak warmly upon the, subisct. OF
IN. from an overweight imagination bushad
an you known and felt what | haxe+- had. vor
up seen the hearts of those you lows. crashed
ess bleeding and bowed before you4 with. AZ
rm agony too deep for words; and all from, til,
tbs effects OF wine-oh ! you would hata, loath,
nts and abhor its very name.
Ill AND he to whom you have ginefp YOU
ny Do'0 "n0Vtiono IN tho sunshine off Who's
mo loVe you only exist can you offer. H;,a,th
ell "lhe-cuP! Can you lure him to rim to
zee rate worse than death ? Be not anoru
lar dear lady, but you surely do not Ic,,e On,
- whom you can urge upon a precipice arrow
'od ned with flowers, when the first false a4n,
ne, will hurl him to death and dos+r1ot;
ian 1ou may say there is little or no halm,i i
on a social glass of wine taken occasion pislE
len but 1t does harm you it sullies the | owels
ne purity OF woman's moral character-md
a on remember, your influence, your exam
PIE VIII blnd a potent spell upon the heart
eel "l tnose VINO love you. It NAV not lea,
are you to dissipation, to an excess that will
atd lntoxlcate your woman's pride. the seen
1ly rlty and seclusion of home NAV save va,
ion from such degradation but your brother
tn go forth to battle with the world. its snare
and temptations beset them on every sid
and if they have imbibed a taste for win
at nome II you put the glass to their lip
and bid them drink, does it not follow tia
1;oa tney VIII taste IL elsewhere, and at place
where 1t is presented to them in the mos
seductive form And can we wonder tia
'ys' gentlemen drink Intoxicating BEVERAGE,
ear when they see them slipped by the ros
|ust lips of the ladies, and their merits and A,
ne; vor commented upon with the iudomer
den of a connoisseur? If woman. whom tbe
uld regard with homage and respect whor
om, they look upon as an embodiment Of virtu
the and purity, can thus sully her lips, can W
Der expect them to maintain their integrity
'er- If you offer them the cup with your ow
ned fair hands, and with beaming smiles insi,
uid upon their tasting it, can you wonder tbs
) In they are often unable to refuse. and accer
She the profered beverage, though a serper
KY, is coiled beneath its ruby wavesg 1 hay
ing heard some young gentlemen saw. tbs
as a though not in the habit of drinking win,
her and opposed to its use, their moral courao
oys. had been insufficient to resist the tempt,
me- ton when presented to them by a lady
an especially if it was one whom thew he
nee chosen as a "Dright, particular star" Thin
'lng of that, dear lady, remember how great
and your influence over your gentlemen frient
to and oh exert it to cultivate in the,
cnt. cnnobling principles. And when YOU D,
rop- the glass of wine to your W lips. loo
'ars, around upon your father, brother an
ton friends, and dash the cup to the earth.
mat you would a beautiful but poisonous re-
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