Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1867-06-07
INCREASING USE OF sTIMULANTs.

INCREASING USE OF sTIMULANTs.
Whether or not the startling state
mcnts Of the Rand Tu6'c concerning
the fri shlfnl Increase Of drunkenness
among women in New York "high
i:tc' bo truc-and whether or not
there is foundation for the prevalent
rumor that the Iucbriatc Asylum at
Bingha mpton, New York, has rccciv-
cd w;Ihiif its rcclain,ing !nucnccs fif-
; teen hundred wives aud daughters
from the first families Of tho country,
! aud yet has not taken half tho female
applicants, for lack of accomr,oda-
tions-onc thing is certain, and patent
! TO tho most superficial observer.
There is among womon an increased
use Of stimulants, which is alarming,
and TO be deprecated. "Excuso my
hrcath," said y beautiful lady to Us
| few days ago rs she cntorcd our room,
"but my physician orders me to take
whisl1cy daily, to relieve an affection
of tic heart from which I suffer-"
"My doctor wishes mo to take wine to
build me up" said another to US only
last week, I" but my husband thinks it
does not agree with mo so take q stiff
hot sling every night before going to
! bed, .uch ss lo knows how to mix,
and really, can't sleep without it,"
~ go home every night from my work
SO fa%ycd OUT" we heard dressmaker
say, "lhat the first thing l do is to
take brandy and water. I'm tit FIR
nothing till l do ,, "Lct INC give you
a wine glass Of clarct," urged kind
hearted lady, :4s we entered her house
greatly f;,tigued. Yon can drink that,
for it stimulates, and does not intox-
ica:c. take it every day at dinner
to assist digcstion.,
"My physician orders it," This is
the excuse for the stimulating, which,
is on the increase, and often there is
truth III tho statement. TO some OF
US, who are old fashioned, and who
wero brought up to "total abs stinence,"
and have como to believe Tint all
drunk ucss is preceded by OCCASION
al tippIing, and has its root in moder.
ate drinking, by tho phyHician's pre-
scription, or otherwise, this state o
things is fraught with danger. Ii
cannot be persisted in without ruin
Gus consequences. Whenever men OF
women haJitualiy resort to aicoholi,
1 stimulants to procure slccp, to dead
| On pain, 10 oniiven monotony of
weary life, to tono up an overw orlhet
. or f"ggiug system, or for the tcmpora
~ excitement it brings, they are no
. far from q drunkurd's grave. 1t i
bad enough for men 60 lapse into hab
!, its of drunken husband, drunken
tather-only those patient, hear
broken, shame faced wives and chill
:, d:en or whom this great cross of Sui
:. fering it laid, can estimate the miser
: which it brings.
=. But drunken girl-a drunke
- wife-a drunken mo,hcr-is there fc
!, women deeper depth! Home mad
hidc1us-children disgraced, negle
. ted and Acknowledgements Of perso
-, and beauty of feature yielding to
q bloated figure, cleared eyes, blotchc
:; . and rhoumy complexion-lov. pur
10 ty, order, all womap1y virtnes and il
;, sLincts wiped out by ono unsuitable on
demoral:zing appetite-this is tn
picture corjurcd up as ono thinks
. drunkenness in woman. Drunken
" ness kills out womaa's strongest iI
stinct-that Of maternity, and max
her fendish, who could be angelic
n Exchange.