The Republican journal., 1874-04-09
Female Tipplers.
LErom the Now York Sun.

| Two crusading women, one OI whom
was the st. Louis Bachelor of Laws, re-
Gently made Il raid on an uptown restall-
| rant for the innocent purpose OF a lunch
| con, including coffee. The Frcnchman who
| served them asked whether they would
have Hcidsleex or Cognac and seeing
astonishmcnt in their unsophisticatcd faces
he explained that New York women near
| " always wanted either the one or the
other in their coffee.
Two New York women lately entered
the restaurant diagonally opposite Wal
lacks Thcatcr The one was Il hard-Work-
ing music-tcachcr and the other lady of
wealth, delicate and feeble, llltY-liyc or
sixty years of age, her pale, thin cheeks
at the moment wan with fatigue. The cl-
der one ordered milk punch The wait
er refused it, saying, I'VE do not give
drinks to ladies that are alone
The amount and variety of stimulatvr
liquids imbibed by gentle and polished
women may astonish the unintiated and
occasion a counter-crusade of temperate
men upon a large proportion of American
women For instance, the ''dinner tonicS'
furnished by fashionable caterers, and
everywhere relished b. luxurious ladies
with good appetites are. first Nanternr
with the soup; the same with fish, or some
light-colored wine from picturesque Rhine
land TO accompany and follow the roa~t~
and other pieces dc resistance there are
choice samples of an old-time vintage OF
sunny Neres -amber-hued and aromatic
sherry Side dishes are diluted with bump
ers of sparkling champagne; 50 are pud-
dings and pastry. 1t is noticeable that the
fair epicures reject the red wines at dinner.
golden-tinted brands being served eXclu-
sively. "pousse cafe, - a palatable beverage
much admired by bon yivants. or, in Eng
lish, the distilled extract OF Dalmatlan
cherries, known Maraschino, mixed
with Cognac and Curacao, helps the deg
Tuition of the nuts and raisins and i'm
parts rev relish to the succulent fruits
TO finish the repast brandy is poured upon
Jumps of loaf sugar, set on fire. alloWedto
burn until the more volatile alcoholic
properties are eliminated then mixed with
black coffee, and quat1'ed witha 9oW known
only TO connoiSseurs in the art Of teaStin%
>TIMVLANTs FROM THE CRADLE
Women as we'll rs men, from Queer
and Empresses down to outcasts, stimulate
the life pulse from the cradle tc the grave.
Iii mothers milk the babe takes ale, beer
or wine for thus the nursing mother con
Scicntously nourishcS herself. Weddings
and wakes are alike seasons when women
and men haptizc the stomach with Stimu-
lus
Hebrew weddings are notably ronviyial
The most beautiful part of the ceremony
which unite> the bride and groom is the
tasting of wine from the same goblet
signitying that so will they drink together
the cup Of Joy or sorrow. The banquet
following is invariably IN occasion of as
sisted cxhilaration. Though the feast may
be simple and comparatively plain. the
wines are choice and plentiful; lsraclitc~
being excellent Judges Of diamonds amd
wines and prodigal in the purchase there
Of These nuptial festivities that abound
in convivial prayers for the health of the
newly-married pair occur very frequently
in New York. densely populated As it is
with 4 race that faithfully OhcyS the Old
Testament injunction, BE fruitful and
multiply" \ tavorite Rabbi otlicatr~.
on the average, at three or tour wedding
in week sometimes at two IN one alter
noon.
1t is said that i deal ofingenious tipplm%
is done by our women in apothecary stores
that under the disguise of medicine or of
an emergency Il greater amount Of strong
drinking is accomplished there than else
where.
The proprietor, of aiter-theater resorts
say that women drink Just the same, and
everything that men DO. In the st. James
restaurant the beverages most frequently
ordered for them are sherry cohber Ro-
man punch, claret cobblcr, the sherry
wines, and more than all and more eN-
pensivc than any the bubbling champaign"
One of the most intelligent and rAprri-
euced Of our caterers gives the following
coneotions a> among the tayorte drinks Of
women,