The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-01-30
DRINKING.
Some of the Ways in Which Young
Men Get the Habit of Drinking.

once and never be guilty or have n
greater desire to be guilty of it again
il one could take drink just Wnen
and as often 90 be pleased, and thel
quit; il oBe who lied once, would no
DO 30 again, or if lying we're always
confined 70 q particular subject
things might be different. But per
sons who commit one wrong throw
themselves open to the commission
OF other wrongs; for every time one i
guilty OF q wrong II IA generally muct
easier in every way to do II over again
persons who like to urBs ouce, ss I
rule like to drink So IN. and tht
oitener they drink, tue more they
like it, and the more they like 1t tne
harder it is to let 1t alone: persons
who lie about one thing do not con.
| fine the lying to that one thing, but
are generally willing to lie about any
thing. Men often leave 1000 homes,
good positions, and 20. d society for
the associations OF druLkards; they
make one great step from all that
life holds dear to druukArd's grave.
This is the case generally of men
who have arrived at time OF lie
when they are usually considered
safe; but the young man who be-
comes q drunkard, arrives at this
state by a sort of graduation. This Is
always speaking as rule, which has
its exceptions. The young man who
blasts his life by liquor, takes the first
step in roAmingsbout the ttrests atun-
seemly hours, with other young mep;
boys with other boys. They learn to
smoke, to chew and to swear, and it
does not take them long. They next
become, generally speaking of course,
hoodlums, some middliDg, some bad,
some very bad. The next thing they
do is to drink. 1t must be remem-
bered that in the cases Of boys and
yourg men, and up to q certain age,
the passions become stronger with
age, and with qualification. Boys
rarely exhibit any particular relish
for liquor, and probably never would,
did they drink only when they craved
for it. Too often young men excuse
themselves for drinking because OF
the natural appetite they have for it.
when the fact generally is that this
appetite ia the result of habit instead
of being Unborn; and admitting that
it is natural, he is very weak young
man who cannot curb it, if be will
try when young. Itrequires but very
little effort to hold even the strongest
passions in allegiance, If taken hold OF
at the proper time. Liquor drinking
is a fashion among men, and boys
will emulate men; and among boys it
is the result of a series of practices
following in natural order. After
running the streets at night, swearing
hoodlumism, billiard play
ing, etc., comes drinking. and IT.
generally runs q race with them; just
as loss of the respect OF others, OF
position, and of money are followed by
stealing. lying and the graver errors
which come after drinking, and then |
Keep hand in hand with the original
BAD habits. Ore error paves the way
or others, and the others are as GER
ain to fellow as the night the day,
when the way has been paved.
Boys and young men do not take
liquor ct first so much because they
ike it, as because it Is q custom; but
{ soon becomes q habit, and is such
terrible and silent thief that they
10 not know it has them in its grip
Until they are hopelessly caught.
t is q serious question il any Law
ould be made that would stop the
ustom; it might limit its extent, but
10 wore. But we do not want young
zen who do not drink only because
ney cannot get il; We want young
1en who can get it, hut do not want
!. All these evils grow ont of the
esire for amusements 60 strongly
nd 60 wisely implanted in young
nd old; and they show that there is
fault somewhere since the gratifi
alton leads to wrong. If wholesome
musements are offered, and young
eople encouraged in them instead
I being repressed, there need be
tile fear of the results. As, the
Olered people, and in fact all people,
lust have some kind of religion.
ad if a good one cannot be found,
} young people will have arnuse-
tents, evil in their tendency ii
holesome one be not furnished
lsm. There appears to be this
about amusements with
9gard to the young, that while old
cad must always furnish the whole
)me smusements, the young people
i'll find out injurious psstlmes for
Il is the old impulse OF
le forbidden fruit al work. ii young
len go out fer amusement, 1t Is
soause they find more pleasure cut
ian at home; and il home we what
should be, this, instead OF being I
lie rule, would be the rare exception. t
he beat way to close a saloon, is TO
Ike away its customers; in fact, it is
le only way. The best way to break
1ung men of bad habits, is 10 instil
)od ones. Make home pleasant. and
lord plenty OF innocent amuse- l
ents; then their anxiety will not be
get out, but to get in the house;
len they will not IoaGn the streets al
gbt; then they will not learn to
year, chew, smoke; then they will
1t be so anxious TO play billiards;
en- they will not drink, and then ;
~ have succeeded in shutting up
looms; and that is the only way it q
n be done. a good physician, while 3
aleviates pain, and endeavors to '
adicate q disease. is careful to take l
way the cause for the disease. Here f
looms and drinking are the disease; g
q cause is somewhere else, and Wa o
ant to look home for it. g
The laws of our city regarding the a
lie Of liquors are probably strong g
lough If rigidIy enforced, and every Ii
scent saloon keeper should be salts &
I'd since they are enforced on all Y
ike. There is an ordinance against o
ling liquor to boys under q certain b
,e. yet it is openly violated nearly Il
cry day in tle week; and other vio- q
tions might be cited. Saloon keep e
s have a right to be protected; but
} class OF citizens, as 8 class, make
ore persistent attempts to violate
10 laws, and do violate the laws, 4
an they. One breaks them because T
lother does, and while it is
ue that boys go into saloons
I'D stay there until unseemly