, 1881-10-17

,S;S SSS;s f f "axs SSSx. 5&: I: j!;:s;;s; s%,s;
DRINKING IN ENGLAND,
AMI Especially by Nro,nen-somc Conn
1icut~ hy ttr. Nasty ni'"n IL CoHlriiunt.
cntloM ~ tho Citicagn Tribune.
u. II. tptke Ia 1;Attlt Al.it.
rANls, France. tlct. i.-Theru Ia In Chicago, or
somewhere nc'.r that city. nun whose ilnn,c Is
&. W. Smith. who went utld wrote to TltE Cii1CA-
un TntHusE tho following:
titct! l.,sl,: l.iqunrns. up Is Il = l,vne n
iS,'u,on: Mr: Nastys Observations M To Ensist,
tlnys. md st eny TINT t,u has scGn more o!lt!
'esrticti more III these t,ftcc., lays tnan did
tns a 7. ns a% Ensshaa sSs % 10 f n"t IL 60 sa
print without rnterins proicst ngai.lst IT,. III
E'' iss;y ' Ss ysars y 1' ] .a iS sesss
T. ny rrsss M ,,o, as.tt , ,;,;,, fSr NY
whle,, Mr.. Snshy says ia tho Ecuera! custom.
NY daughters wcrc bnrn tnrr.. Gnv of them
iIalsl Ieins salicItor ii Grays ni,: al,ti do not
think hv viii feel very hlghiy tlns.ercd nj tho
Or rosttntr. ti Ut ea rtS i @ b. au y . ''ise.
IN re3nr.! 10 thu lmrn'nid question. The. only
truth II tho nrt!cle Is that they hross well md
nuttih nny cnbsnail III chnH an1 SLING " con.
eernsd. !. Is M o,traseuAs slanuer: and ~ re-
a,id Hetiing Into i Gisi,iy satisfactory static Of
drunkenness hy i nscnck at niRht, 1t IL ono OF
tho ,1.'st shntneiui fa,sehoods tint was cynr
a,aa' Se''i"a the @ par n Ii Loi"n ai,a'o 'e,S woui
make it highly. interesting, tt not highly SUITS
There il ono Thing III rcuarl 10 lmrt.altis about
which wish % te understood and that Is this:
l,nrln9 ny fifteen yenra. residence = ~ l.ontlon
east, west north. ntld a0tith-.und wns never in
less thnn SIX shioons TOR, as they are cnlic.. putt
tnkn II drink In ny llfs; and. III faet, knuw That
If they wnnt to tAke Il drink thoy hnve to ~
outside tho lnr md Into tie housc IL taks it..
1xFD oftcn hrArtl tllem hBket TO tnkD q drink,
nntAin eyer, c.lsc hnvo hDnrl them ref1lsc. All
nthor thing: there ID M pteson allowed to III
wous! k.,nck dnwn tho rnr'y attempting 1t.
mist SHY thut, II Mr. Smith Ind rund my
statements Ms to drinking In london, and hna
tho slightest comprehension OF pnin English,
such ,a !s common In cvery-dny uso, he would
rercclvc that dill not sAy that every English
woman would go Into pub!tc-house md drink
with Auy o:au she might meet therc. for that
would not he true. We're ono not m acquaiut-
auce 10 ask an EHHl!sh wo,Hau to drink she
would resent It ns nh Insult, as sho shO,!u,
When an!d ''nn English wn,n1,, can drink with
any tnHu n!lyc,' had reference soley to tho
quantity thoy arc capabe or consuming.
Hut thnt respectable English women Ho into
publlc-huIses aud drink beer, por,er, or stout
lis they call 1t, and brandy, Ia as true as tho Cos.
puls.
lid Sr. Smith ever stnnd NJ tho lunch. counter
at tho Charlnx Cross, or Victoria, or Eu5ion, or
Any uf tho stntiUns Of tile railroads lgatltnK ont
of Lontlun2 Did he never SEQ respectable
matrons md young girls stand up At those bars
mt drink mutt anIHptrlt,ous tf0,ursI II not SIR.
Smith must be biitit. / hAvn seen It thousands
Of times. md he cnn scc II nny tins be ehooses
10 stnnd about my 1T those plnccs.
Whtto IL resilient OF Lou,ion lid Mr. Smith
ever Improve his mind by HoinE to tho Derby, or,
for thAt tnnttcr, tut Of town OIL my general ho
Inyf II 30, did he NOS observe ttnt every
vehicle, from the gorgeous eNutnRKe Of tic
nobility to tho h,lnb!est costcrnon9cr's curt,
contained a lunch, and that u very important
fcuture In that lunch WINS liquor. malt, vii,ous,
md sprlt0E, according to tho tAstG Or means Of
The pnr.yY Aud did ho mt observo that the
wunlGtl, lnd!tss or ct,mtnDnurS CDuiu put nwny As
much Of. thesc lqatds Us their husbands or
And did he not notice TINT tho public houses
Wtru titled with nun. Wnnluu, nL1 children. IND
tllnt the 'snt.cll aud chiltlron took thor share
myself. III II much less time ,hau tit,eeu ycurs
II Gnu be scen II, ns tnany. minutes;
pupl.c.h ho,lsc oil sunday Just bctnra ! ucIockY
And did t!u n0t srt long professions OF women
ani a @ caltldron ot tue poor. md the servants ct
huvc.
lio et,,lsl,l.u IL oO barrsis OF malt lIIl,or
tast year, which ~ Rbout ttrrot, or. III rounu
'ii1lburs. ntMost q gallon \ week Tor every lnaU.
TIN Uulteu Kingdom 1uuI0 ltselr and rutancd
for !ta .wi, stsuMMrt!on ~ Last ysar; :J3s Knl.
tS Ss u a Sss1 sss os S t"s o ~
cyHry n!a,,. woman, u!itl child. This, 81. sni.n
Will understand. y unly the lla',nr On which duty
Ut Illicit distillntauh which csclrca tho statistics
R1;d ean only bc Kt!essc nc.
Enxand Is M industrious maker Of i!q,turs, t,,t
sho nisn cu,lsnniuB ni, cnurlaous quantity TINT
nrc imported! sne brings rnn frnn tue West
eyGry cn,ntry TINT protlncvs IT. Tho htghwlnps
9s AH,crien Rrb yhry l9rHcly imported. md no
wa thoy do ,iot % swrii ~ ,ao s,,n, ,otai Of n tho
trlshtfu1 tltInc.'llnnilAetuye. still Huorch tho
buwrts and blast tho soul Nf tho 1iritoE, WIN
t never Gnu hui slave to "aythins hut h!s ruIcra
My !et 81: s,,,ith tako hi1 pencil and figure.
'he cuns',s ~ much ~ tho rWl,!cst nose ii the
hesr; there aso m ses % pcop1o whSs aainst cor con.
ss Sut w SisS %sS Il sn' uoross
1 * Ss' re- " S Sssass sa e. ss;
who drink very little, aud how dues tho account
s.und viii, tin rrnlalnlns eiassenY DOESN'T It
hnoF. nEA Il propnruonat1 quantity Ut spirits
1hhesE't tta stAt'Ntles shaw thut England, annto
nn.. femult. takca tts tu.ia with HreAt regularity
uni wonderful perseverance, u strikes nLs TO-
WNs Mr. S1ultA ever ~ !iIrmtnKlatn1 1itr,utnH-
ham lsn't t.ouon. hut q la at EnHllah city, uni
practices, suppose, Englsh customs. !llti hu
nurcr s!t iii Il ttaairo Just behind family pNr-
". nttd eco the tMther thereuf tnke out bnttle
1t brandy. hal,A It politely TO- hts wifu and thon
to her sitter tIotl of whntn drunk frt,nl gluss
which 10 hnA brought with hiall, and then tnke
\ pru!oHxcd pull himsc!f3 NoY We'll, hlivu.
It 1nny be nll right and prupcr; but never INV
aurh Il thing fn America, nor FrnncV, nor uer.
Hlally. Hid Ar, 6Entth ever HUI 1t In ChtraxuY
WMs he ever III Manchester, ntiothor English
ctty2 lll lu tluv1r gue fur entirely resllGutA-
h1 wothun, nlalrolIs who hal heeu OUT shop
phR como into tic bettur room u public, and,
sitting tiuwn ~ rest rUfrsh themselves take,
oha sherry, ono brandy. nhd tho utl0r two ale,
over which thuy gosstpCtl nl1CctionatnIy?
hnvu, Ailu ! hurCnt lived IN England fifteen
yours ettlor. And, mind yoll, thu sherry Of En-
Iaaa that Is sol.l u tleso ll.'uses y not tho
SOUTH; 1t IL a worry vito eullpttnl fortified with
splrlIA, q Bystn,. .suMrclIlng. innmnx tls-