Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-07-20

man ordered wine. ana Was greatly
surprised when she refused it. She
had never refused il before. IL" dli
not know that she was Il patient III
an inrlriatr asylum, and he WAS kept
in ignorance. lie finished his vine
alone"
How do women acquire the habit? 2
"Often to drown q great SORROW.
One of my patients, in good clrcuin-
stances and never known to take any
stimulant stronger than tea or coffee.
was called into her kitchen one day
by the shrieks of her little girl. The
little ones clothing had caught fire
from an eXplndcd lamp, and the child
was burned 10 death before the
mothers eyes. while she was unable TO
save it. She took brandy TO relieve
the shock 10 her feelings, and con-
TIMED drinking it to excess. That was
thirteen years ago. and she said to me
the othpr day: My child burning
alive is always before me. e'cn now
after all these years. My only safety
now is not TO to;:ch drop. After
the first glass | keep - and drink TO
insensibility.' She bas .;ot touched
a drop in four months, and : believe
she will be cured.
Another lady lost her only sCl
suddenly, and was SO overwhelmed
with grief that She could not rest day
or night. Morphine WAS given by
podermically. That was several years
ago. She came here for treatment
the other day, AID there is scarcely
spot on her body which has not
hypodermic syringe scar. She does
not want to be cued. but her friends
have sent her.
There is one cause for drunkenness
OF opium eating among women more
common than many suppose. | mean
diseases and pain. The wonder to
me Is that more women who suffer
greatly are not ruined by alcohol. 1t
is blessing to them that they never
tried it and found temporary relief,
for when the habit is fixed they find
it impossible 10 shake it off. | have
in mind now q beautiful woman who
was noted for all that ought to be-
Come woman. Her husband was
several wears ago prominent man
in New York. but now he has given
up everything to wait On her. More
than ten years ago she was given
chloradine by her physician to relieve
pain, and the taste and the effect
were SO grateful that she has con
tinued to Use the drug until her life
has become burden to her
drinking is a frightful prevalent
vice among wealthy women, who a,e
frequently not at home to callers
With these won en- the drinking habit
is concealed from friends for years,
and even from persons in the house
hold. l know society women who
drink and who succeed in keeping the
knowledge of the fact even from their
husbands, but | can't conceive how
they manage it. They have the cum
ming of the evil one. They do not
send for physician to relieve them
of their torture after spree as man
does. They go off into a room alone |
and quietly wait until they feel bet
ter. The amount of liquor that some
such women will drink without get
ting drunk is amazing. ! know a |
married woman who, when she Graves
liquor, will drink large glass of
clear whisky without winking. Then
she will lie down and sleep off the
effects. This practice would not have |
been discovered but for her increas-
ing the doses gradually, until one
night she got roaring drunk, tore the
lace curtains, and banged the furni-
ture around the room. Many women
get drunk at night, as many men do.
and wake up sober in the middle of !
the afternoon N. Y. Sun.