Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-07-21

cupations, such as music or light
Teading. The rule of strict seclusion
is not an unchangeable one. When
l think l can trust lady, 1 let her GO
out, but it is necessary to add when
l give the permission that they are
put on their honor. A lady was in
this way recently subjected to a great
temptation. She called on a man
down town on business concerning
her property, and they ate luncheon
together in restaurant. The gentle
man ordered wine, and was greatly
surprised when she refused it. She
had never refused it before. He did
not know that she was a patient in
an inebriate asylum, and he was kept
in ignorance. He finished his wine
alone"
"How do women acquire the habit ?"
"Often to drown great sorrow.
One of my patients, in good circum-
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 exploded lamp, and the child
was burned to death before the
mothers eyes, while she was unable to
save it. She took brandy to relieve
the shock to her feelings, and con.
tinued drinking it to excess. That was
thirteen years ago, and she said to me
the other day: My child burning
alive is always before me, even now
after all these years. My only safety
now is not to touch drop. After
the first glass keep on and drink to
insensibility.' She has not touched
drop in four months, and I believe
she will be cured.
Another lady lost her only son
suddenly, and was 80 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, and there is scarcely a
spot on her body which has not a
hypodermic syringe scar. She does
not want to be cured, but her friends
have sent her.
"There is one cause for drunkenness
or 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. It
is blessing to them that they never
tried it and found temporary relief,
for wien the habit is fixed they find
it impossible to shake it off. l have
in mind now beautiful woman who
was noted for all that ought to be-
come a woman. Her husband was
several years 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 a burden to her.
drinking is n frightful prevalent
vice among wealthy women, who are
frequently not at home to callers.
With these women the drinking habit
is concealed from friends for years,
and even from persons in the house
hold. 1 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 rs man
does. They go off into 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
married woman who, when she Graves
liquor, will drink a 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
got drunk at night, as many men do,
and wake up sober in the middle OF
the afternoon."-IN. Y. Sun.