Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-26
The Way Of the Drunk ard.

FROM the chicago News.
"1dylwild toddy' is the latest drink for men
who are trying to sober up after long carousa"
said a fautlessly-attired bartender In q fash
iOnable Madison street saloon. sit is a new
drink which invented myself. and it tones I'D
the stomach of chronic drunkard wonderfully
1t is composed Of half a lemon, half an orange.
sweetened with sugar, cooled with chopped
ice, inspired with jisger OF whisky with lust
dash Of Santa Cruz rum. 1t is favored with
benedictine cordial, then shaken and served
with ice.
"Another popular drink for nervous indiyid-
uals who are trying to let themselves down
easily is the fruit pyramie.' To compound this
favorite southern tonic. you take half lemon,
tablespoonful OF lime juice and another of
pineapple juice. Then you add ice, four ounces
OF loaf sugar. fill up with milk or cream, and
let it stand about three minutes before drink
ing. 1t is very sweet mixture and gives new
life to the exhausted stomach. OF course, you
know champagne cocktails are quite popular to
brace up on, but make them different from
most people. lump OF sugar, two or three
drops OF AngOstura bitters, lemon peel, and
the fling is done. very delicious and revivng
drink it is. The regular old 'boozer drops on
to brandy and soda. whisky sour, or COCK
| tail. the morning after spree. Sometimes 1t
seems to require good many of them before
he feels able to swallow his breakfast"
by the way, the very latest reiuvenating
drink introduced here has just come from New
York. 1t is called the 'Steinway' To make 1t.
a lump OF cut-Oat sugar goes into the glass
first. Then jigger of whisky follows and the
glass is filled up with ApOlnarls water. They
say it was invented by Steinway, the piano.
maker, and is fast becoming a favorite."
"DO you have many calls for nerve medicines
from men who are attempting to recover from
the effects of excessive drinking!" was asked of
| a wel-known druggist.
"If you would happen to drop in here some
Monday morning, you would think So" he an
swered. 'We sometimes sell 100 walls of elixir
bromide OF potassium on single Monday morn
| ing. These are bought chiefly by book keepers
clerks and statesmen, who begin their rotations
on Saturday night, and dare not brace up on
whisky as they are compelled to return to their
| desks and counters. Clerks and book-keepers
who have to WELD the pen can get their nerves
into steady condition by the use Of bromide
long before their heads are clear. We also sell
great deal of chlOral, valerian and acid phOs-
phate for similar uses. They take the choral to
enable them to sleep; though its effect on the
system Is anything but beneficial. The use of it
soon grows into habit dangerous and fatal
| as that OF opium Another decOctiOn which is
frequently called for by the strong drinker is
capslcum and Jamaica ginger diluted with
brandy. have seen old tOpers turn down a
draught of it SO hot that 1t would burn an ordi-
nary mortal with normal stomach like fire.
1incture of cinchOna is often resorted to by
those who have abjured whisky and desire a
mild tonic"
Beef tea is what they drench you with at
the Washington home" remarked an old
inmate. You are confined to that hygenic
diet for three days before you are allowed to
touch q mOuthful Of solid food. 1t builds I'D
the drunkard's broken-dDwn stomach quicker
than anything else, they say l remember the
time when they used to keep a supply of cay
enne pepper on the beef-tea table in the hospi-
tai, and the boys used to swallow it by the
handful, so they had to discontinue it alto
gether. You talk about drinking and YOU
don't know what it means. Wait till you've
drank horse linimept and hair restoratives to
brace up on, and you may possibly learn some
thing about the business: DO look as If I'd
gone through the mill2 Well, tried everything
an old drinker to brace up when the liquor is
an suddenly shut OH, and he can't get a drop
for love or money. He thinks for several DAYS
that he will surely die But 1 suppose that is
the best plan If he desires true reform The
sooner the last vestige of stimulant is elimina-
ted from his system the better. He must pass
through series OF sufferings or die sooner or
later Let him make his choice. They quiet a
mans nerves In the WashlngtOnian home by the
use OF bromide Of potassium, and induce sleep
with hydrate Of choral Never shall forget
the night [ lay awake when was passing
through the crisis in my drunken career! Why
hypodermic injections of morphine failed to re-
lieve me when was at my worst Sleep? I
would have given farm if could have slept
during those awful nights. Yes. have gone
through it all, not excepting the jm-jams and
the delirium tremens. Where there is one man
able to drink, there are hundreds who cannot
without becoming drunkards. 1t lis all mistake,
misfortune, pain. 1t is all vanity. Can you
tell me why wisdom comes 80 late In life, when
the feast is over, the love lost. the wine drunk,
and the guests under the table.