The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-07

not, after all, so peculiar when under.
stood. Women there are who. beng in
q condition of ''neurasthenia," crave
some form of stimulation, aud crafty
it on preparations containing q certain
| percentage of alcohol. 1t is Il fact not
generally known, but nevertheless tr,e,
that thousands OF bottles of essence of
! g niger are consumed by individuals Of
this class. Others use some form Of
| popular '.bitters;'' while still others,
under various pretenses, consume
quantities of various ''tinctures" and
the like on physicians prescriptions.
Women who are perfectly healthy. "
rs neal SO as it is possible to be in this
age. certainly do moi need and should
not use Stimulants at any time. "L-t
well enough alone applies D such very
aptly. And. indeed, in many of u.s.. APP
parentiy healthy and robust. there are
inherited tendencies and latent cravings
that only need for their development
some slight in~dulgencies. Any
who is ut all conversant with the sad
histories of so many of her fellow
wOmen now swelling the ranks of
criminals, paupers and insane, or. what
is even worse, of those poor wretches
who haun. the by-ways and dark
streets, and form the scum and Off
securing OF every large city. will GER
tainly hesitate before she either takes it
herself or allows her children to- do so.
1t has often been said that the father
who takes wine before his sons. OF visits
his spirit closet in their presence, sets
them. although unintentiona,ly, g per-
niciOus example chat may possibly bear
bitter fruit in n years TO come. How
much worse, then, the example of 80 tip
pling mother, even though the beverage
be the harmless and popular" one of
beer, The result can not be other
than unfortunate. Children form their
characters on the models of their elders,
and are very quick to observe and
ready to initiate. Parents being tine ,
family arbiters of right and wrong. chill
dren naturally expect practice as we'll
As preaching. and are more prone to
follow the former thar The latter.
Both the use and q us OF stimulants
by women are largely upon the increase
in thi, country. The police returns of
this city are alone sufficient evidence of
this No reasoning individual but must
see snd appreciate the fact that il. I'M !
der the strict ..old-fash.onesf ideas re-
gariing the use of liquors hg women. u
thousand women. gathered promis-
cuOusly from all classes, yielded ten
ineDriates. now, with the doing away
of those ideas largely. and the more
popular Introduction of stinsnlants as
beverages the same number Of women =
will yield tUscs as MANY hard drinkers
rs the first thousand. And the free
uSe of stimulants IS on the increase.
Beer has been and still is the entering
wedge that is opening a frightflsl gap in
the happiness of our homes and the
purity and modesty of our wemon
The prison, the almshousc, the police '
court-ay, even the scaffold bear ties
timOny 70 the dangers of this deadly
Wrecked homes, broken
hearts, blasted lives and hopes. grow
rank upon this soil. The CHASTITY rel
les of once pure and modest woman
hood leer Mt us from the dark streets:
battered and bedra1gled =
wrecks. into the grog- shop; gaze, pale
and wasted. from the hospital cot, with
large, hungry, mOurnful eyes: stare
stonily at us from the marble slab Of
the morgue, or float aimlessly ogs to-
with the changing tide.
1t is q sad subject from any and every
point of view, and the freer use OF slim
and narcotics by all classes is be- '
a problem OF serious proper
The question meet us in every
of life, whether as private citizens
or public officials. and demands careful
consideration and pain-taking inyesti-
Woman herself. however, holds
The key 10 the whole matter, and de-
cides for or against according as she in
in or c~ountenances the free use
Of stimulants. OF late become so popular
Her duty to- .herself, her children and
her sex bid her use every effort TO Is
and check by every means
n her power this growing eviL-Har-
Der'S BazSr.