The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-12-19
TEMPERANCE READING.
rHf oLloHrta' Drinks


Numons and osampla iu support ihit
lmprt sion we Hfo Mdlun "a loon ~
The Sina and beet district, " France
and Germany Travellers coming homo
tell us man, STORM, N deighiful even
lnga spent in hrrrendrna, aul NJ
pleasant afternoons % the cafe 'lhry
sat that lliry suW no intoxicated per.
sun Further they tpl us That the
water " so bad Thai " y impossible 10
drink Il with safety tn pno'H health.
thai wine - very cheap. and always
placed Upon the hotel table froc All
this has m Influence upon the minds
VI men. md makes one think that moth
ing would bc so beneficial iorinl Tom.
prrance ~ the establishment NJ The
beer. .gnrdcn and cafe In every town and
city. Are lhrsc things SOP For one,
saw very different state ~ things
The ordinary traveller goes with q friend
Or friends, aud rccs the best side uf
things. | went alone, without oven q
guide or courier depending upon my
guidc-book for information 10 get about
tho highways and hyways and cities
NV ewes looked upon very different
state Of things In regard 10 these drink
ing customs Perhaps having no
friend with me, and mingling with the
people. was enabled in n six months
sotourn TO soc some things as they are.
Never was there greater lallacy
promulgated than that Il IL necessary
to drink wine In Europe on account Of
the water being so bad ] drank the
water everywhere freely. even In Ven
ice. where nll the drinking water is
brought from the mainland In boats.
and experienced no difficulty or I'M
| pleasant effects. There l. no better
water, believe. than that found In Eu.
rope. While travellers. unaccustomcd
10 wine nj home, drinking II In Europe,
were continually on the sick.list, | en-.
joycd splendid health, and had no diff.
Guilty In taking the longest tramps in
every city and town that | visited
From New York back 10 New York
though going ont in poor health.
found no necessity 10 use wine or spir
It's Of any kind. and did not do so.
found others doing like myself but the
majority were winG.tnkcrs and beer
drinkers. many OF them not from neccs
siy. but because they liked It, and 1
was part 0f the trip.
As 10 wine Mt the hotel table, NJ many
table d'hotc dinners wine " Furnished
free. but il IL generally as poor ~ il i
cheap. For even poor wine you vii
pay from fifty cents u pint up.
II seems strange 10 hear men spcnl
of there being no drunkenness IN Ger
many. have sometimes asked myscl
whore were their eyes, or what was thei
definition OF drunkenness. shall Ger
tainly never forget certain SUNDAY
spent in Cologne, where ! saw NOR
drunken men In the street than | had
ever seen in any one day In amy Amer
lean city. AZ II was Il special fiesta
day, this might have been the cause O
more drinking
But the beer garden! It's home II Il
Munich; there II ilourishes In nll II
glory. There are beer gardens AM
beer gardens. But | wish TO speak no
~ the lower but Of the higher class
The higher class In Munich are all ope
10 the street, protected from Il, how
ever, by a high iron railing. II 20
wish 10 enter you 20 through nm iro
gate, take your seat at small table
aud order glass 81 beer; that Is th
entrance fee. The place Is beautiful
lighted with colorcd lights, and
band plays there rs only Gcrma
band can play The lights and musi
make the place seem like fairyland.
started one evening from the "IIot'
Of the Fonr Seasons not TO 90 IL
but TO look on from the outside nj thre
or four Of these beer gardens (cverj
thing can be- seen from the street
As looked on at eight or min
o'clock, said "lIow delightful Il
In thercl Men seem 10 De cnjoyln
themselves 20 much. There are wome
aud children. too. What happy tim
they are having over their beer!
think ! must be- wrong. am too ol,
fashioned IN ms ideas" " Then III
thought occurcd Watch these garden
until they close up; come around ever
hour. and see how these people act
so did took nv rounds ever
hour. Atten o clock It'll everything w
pleasant At eleven O'Clock the crow
had tiinncd little, and noticed thi
here and there a head WAS 0n the tabl
the talk was less lively. Al lwclN
o'clock but half remained. Al nbol
, one O'Clock the musicians were putin
! mp their instruments and men wei
coming out of the entrance nnsieadil
and talking thick or laughing loudly. 4
, | looked through the iron railing
. could SEQ men, women and childrs
J stretched out upon the grccnsward. :
! some with heads upon the table. II
had asked n waiter he would donbtlc
have told me that they were aslcsI
but the heavy breathing told that II wi
something more than the sweet Datur
sleep; Il seemed like the sleep Of drum
, enncss. They were overcome by
drunken sleep. I was glad that HI
/ watched for the dark side of the pic
ure. They tell n that Il j. a beautif
; picture TO scr n man IN beer gaid
. with bis family. But who wants i
, child brought up in u beer gariel
, viii we bo any better oif when %
statesmen ani ihcologians discuss q
great topics II our time aud all Tin
with brains that ARE mudJled wi
becr2 England. . few years ag
thought 10 drive ont the strong
liquors by encouraging bccr-shops. b
!. only found that u increased the sale
the stronger liquors How Is Il IN III
great wino.prnducing country. Franc
Paris-for France Is Paris and Paris
p france-Pahs. years ago. may ha
been partial to wine. but she il not
to-day.
Walk through the streets of Pa
I, any Sunday afternoon Uor that Is I
festal day. and watch the little grou
I, collected around the tables that ,
struct the sidewalks IN front Of wi
, used TO b. the wine-shops. What .
4 they calling forp wineP No: but ;
sinihe. Look up at the signs. and
great large letters you will see upon
these shops the word Absiuihs
! This is the drink Of Paris 10 day I
!. light wines have not driven out |
a stronger liquors, but have brought
!, The strongest and most iss,rnct
liquor known 70 man. H. r. n
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4 idHd. MY. IN Christian Union.
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