The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-10-01

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Out Of an examinakion Of 2Oz ineb-
rats women. have found Ahat 128 b.
gan their drinking By the 80 e boeri
81 By drinking whisky O. pnch IS
first usuAlly); 80 began wa vine. 8
with gin. and II could mel remember
what beverage was first snse2 Thsss
young girls, mill and shop gfris. large
y began BY going TO soma so-calIed
Refreshments saloon with their friends,
and the dsbatAnts usually began by
sugar and water. charged with car.
SUGAR.; test 0con followed, and soon
xioting, OaiIsR ktudg o. ineoxiE1nts,reCks
leesness and crtm4; and what was an
innocent, foolish girl yesterday. 8 To-
day . branded criminal and ~ for a
glass Of boer. Alasg how many such
ruined lives have Beenl -.
Bear was also the beverage which
the older insbriate Yonsn used 70 en-
Eice the younger onss o drink. a call
upon one ce these old oo3s was the sig
nal fog . pitcher Of beer 70 be sent for,
and little coAxing and urging would
result in the first fatal glass being in
dulged In. The steps were then easy.
Beer e the trap which the drunkard-
maker eets for the feet oG the unWarY.
And he usually makes sure Of his prey
because o1 Il A glass Of raw whisky
would have presented but slight attrac-
ton % these OVerWorksd, hsH-Sed girls,
had Il bean offered them Is first. After
that sleeping devil. the appetite for
intoxicAnts, had beeA aroused by beaE,
it became altogether adiEeEent matter,
and. as last IN many cAAeA. chloroform
OF peppaFmens oil was added to the
drink q these maddened creatures, 90
furious had the appetite become fog
00mething stronger. - q
i may Be oG interest 70 note that Of
the 9o4 insbriAfe women 126 had been
guilty Of other crimes. and yet In bat
sixteen instances did the first commit
ment Of . crime ante-date the habit Of
drinking.
Several hopeless drunkards, far gone
toward insanity, had never drank any
other insOSAsAat than bear.
One hundred and thirty-tWo were
committed 20 the prison for drunken
ness; IS for o6enSes against chastity
and public order, and 16 for crimes
against properly. Thar ages when
last committed averaged 302 years.
Sixty-fve between 50 and II years Of
age; - between IS audS1 years Of age;
81 between 20 and Is years of age; so
between Is and 81, The remainder were
over II years of age.
Many of the older ones could not tell
how many sentences they have received.
showing the absolute uselessness Of
punishing these poor creatures while
the temptations are Left In their way.
To show the effect upon the children
Of inebriats parentage' I collected the
/ following:
OF iii inebriste mothers, thirty-threc
Of whom had inebriAte husbands. 40S
children were born. OF these, 227 per.
ished in infancy and early childhood
and Of the survivors many are doomed
evidently 70 IN early death In many
cases, the death Of these children wa
| indirectly due to the inebriety of the
par0nts-as cold, deprivation. etc
Ages: TWenty-seVen Of the 2O4 womeI
began to drink intoxicants before tAeN
! were 10 years Of age; IL between thu
ages Of 8 and Is; a between IA and 81
81 between 20 and Is; 33 between q
/ and 81; 10 between 80 and Al; 5 be
tween 10 and 81.
Average age. 184 years. More thar
| ono-hah had formed habits Of intern
| perAnce before they were 81 years o
| giddy age Of from Is to 20 inclusive.
One hundred and thirty-two begal
to drink socially, and with female
friends.-L. H. Hall. SspG W01sen'
ReforTH'y. PSis0N, Sher60r1, Mass.