Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-21
INEBRIATES' HOMES.
MTeRWEWNH WITH THE suPERINTEND-
EMIT or XDRuNKARos' HOSPITAL.
Hhe "Washinstonian Home" - Chieago-
Lecturins With . Wow to AAlsrma-
tion-The "Periodicar'-Ncn
of Emotional Nature.
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There are only four Washingtouian
Homes in the United States, and this one Is
the most successful Of them all 1t is the
only one in which reform is attempted by
the combined influences OF bodily care,
ply Biological teaching. and religion This
Home not only cleanses the patients body
of alcoholism and its effects, as far as it may
be possible, but it teaches him. in O striking
manner, the certainty of horrible death if
the use of intoxicants be persisted
in. The old 9soaker' or the vet
eran periodical may know too
well how his head, stomach AMI general
system feel after a debauch, but Superin-
tendent Wilkins gees his experience one
better and shows him how his liver. kidneys
and stomach appear. A swelled head is a
source of annoyance, but the picked
stomachs and livers of drunkards which DR..
wilkins displays to hundreds Of drunkards
every year are things Of terror. In the
beautiful chapel, the walls Of which ara
orzamented with appropriate notices. and
the ceiling with handsome srescoss. Super-
intendent Wilkins gives lecture eyary
Thursday evening.
What kind Of men come here, as rrleF
a reporter asked Superintendent wilkins
"The best kind, but for their drink Some
Of the brightest men in the world gather
around our tables every day at dinner, We
get very few of the low class. Six out of
seven men who come here ar, periodical
1runkards, and as rule the periodical
irunkard is brigh man. Hs Is a man OF
strong emo,iols He loves well, learns quick,
works fast, becomes an expert, likes socia-
bility, does everything with his whole heart
After years of observation AMI study l have
been able to diagnose the cass o: the perioi-
ical satisfactorily to myself. For years it
was Q mystery to me why SO many OF our
inmates We're periodicals. l studied them,
and their traits. Finally l classified their
emotions AMI desires, and made a chart
which I Ell in talking to tho men. You
would be surprised to sss how quickly can
make them understand me.
The periodical is always a man Of high
spirit; while in health. and strong animal
emotions. II he suffers disappointment,
bodily pain or discomfort, or from loneli
ness or lack of application, the desire for
relief is stronger with him than with men
less sensitive and emotional, and he PUSHES
into drink Once started, he is q slave
Being man of intelligence. pride and fine
taste, upon becoming sober he Is greatly
chagrinei and mortified. His better self
again assumes control. AMI for time he is
q good citizen. But the further he gets
from his last debauch the less his pride
and chagrin all in holding him up and
soon he falls again. With many the begin
ming OF u periodical il matter Of sudden
temptation or opportunity. Sunday is al
ways bad day for the man who is trying
to reform Holidays arc always dangerous,
and we dread every election rs W. do u
plague 1t never fail, to ssn1 back to Us
some Of our men whom we hal hoped were
permanently REFORMED. The cen tsnt drink
ers are usually. though OF course no. always,
of more stolid disposition, AMI from the
lower walks of life Most OF the men sent
u by the polio, justices are steady drinkers.
"Nien with finely organiz,i nervous sys-
tens are peculiarly liable to become period
ical> They overwork, or lose sleep, and
their sen itivcles; t, pain drives them
quickly to the u-e of stimulants. Night
work Is ons Of the most fruitful
causes of iniemperanc,. Railroad, tele-
graph. AMI steamboat men, phySi-
Clans editors, reporters, AMI printers
not having regular habits. meals. and sleep.
are frequent victims u drinS. They may
not take it A railway president told me
the other day that most " the employees of
his company discharged for intemperance
were on ths night runs. Treir nervous sys-
tens break down, ami intemperance claims
them for its own. Bookke,p,rs who work
long hours. and frequently take their books
home at nj hit, or so weary the brain that
restful sleep i impossible, are also liable T.
Art To- ali hair
lar habits AMI habitual sociability, often
become dr,mkaris Lawyers, being gener-
ally highly emotional. by excessive brain
work de troy their nervous system, AMI fall
easy victims. Why. OF the 100 men ad nit
ted to the Home during the last year nearly
one-thiri were of the classes / have just
mentioned Let's see--there We're 80 book
keepers Is railway men. II newspaper men,
- printers, % lawyers, physicians, ~
statesmen and travelling men. and telegraph
men
10 provo my assertion that periodical
drinkers are usually bright men, who be-
come expert in some procession or trade, or
engage IN business requiring the energy and
tact which emotional men nearly always
possess, let me give you soma further
zig ures Besides the ones l mentioned, We
lad during the year 5 board OF trade men,
/ druggists. hOtelkeepeTs, insurance
agents. jeweler-, hatters. lumber deal
ers. IL machini q, 10 merchants, . molders,
: mi!lers, manufacturers, photographers,
plumbers, : profe sors in colleges, and 2
real estate men We had actors architects,
builders. publishers, coal dealers. chemists,
civil engineers, contractors. dentists, on
gravers, evangelist, mu &c teachers,
watchmakers AM wood -carvers In fact.
OF tho 701 mon only eighteen were laborers,
and Only fcrty-two returned no occupation.
They are nearly all bu ines or professional
men or skilled mechanics"
"Were there no clergymeny'
"Oh. yes, there was one clergyman There
are two clsrgymen in the house now. At
one time. few years ago, we had in tho
Home clergymen, physicians. > lawyers,
editors and 3 reporters. You wouli be
surprised If were to walk down town with
you and introduce You 10 tho business aud
professional men who have hsen inmates
here"
Are most Of these men sin.ls.'
mo; a ma jcri;y are married. and domestic
trouble, cause many to come here. Scarcely
q 'lay pas ,es that we do not make an effort
To rounite man AMI wife q; the surest way
Of reforming the husband. We st-aighten
him MP and work his courage to the sticking
point. where he wants his wife's aid and
cheer. We make inquiries, end find she has
gether and il she will b ienien, and en-
unite an average Of four or five families q
week. AM even IL the happiness that TINS
como 20 those homes does INST prove perma-
y A. a