Telegram-herald., 1886-11-01
THE BEER GUlZLtRS
Consul Tanner Reads Them j
Powerful Lesson.
Hl8 TO GEE8 Up lSl Sc HAPPY.
Seer Drinking IN America Compares
with the Manner of Lushlng IN
Germanr- Sons Coia Faets
for People Mo Booze

WAsafssTos. Ocl 81 -Consll Tanner. -
Ch emaaE saxoAy. ia a feoeut Report te the
State Department. presents SOME move. aud
Interesting statements about U1cf aui beer
drinking ia Germsly aud also gives -u
insight % The science os Drlkns as
known sad prAeu.ei il that 09l1tEy Mr
Tanner Z n nerl ia that country Tor some
ums and eyideaLy writes lr0m wide obssr
Walton. lie puts uut Als Cou-
c.osi0as about iutempeFance in tie
l nited states and h. conclusions
~ the blind irrational and suicidsl manner
- drinking iu nc tnitd STATES. confidently
aud iearlessiy going ou todescro- he man
uer ~ drinking ia Germany and contrast
.ss &c With The manner 10 vogue I'D tAe
United States Mr. Tanner FIRST ot.eryes
that science may be carried into everything
aui then tells - rae Germans simply prac-
uce tie science ol drinking thai has been
known ia Europe Tor ages The science
consists simply la The isrdiness u drnkius.
AL drinks are taken SIP by si7. half an
hour liue being consumed over drinking
( ass VI beer. Tins j.. slch a simple ming
thal Mr.. Tanner fears udicule for laying
grea, stress upon H. ant yet on this
one point ne think hinges ii question OF
yast importance % Americans ~ this
aroused TO greater activity 30 gradually that
there - no violent dsranrement Of the AMI
nal economy, and by 80 drinking the Ger
man, according 20 Consul Tanner, accom-
pli.hes the OBJ ect Of drinking and gives his
animal economy chance 10 say hold
enough which only slow drinking will DO.
Here is the picture he draw. OF sober. slow
drinking Germany. Cafes and drinking
places in Germany are place. OF resort for
families, and gentlemsniy department j As
much observed as in ball room. The
heads OF the best families with their wives
and children, call for what they want
20 drnk and order beer or
what not for their children, and they sit
and pass an agreesble hour over their
drinks. No swsgger or loud boisterous
conduct In ever seen. There is no stealing
Into these places a. II one were committing
= crime. At many theaters and other places
OF amusement ? gentleman or lady can in
dulge In glass OF beer or wine while the
performance is IN progress. no notice what
ever being taken Of it, and nothing Of this
kind 1. out of place, unless the person
should place the glass to his mouth and
drain at one gulp. but this is never seen
here.
Woman uns suestiOnably carries purify
ing influence with her wherever she goes
and her presence in the drinking places Of
Europe drives from them that low class Of
vagabonds that hang around American
drinking places. Hence one never sees
drunken msn IN a cafe, and rarely ever on
the street. Perhaps no better illustration OF
the purifying influence of woman could be
found. Cafes are open 10 all classes, but
the lower class seldom visit them. They
would be abashed by doing so, as much as
they would oy entering in parlor where
they would meet refinement and elegant
manners. There are some exceptions 10
this rule in larger cities but this is confined
10 cafes that are well known and ladies
avoid them, but there are no drinking
plsces ia Germany but what lady may enter
With all propriety. Drunkenness is rare,
and so II rarely manifests itself in bolster
GUS or belligerant manner but more fire.
quently takes the shape If song, fun and
generally pleasurable feeling Of warmth.
energy and -elf-cOmmsnd. and hence these
hOrrid crimes hat sometimes shock rs n
tue United States are rarely heard of in
Germany"
After this pleasant picture Mr.. Tanner
asks why there should exist such differ
euoe iu Inc evils OF drinking in Europe and
in the United sates, and answers
thi, question by boldly assert
ing that it is msnifestly the result
Of the manner Of drinking in vogue in the
UTILITIES tN Nutlc Aiie ttHpic Oh tic
United states are the most temperate IN the
world. The consumption OF intoVicants in
Germany is four times as great as u is in
the United States, beng in Germany forty
gallons per year ami in the United States
iess than ten and vet there are thousand
haoitual-hopeles.ly keTds
in the United States 10 ten in Germany. and
this difference is against IS according %
Tanner. mainly because the Germens drink
ineir beer slowly and N this country we
drink it fast, and the facts and figures seem
70 be on his side the question.