New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-17
4 LONG-EELT WINI.

Il
Arordon dispatch Saws Succi, the Italian
fostcr NJ Milan. will not divulge the secret
81 bis African herb liquor, as he intends 10
take ont patent for it and expects to realize
= fcw million francs profit from its SALE
IIc claims that the liquor will become staple
drink among tho poor He says it Will he
sold cheap so that large family may supsis.
for week On francs worth OF inc hquor.
II is evident that if Succi's African hero liquor
il what he claims it will fill a long-t want.
He is now undergoing fast OF thirty DAYS
and thirty nights in order to demonstrate the
virtues of his elixir At the beginning oil
the fast he took few drops of the liquor,
and he was to take few drops more IN the
middle and third dose at the end lie has
tasted now some three weeks he is closely
watched, and it is reported that though ne
has lost some flesh his strength has apparently
not diminished, and all the vital functions
continue to be performed with normal vigor.
The circumstance that his experiment Is not
made. like DIR. Tanners to show the endurance
of the human organism, but as an advertise
ment of tho "Only Genuine and Reliable
African Herb Elixir" may weaken confidence
in his discovery, but there can DC no question
20 To the importance of that discovery, sup
posing 1t to be real.
For while the attention of civilized people
bos for some time been turned to the drink
evil. it is perfectly clear that the eating evil
ia n far moro serious and pervasive one.
" Oh. Hunger !n-NIadame Roland might have
exclaimed If she had thought of it" How
manv crimes are committed in thy name "
In fact. large percentage of all the MISCHIEF
done in the world may be traced to this DIS
agreeable gastric sensation In the proverbs
Of all nations il is set down that hungry
man is an Angry man. 1t Is notorious thao
the rash wife who asks Tor new bonnet pe-
fore instead of after dinner always fails dis
mally in her suit. The man who has not
| dined is morose. The man who cannot dlhc
| is the enemy of his species. The pursuit OF
wealth. which according to many thoughtiui
| Observers il leading the world into Grass ma
| ,crialism. is. when anayzed but the cndeavor
| 10 secure an lliml,able supply OF dinners,
breakfasts and suppcrs. The average rich
| man aims at surrounding himself at meal time
with luxury. AS to the poor man. all
| his time and energy arc consumed IN satis-
| fving the cravings Of a perpetual hunger, ana
| bis ideal of Heaven is of a place where " square
meals are furnished without money and with
out price.
Now comes Succi and declares that he is
| i'm a position to change all this. Undcr the
| new regime there shall he no more luxury
and profusion on the one hand and no more
suffering and privation on the other. lie Is
going to start Prohibition movement against
eating. He is to revolutiOnizc civilization by
abolishng the kitchen. Possessed OF the
African Herb Elixir the laborer and the mill
ionaire will stand On equal terms. A few
| drops of the Elixir in the moAing will settle
| the whole question of subsistence for the day,
! or possibly for the week. The gross appetite
which keeps so mary good fellows for hours
at the table will disappear, and the energies
! thus enfranchiscd may be turned to better
account. It may be that at first the effect
will be preudicial to the growth of sociability
| No doubt tho epicures will rebel against
change which dcprives them Of occupation,
while il must be admitted that it will be hard
upon hotels and restaurants and boarding
bouscs. But think of the Boon involved in the
elimination of bad cookery of the light which
will be shed upon countless Households whcn
the tyranny of Cook is put an end to; OF
the inoffable and holy calm which wy fa'l
upon the sorely tried souls now suffering I'M
der the boarding house regime. VI. Succl
appears as the modern David who is to slay
the giant Dyspepsia with his African Herr
Elixir, and the contest will be watched with
deep interest by millions. We foresec but
one really serious difficulty, namely that II
the Herb Elixir proves success 1t may DC
rejected by the suspicious poor on the aSsump-
ton that it is only new capilalistic dodge tt
pave the way for general reduction OF wages
If that apprehension can be removed the
Elixir will doubtless he welcomed everywhere
with enthusiasm.