Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-04-21
HARD DRINKING MEN.
Many Of Them Take Forty Whistles q
Day and DOn't Lose Their Heads.

| HARD DH1Nk1NG MEN.
Many Of Them Take Forty Whisktes u
Day and DOn't Lose Their Heads.
| But THEY AREN'T ABLE TO KEEp 1T Up MANY
| YfARs-TwENTY DRINKS A DAY A COMMON AVER
AGE, AND MEN WHO MAKE IT DON'T ALWAYS DIE
YouSa-THE RAPID RISING GENERATION
| solidly built man OF middle age whose neat
gray mustsche contrasted picturesquely with the
ruddy color OF his clear fine skin, walked slowly
and with certain quiet business air. into popu-
lar uptown bar-room the other evening As he
| approached the bar he raised one arm as Ii to
point 10 big fat bottle standing In front Of the
| mirror, but the watchful attendant anticipated
him. and the bottle and a glass were on the bar
ready to his hand as he reached IL. Without SEEM
Ing to notice any one or anything about, the gen.
tleman mechanically tilted the bottle until about
three myers OF the light amber mud had nowed
| Into the glass. Then with another apparently
mechanical movement he tilted the glass beneath
his mustache, with his lower lip as fulcrum, I'M
I'll the last drop OF liquor disappeared, and having
paid his bill, walked out again as II the whole OPP
Grafton was part OF business routine which he
went through very frequently.
Its beginning TO toll on him." said one OF a
y sne par SsS ss
arinker ior twenty years TO my knowledge, but
don't think ne was ever any nearer drunk than he
Is to-nlgnL Pienty OF men who have known and
done business with him for years would he sur
pfised 10 hear anyone call him q hard drinker
and yet In that time hundreds OF fellows who
haven't drunk quarter as much as he have gone
through all the degrees clear down TO drunksrd's
grave. He has stood 1t magnincently, but his time
Is ,s coming Dld you notice that set, stod look on
you remember what boytsh, jolly, light-footed
fellow he was even three years ago. In three
He can stand more than any man ever knew, but
ne can't stand 1t forever" and the speaker tilted
his bottle and then his glass, as II 70 emphasize
DIDN'T KNOW HR WAS HARD pRINkER
SWELL do you know II has never struck me be-
fore that he was hard drinker," said another OF
the group. '1n fact, never thought about him
as q drinking man at all, although have had
good deal 70 DO with hum In a business way.
nave found him Inclined to be grun and uneven
tempered OF late, and now l understand the
Ing the bartender.
well hen average dozen day over this bar,
think, the bartender answered, "anl / don't
Places
"Regulariy."
Yes, right along"
A representative OF THE STAR, who happened to
oe IN tne oarroom looking for racing man OF his
1hree gentlemen went out, and asked:
- Are ,s tnere many men that you know OF who
keep sEIe ep .a az f sor1 OF drioking?"
say nifty, a good many OF your own acauaintance.
know several who take as high as forty and rifty
drinks DAY right straight along"
But they have TO be carried nome every nirhte-
moi bit OF IT. They walk home generally and
you met them you wouldn't be apt to notice
good for them. or course, these men aren't going
10 last long II they keep it up at mat rate BIt
a n o, Isgaraed as drunAards by any means
anu most OF them never miss q day from business
I'VE got = friend here who has AVERAGED forty
a o gay Ior four years TO my certain knowi-
eoge. ana ne attends 10 business too He is going
10 pieces fast, but he can't STOP As soon as he tries
IL ne has the tremens.
TIE BAkrRNDHR's RECORD
IL was as hard a drtnker as they average for six
years OF my Life. I'm certain took forty drinks
oay, and for twoyears drank nothing but brandy.
thought nothing Of from six to ten drinks before
breakfast. The result was that became psraI.
yea from my waist down, and never stood on INV
saocLs ef o months MY stomach got completely
| haven't drunk anything now In years.
III you re drinking man at all, 1t doesn't take
tens. 70 rum Tp 70 Twenty drinks the bar
| the morning, say on your way TO the Capitol. You
meet frisbd and nave a drink with him: Of
Your friend is going to the Capitol too. Aiona
about 18th street there Is another place where The
to In Esa a You and friend
turn In for another at OF the down town hotels
II you didn't bait again before yon got there. you
the Capitol. Then during the day YOU certainly
don't go dry. II you walk down town In the even.
Ing WIN your friend you make about the same
stops you made going up, and when you reach
mere. Of course. you want a cocktail or some sort
OF an appetizer for dinner. And how far are You
from your twenty drinks by that time?
III you want TO drink, the bartender continued
the reporter breaking In for an instant TO protest
that he did not, "Just let me tell you two Thinos
Never drink before breakfast and don't take a cocE
tail before dinner: The cocktail Is no good. What
sort OF stun is bitters and sugar TO put Into mans
stomach before eating?
"On, yes, we sell as much straight whisky over
the bar as ever,' be continued In answer 10
question. I'm fact, we sell more Than ever In mr.
portion TO all our sales. The young fellows f,st
beginning TO get around drink whisky where in
my time boys OF the same age would not nave
drunk at all, or II they did, would take only beer
or light wine or something OF that sort BOYS Of
Of twenty-five were before the war;
SOME INTERESTING PIGUkRs
A man OF . mathematical turn OF mind made nm
Interesting calculation as to the amount OF whisky
consumed py steady drtnker who takes on an
average 20 drinks Q day. This would give lao
drinks week, or 1850 q year. Surprising IL trrle
that man can keep up such an average Tor
twenty years, he would have taken at the end of
that time the enormous total OF lAs,6OO drinks
the average drink il about 20 to the GALLON
DIVIDING i45oO0 BY 10 It is seen thai the man Sas
tmbibed 1850 gallons OF whiskey, or about 81 mar
rels allowing % gallons TO the barrel supnosing
that the mans l45, 600 drAks cost him on Al aver
aGe 10 cents drink, IL Is seen that he has snenr
handsome little fortune In the course OF twenty
years
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