The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-04
csAzED BY OUR DRINKS.
arkable Effect OF American Cock
tails on British Tourists.

.-ssent week in four fashionable hotels
-.bin sight of Madison square there were
-. nests. all English and all suffering
..,,' attacks of delirium tremens One of
- became SO violent that after being
Ill .-siIv refused admission, even as a paid
D.tisnt. TO the New York Hospital, he was
P~osd in charge of the sisters of st. Vim
49, hospital. None of the men had been
= Er,arica over two weeks, noue of them
N ever before been thus affected, and all
1lstbarn were accustomed to convivial habits
Then at home.
"T Europe may send her Russian grippe
..ross the Atlantic and succeed in tempo
-ar5lv annoying the free citizens of a great
.sonbhc. but there is something ia the
sIoerican air or about the American bar
Inch all the year around with fatal car
,sintv tangles the feet, thickens the tongue
nd muddles the brain of the uninitiated
foreigner, and, in case of Englishmen par
trplsrly, brings them with damaging fire.
onencv to the dangerous phase of alcoholism.
+ Is strange fact which physicians COM
meut upon that singularly large percent
age of Englishmen visiting America are
sSnn attacked with acute alcoholic mania
AZ a rule they are men of fine PHYSIQUE.
moving in the best society, and drinking no
more than their American entertainers.
Who appear to suffer no special harm from
their excess of hospitality. 1t is not exag-
reration to say that there is no time when
one or more of the prominent hotels is not
bousng a patient of the kind referred to.
4 suDerflcial view of the matter would sug-
oast reflection upon the excellence of the
LIQUOR sold IN this country, but the men
who are attacked associate with men who
drink only the best.
Or. William c. Mcfarland, a practitioner
Of high standing, is the recognized physi-
clan of four of the best known hotels in
New York. This popularity of his practice
makes him specially fitted to talk upon this
subject.
1T is a remarkable fact" he said yes
terday, "that a considerable number of
Fuglishmen, especially the younger men of
cornwall habits are attacked with acute
alcoholism shortly after their first visit to
this country. l have, or rather had until
this morning, two such cases in my care in
one hotel One of the men was very large
and powerful, and he became alar mingly
violent Finally was compelled to resort
to a subterfuge to induce him to go to a
hospital, where he is now confined.
"The other patient, who is in the same
hotel but i'll no way associated with his
fellow countryman, is of small but athletic
build. Hell is not violent. The mostmarked
phase of his mania-he is for the time being
clear out of his minds an exhi ition of
liquor, his chief desire in which direction
tends toward American cocktails. He gave
q remarkable demonstration of this last
night. He has two communicating rooms,
in one of which sits a privately employed
detective, who keeps the patient under
constant watch and who has the key Of
the door Of the young mans room in his
pocket and without whose permission and
aid no one can enter or leave the apart
reading newspaper IN the outer room. and
occasionally casting look toward the bed
ia the other apartment, and on which his
charge was lying. The key was in mis-
rocket, and he knew the victim Of Amer
1can hospitality could not escape. Imagine
| his surprise when he heard the young
Englishman's voice in excited colloquy with
some one in the hocel corridor without
Hastily opening the door he saw his patient
hatless, attired in slippers, shirt, drawers,
and bathrobe, and in the clutch of big
bell-toy.
The explanation was this: Taking ad-
vantage of moment when the detectives
eyes were upon the newspaper, the young
man had crept from his bed, leaving It's
coverings so arranged that the seeming out
lines CT his form were preserved. He had
then noiselessly lifted the window Of the
room, and alongside it he found a fire
escape, in the simple form of Il perpendlcu-
lar iron ladder. Down this he descended,
hand over hand, until he reached the
bottom, which, however. was twenty feet
from the ground. His desire, however, for
an American cocktail did not permit this
to deter him from dropping that
distance. Il is a wonder he did not
beak some bones, but strangely enough
he suffered 40 injury. A bell boy,
however, through a window saw a
dark form descending the fire escape, and
Immediately saw an opportunity to win
fame and possibly prefermenG by catching
the thief. So it happened that my patient
fell in the arms OF Button" The supposed
robbers instant plea for directions as TO the
locality of the barroom revealed his lden-
tity, and, despite his supplications, he was
marched back to his room.
1.-THE really amazing frequency OF SUCH
cases among people Of the same socl Il class
ana the same nationality has prompted me
to make some Investigation looking TO the
cause of the evil. / have found that the
details in each instance vary but slightly,
The two cases now in my care are almost
identical in their precedents, and vel
represent the class. [ have closely ques-
toned friends who knew them in England
and men who have associated with them
here. | have found that they move at home
IN excellent social circles, and are there
looked upon as being of rather regular
naDltS. They have never suffered before
farther than an occasional morning head
ache from the effects of alcoholic liquor
They never drank in the morning except II
rare instances, and then the stimulant wa
one glass of brandy and soda. They IN
variably ate hearty breakfast. They in
dulged in plenty of exercise. They drank
but little during the day, but when they
did the intoxlcant would be plain Scotch Oh
Irish whisky diluted with water. At dinner
they always drank claret, and thought
nothing at times Of draining three quar-
bottles, and that, too, of a rich, heavy
quality. This never seemed TO turn theil
heads which were also hard enough to sue
cessfully Withstand frequent rotations o.
Bass ale late at night.
Naturally one would think that young
men who could stand such an onslaught a
this would have little to fear from keeping
company with the youths OF America.
incline to the opinion that this would prov,
to be the case, and that if the Engli hmeI
would follow their home programme wheI
abroad and induce their yankee cousins tx
copy their example. the tables W. uld b.
reversed and young Jonathan would b.
under the table while Master Bull would e
headacheless to bed. But the Britishel
when ia America must do as the American
do. He must try the far-famed cocktail
which he is told he must take before break
last. He sips it and his eyes roll in his head
lie argues that if one cocktail is good, NOR
must be bett r. A proce sion Of cocktail l