Tombstone epitaph., 1890-03-22
COLOGNE pRuNKARns.
How Some Women Get an Idea of ygili.'S-
 and Water.

How Some Women Get an Idea Of sTi4ic'lT
 and Water.
 ''Did you notice that woman who ic went out?' asked the clerk in ', ing5on street drugstore of areporter | gently.
 'fTes," was the reply, "and a yer pretty woman she was, too"
 ''Oh as for that" said the clerk, ''she's pretty enough, but did you notice what she bought?'
 ''Not particularly" was the reply, ''but 1 thought it was cologne or perfume oi some kind"
 ''So It was,' said the clerk, ''but she does not buy the cologne for perfuming purposes, although she buys much more of it than any other half-dozen persons who trade at this store"
 ''What, then, does she do with it if she does not use it for pertaining purposes" ventured the reporter.
 ''To get drunk on, ,' was the laconic an- swer.
 ''To get drunk on!'
 ''Yes, that's what 1 said. You never have heard of cologne drunkards, then. Well, that woman is a cologne drunk ard, and one of the worst of them, too. She buys from one to two dozen of those long, slim bottles of All cologne every week, and she takes it entirely her self"
 ''How does she take it?"
 'As a rule on Jumps of sugar: at least I suppose sho does, for that is the usual custom of cologne takers. They saturate a number of Jumps of sugar with the fluid and carry them about with them. When (as is the case with whisky drunkard) they feel as if they needed drink they will take one or two Jumps of sugar, and, letting it dissolve in the mouth, they will get sort of an imita- tion of perfumed whisky and sugar and water You know, of course, that the base of the cologne is alcohol, and for most people alcohol is altogether too strong to be taken raw, and this is one of the reasons why the sugar is used.
 ''AnO. her reason, l suppose, is because it is easier to carry about, and can be taken without detection when on the sugar. Some of the cologne users-and there are great many-can drink their liquid raw, and those who have arrived at that stage can drink pure alcohol, or almost a1y thing else except, perhaps, sulphuric or some kindred acid"
 Are many men addicted to the habit?" was asked.
 No. I have never heard of single case of man taking cologne, but there are many women who make regular practice of it, and great many of the drug stores have regular customers whom they supply with different brands of cologne and perfume. By far the greater portion of them, however, use this All, which is made in Germany, and has a very fragrant, refreshing and lasting odOr
 q have sat in the theater many a night and watched elegantly ladies, whose husbands had perhaps gone out between the acts, slyly open their reticules and extract the sweet smelling cubes of sugar. After several of these had been dissolved the lady would have what the boys call a stilP on, that is, she would be sort of quietly drunk, and her husband, who had been out several times himself to see a man, would never notice it, as his own liba- tiOns had dulled his senses a bit.
 ''Oh, yes, it's great scheme for the ladies, for it perfumes their breath as well as gets them full, built would be far better for their constitutions if they were to drink whisky, brandy, gin or any other kind of liquor, as none is nearly so injurious in it's effect as is the colOpne. '-Boston Globe.