The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-18
COLOGNE pRUNKARps.
How Some Women Get an Idea of
Whisky and Water.


"Did you notice that woman who just
went out9" asked the clerk in a Washing
ton street drug store of a Globe reporter
recently.
YES" was the reply, "and very pretty
woman she was, too"
"Oh, as for that" said the clerk, "she's
pretty enough, but did you notice what she
boughtF yEssta
mot particularly" was, the reply of the
Globe man, "but thought it was cologne
or perfume of some kind"
$50 it was" said the clerk. "but she does
not buy the cologne for pertaining pur-
poses, although she buys much more of it
than any other half-dozen persons who trade
at this store.n
What, then, does she do with it if she does
not use it for pertaining purposesT ventured
the reporter.
"To get drunk on" was the laconic an
swer.
''To get drunk onl'
"Yes, that's what I said. You never
have heard of cologne drunkards then.
Well, that woman is cologne drunkard,
and one of the worst of them, too. Sue
buys from one to two dozsn of those long.
slim bottles of All cologne every week,
and she takes it entirely herself,
show does she take it?'
GAS rule on Jumps of sugar; at least l
suppose she 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 las in the
case with whisky drunkard) they feel as
if they needed drink they will take one or
two Jumps of sugar, and letting it dissol We
Ill the mouth, they will get a sort of an
imitation 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.
"Another reason, / 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 a great
many, can drink their liquid raw, and
those who have arrived at that stage can
drink pure alcohol or almost anything else
except, perhaps, sulphuric or some kindred
acid"
"Are many men addicted to the habitp'
was asked.
mo have never heard of single case
of a man taking cologne, but there are
many women who make a regular practice
of it, and great many of the drug stores
have regular customers whom they supply
with different brands of cologne and per-
fume. By far the greater portion Of them,
however, use this ALL, which is made in
Germany, and has very fragrant, refresh
ing, and lasting odor.
II have sat in the theater many night
and watched elegantly-dressed ladies,
whose husbands had perhaps gone out
between the acts, slyly open their reticules
and extract the understanding cubes of
sugar. After several of these had been dis
solved the lady would have what the boys
call '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
| libations had dulled his senses a bit.
80, yes, it's great scheme for the
ladies, for it perfumes their breath as well
as sets them full. but it would be far better
for their con 'titutions if they were to drink
whisky, brandy, gin, or any other kind OF
| liquor. as none is nearly SO injurious 10 Its
effect as is the cologne