St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-28
COLOGNE DRUNKARDs.
How Some Women Get an Ide;
of Whisky and Water,

How Some Women Get an Idea
of Whisky and Water.
Boston Globe.
did you notice thu woman who just
went Out?' asked the clerk in WASH
ington street drug store to a Globe re-
porter recently.
YES" was the reply, land very
pretty woman she was. too"
"Oh, as for that" said the clerk,
''she's pretty enough, but did you no.
tice what she bought"
MOI particularly" was the reply of
the Globe man, 'but thought it was
cologne, or perfume of some kind"
80 it was" said the clerk. ''but she
does not buy the cologne for pertaining
purposes, although she buys much more
of 1t 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 pur-
poSes?" ventured the reporter.
ITO get drunk on" was the laconic
answer.
ITO get drunk enI''
Eyes, that's what l 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
herself
''How does she take it?T'
GAS rule on humps of sugar; at
least | 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 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 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, I suppose, Is be-
cause 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 anything else except, perhaps,
sulphuric or some kindred acid"
Are many men addicted to the
habit?" was asked.
mo. [ have never heard of single
case of 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 perfume. By far the
greater portion OF them, however, use
this 4711, which is made i'll Germany,
and has very fragrant, refreshing 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 sweet
smelling cubes of sugar. After several
of these had been dissolved the lady
would have what the boys call 'still'
on, that is. she wouldsbe sort fquietly
drunk, and her husband, who had been
out several times himself to see man,
would never notice it, as his own liba-
tions had dulled his senses bit.
"Oh, yes, it's a great scheme for the
ladies, for it perfumes their breath as
well as sets them full, but it 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 its effect as is the
cologne"