The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-08

Women las increased % Al App5-4-
ing Exrent-Physicisns. Judges and
Restaurant Keepers Unite in the
Opinion That the Center Sex Is Tip
ping Too Much
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NEW YORK, June 7.-One Of the signif-
cant signs Of the times IS that wOnen's
work was never II 50 much demand IS az
present. The woman Of to-day stands out
q strong, striking and Independent figure
in our civilization She Is working shUQl-
der to shoulder with men, aud while. per
hans. Is not being 50 well paid for her labor,
tie truth Of Byron's assertion, that time
viii make ell things equal, may Be depended
upon in her casa
The woman Of today has her Own clubs,
her own societisz- She is at work IN the
busy districts Of trade and commerce She
Is heard in the pulpit and on the platform.
She paints. and in some instances her
pictures sell for more money than those
PAINTED BY me3 she is 10 longer q theorist
in politics, and il many places in this broad
lard she Is positive power Ii political con-
venEions.
Itmay truthfuIly BE- said TO be the golden
age for woman
She has cast tradition 70 the four winds.
and is in q great many cases leading her
brother q stern CHASE She knows how TO
nght fer the nimble dollar, and, in 9 word,
may be said 70 have taken her proper posi-
fioa N our civilization
Toere : ore pAgse IN rvomau's life, how
ever, thzs las received little OF no attention,
SIMPLY because the facts are not generally
known. Y hile woman has been doing
great deal Of good u the world. she Is also
dcing much that Is wro1g, and those who
know the facts well are astounde1 a. the
cauiditv Of woman in crime, and the arnaz-
ing prediction that large number OF the
weaker sex have for the bottle
In other words, drunkenness he's become
very marked feature Of life in the big
cites
IbaTe conTersed with g large number Of
physicians on this subject, with restaurant
kesnerS. with men who have made the
study Of -rIme tael- life work and all agree
rbat i1toxicarion among gomsn Is appal-
ing.
Sor Is L altogether among the lower
Glasses Of women that this Is noticeable.
Nor can II be said 20 prevail more IN ore
section q the country than another. Il
seems 20 Be- universal
some time ago ADDRESSED an inquiry TO
large number Of physicians. superinIead-
ents Of police, judges and others, who are
dsiIy brought into cOntect with q large
number and variety of people, and with
one accord they agreed that drunkenness
among tie gentler sex was on the increase.
Among the authorities were a score Of
surerintendsnts Of police In the big cities,
half dozen police justices. such men as FL
bridge T. Gerry, the bad Of the SOciety
for the Prevention Of Cruelty 70 Children,
Secretary Rounds Of tins Prison Re
form Association, Judge Duffy. before
whom more men and women are brought
than any other police justice
N New York city, the superintendent of
the Institution On BIackwell's Island, 10
which men ard women arrested for drunken
ness are taken, and Anthony ComstOck, the
moving spirit in the Society for the Sup
preston Of Vice- They ali agreed that
women were drinking too much and too
heavily, and q number Of them added that
when woman starts on g downward path
she seldom OF never stops until she reaches
the end-the gutter. Some Of these gentle
men, among them Judge Duffy. gave it as
their opinion that the s-of this increase
IN liquor drinking was idlsness-
DRUNKENNESS among women, said Judge
Duffy, SIS more marked than any one
dreams Of, and what IS more, ia my opinion,
Il oil CONES from idIeness. The majority OF
women have nothing 70 do all day while
TIER husbands are away attending 10 bust
ness, 50 they get together and drink and
drink and drink. II they had work TO do
they would not do this. At least, not to the
alarming extent that now prevails.
But how would you prevent itp 1 asked
him.
If mad my way said be, 81 would
compel every man and woman to work q
certain lengtn Of time every day. Women
have nothing 20 occupy their minds. IL
they had work 70 do their minds would be
clearer, they would be IN better physical
health. and there would be less drinking
than now. / would apply this rule TO both
prince and pauper.n
That solution OF the problem sounds very
well, but II Is not feasible, and IL is not
likely to ever be applied 50 that tippling
may be decreased.
Only last week woman was found hope
lessly drunk about midnight on Broadway.
She was arTes Ell, slept all night In a police
station, and next morning she tearfuIly ex-
planned that she was cousin of the great
inventor whose name is household word
in this land Her friends knew she was not
given 70 excessive use Of liquor. but shs had
met some ladies in the shopping district and
they had adjourned 70 a restaurant were a
great deal Of strong liquor was disposed of
and the end was drunkenness. Hers was not
en isolated case. There is hardly a day
IN which some woman of good family and
eminent Tespectability is not arrested for
intoxication- 1t has become so much a
feature Of police court life that such cases
10 longer attract attention. / may say
frankly, that there is but little If any limi-
tation to IT, TIE poor washer women of the
docks. with their pints Of mixed ales, by
means Of which they become unduiy exhila-
rated, and the wealthy woman of hurry Hill
who sip champagne and strong wines in the
gilded cafes on upper Broadway, msy be
pointed 70 as types. The one spends but a
few pennies. while the other squanders
good many dollars. The result, intoxica-
ton, is the same. There never was a time
when it was 50 easy for women Of all classes
TO obtain liquor as at present There are
scores of pretty gilded cafes in the shop
ping district where women can lunch
and get all they want to drink.
from a vermuth cocktail to raw
whisky. A good deal Of this is done
openly. Some places pretend to hide the
sale Of strong drink and furnish it ia the
shape Of Roman punches and other decep-
tive measures, but a good many do not
take the trouble to do anything Of the kind,
and it is no unusual thing for one, two, or
as many more women to sit down in some
Of the fine cafes or table-d' hote restau-
rant and 70 drink to their hearts content,
and they are connoisseurs in drinking, too.
It is impossible to fool them They know
good liquor from bad and they know lust
how the seductive cocktail should be made.
In great many of the swell dressmaking