The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-09-10
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8 Kes1s ~ M nAsens II RsoeA . le.
s. a man Of great stoptnesA with bulg-
ing eyes md bnlbous nose, sat In .
popular cafe . few days Ag0, and In m
extremely hoarse y0Ics relAtsi q inbi-
dents Of his youth Then every msn
could drink : quart - whisky neatsAd
never feel II, By ga3 siF!!
His companions we're three Young
men who were endesvoring to conceal
On. itching desirs to leave the stout U6o.
The latter kept . wary eye on them.
and q every motion that indicated IN
intention 70 withdraw he pounded the
table and, witha wave Of his hand sad
to the waiter: .'Ses what the gentlemen
II have. 49,
Eventually the young men peremp-
torily refused to drink more, and, ris-
ing abruptly, bade the stout man. good
day, and walked ont The stout man
gazed after them with . mingled ex-
preston Of surprise and disgust and
then with : husky oath said: a..stts,
Cursed if don't believe they are
afraid Of good liquor ss,i
The stout man had hit on two-thirds
Of the truth. The young men were
afraid of the liquor, but not because
they feared for their ability to drink
glass for glass with him, but because OF
the r1ore respectable apprehension
that they might cease to he gentlemen
If they permitted themselves TO get
drunk. They were also very tired, in
deed, of the stout man, whose fame
rests on his ability to drink all day and
all night. too, and to tell tales whose
principal characteristic is their lack of
truth. ...F- .-,zz.sy
The stout man settled his score and
drifted unsteadily out to the street.
He wandered from one cafe to another,
and finding in none of them shy con-
genial companions. finally turned his
purple face toward his club and there
joined several other stout men at 4
table. They all were flooding their
mental faculties with liquor and were
commenting on the weaknesses of the
young men of the present day. x
''Let q lot of young men nowadays
meet for social intercourse" said one of
the stout men, bitterly, land it's all
noise and buster. Let 'em sit together
for hours, or even a whole night, and
blast me if they won't, every one of
'em, 60 home in beastly state Of
sobriety. Why, when was young
man and met any of my friends in an
evening, there wasn't one of us who
wouldn't be under the table before day
light All, times has changed"
Il remember said another stout
man, when q man who went home
sober from a social party disgra:ed
himself" Another stout man said: -
THE present situation is due to
weakness ON the part of the present.
generation. That's what it is-it's con-
stitutional weakness
SITS more like constitutional cow
arilice." grunted another stout man,
who, after this observation. fell into a
stertorous slumber. e.. -.
Not one of those stout men had faith
omed the secret that deprived them of
the company of younger men. The
fact is that there are few hard drinkers
to day in comparison with the mum Der
that helped to build up the liquor trade
ten, twenty and thirty years ago. The
time is coming when the race of the
stout men AID their boon companions
will be run, AMI when this comes to
pass it is likely that a man of their
temper and disposition VIII be . rarity.
and that the time he devotes to steady
drinking will be distinguished by soil.
tude. The decrease in the number Of
heavy and steady drinking men is
especially observable at the seashore
and at the famous mountain resorts.
The men who frequent these places in
search of rest and recreation have nat
urally q good deal of leisure. and, as
bar is considered a necessary adjunct
to nearly ev:ry hotel, the only thing
they need to enable them to indulge
without stint in the consumption of
liquors is the disposition. A gentle
man who has travelled considerably
throughout this country. and who dur
ing the summer passes most of his time
at seaside and mountain resorts, in
commenting on this improved con lition
of things, said: -"..-.
Probably the men who favor total
abstinence will take the credit to
themselves for this increase of t,n-
perate habits, but it is my opinion that
the reason for it is that the great mass
of people are much better educated
than they used to be, aud that there is,
consequently, much less vulgarity. A
man who gets drunk now, if he has
any decency in him at all, is always
ashamed of it when he gets sober, and
= resolution is sure to follow that he
will not indulge SO freely again. The
time has passed when he who can drink
the most is considered the better man.
OF course there is great deal of drink
ing done now, but it is moderate drink
ing, and believe the time is coming
when drunkenness will be confined en-
tirely to the lowest and most ignorant
classes of society. Another thing which
has helped along the cause of temper
ance Is the care exercised by business
men to employ only sober men, A
man who drinks to excess has never
the same chance to get along as the
temperate man. The drunken man is
no longer apI lauded; he is shunned."-
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