The sun., 1891-07-12
WOMENS' DRINKING HABITS
CHANGES SINCE THE TIME WHEN
CHAMPAGNE WAS 4 RARITY.

Now it 10 Drunk by womes 40 Matter
of Course NJ Any TINE - Steady Con.
sumption OF brandy and Soda - The Ins
evitable Endins ofN AL
They were two women, and they were dis.
cussing. in the way two women can. the folliea
and faults OF all the other women. whom sud.
denly one looked at tho other and said: DO
you think women are drinking more nowadays
than they used top"
The other one answered: -Thinki 1t 10 nee
O question OF thinking at all knowA Whsn
was girl. II you were very delicate. or had
travelled long journey. or had studied toe
much at school. or just Cotton ovor presenting
the family with o new baby. you had glass q
port every day to tone you up; hut nowadayn
We sit down to luncheon. and what 10 standing
between us" And The other ono laughed and
said We'll. It looks like bottle Of cham.
pagne." Then" said the frst. when you
were younger where did you see champagner
"Oh only at wedding breakfasts, or when
there was some greit occasion and somebody
else's health was drunk. and then we had Q
glass apiece. and were hilarious. and now
And now" repeated the other, :" I drop u
to see you. we have Q quiet lunch. to which
quart OF champagne is necessity. and you
would have had pint II you had been here
alone. But 1t isn't the wine that think 90 much
things know little dear. q woman not a
years old. as pretty as Q picture. who. II she
keeps on the way che Is going will die from
drink in about four years. She comes In from
ride In the morning. warm and flushed. and
her maid ushss around and brings her Q glass
OF brandy and soda She begins to dress to 20
down town. her toilet Is made fresh and her
bonnet tied on. when she says. just before she
goes out Oh. dearl I will have little brandy.
straiRhtto give me courage. Marie;' and Mario
brlugs her lite liaueur glass, and madame
has little brandy. straight She comes back
to luncheon. or goes come place else to lunch.
and she drinks tho greater part OF .
quart Of champagne. and she finishes MP
Then. during the afternoon, before she
SFssds s od Wnsn shs shs ss one
out. she puts on on her era d,essng sogn throws
he T. says WI, Iets ~ Wv ~ and sna have ..,,s
W W siier a While makes I an sIabora,s toilet.
dinner. and makes her husband laugh at the
end Of i ~ smoking q cigarette end hay- h
Whc Mi prey With vi brandy way;
and Just before she coes to bed they have
o he nsn
s a. we as 8 aSe
Tns 7asa ,s.
Ens d s' 81 risnds drinkns and drlakins @ and
sso" as a%sS % she does no. Il OF the dsrsDoe
Of atmosphere: she only thinks what a smart
% sss a sat y Ssag Aaes 9F
lean TO- she Will die q It net a. certain as you
oil nd vhat
open manSer: and think there 10 no harm Ia
q sit down with glass q whisEey and . small
stos s.es ssad niss Ss up D. wtS E %optSial d
Ths Is IL Ss sin Gsn
SOUTH ns sas ~ %cn h: fa:
Drinking : mit punch Or 2 sher,y eoselsl. os
daqiy marx .dts an oa
Don'i you think" ask. ore Of ths feminine
driuIins"ihat which, has msie .xoms9
%oss the The
like bis nstincts in pestiooats Then h- eix:
1meris an women think that because French
and Russian womb can smoke cigarettes
same. Now. they can't The American woman
Is an extro meet always. and the con.eluenee
smokes with the Iury well. OF an American
woman. aud she has got to drink some to keep
lemonade or a milk punch does not seem TO be-
exactl, the ID ng for the cigarette. and SO tho
naturally follow
The other woman looked up gravely and an.
women are drinking more than .evsr before"
And her friend sighed. and each lifted up Q
long, slender gold and wlite glass flled to the
and the younger Of he two said: :" Here's to
love: The only emotion In this world worth uv-
Ing for"
And that was the way they decided whether
drinking was getting the better OF woman In
this country.