St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-19
WOMEN AND WINE.

An interesting conversation between
two ladies who knew their world very
well might somewhat Startle the mothers
and fathers whose sons and daughters
live in the gay world of fashion. The
first sentence which naturally fixed at
tention sounded fairly brutal: 80 and
so drinks too much," said the first
speaker. using the name of a well
known belle. How can you say such
a horrid thlng?" said her companion
nervously. Fancy If your chickens
come home to roost.0 II don't care if
they do" rej0lned the other; lit is
quite time that mothers realized what
their daughters are exposed to IN So
ciety. have seen many girl this
winter OYer-eXclted by Wine.
1T seems a dreadful thing to say, but
it is actually true; and they get TO de-
pend upon it, too. Often girl goes to
a dance tired and listlesS and looks to
her champagne to give her fun and EN-
train and the joyous Bacchante who
rOmps through the german owes her
high spirits not alone to her youth and
natural love of gaiety, but-tO put it
plainly-acually 10 stimulantS. L know
several l could name who absolutely
look to the exciting stuff to make them
talk with more brilliancY, to enable
them TO be audaciOus, witty, in a word,
successful.
DO the men know it? Of course they
do, and they like the SDOrU it gives.
Very few of them have cool heads them
selves after the early part of the even
ing; but ii the girls could only hear
the criticisms of their sO-cailed admir-
orr NH
would be overwhelmed and ashamed.
As the misere of it is that it does not
end there in the ball room. Many
physician could tell the true name or
some of his cases of nervous prOStra-
ton or 'malaria:' and, as the taste for
drink once formed surely SapS the
foundation of the finest character, who
knows into what darkness these women
may be led?''
But" said her companion, ''all this
is rather hard on the girls who are nat
urally full of fun and frOlic. How can
the distinction be made between Stimu-
lated gayety and that which is natu-
ral?''
ANY experienced person can tell the
difference answered her friend, but
better still, let the girls avoid all APP
pearance OF evil; let them abjure wine
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strue their high spirits. and every man
will respect them for it; for whatever
license he allows himself there is no
gentleman but would shrink in disgust
from seeing his sister or sweethear
flushed with wine. He knows too well
himself what it means. And if a good
and pure maiden avoids it from princi-
pie. not hiding her convictions, there is
no knowing the good she may do; there
is no telling the strength she may give.
"A prominent physician says: i do
not mean to say that there are any num-
Der of society women who become liter
ally intoxicated. but do mean to af
firm that there are numberlesS women.
young. old and middle-aged, who are in
the habit of voluntarily putting them
selves under the influence of wine.'"
Well" said her auditor, "yOu may
be right. but nope you eXaggerate the
danger. My girls take their glass of
sherry at dinner. or champagne at sup
per. and ! see no harm in it. However.
| will tell them what you say, and they
can Judge for themselves"