The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-09-16
LATTER.DAY DRINKING.
Passing of the Stout Man Who Always
Keeps Up His End and Is Proud Of 1t.

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A man of great stoutness, with bulg-
ing eyes and dubious nose, sat in
popular cafe few days ago, and in an
extremely hoarse voice related incl
dents Of his youth, ''when every man
could drink quart Of whisky neat and
never feel it, by CAD sir!"
His companions were three young
men who were endeavoring to conceal
an itching desire to leave the stout man.
The latter kept wary eye on them,
and at every motion that indicated an
intention to withdraw he pounded the
table and, with q wave OF his hand, said
to the waiter: "See what the gentlemen
III have"
Eventually the young men peremp.
torily refused to drink more, and, ris-
ing abruptly, bade the stout man good
day, and walked out The stout man
gazed after them with a mingled ex-
preston of surprise and disgust and
then with husky oath said;
"Cursed if don't believe they are
afraid of good liquor"
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 more respectable apprehension
that they might cease to be 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.
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 any con-
genial companions, finally turned his
purple face toward his club and there
joined several other stout men at q
table. They all were flooding their
mental faculties with liquor and were
commenting on the weaknesses Of the
young men Of the present day.
LET a lot of young men nowadays
meet for social intercourse" said one of
the stout men, bitterly, land it's all
noise and buster. Let EN- sit together
for hours, or even a whole night, and
blast me if they won't, every one Of
'em, go 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
l, 1op pb n
81 remember" said another stout
man, "when man who went home
sober from social party disgraced
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
ardice," grunted another stout man,
who, after this observation, fell into a
stertorous slumber.
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 drinker.
, to. day in comparison with the number
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 and their boon companions
will be run, and when this comes tC
pass it is likely that man of theil
temper and disposition will be a rarity
) and that the time he devotes to steady
, drinking will be distinguished by soil.
tude. The decrease in the number o.
, heavy and steady drinking men i:
| especially observable at the seashorc
and at the famous mountain resorts
The men who frequent these places il
, search of rest and recreation have nat
urally good deal of leisure, and, as
bar is considered necessary adjunc
, to nearly every hotel, the only thins
a they need to enable them to indulg,
. without stint in the consumption o
liquors is the disposition. A gentle
n man who has travelled considerably
| throughout this country, and who dur
n ing the summer passes most of his tim
at seaside and mountain resorts, il
9 commenting GA CHS improved condition
f of things, said:
probably the men who favor tota
4. abstinence will take the credit t.
!. themselves for this increase of tenn
perate habits, but it is my opinion tina
n the reason for it is that the great mas
,. of people are much better educate,
than they used to be, and that there is
a consequently, much less vulgarity.
o. man who gets drunk now, if he ha
any decency in him at all, is alway
n ashamed of it when he gets sober an
n resolution is sure to follow that h
will not indulge SO freely, again. tn
o time has passed when he who can drin
a the most is considered the better mai
Al Of course there is a great deal of drinl
ing done now. but it is moderate drinl
ing, and believe the time IS comm
when drunkenness will be confined e
n tirely to the lowest and most ignoral
a classes of society. Another thing whiC
a has helped along the cause of tempe
ance is the care exercised by busiue:
Of men to employ only sober men.
" man who drinks to excess has new
IL the same chance to get along as Il
temperate man. The drunken man
c. no longer apIlauded; he is Stunned. y
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