St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-20
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whisky is becoming the morning
drink. The custom, too. OF mix
ing it with a little water or self
yer after the manner of English
men is growing, and think the custom
a good one, Tor whisky straight has a
ruinous effect on the liver ard stomach.
The mint julepS, sour mashes and other
similar drinks are also going out of
fashion, and the tendency seems to be
against the mixed connections of other
years. AS matter of fact, |
believe whisky to be better appetizer
than any other drink, if any of them be
really an appetizer at all. For dinner |
should never recommend anything bet
valuable than the best champagne or
any other wine that can be provided"
You may reckon upon one thing
always" said one of the largest saloon
keepers i'll the city. "That is, that the
man who drinks in the morning is
steady drinker. He may not be a
drunkard, but he is steady drinker.
He is one of those who usually have
a number of drinks at night and regu-
lated number during the day. When a
man begins the morning with drink he
is pretty sure to require additional re-
cuperators at other intervals. There is,
| believe, nothing so hard to quit as the
habit of the morning drink. | had a
friend who was resolved not to touch
liquor of any kind. His health
was not good, and as he
had completely lost his appetite
his doctor insisted Oh his taking some
whisky before meals. He began it, and
for few months kept it up, finding it
practically impossible to break it off. In
the winter'it was whisky and bltters;
in the summer, cocktails, gin fixes and
whisky sours. At length he determined
to break himself of the habit, and went
so far as to take his breakfast before
leaving his home so as to accomplish
his OBJECT. He did accomplish it, and
now he could not force himself to take
drink in the morning. AS the desire
for the one vanished, SO did the desire
for the others which formed his regular
daily portion"
"rhere is one kind of drunkard who
does not seem to be understood" said
gentleman in general discussion of
the whole subject. 'He is what | would
term the psychological Grunkard. | re-
member once hearing man say that
before be could accomplish a certain
feat he would require TO go on a three
days theological drunk. What lie
meant by the expression | do not ex-
actly know. But l do know what l
mean by psychological drunk. Have
you ever seen a young man whose eX-
uberance Of spirits caused him to talk
and act as if he were drunk?
Usually the man who so exhibits his
feelings is in good physical condition,
and has good temper and gentle dis
position. His face becomes red, too,
from tho pffnnt nf tho
of exercise, so that the suspicion of in
toXicati0n is doubly great. There are
some men who cannot help laughing at
some curious conception, however grave
the situation may be, and so there are
others who cannot help talking to their
neighborS as enthusiastically on the
most commonplace event-aS enthuSi-
aStically as il it were some discovery
which was about to rid the world of all
its ills. Such man is predisposed to
drunkenness; that is, one drink may
produce a greater degree of exhilaration
in him than would four in one of less
buoyant temperament. That's my idea
of psychological drunkGrd"
eyes, there are great many cham
payne drinkers in st. Louis, of course"
said the head barkeeper of one of the
hotels, "but the number of champagne
QrunkarQS Is very small. In 1acC, j
don't believe, in spite of what we hear
about what happens in New Y DIRK. Paris
and London, that there are many cham
payne drunGards anywhere. 1t is not
unusual, of course, for men to get drunk
on champagne at banquets and dinners,
but it is quite unusual for men to start
in to drinking champagne as they would
start in on whisky, and to keep it up
until they have taken enough to unbal-
ance them. What are called the steady
drinkers rarely touch champagne
at banquets or elsewhere; they don't
seem to like 1t somehow. One reason
may be that its effect is not quick
enough-they can't feel it soon enough !;
at any rate, they don't take to it, or il