The sun., 1892-10-23
IA aspiring WOMANH00D
The Doors of Colleges Are
Opening.
uo1 LESS THE LADY SEEKS
Tho Charm OF Graceful
Gowning.

Ho" llAh5'
,,,up Dresses. " innias II style ana
r.,., In Tartan Hues, Like Rainbow
ru.,,., Has Come, Alas, the High
u., ., We, the Hearts OF The.treEosrs
r. pr.,tv Fashion OF Antique Trim
.-G,r,.. schools In America and
Lady Henry Somerset Talks
n, pr,u.ing Habits Amo"E Ensish
X,u.r-ynterest,ng Information.
u,h,. nation we're not 80 frank and sympa-
...,,, ., ,vould have a chance. seldom offered.
..,, =, ths expense Of England In the pious
n,a.,s.oa ;ov. For the English newspapers.
",aiJv rho London Telegraph having dropped
A., a.i,v showing up o. tho brutality OF Eng
ii.h husbands and the resulting sorrows OF
Fnplish wives. hnve set about investigating
tha appallius extent OF drunkenness among
Ene,i.h women OF all classes Drunkenness
i.a harsh word. especially to apply to lovely
sornn hut a. the lnglish papers and tho
ro.,i.h nsople interviewed therein do not
h.si,ats to use It. American readers must not
IA deceived by any mder term.
mis- so,posure OF what seems to be . national
,.mInin. vice began. unless the writer IL mis-
tak.n. with an editorial In the London Tele-
oroph entitled "EnEands shame" Tho Tele-
o-aph Is . careful journal. as Jealous Of the
national honor as any In London. Yetit did
not hesitate to set forth for all the world to
read that drunkenness among women had
reached stage where the national honor was
involved. Tho te e1t OF the thunderous column
leader was the arraigning OF q number Of very
young girls. almost children. in police court
for being found in the public streets In .
drunken stupor.
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we're frequent. so frequent that they had
ceased to excite more than passing comment.
and. furthermore. that among the middle and
lower classes English women entered the bar
rooms and drank themselves drunk. and went
reeling homo through the streets; that for an
English woman to be seen in this condition
was not considered disgrace. but was passed
By the mon. except perhaps tho men intimate
" concerned. with . laugh and q shrug. The
Telegraph was sorrowful and scandalized. but
did not seem to have any remedy to offer.
All this was bad. But upon tho heels Of It
eame worse. Lady Frederick Cavendish read
apaper ut tho Church Congress. in which she
set forth that the English aristocracy. that
traditional model Of morality and public and
private virtue generally. had within it's limited
and old. who were hsbitually addicted to tho
use o: stinulants OF all sorts. Lady Fred
erick did not use tho harsh word drunkenness.
but said frankly that many Of these women
took more than they ought
Tho Duchess OF Bedford. . sister Of Lady
Henry Somerset who was here With Miss Will
lard. read paper in which she took for grant
sd all that Lady Frederick had said. and upon
the wide prevalence OF the too liberal use Of
stimulants. based q vigorous argument for
total abstinence. The discussion thus set
upon foot has been running vigorously. All
sorts and conditions OF Englishmen. taking
advantage Of this chance to indulge in tho
English mania for writing communications to
tho newspapers. have been setting forth their
views and experiences. Tho result has been
the appearance OF considerable smirch upon
the snowy robe of tho Immaculate British
matron." innocently heretofore supposed By
outsiders to be almost without exception FREQ
from all tho errors which passion and original
sin In its various forms has led the women Of
other nations into.
Iteeems to hnve been demonstrated that IN
the fast set OF tho uppermost Engli sh society
Drunkenness among women is not uncommon: !:
that tho use OF spirits. disguised In teacups
or as sleeping or waking or digestive
drauChrs. is widespread: that the use OF NOR
phine an6 tho like is still more common: that
among tho middle and lower classes tho wo-
mon drink In barrooms. drink themselves
drunk. and mako no secret Of it.
The reporter saw Lady Henry Somerset mt
the Brunswick Hotel the othcr day and showed
her the remarks OF Lady Frederick Cavendish
and OF the Duchess OF Bedford. Il have
seen them." said Lady Henry. "and can say
that all they have said is true. My own obser-
vation leads me to believe that am onR tho up
per class won en- the use OF morphine and that
class Of stimuants is more common than the
use OF spirits.
"A fashionable London doctor told mo not
long ago that he had among his patients sew
eral womOn 80 far gone. that they carried
their needles about with them and thrust
them through the silk sleeves OF their gowns
1t evening parties and at balls"
Tho reporter called her attention to remark
IN Englishman had mado. that heavy drink
Ing among tho men In England WAS on tho
decline. Il think that that Is SO" she said
the statistics gathered from tho loss rooms
and from other places where there is u chance
to lnd out. indicate that there are no longer
the three and four hottie men wa used to
hear OF. But | think tho habit OF 'nipping'
has increased That is mon drink during tho
day more than they formerly did. Men and
women take occasional drinks spread out over
more hours. instead OF drinking it ull at oacs
after dinner
the public bars. and tho women OF the middle
Classes. tho wives and daughters OF shop
sssepers. drink at their crocer's Tho grocers
-! serve spirits to their customers. anh many
OF Them havo regular bars. 1t has nso be-
soin, soHe me custom tor tho market mon to serve
ttlpirlts on market days. In fact. so bad Inns
inas n', matter hrcOmo that temperance Is no
sonseF the fad or the fashion. as it were. hut is
emgagnC u" serious attention OF statesmen.
aiItnc an;' tnc i,h"ral arty has to certnin extent
a'.'rn i'se!i with inc temperance people.
shoui,i say that III" chief causes OF this
vr'ne Wnsa 'or stimnants among tho upper classes
= ,ru, ,Wure W. continued Lady Henry. The
TTTst Is that hereditary in nlluence Is telling.
jass jins aangh'erS and granddauShters OF. tho
inNor..,anMn" iiIu ..,aMn"rhilon Of four-bottlo men have
~ tto'eritei the taste and nre beginning
NJ NJ nov 1t; The second is Ale demands 0f
rnmtf rn"'"fh society uFon III" women. tho continual
,vunu n,u "l excitement that Is such n draught
naa Mnn tne IG,ira'c nerve. OF women. They
th.r nS",hrlhlng To- keep them up. and. unless
t tt"', nuV" c%'ranrd!nary elf-control. they take
s'','nui"9t- ~ various sorts without anv ro-
a':."N\mIthI ~ - what 'li' yodrG may result n."
c, Nnu Whh' ara the aGses with the lower
elntS women :" wGs asked w WV '"N,