Ellsworth American., 1892-06-16
DRINK IN EUROPE.
1t Is Tniyer~AI aud 1t. t,ii Effects An
Every here.

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by ,n,. ,.,.u,l A,pc-,,.,,, ,',,,-;s, WI
ove- his .-a&.la may l,ad nm, y, era,
Britain or on the Continent he ,oos the
people indulring. without scr1nla and
without restraint. in every kind Of alco
hohc drink II he comes from tenn.
per.4nce community or has strong tenn
lr-ranre principle. hi- moral uatnre
receives many severe shocks during the
first day 4 hi- European travel or resi-
druce But he very soon comes 10 IN
d.rstand that the usc of liqlor, in one
form or another. Is universal; that there
l. a deep seated conviction in tho Euro
yeAn mind that God made water for
washing Purposes. not for dr!r.kln.. as
German lady once expressed it 10 the
writers sister
Americans are accustomed t. attril.
ute IL tins universal use Of irtuxicauts
mAnv II the social and moral evils wnlci
now disturb and distress European coun-
trles After a long ana careful studv
of the matter We believe this 10 be a
nghiful Judgment. Scandinavia stands
at the head uf the Elro, ,,can temperance
movement Here "A temperance reform
was sadly needed. for while t-4er and
WINE are not consumed to a. large an
extent a. In some other countries vet
these northern people have been. and
are. dorl3rably addicted to the use Of
stronger lquore- brandy ana whisky
1t NAV lie that IN these scandinavian
cuUut-ir- the movement j. lar-alv dr,a
10 the medical profession. though they
are. As a rule. SUPPORTED hy tbe rle-,,v
Germany i. a. we are accustomed "a
regard her. the land of beer driukine
and with Germany NAV H.. associated N
tins respect Holland. Belgium Austria
and perhAns Switzerland |, ia b.r
ever. a mistake 10 spu,os. that dylnkin.
in these countries l. limited to boo,
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consumed i,v everv ,l.s. If ,..,,,l... ,,.,,,..
i lar.-eIv used l,v tb. b..,te- ,l,. n,
u,ba- evr,s- haar dri,L,u,, h. ....rr,.,I !,
these countries we know t.... v,eY !, ;.
vain for ,,he advn,at., ~ ., ,,,,,,,.r.,.a ~.
of the l.,ht4r hauor. 70 refrr 10 Ger-
Tl.tfIN tl4 ftt4 u,-tlc 70
suits Of -uch a use Granted that there
is less real drunkenness IN t,a-,,a,,,.
than with Us. vet we doubt if tb. avil
effects are in the end less The (,.r,uan
drinks. as he does everything els.
slowly and deliberately. tut Al tho same
time persistentlv. and the deleterion,
effects of this continual taking into tb..
er or later.
Sometimes we hear il affirmed that
the German beer will not iutoylcata
But anv German Will laugh Al the id.a
of course II will iutoxi, ate" he will
tell vou, If Won drink enough of il. inst
as whisky and brandy will" Nowhere
can beer drinking be studied so thor
oughlv a. among the German students
With them drunkenness is no uncorn-
mon thing We have time and again
seen them thoroughly intoxicated from
beer drinking. There is to them moth
ing disgraceful about it.
A student will tell YOU in a verv mat
ter Of fact way that he had to be car
rie1 home from the Kneipe the nirht
before. And everywhere in the Ger
man universities can one perceye the
iniurions effects of this habit. We have
seen the most promising men come nm
to the university. and in two or three
semesters become utter wrecks solely
from their indulgence in beer. We have
heard students of wide experience refer
to innumerable such cases. And these
studeuts NAV be taken "a ranre.a-t.t;ya
of the German male population in this
matter of beer drinking. Beer is freely
used by German women. but is not
drunk to such an excess as among the
men.