Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-20
A DRUNKARp-s VIEWS.
II He WRITES Book. ~ re Promsses. WIN
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"s' Nia 'ne man. Aoonoim
'ne mos' rmArkAole arug IN the world. Prob
ably all Others produce their immediate ana
specific effects upon the persons tina, u.e ,s,,a
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yo,, r,.x r.. 80, g -
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ne me" oi housenoio uke 700 much whisky.
II 10 the womenfolk. and not the men. that get
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OF which h.ya Ions cou,.,,rI...S lS.m an
vote n chap,ar 40 sx,c.,,,, ,,.hxs.,,r. "a.
which az .ph,.ct iii r. co,.,d.-.S ~ -, -.
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i've manner.
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7 ,hor.h, ~. .,h,.., 80 -. - -
yrounS lows 900 '
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s,.c.n,,hi. 90 - ,..,,.,.., uyi.. G.-
ira ,as rnhr.isea ,or ar,nss,. - ,.,,,.s "a
was warned ,ha, medical men 80 n,;yer,.nx
OF the opin,on th.t e,ce.siy. Ira -. ,,o-,nc-
tive az civ as.,h n. r.,,I,.,, :. -. - -.
member NAV he devil s. swsy nth mn, .anl
m there are not more ola arnni.ras thar IA
doc,or. TIL. x.l,.hl. ,,,,h .o,,.,,,.a h, ,h,.
Observation has never to nv tnowisass -.
ceiyed the nhiIosonhic .,te,tiop !, l..erye. n,
has never heen Elaborated ard ,her.for. =, /.
hardly correct 20 saw ,hat the snh,sct ~ .lcohol
has been run INTO the ground Ions MO- Ana
has,aes .hsol,,oI,, - -. - ". -. -
vicarious inrbria;ion That tasl has been re-
served for me. and il 1 ever write INV boon
shall perform il 20 the bcs, Of nv ability which
is only another way IN saving th., ,he vo,l ,iIl
be done for ali time. The chapter will be such
as TO admit neither of Elaboration nor confut.-
ton The subject will he closed forever
That sound. we'll. II Is enonrh ike Tom
Paine 20 have been written by Inger.oIl Nav
ask what is your general schemes"
You NAV. said the man s,sna M ann ..I
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hitler"
NO thank Won I never drink
Excellent youth,' said che man aAa,rir-
able subject for .experiment Here's m the
hair OF your head, Baldy! And now 70 proceed.
The main proposition Is th., Whom a,s ,n.n
drinks other people get drunk While tbe man
himself remains sober and even l,eeome. soherer
than he was before. The more Ne arinl, the
drunken thew get ius, as the more one .na ~
the balance goes down the more the other end
goes up. For thousands Of wears the whole
world drank. and consequently sobriety was e.-
trcme and universal Think once of the pcace
and quiet that reigned during the days of the
Patriarchs. Recall the resignation and even
joy with which the early Cbristisns went 20 the
stake and the lions. and were turned into
torches, and so spread the light through Nero's
gardens and much Of the pagan world Imagine
10 yourself the scholastic elevation Of the mid
die age and the cloister life Of the fifteenth GEN.
fury. NV mouth waters when 1 think of IL
Il tell Won that never drink"
Il look abroad" continued the man. s.and
adowu the vista Of the past. and behold a
world of universal drinking. and It's natural
outcome. or rather its natural concomitnpt.
universal contentment The king Law in his
lordly palace and suoozed, while his guards
knowing that their guardianship was merely q
matter Of form-lay snoozing at his gates. The
noble snoozed beside his Icmnn dear and the
swineherd beside his plump. sleek porker. amid
the tender mast of the outrageous forest
friar Tuck and Richard Of the Lion Heart
drank great bumpers together in merry sher-
wood. and were as brothers. for the drink
places master and man on the same level IL
is, in fact, the great leveler, and knows no
distinction of rank or fortune; IL out-Fourrier.
Fourier and out-Lasalle. Lasalle. Men pre-
tend 30 want liberty. equality, fraternity! Mhy
don't they seek il where alone Is 10 70 be found
take a tod?'
Go to the devil Haven't told you dozen
times that never drink"
"You are uncivil. nv friend" said the man.
.'Your temper is rising. You are losing your
head. Civility and civilization 20 hand In
hand Here's to YOU in q better frame of
mind"
''0h, dry up Look again.
"And tell thee thou insensate churi What
It's see? will, indeed. do so though il rack
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