Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-04-17

drani in~rthat "a 10 say, realised Its dread
import, But the deep significance q ~
6ashed upon them when they called on
Sunday morning before going to chufcn
and found no welcoming side door. e
formerly. Not side door. nor even
back door, for miles on that awful SUNDAY
morning, could be induced to crook ~
pregnant hinges thst thrift might foiiGM
TO the proprietor. The streets were hlleo
with man Wild with thirst, and although
thew went hither and thither ana
retraced their steps from thisher TO hither;
with abort dashes up alleys, no door could
be found 10 weld either to the soft and Sc
ductiye knock or the plaintive and piteous
whistle. It was then that all rememDeIeo
the WORD to the wise" and the kiraiy
Saturday admonition TO : Nil your mask .o-
night" But memory is no comfort wnsn
IL comes with knocking laugh. Inns
moral wave did not extend across the East
river. and men who never went to Brook,
lyn before iourneyed over on this .parcheo
and arid Sunday and blessed the name
of Brooklyn. And yet. with all TINS
sudden enforcement ofths excise Law. there
was not hotel or restaurant IN the city
that did not sell liquor to every human pc
ing willing to SIT IN . chair ana nipple
held bv our courts that o man hold
ING botel-license has right TO
seil refreshments to his guests. BY
simply taking q seat at q table upon
which a few yisnds are spread the
thirsty man becomes q guest. 1t is TINS
hypocriticai pretence and sneakIng eva
sion of the law that Will bring All enortS
in the way of temperance reform into con,
tempt. The laborirg man who IS depriyeu
of his beer ON Sunday and who knows that
better dressed and more fortunate men
are drinking at will in hotel and restau-
rant bars all over the city ID not likely 10
have much respect for DR.. Parkburst. the
courts. the police. or the solons IN Albany.
AS THE FOOL DIETH.
The terrible curse of entailed fortune,
when conferred upon a young man WITH
no business habits or incentive to LABOR
was illustrated in the case OF young Mr.
Daniels. who died the other day at the
Brunswick Hotel. Mr.. Daniels was less
than 20 wears of age when his career was
ended He was regarded as one OF the
fortunate young men OF the period, enviesu
bv pretty much everybody. de had leIs
to him q magnificent estate and nfeu
income of something like $4,000 year.
He was genial, kIndly-disposed young
man, and for the want OF some
thing 10 do or the incentive to do
something. wasted his life in physi-
cal enjoyment. His dissipation was all OF
ouiet and modest kind and the boys about
town ALWAYS found him pleasant and ap-
proachsble. He owned the beautiful steam
Yacht Norma, which he had just placed IN
commission, and he was about 70 take a
trip to the Bermudas when death 1v.t.
took him. A number OF young ienoHs
about town had been invited to take the
trim TO the southern waters, and were In
duie,ng in great anticipations OF pleasure.
Pneumonia siezed Mr.. Daniels one raw eve
ming in March, and in twenty-four hours
thereafter he was CORPSE. A gentleman
who lives in the Brunswick Hotel and VINO
knew the Young man quite well told me
story of some Of his physical lndulgences
which seemed almost incredible. de SAID
lone evening just before Mr.. Daniefs
fatal illness l was sitting IN the CAFE wren
he walked in. He took seat at one Oh th'
tables and in the space OF less than hiteeh
inmates ordered and drank five cocktails.
/ became interested in his proceedings,
and having nothing to do. kept al eye on
him. After his cocktails he drank milk
uuncb. well-stiffened with brandy. lie
read. or pretended to read newspaper
for a little while, and then ordered dozen
oysters. With these he drank pint
of cold champagne. Then came another
dozen of oysters and another pottie OF
champagne After that L saw him oraer
ana QTluk WIFI uio Cisois VIA 20 ~~%N.
ties of champagne, making i've pints IN
all. When | left he was topping on the
evening with brandy and soda. This was
not an unusual thing for HIM. l have
heard the barkeeper say that he has ire
ouently served Mr. Daniels five straight
mint bottles of champagne while ne
leaned against the bar" 1t isn't 10
he wondered at that this young
mans system, overweight and abused
as il was, succumbed suddenly when con-
gestion of the lungs set IN. This young
mans father probably as he toiled and
labored to gather his splendid fortune
Thought with pride of the blessing which
he was to confer on his progeny. II ne
had received direct communication from
his Satanic Majesty he probably could not
have conceived method by which to
confer q more decided injury upon his
son than when he made him wealthy
Young man with nothing to do and
no knowledge of how to do any.
thing. With proper training and no for
tune young Mr.. Daniels might have been
self-reliant, creative, and worthy citizen
AS a pampered son of fortune he was
merely self-indulgent, sysaritic youth
whose consequence was chiefly limited &c
drinking saloons and places OF pleasure 9
He literally drank wine =" out Of his fathers
skull.n And all that is left of his memory
ia the remark of his cronies. " He was
good fellow and I'm awfully sorry FOL
him."