The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-11
INSIDIOUS, ALAS, HOwFATAL.
so PHEASANT AND so DANGEROUS rs
AMERICAS FAVoRI7E COCKTAIL.

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TO Warn OF it- Periis-Ir Ton Mast Drinh,
Take Straight whIskey. Not too Ones.
Many attacks OF indigestion are due to the
cocktail habit New York city Is the heads
quarters OF tho cocktail. Not only are all kinds
OF American cocktails made and drunk in
large numbers here but the cocktail rs Il IL
known abroad is reproduced hero with abb
sinthe and liquor which originally did NOT
make up any part OF the Am rican cocktail.
As New York ia built with the business part
at one end OF the island. the theatres. hotels.
and clubs In the centre. and the private houses
for the most part removed blocks from them.
there has got to be. with many persons. reg
ular afternoon programme which includes
| from two to 1--WE cocktails before dinner In the
| evening. This does not apply to the habitual
| cocktail drinker who takes cocktail before
| breakfast. another cocktail after he has been
| to the office an hour. q cocktail or two before
luncheon. an occasional cocktail In the after
noon. and his regular round OF cocktails be-
fore dinner. He is cocktail fiend. tho victim
to the habit beyond REDEEM ption short OF med
| ical treatment or restraint. But the ordinary
| New York business man who does not love the
| taste OF cocktails and can get along very well
without the stimulus. is running his digestion
by this cocktail habit before dinner.
Tho cocktail taken rs an appetizer or stimu-
liant to tho palate and stomach. to put an edge
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man. may have some excuse for Il:
| but the 5 to T. NJ cocktail habit
is indefensiblc. No cocktail is made
OF straight liquor. Besides the whiskey.
| gin. vermouth. or absinthe which is its main
| ingredient 1t has a dash Of bitters. a little
sugar. two or three drops OF lemon Juice. and
| the favoring possibly OF two or three laueurs
or cordials. This is a mixture in itself which
gives tho stomach and digestive apparatus all
do 70 IN for 1yhi Nm ~
Thorn stirs up the activity Of the stomach. and
II dinner is eaten promptly afterward It may
add little zest to II. Such Is the theory Of
| sherry and hitters before dinner. or OF o small
nip Of whlskey about ten minutes before sit
ting down to the table. They are fot the moro
because they are taken then on an empty
stomach. and man sits down with more glow
and excitement from the alcoho than he would
feel did he take deal more liquor on O full
stomach or while he was eating.
That is the harm OF multiplicity Of cock.
tails. 1t takes the place OF dinner. and thereby
the free lunch counter takes place Of regularly
ordered food. The man who Ia In the habit OF
stopping on his way to tho elevated station to
take a cocktail and Of dropping into some cafe
or club for one. two, or three more cocktails
before he goes homo. is in no condition to en-
Joy his dinner. His stomach Is infamed. and
the blood vessels OF his heart and OF his throat
are congested by the ingredients Of the cock
tails. He forgets that while every separate
cocktail he takes may be an agreeable COM
pound In itself. when heshas taken three or
four OF them they all mix up together in his
stomach. and that the normal functions Of o
mans stomach is the place to take in food.
The first cocktail gave him an appetite. and
as like as not he takes bit OF cheese and q
cracker. or two or three ginger snaps. and
perhaps. some pickles from the free-lunch
counter in the saloon where he stopped on his
way to tho elevated station. When he stops
again around Madison square or on broadway
The cocktails and the free lunch have taken
the Ss hs Of ahs
bis club. hotel. or restaurant Wien he sits
down to the table with his family he has no
II se Effect VII
worn Off later in the evening Then he feels
hu55g s;n: and he has a late supper. with more
The attacks Of Indigestion and dyspepsia
come after course Of several months or years
ssik his In jet q ghed he would
Ing and patient but It does not heal 50 easily
as a burned finger II is able to dispose Of
ter Of an hour. four, or Ave cocktails. with
stomach. It does the best It can. but At last be-
gins to remonstrate It is a good thing not to
such treatmSes It sieEs long snd
hard enough to overbalance a deal more fun
In way one reason I Tor the popuarity Of the
cocktail is that it DISCUSSES the taste Of liquor.
pH and es If ss s
Gsss doxs
ne cocktail diseuises the odcr and the taste
both. A man pleases his sense OF smell and
his is 70 h
use OF liquor tho taste and the smell are
two natural ways Of opposition to what in.
inss are disresarded the heart and the liver
stand 1t for while and then rebel in what be-
There IL: a great deal to be said in favor Of
use Of fancy drinks II a man Selects his Whis.
key from reliable dealer with care. he knows
taxing how w Sueh q i he teRe fe sugar S in
e5esse Sc the eec. Of apor End there + sugar
are lust what they pretend to be. and every
sense that the man has. detects them. He
whiskey. He, can tell by few simple expert.
mehts. II he has not already learned by prac-
stand under dfYerent conditions and Just the the
ssSSPs s.sSs way A. hard
rarely, knows beforehand tho effect OF the
be- rs he Is drinking. as soma beers are heav-
beer cannot be told accurately by its taste and
its color unless the drinker is an expert,
Above all Americans with American digest.
I've apparatuses should not tamncr with for.
whiskey. and his father before him, has a sys.
tenn hahtuated TO whskey drinSing. In the
same way that many Germans have systems
habituated to beer. II n man with a whiskey
system were to take TO beer drin king. and the
man with a beer system to whiskey drinking.
there would be violent instructions against
the change Of treatment which had been going
on for generations. As people who live in
mala rial countries become acclima SO .
mans constitution becomes used to certain
stimuants Ahstnthe and the many liqueura
and cordials which have their origin abroa4
are used in foreign countries by people
who has been accustomed o them sin CO their
invention. II an atsinthe drinking French.
man were 70 be put on tho mint jnlep and
would become an angel IN a few years. simi-
larry Il az American takes TO absinthe and the
pink. amber. and green drinks which are pop
iliar abroad. he should put his system In
gradual training. and tH,haps his grandson
will be able to drink such beverages and be
harmed no mora than to have an occasional
attack OF insanity or suicidal mania