The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-25
EYES DAUGHTERS TEMPTED.
yoMlN,y SERPENT OF THIS DAP DE-
0UILEB HEN TO DRUNKENNESS


eur weeks Taken as Isolated facts. thoy were
,oh enough. but as straws, showing which WY
tbr wind of custom blows. they were OF start
ling sgnifcnncc.
rho chief figure In each OF those cases was
woman OF education. culture. and position, and
Of sufrlclont beauty and womanllness to win
love Yet, at the head OF each pitiful tale was
written the word-drunkardl
Tho mysterious case OF Minnie Porter was
The first She was taken from the Everett
House. whero sho was suffering from tho Of
iec,s Of a prolonged debauch. She died in
Bellevue Hospital. without regaining sum-
elent consciousness to make any statement.
The second was the case OF Mrs. Bruce Crane.
the wife OF the artist She was brought into
the police court In n state OF intoxication.
Her husband accompanied her and broke
down completely as he told the story OF his
Intellectual efforts to reform her. She was
sn ~ The Who ,h Was nnnS
dead in her room Mt the United states Hotel.
Gcoh"iism was the cause She had been
ff sfy or.J u and had led tho choir and
PLAYED the organ in an Eriscopal church.
the heels Of another. would seem TO have some
unusual significance: Did they indicate that
tsstS the
In tho ilrst place. there Is such an increase.
Ths sst S 6g 81 she the
Bellevue Hosrif ei. as Wei as BY the police REG.
iSss the number Of female alcoholic patients
was S72; IL is, there re, we're s lol2 4 in 1SW
there wns an oi se or
81 per cent, in four yenrs. or course there
was definite increase in popnlation during
the same time. but he ratio was far less than
that OF the ADVANCE in alcoholism.
These reports show another interesting fact.
while Of the iii cases in 1872. there we're S.
who died in the hospital. This shows that the
period when the admissions Increased only 81
per cent Drunkenness Is therefore not only
much more general among women but tho
vice Is also becoming moro destructive in its
This record Of iactts tallies we'll with state
asked b: BfIii 4 lie considered nat alcohol
Az habit. perhaps not But as disease.
yes replied the Doctor.
oi h0 NEnr
strif,ns effects. PIpso%anis: the name NY "
Intervals with iiresistib force. This species
nervous Degeneration. to which Americans are
particularly liable"
recently published in a medical journal. says:
The term alcoholism Is generally used to de-
scribe class OF cases which have become dis
ease by continued and excessive use OF nlco-
hol. In reality an increasing number Of these
cases begin to use spirits In excess suddenly
use OF alcohol is only a symptom and the cases
are not those Of true alcoholifm: because they
be more accurate term"
DR.: Crothers goes on t., say, that the m oder
ate d1n6er 4 the vast has in ,Ss dis
manncal drinker. who. after brief preliminary
stages; nsSomes an t excessive User OF s4rts
who at fixed intervals. develop an uncOntrolI-
able appetite. The interval between these at
was N days and 2 hours: in another ~ days
and hours Is this 4 h rIi diseased an
Ing u. ore com mon among women.
Admitting the fact that drunkenness is more
prevalent. the question arises a as I? the class
g1aund + is thst there has 6esa in
I'd as ,n sasS mSacss
Lighty-eighth street has received about 25O
years with Very little IiTerenre among tho
annual records. The police reports show an
iinncroHsing percentage Of arrests OF women Of
this class, hut obserrant men ann women OF
the wc'll claim that it is in the UPPER ranks Of
s% Tn that alcoholism Is making It's gains
drinking Intoxicating liauoIs than are. tic
is nnTnesiionahiy true Il tho range Of com.
parison lie limited to Northern and Western
aaor in the S South III % its "t"s qse
certain ard that + that in no city in the
VIM y xorssn as New Yorf SAN frsn;
puhli:: there are OF Distinctly different order
The time-honorrd remarks about the femi-
nile habit of snatching fifteen minutes from
an nrdnm na shoprHg tour to .1sh OF leo
haIs It is ecause their mothers followed this :
custom that the rres nj Genrrntion thirsts
rate growing proportion OF feminine shop
prls and callers. and matinee goers. have AIKEN
ORDERING, something which comes In a long
seInIn ed glass and is not taken with n snoon;
fare Win lis cr"a T and Saints and Id Ice
cream. does not oven turn tho page to announce
the sherry robblers: milk nnn2cLef, egg nogs.
MIX, G"in'"niso's the waldorf or any other Of
most irreproacha BILE women may be seen any
"a a. sirriTE .S"ktai;s '3rdas or French
IN n by the Sss table
Tue more harmless OF wines. such as claret |
END sherry. are nppnrenily forsaken IN public. |
q night. and it is cocktail orsome liIueur In
m" home dinner and lunch arc the occasions
are hundreds OF women who drink to this ex-
tent and are by no means counted ns victims |
q the liquor appetite Where they will be In |
fye years it is rot safe TO nredict. Perhaps
Trey VIII be trnt ing brandy. whiskey. cologne. |
S any with alcohol in It, to satisfy their
deii.inm ,remens and tho doctor will kindly
shnt lie door on the family skeleton and sign
uen'h rertii'"aie with u long Latin name OF
some Iis.ass OF tho nerves. those modern
schrrgHhts OF the ILL., Which flesh 10 heir to.
h.n, Wri Known won,nn physician. who has
thst ~. NE years Practice in this city. says
T' no ms ABOUT ten alcoholic subjects on
IT, c;n w. ~ hti"nts She does not make n spe-
ff,NaS ., Va thing. These cases came to her
by "r%,n ~, ns Il werc. he would be sent ior
on answer ~ WI,nnn or glrI vas i'll. and would.
!fiSs su "IH% cas .ss iH N. Of liquor
H. 1ny feWarR about 1t. IT is OF no use at that
! sae' be Ent the next time | 90 say frankly:
b but Atm she Other day. They always deny i.
s ahmt IT., and then comes the whoe
T1'HH sS o AM !. cad enough story 1t Is too.
VIM. G az ,b fhTI@%gh social Irinkng They take
eWk'a.ll now and then through the day. and