The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-04


A PosT-INTELIIGESCER reporter strolled
into the kee.ey Institute, at,6Oi Columbia
street. yesterday afternoon, and spent .
very pleasant half hour chatting with the
students, number of whom he met there.
1t being past the hour for taking the after
noon treatment. many Of them had gone
to take their evening walk about the city,
but nevertheless goodly number of them
were found in the reading and social rooms
Of the institute. Some reading their
favorite authors, Others engaged in social
game of vhist, while yet others were
grouped together, busily discussing the
ways and means of forming a Kelley
league and other practical temperance
work. Those Of them engaged in discuss
Ing the temperance question all seemed to
agree that Kelley work was the greatest
practical temperance work yet. and the
only kind that could have saved them.
One enthusiastic disciple Of the double
chloride of gold declared that one week at
the Kelley Institute had done more for
him in taking away the appetite for liquor
than all the temperance lectures he had
ever listened to. s4ThatK Kelley treatment"
said he. "has absolutely taken away from
me oil desire for strong drink, and that is
u
''While always believed and admitted
the truths told me by the good temperance
people about the ruin and degradation
that followed the drink habit, yet this lee
turing and this knowledge did not at all
destroy the craving for drink within me:
but want to tell you, sir, the Kelley cure
did it in mighty short time. and came
here with a very comfortable Jag on,
tnn oAf hov fai in
or anything else before I came, in fact did
not want to come, but my wife told me
she had stood just about enough Of my
nonsense and had enough of my broken
promises, and to keep peace in the family.
came; and now say 1t was blessed day
that brought me here. My wife was right
the women are always right; they are
the salt of the earth. / have now been
here under treatment Just about two
weeks, and can truthfuliy say that feel
better every way than have for many
year-eat and sleep like boy. Yes. sir.
all desire for drink is gone; 1t was gone at
the end Of the fourth days treatment.
have no particular nausea or disgust for it,
simply don't want il. feel as II had
never drank whisky, and have no more
desire for it than q man who had never
that never shall again."
Your reporter addressed very quiet,
notwithstanding gentleman with lit
erary cast of countenance, who was sitting
apart from q group Of others. deeply alb
sorbed in book which proved to be Opie
Reads great book. 1.-THE Colossus" writ
ten since he took the Keeiey treatmenD.
In reply TO All interrogation as 10 his
hat N II he L
am Kelley student. I am taking a.
course here for the drink habit, I
think there is no doubt but the drink
habit. after being INDUCED in beyond q
certain limit becomes disease: disease
tina, generates an Unsuitable appetite that
q man can, control. / know ! could not.
and don't believe any human being ever
tried harder TO do thing than did to
shake of the drink habit. Have been here
now over two weeks Had very severe
attack of dipsomania just before coming
here, and was drinking heavily when l
came. They did not, however. shut of
the whisky from me when got TO the III
stitute, but gave me all I wanted, and
that was good. too lif there Is any such
thing as good Whisky, bat quit drinking
i, about the third or fourth day-did not
want any more: was not At all nervous.
jus, seemed to glide out OF the poisoned
state in which the alcohol had me.
into new life. without any shock 20 my
nervous system that had usually ieit IN
getting over one Of these attacks. Feei
better every way than have since was
~ years old, and am nov ~
Numbers of Others were lrterviewed IN
all stages of treatment, and all expressed
an una.ieranle faith in keesey. There arc
students here from all parts OF the STATE.