Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-01-14

and socially. Personally, they have
more will power TO resist tina
domination Of alcohol; and socially,
their influence and example as slaves
u DO; is far less dsintegrating. II Is a
great truth, that vice in a woman, 10
more OF a crime, than the same vice in
man. For in social manners and Gus
toms, conduct is more than law: and
women are the autOcrats of conduct and
custom. II then women should ever
make certain vices tolerabie. there
would be no barrier lett against them;
and the influx OF many secondary pas
sions, would be- natural and certain. a
drinking woman is a social criminal OF
! the worst type, ana the idea is so shock
! ing, that IT, requires an effort of the
viii 10 cOntem plate it.
1t is in the great social centres, whore
| life is most vivid and Drilliaut, that this
/ evil exists. Fortunately, though wide
enough TO deserve attention, 1t has not
| become general. 1t can yet be frOwned
down, or IL can be- ignominiously cast
/ out OF the circle in which 10 most evil
| IDENTIFY prevails. But society owes 10
/ itself the restriction Of the circum-
stances, which have contributed TO the
| development of drawing-room drinking.
A pace OF reveiry that tempts 10
| II, is wicked; yet II ever
an Eight Hours Labor Bill was
needed, 20 o. for the Fashionable
! Woman, and not for MasOns and Brick
/ layers. Society can also frown upon
moderate drinking, for moderate drink
/ ing is the open door TO excessive drink
! ing; and women anxious 20 please, and
/ loving the admiration their beauty in
/ cites. are far more ready 20 dare dan
ger. than % 0y from 10, while every
/ compliance makes the next temptation
more subtly irresistible. And yeta love
/ ly cir, with champagne glass in her
I hand, is very like Marguerite daIIyiug
7 with Fausts Ruttering casket Tho
Jewels and the wine may alike be the
\ pre-. udo o. physical or moral suicide
The fact that woman cannot get
| through her social life without etlmula-
/ ton. i- 200 excuse for DO. The ufe had
I better bc abandoned than the habit OF
constant little drinks formed. Can't
get ON without it, and everybody
t2kcs it.' are not reason, for ruin. FOR
admitting that there may be- some phys
| seal advantage iu alcohol UP to- GER
I tain point, VINO can autu0rItatvely say
/ FOO each 1-e. where phy advantage
| ceases? let tho precise point where
| physical advantage ceases. there sim bc-
gins. and s hard 90 conceive OF
/
a wore NO longer boo her creed.
/ ON the contrary, it, is Zoo the natural
/ moral elevation and religious faith of
women, tnaf the great aid 100 repeiIlng
/ tuo seduction of alcoholic stimulation
must Doe Iaosed flr. For 10 woman
can be- penetrated with religious en-
! tnus.asm sho i- capable OF sacrificing
|an. desire to 10. that is n she can be
made t0 realize the existence 81 her
/ soul. she will most certainly respect
. bier body, which is its dwelling place.
d Tor 30 BE- inadvcrtence, thought
Icssuess and Ignorance which con-
ducc 60 this vice, far mora
than inclination; or 10 is vanity. or
love of pleasure, or % desire 20 pleas I
united with a nervous physique incaTH
bic OF bearing the constant strain OK
/ fashionable life, without the spur Of