Evening star., 1894-01-13

eraL 1t can yet be frowned down, or it can
be 1gnominiously cast out of the circle in
which 1t most evilently prevails. But So
clety owes to itself the restriction of the
circumstances which have contributed to
the development of drawing room drink
ing; A pace of revelry that teEapts to it is
wicked; yet If ever an eight hours labor
bill was needed it is for the fashionable
woman, and not for masons and bricklay
ers. Society can also frown upon moder-
ate drinking, for moderate drinking is the
open door to excessive drinking; and Wo-
men, anxious to please and loving the ad-
mlratlon their beauty incites, are far more
ready to dare danger than to fly from it,
wnlle every compliance makes the next
temptation more subtly irresistible And
yet lovely girl with a champagne glass
IN her hand is very like Marguerite daily
ing with Fausts glittering casket. The
Jewels and the wine may alike be the pre-
iuQe 10 physical or moral suicide
The fact that a woman cannot get
tnrouSn her social life without stimulation
is no excuse for it. The life had better be
aoandoned than the habit of constant little
drinks formed. Cant get on without II. /"
and everybody takes it," are not reasons
Ior rum For admitting that there may be
some physical advantage in alcohol up to a
certain point, who can authoritivey say in
each case where physical advantage cea ses .?
let at the precise point where physical ad-
vantage ceases there sin begins; and il is
hard to conceive of a woman, still reputa-
Die, VINO holds sin, as word, no longer in
ner creed
On the contrary, it is in the natural moral
elevation and religious faith of women that
the great aid in repelling the seduction of
alcoholic stimulation must be looked for
FOR III woman can be penetrated with a
rellglous enthusiasm, she is capable of sac
rihcing any desire for it; that is, if she can
be made to realize the existence of her soul
she Will certainly respect her body which Is
It's dwelling place. For it is inadvertance
thoughtlessness, and ignorance which con-
duce to this vice, far more than inclination; /;
or II Is vanity, or a love of pleas
ure, or a desire to please united
with nervous physique incapable of bear
lrg the constant strain of fashionable life
without the spur of alcohol. And in its in
cjpient state the temptation is so natural
and the fault so apparently venial, that
danger seems afar Off
Hence the value of bravely attacking, and
lot ignoring, the evil; for by constantly di-
recting the attention of the public to any
given subject, an impression is sure to be
finally made. To induce people to act, they
must be saved the trouble of thinking; and
an ally once made of this intellectual in
dolence, almost anything may be accom-
plished. Our best theory of advertising
proves this; for it is well understood that
II one dealer can make his name occur to
the public with ever SO little more readiness
tran another dealer in the same business,
that infinitesimal saving of trouble will pay
SO, then. II the press will boldly arraign
and condemn this social danger, a constant
iteration will be certain to take effect.
Before a bad custom becomes actual vice it
Is arrestable by public opinion; and the
press can so assail drawing room drinking
as to make 1t notorious. uncomely unfash-
ionable, and drive 1t out of federation, and
out or date. AMELIA Z. BARR.