Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-18

they may be observed with very clear
Characters at the end OF eight ten
months. or a year. especially with young
age"
The reader may wish TO know what seems
| TO De the truth to a mere unscientihc OBJ
| server, trequenter OF the boulevards The
present writer lives within a stones throw
OF the boulevard; he passes the cafes con-
| tinually. and frequents them He sees the
clients and ne knows their faces. lie has
| seen the same folks year in, year out--busi-
| ness men, grave men. men OF affairs, young
| omcers; strong. hearty. solid clerks who
| must be up at I a. m. who would not dare
| to trife with their futures They are ali
| the same Perhaps there are some lacking.
| But one seems TO see the same folks aiways
| always drinking ct their parefcric- smelling
| goDlets. very decent. never drunk. and al
| ways taking their one glass and one glass
| only.
| As TO the women mos. often of a special
| ciass) the truth Is that they take 10 at
sinthe as the ducks take to water. Ladies'
| seem to Rave "A Special taste for all these
/ indicated drinks. There are respectable
observers who declare that any one who
| takes look through the cafes at the
| especiai hour OF . D. m. no matter in what
Quarter OF the capital. will tnd that women
have accustomed themselves. almost uni
vefsally. TO drinking absiuthe. IL must be
| borne In mind that here in France the wife
GOES with her husband always, An equal
\ To the cafe and the restaurant Making ac-
coant of this fact and of the very general
nature OF the observations Of these OBJ
serEers and az the special case They have
10 prpve-or else not write their bonks4l
think that the American viii be surprised
| To ind how many decent. sober women self
respectful. genteel. well-dressei and nice
nanlered. frr-luent the cafes ana the
SAILOR arf drink abslnthe amer p,cs,u and
verniouth. without offensc aud 10 the great
advantage Of good order AMI a pc,l,rer at
mosrtere.
Cr~sses a spccIar Rre~.
The gr'rst thing. what the specialists
affirm and waat the liquor settlers half ad-
| init. Ii thst the ladies' very v.-S often
take their sbsinthe neat. IN attle glasses
without wstrf There may be. uasretorc. n
simpie reeson why they drink their ab.
Hinthe pusS. a reason which the SPECIALISTS
have heen TN busy writing haskS ~ r~ms
| acruss The simple reason why the ladlps
| drihh their abslnthH taire IL that they aru
IN cotsetss They come tight IN their cor
sets looking nice, ahd naturally they can
tot take large amount uf watst IN a. he-
caus1 they have ~ eat thuiF dinnpf after
wafds They want the ahainthu taste aud
lts elect They alEn want thulf earasts
When woman wan.s two thinss shs daas
not eiNa W eithpis Hh1 ts,kua bath aud
makes them wofk tasethef a.,iae way
What the doctors fear thu n,uat 10 frnm
the ladies' drinking Alcoholism Ia general
tahd ahsihthism ~ partieulan creates q
special race both from the puint at view
az the Intellectual faculties aud phy siuai
characteristics, This race say the dactara
may very wall eantinue Tor "A llmitst Tim.
with all It's physical ,nt,rmitias aud yirinus
| tendencies fnr several gen aratious Iut
| ekposed Ia every sort NJ accident aud mai
ady, given over To imp,tenou and sieriiliy,
the race sonh disappeara. The family dtns
out, What all the speclallsts agree an IN
that the question Ut chronic aud her.ii.
tary alcoholism IL worthy ut the highest
attention ~ legislators, who, when they
%s S. Il %S"r an ~d%,% s"Sm, Ssr" q; a
like France, who're unapel temperance has
No m'anlng. The one peculiar fac, TO
which nur own ettentlon Should te eallei
~ that, whatever difference tho docl",a
"icShos% " w sS' ,sss ssys ,Nr s"@ ss sSSir
| tion, they sometimes altogether throw ~
s ,,ae,n when s,,s,Ins these prophocles aud
@sas Of a,csSs.% a,SSn" S% 4. the r'" r%si
enemy, The simple fact h that the French
~hen they want alcohol for the moro Hako
OF alcohol ,ahe ah''n,he.
| Tbi, com,n,e ., a,sin,,,, r.. - -.
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anu "'o"aS grown w France Th'A u tho
o,S pg %r,r,r "1saS,s OF the rae, that
| toni has M, yosue whisky a. mo-, Lno,,,,,
ana rum M, "a" A. -, -" -
a,'u ,""', ,A, u'"nuy' " ohS taN'n hi'e'
| Gunner IN tlhy glass Heretofore the peo-
PIE nave had the ancient habit III drinking
wine IN all the ancient freedom, Ahsntho
| mas been the opening wedge 10 break uIi
| the wine-drinktng habit, IL IN laughahle
to see how abslnthe drinkers take their
dinner later year by year Men who dlne,l
two years ago at d9O pm each day now
dine at and even Z ~ They wish ia
| sit nm hour before their second or third
glass There are those who do not fear
| To say that the comma atIya A ,wnf,ll OF tbo
| theater In Paris during the last nye wears
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