The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01

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orange blossom and BergamOt.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
New York, Nov. 22.-The memorable de-
,rands of society commenced last week;
another fortnight and that tired feel
ing will be upon us all, but the majority
of women. who are in the swim, prepare
for a vigorous campaign. 1 see. During
tbe last nights of the horse show unmis-
,azable signs of artificial rehabilitation
were noticed in many of the boxes. No
duned eyes. no tagging steps, no want of
repartee. as long as the cologne bottle
holds out
Really, Her Little Grace ought to be
told of our discovery" said tall girl to
me- last Wednesday evening, after sweep
ing the Marlborough box with her power
frI glasses. "She is not strong enough to
stand this public ordeal without power
ful stimulator"
Ethel" 1 cried, what do you mean?"
she threw a crystal flask into my lap,
saving: TRY it yourself"
1 held the flask to my nose.
stupid exclaimed Ethel, this way"
NV friend poured five or ten drops of
cologne on her handkerchief and quickly
raised it to her lips, wetting them with
the powerful liquor. Then drawing a
deem sigh. she closed her eyes for a second
and said:
"Delicious 1t beats Consuelo's essence
of orange blossoms 100 francs per ounce,
of which she gave me a Whit the other
day. into fits and it's cheaper than
VAN" %A5d what are winks, if you please?"
why bonbons filled with brandy or
What a ninny I am, I had forgotten
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season that enabled the merest debutante
TO get tipsy under her mothers very eyes.
who told you of the cologne-stimula-
tor2" / asked.
Ethel assured me that it was the latest
fad and if / had not been staying with
that old aunt of mine in Newark for the
last four weeks l would not be naple 10
exhibit my gross ignorance or society
For heavens sake" whispered the dear
creature in conclusion, don't let on 10
the - girls its a novelty to you. You
would be put down as a hayseed, or,
what is worse, a Philadelphienne.
The other day / read in magazine
that while the population of the United
States has increased but 20 per cent. in
the last two decades, the number of fe-
male drinkers and rug-takers increased
300 per cent. during the same period. 1t
is a bold statement to make but l DeheVe
it half true from what l nave seen the
past few years in the upper strata OF
life When l was in short frocks my big
sisters used to tell me of the champagne
quaffing going on at supper ana curing
the intervals of dancing. Sherry COD
blers came next into vogue as morning
bracer; some time later heard OF COCK
tails for afternoon visitors. Ihey We're
still en- regle when l came out, to be mn
ally displaced by the new-fangled nlled
bonbons. Now its eau de cologne, ana
one has to be in the fashion and DO as
others do or be looked down upon
The ordinary observer can form no con-
ception of the widespread craving Tor IN
toxicants among society women, ana the
tive Ha cd nf
the more dangerous it becomes to the IN
dividual. l scrutiniZed my neighbors and
friends rather sharply after the CONVEX,
sation with Ethel above recorded, and
their animated looks in the dreary Wilder
ness Of seeing and efforts to be seen
proved to me that, alas, the cologne
drinking habit has already many fair adj
herents. Look at Maud, how luminous
her eyes are heard man say at Mad
ison Square Garden Friday night last.
Where is she, the girl in pink said ms
friend. ia
ing a handkerchief between her teeth
No wonder Mauds eyes appeared on
fire, Respondent with CHEEKY ViVaclty.
Within ten minutes had seen her take
two doses of the new tangled ecstatlcal
poison. Sunday afternoon, when went
TO visit a girl friend her mother told me
she was in bed with a sick headache. Il
can't understand it: she said, eille
last night and yet she was extraordi-
narily lively and talkative. This morning
we had to send for doctor, VINO ques-
toned me rather sharply whether the
girl had partaken of a champagne sup
'Nellie's mother is a good old soul.
never suspecting wrong in anything or
anybody. When at this point of our con-
versation a maid appeared to say that her
daughter desired "A fresh bottle of col
ogne, she dispatched the butler at once
TO fetch half dozen.
1T is the only thing that seems to do
her good" she remarked. II really think
aI,- 4 live hn aolI
Nellie herself told me she acquired the
habit in Paris, where all the actress
styled music hall soubrettes and dancers,
from Mile. Merode to YVette Guibert, in
dulged in it. Going to London, she discov-
cred that the stuff had become the fav--
orite tipple of society women there, and
tire telling their wives and their friends
wives of the small vices ICES DANES" af-
feet. The woman of fashion thinks it
Will please her admirer If she initiates
those eccentricties, and soon the pupil
sufpasses the teachers prodigalty.
/ is all societys fault, though, whose
demands weaken the system so that or
binary foods cannot restore the waste of
tissue. The drinking habit is clearly
diease of the nerve center, and as tired
nerves adjust themselves quickest to the
soothing of liquorous stimulants, of
course, we procure such in whatever form
they are obtainable. l thought creme de
menthe was bad enough, but have since
learned that its fiaVoring ingredients are
at least pure, PEPPERMINT being too cheap
an article to admit of adulteration in the
United States, where it grows wild. That
circumstance, however, does not absolve
creme de menthe of its poisonous alco-
holic character, which exceeds that of
whisky, and even brandy. If the ledgers
OF the female inebriate homes-the insti-
tutions are known by a more polite name,
but that is their mission-could talk they
would tell of hundreds of women lured to
ruin by the seductive green tipple.
Some time ago / consented to accom-
pany the mother of one of my friends to
one Of those queer health resorts. She. b.
a New York society woman, and an OBJ
hging high-priced physician, with his
eVer-ready hypodermc syringe and crys-
tails Of cocain, had brought her to the
state she found herself in after five con
secutive seasons of New York high life
W lille ! was there a woman was carried
IN from the depot whom l had known for
years at home as an exemplary wife and
good mother, but who was famous in our
set for her occasional creme de menthe
debauches. Now she hads lost all self
control In her fits of alcoholic degrade
ton she was liable to drink from any bot
Ile that looked as if it contained liquor
S2e had actually swallowed kerosene
without experiencing nausea A girl who
mad reputation for her cigarette smOk-
ing capacities was also in that institute
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