The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-26
WOMEN AS DRUNKARDS.
I'm LOVE ron STRoN6 DRINE
ON THE INCR EASE.

an uncommon one for two women to give, but ~
raised a small-sised storm. Two men sat at this
next table: one, n physician. whose patients all
belong to one Of two classes, either the very
fashionable and rich, who trust him, or tho very
poor and needy. who love him. His companion
and most was u patient who had come from An
out OF the way town.
As the large woman with the pufy, red skin.
blurred eyes, and trembling hands gave the
order. the doctor sighed and said. Just Listen
TO that, will YOU, and yet some neople insist
that the drinking habit is not on the Increase
among women
"Idon't understand. !" said the patient. "what
put that into your head"
Didn't you hear the order those women
gave. Tho old one called Tor Manhattan cock
ails. and the young one suggested that an abs
sinthe frapp6 would be u better bracer after
what they had taken last night; then the old
one said that was a good idea. She then wcnt
on and ordered a quart of claret with consomm$
and fish and n quart OF cham payne with II bird
and salad. and her last word to the walter was,
: And. don't forget TO bring us coffee and
who have every appearance of wealth and re-
hnHmcnt give an order IKE that,
Perfectly" he answered, 1T is not only app
pallinv but disgusting. Yes. I heard her give
The order, but II made no impression on me.
When came here three months ago WAS
shocked to see and hear women come into tho
restaurant in the morning and order bracers:
NJ noon time they ordered cocktails and vine: ae
dinner more cocktails and more wine, and after
the theatre well, | hardly remember what
they did order. 1t was so much, I've seen =
wgman tnke as many as seven srsndtes arg
nothing OF saying after the men suggest going
home, oh, not until we've had a nightcap,r"
quite right" answered the doctor. There
are many women drunkards In this city. First
Of all Just as many women as men have an in
woman is overcome by the weakness nobody is
ever heard to say. Poor woman She Inherited
or from her grandfather or grandmother as 10
so often said In the case OF a man. People have
mo- mo yea Hom now " n ,his G aitv' Whsn , yon se rs ii in he
paper that Mrs. La Fashionable has been in-
disposed and unable to attend her social duties
for two or three days, about Ave times out often.
has been on q three days spree, a regular
wliskey. Frequently the indisposition endS In
del rum remens.
"A woman goes to live in a boarding house.
She has nothing to do but q little visiting and .
little shopping. Soon she gets tired of slloppiia
boarding houses is not satisfying. and she takes
u little s imulant of some, kind TO give her an
OF call. or a morning In the stores. Soon the
husband prospsrs and they move to a big hotel
physically. She, has more liberty and
stimulants. Very often by the time the hus,
band IS rich enough to own q house in =
wv llChlltN III W http Ihll " unLcn VT
wants. the wife is e slave TO alcohol. These arc
the women who acquire the, taste for liquor.
whiskey at any, price, They iis for i. and in
some cases would steal for It. They bride ths
s shtfsp bed 90 or f Setw W s%r the i"sm m% "na sSsp !! M %Saa9a
holds mp fnge' to Higgins. the butler. HtR-
gins un n, ;rs MdS.m He sd does no, go to OH ,hs s, celia ar
sn",her; J., He goes o1t and snyi for M lad III .
tips for doing so. oh. you can't keep
them from getting whiskey If they have a craze
addicted to strong drink, and we hear more cf
their incompetence than we do Of that among
i'll from alcoholism ia shielded by every mem-
her of her family, while the Other woman 10
lli ,GSFh ho mp u" say s'f It aI "nn ISrrpil" w would snn be
astonished to know how much drinking there 10
among rich and respectahle women.
There Is almost no drinking among working
women, A woman who supports herselfor who
s sss " family 70 upp1 ,n,r isn 1T !, gG Oh Ees to d wi1S
She is busy and happy and doesn't crave the
excitement or forggetfuIness that stimulants are
., "Rnt ,s surely y,, these ,ss Women n,9isn can M be o sps of,e of
cord, some are forced into II, and, others per-
sn"asa' uh C" 1riDk the q same thing be done with
I'm my experience" replied the doctor, I've
been called totreat many women inehr'ates. and
e ey n% cured "t Of the h sr fna' or S, asM u as sae Il be-.
comes. In the first plnce, few women will 60 10
a san!tarinm to be treated for alcoholism They
and 1t is next to impossible to cure !.
seneer to get whiskey. What Is the method
employed? Why, ! could not tell You that any
cures one %Rstisn, would k,II snoshs 1io Each a,
thing in treating a woman is to get her IN a
quiet: cheerful place where i is is i% 9nss bic for
tenn must be built uD until there 10 no
craving for stimuIants. and in the mean TING
moral aps sense aGroitly and .nb,Iy' $" hat by the
time she Is in such physical cond rtion that her
appetite is normal; she VIII hare the moral
courage to resist temptation. The Rreatest
trouble is to get a woman to take treatment
at all. for drunkenness; So. far "a | know,
ment of female alcoholic babituts. There are,
o. course. places where women can be and are
TOO, bur | don't believe there IL a home such as
! have described. although there are enough
women In every stage OF alcoholism to suppors
BY Tins time the two women had drained
, shsiF Of h1 b"T Sn f haw bo snm ed Ts np t i"%er felt. !Thnss
Doctor and hi. patient look ed at each other.
sh !roS t nCo,d heads: and walE TSer sw =. Z nou. +,
the real sense OF the word. i9 all New York
tr"sfms %9"fn II t II fT BrooS Si%1hG 81 "Rse esa Fl Thf aGs
Is such a Mace there, aud an ideal one, SONG
time ago Dr. agnes sparks foresnw, H." need -
lished "A home where fashionable women may he
for alcoholism. The house Is n fpnr-
story red brick huilting on n street lined with
homes Of Brooklyr'.es who know DIR. Sparks Rs
n practising physician. with many women
patients. most Of whom are reputed TO belong to
and fashionable families.
A reporter visited His home the other day ard
asked Dr. Sparks to tell something about tho
curing OF the drink habit. Dr. sparks adj
- Men and women drunkards have "a" 'nns
and the general principl.s Of treatment
are tho anne for both. although this. home 70
exclusively to the treatment OF tie best
class OF women who are i'll from alcohol I'm.
The moius uperandi OF treating inchrR'cs is 10
take away Rs quickly as possible The, alcohol
thar has been consuming The tissues and to sub
sti ute tOniCs that will build up the system,
Each individual requires his or her own separate
treatment. One person may be tolerant Of n
drug and much benefited Ivy II, while that drug
would completely upset another person. I u
nRtient has any other disease the physician first
about caring that and then to get The
system in its normal condition, The life OF E
patirnt while under treatment il 10y no means
rCiuied. Indeed, 1t Ia very pleasant. She
Is made To take plenty ~ sleep, rest, and e1cr-
else, ana hmnse themselves with music, writ
Inv. books. and mauaZiues- For women who IOpd