The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-06-06
DRINKING IN MANY AGES. !
An Interesting lecture on tho HistOry
of Alcohol

An Interesting Lecture on tho History
of Alcohol
At the Natural History Museum
Charles E. Pel1ew, OF Columbia Uni
yersity, delivered the fret OF an inter
esting series of popular lectures upNn
alcohol last night. His subject wasN
THE History Of Alcohol" and began
by explaining the universal prevalence
Of stimulating or narcotic drugs as
showing the universal craving Of man
kind for something 70 hide the trials
and troubles OF life. He spoke briefly
about the early beverages OF the an
Client Hindoos and Chinese, and then
illustrated the drinking habits Of the
ancient Egyptians with a curious col
lection OF lantern slides The habits
and customs of ancient Greece came
next, and the worship OF the great god
Dionysus, OF Bacchus, was illustrated
by some splendid photographs OF
vases, statues and bas-reliefs. Their
wine was drunk diluted. never stronger
than half water, and frequently with
two, four or even fifteen parts OF the
milder huid Mention was made Of the
curious nature OF their wines, the ad-
mixture OF honey. and spices, OF rosiA
and turpentine, even Of salt water, and
the question OF fermented and unfer-
mented wines among them and the an
Client Hebrews. The use of wine among
the more hardy and less civilized Mace
domains was less refined. and the az
ploits OF Philip and his son Alexander
riyalled the tales told by the most ar
dent prohibitionist. At the feast given
| by Alexander at the tomb OF Cyrus, a
prize was offered for the boldest
drinker. and the victor, Promaehua.
credited with fourteen quarts OF wine,
died In three days time from the effects
OF his debauch along with some nifty OF
his competitors Early Rome was de-
gcribed as painfully temperate. espe-
ciRlly for the fair sex. who were sen
fenced to death for touching wine. II
was sad 10 hear that kissing on the
mouth was invented by the Roman
husband to test his wife's abstinenes
from the wine cask. Later, however
after Greece and the East were con
Qusred. wine flowed freely. and the
later republicans We'd with the sub
tects Of the early emperors in Erosi
and unbridled drunkenness.
The capacity Of the Roman mus
have been considerable, for a citiEsr
was knighted by the Emperor Claudiui
under the title OF TrioOngius. or three
gallon map," such having been a sin
gle draugM OF his.
England came In for a touOl
from he lecturer. Il Was somewha
surprising 20 heart that. In the mrs
call for supplies seat home by th'
Plymouth Bay colonists, the famoul
appeal headed by ministers" ther'
we're. along with requests for barley
rye and wheat, for seed. and stores o
p fruit .rees. a petition for 'yyn
/ plantes" and for "hop-rootes. Tn
minister Mr. Higginson. was duly sen
IN 1928, and his ship was Furnishes
with "45 tuns beere. tuns canarie. 2
, gallons aqua vitae" and only 6 tuns o
4 water.
The lecture closed with Q short dc
scription OF the last century. charac
teFized by the growth and development
OF the temperance movement. Som
2 fine illustrations we're given fror
Cruikshanks powerful plates OF ''Fh
r Bottle. and comparison OF the drink
= ing habits OF both the educated and ur
I educated classes OF the present day 8
a compared with those OF hundred q
even nifty years ago showed the gres
advance of the present civilization.