The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-25
HARD LOT OF THE DRUNKARD.
Man Who Drinks Too Much Finds No
Sympathy for His Ntafortune.

The regular, wei-established drunkarf
should consider I, would seem. In some OF
his lucid intervals. tha; he Is about thA
most troublesome Individual at present
making struggling and Irregular tracks on
the surface OF the earth. By the word
drunkard IL understood the variety 10
which the word hahi,ual is pFefxed. There
are other varieties Of drunkard. or rather
drsnker~as the moderate, the occasional,
the spasmolio-but the crunkari about
which the world ts concerned IL the rrai-
lar, or the sot. Compared with him Inc
bristes Of a less degree inspire but ian
guild and intermittent interest The ha-
Ritual and hopeless drunkard Is the sort
upon whom the mass OF his ssliow citizens
bestcw their tire and money. !, is for
him that all the cures are opened ant
all the a-ylums are provided To him all
the thrilling appeals TO reform are made.
what TO do with the drunksra IL the main
question. ard his been for something over
half a century.
The controversisiists have ne. We. ar
rived at an agreement; "a 10 whs. the
drunkard is Is drunkenness disease or
Only vice? Should the druuksri be
treated a. moral or physical invaliaF
Should ne he given moral suasiur or by
podsrmic inteetion7 Ia he sufferer de-
mandins our sympathy or an offender
against society, TO he restrained, tempo
rarity or permanently All these aues-
tiens stiii open. and "a stranuousiy dis
cussea as ever. sHd willis the discussion
goes on the srunkarc IS STIR with ts.
3us. as be was when described thousands
% years ago in m. serious o. interroga-
tious: WHO hath woe Who hath red
meas Of eyesT' ard so on
In TIRE meantime, while the world Is dis
cSIsssnY his case th@ lot ~ the drunkard,
Tire a,I-the-tinne drunkard. grows worse.
He /. no greater nuisance thsn he was
hundred years ago. but re In nos - tell
derry and tolsrseiy regarded az Re was
then. Courts ans the general public 90
not care AZ formerly FOR the sisa that he
Is goof man when he ~ sober. The
feeling answer In returned that htn s.eiis
Of soertsty Should come rsarer tossther
ara mis- Intervals OF drunkenness farther
apart. His arens. IL not consons1 BY ss1-
ciety. ss Il vas IN he fsys when drunk
snnesx once a religious became socia!
rite. HaoltuaI 4runkennese lie a bar 20
emp}oym.n; Tow. TIE er3Bksri Is back
listed ard boYcoste3 without any formsii-
ties General and collective patty may
be expressed for sifa. bat individuals 10
not treat TIE drunksFd well as trey
6ia in former age The man or beg yao
Ia getting himself into M8e to e"eorns
common fy8nkard should andeTs'snA tsat.
rosvi.hst srdsug a. tas benevolent aDa
syrnIatas;le tax - may hear. human 20
cisty - tn ne4ssT. hardening iss heart
against he s:3grAAfd.
II - csm!ax ID be sosenoNls ssst t.ss
th~ treatment accorded sra4nssrf;s ny IA.
IN o.l- cities a. Chicago and kaa-ssa cay.
30 10 good Drunk ar1 dts7rd~rly
marches through 80 gsp:icw csaTt "a De-
has marched a.w&ys. ard Il - ex g~css4
tzsf ~ a.~agx s1lf mach In England
SnHy are trying something ere. They
hsvs sxgs ai she'd Te'SrrSEcriss. gassf
yHsess retgsots tr2aa cifsss. wtrh Ircs2Fs5
enough fo< exerctss All amusement Ths
iAs-ig 4iae j. net harsa. TIE offsets rus
D futsi atsaaSn@Fs, &FE 70 ssQasf = as
soxAt Shoot IRE ry~3a5ses - these snstt-
;asslags e&natast +r9rssrfs rraAg - ccn9-
rrts1es f-r three yesgs AZ wisz tS1s par
or any otssf par work. T. nag - soi-
srngy sns re%erent3y Haie; Only e511
knows ~-Kansss cry Star.