Washington sentinel., 1899-12-09

conducts temp erance meetings through -
out the two Kingdoms but has Likewise
extended the sphere Of his operations
to Denmark. where last year he spent
several weeks in delivering public
addresses on the advantage OF total
abstinence
Emperor Francis Joseph's favorite
beverage IS that exceedingly innocent
PilseneT beer, which Of all brews contains
probably the least amount of alcohol.
Pilsener is served 10 him even at the
grandest of state banquets at the courts
OF Vienna and o. Budapest. He drinks
but little wine. and then only mingled
with water, although the imperial cellars
are the most eel brated in the world.
Indeed, it is TO his abs'emic usness that
he is chiefly Indebted for the remarkable
preservation Of his asticity, OF his
physical as well as mental vigor. and of
his health this, too. in spite Of a lar
heavier succession Of msiortunes, ma
tiOnaI as well as domestic. than fall to
the share OF most men.
The abstemiousness OF the young
Gear is widely known, and arouses all
the more as'onisbment as the Russians
are celebrated for their hard drinking
prooensities. and the c is no doubt that
the Czarina, with her strong. high
principled d mind, added to her cleverness
and to her beauty has helped to
couuteract in the past. as she is certain
TO do IN the future any disposition that
her husban may have inherit d from
his ancestors in connection with their
taste for stimulants King Charles OF
Roumania. like King Leopold OF Bel
gium, is temperate in the extreme. both
men being far too cautious to permit
their brains to become clouued DY
alcohol.
Much of the exuberance Of speech of
the X iser during the early years OF his
reign was very unjustlY ascrioed TO his
taste for stimulants II was merely due
TO the exultation Of mind resulting from
his sudden elevatio TO the throne HIS
favorite beverage is beer, and the only
wines IN which he ever INDUCES are
those weak and comparatively innocent
white wines OF the Rhine. Hi, boys are
being taught to prize at us true value
the virtue Of abstemiousness. while the
Prince OF Wales, in spite Of his being
noted as a bon VIVant, has rendered
far greater service to the cause
temperance than most people would be
willing TO be ieve Il is TO his social
influence that a moderate amount OF
II, -, af Al hae "a
the place OF several bottles OF port' and
that intoxica'IOn has ceased to be
considered as good form; for NO one IS
more intolerant OF ineurIetv and 81 the
vuls arity which it invariably enRentlers
than Eng lands future king.
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World ma, b.. said to have been brought
about by the generation now living.
Thus, the late King Victor Emmanuel,
father Of Humbert. was won't to in"ulge
IN drunken carouses with his morganatic
wife, the game keepers daughter ROsins,
whom he created Countess OF Mirafiore,
and who used, when inebriated, to
re pond to his blows by hurling the
crockery at his head. The insanity
which made necessary the removal Of
the late King Louis from the Bavarian
throne, and that resulted in his tragic
death, was, according to the oficia
dIagnosis OF the medical authorities
superinduced by alcoholism, and, unde
the circumstances, those who were hts
subjects may rejoice that they are gov.
erned ov a regent who. in spite OF 5
deriving a large proportion Of revenues
official as we'll as private, ffom the
brewing and sale OF beer. Is not only
temperate himself but has also incul.
Gated this particular virtue in his sons
and grandchildren
In the adjoining kingdom OF Wur-
temberg a brilliant cavalry officer, who
even when serving with his hussar
regiment was noted for his reluctance
to participate in the drinking bouts Of
hIs fellow officers al Metz, has taken on
the throne the place OF the grossly
sensual and semi drmented King
Charles, who would have been depOsed
over and over again by his utterly
disgusted lieges had il not beer for the
care Of his clever Russian wife. Queen
Olga, who practical governed the
country alter he had becOme mentally
unbalanced through inebriety.
MARoUlsK De FoNTKNoY.