The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-14
Tn. club women I know ar.u', a drinking crowd.

The club women I know aren't a drinking crowd.
nneyre too busy 70 drink, from idleness. and
They get Intoxicated with their own eloquence
sometimes, but with no thing more spirituous."
ihe perspective IN which women viewed the
subject 500. med TO differ considerably and the re-
porter decided 10 get a purely masculine verdict
from some member Of the 900. not chiyalrous
enough 10 swear that tho women he knew never
prank anything stronger than cambria tee, lie
found his man al q studio tea, " here he WAS talk
ing 10 several women. lie was quite willing
70 give expert testimony when the subject had
Drink OF course tho women drink. There
never was anything like IL before. II isn't only
among tho, -Four Hundred It's everywhere.
4 suppose there are a great many women who
Gnnk IN moderation or not At all. but. in the last
n'e years, the increase IN the drink habit among
women Is simply appalling A man hates To
yell the women he is entertaining that they've
had enough wine and would better stop drink.
ing. Perhaps he doesn'teyen notice when they've
reached danger line. and I've had most en-
baffassing situations thrust upon me when I've
supposed myself doing tho TeXCepuonably proper
thlng with the most correct people. It's my
opinion that no young girl should drink at all
IN mixed company, and it's another II my opin-
Ions that women ought To pass all mixed drinks.
cocktails nre deadly for any one; and a woman Is
700 hlghly strung netyous!y, TO take the CHANCES
on tampeung with nerves that a man will take,
As Tor absinthe-thats a drink that's rapidly
growing In favor over here: and it's a funny
MIN TIA, the women seem to take to it more
kindly than the men. Go 70 a certain rs room
In one Of our big hotels al 8 o'clock any after.
noon and you'll see more absin,he drunk than
koAU sec drunk In all the saloons OF the city in
the sumo amount Of lime.
TIE women ought 10 stop that. It's beasly
6aI stun, even when one has the steadiest nerves,
You know the French doctors tried injecting
MMhiSkey and absinths into the veins OF a dog,
Til" log that got the whiskey Nsnt oil into a
corner and went 10 sleep The dos that had tho
an,lnthe. went stark, staring mad and had 10 he
killed. | dropped into that tea room yesterday.
with a woman friend, and ! was hornhed. II
the! d only stick u wine or beer, or even whiskey,
but cocktails and absintho will play havoc with
The women.
y went with some Of the SWEETEST PEOPLE In
" TO q theatre supper the other night The
women were all married women; and all but one
had husbands in the cfowd. Now, | tell you,
II was a lively time; and ! could hardly keep up
WIN the procession. helped ono man take hi.
the rcst. They all needed help"
lie bowed himself away end the two women
with whom be had been talking looked at each
other and at the reporter. DO you suppose II is
true asked one Of them, The other Strengthened
her shoulders and elevated her chin excessively.
1T may be true: but II any one had asked him
whether. he believed women drank he should
have lied, like a gentleman"
Oscar, the Napoleon Of the waldorf. has been
quoted a. saying that society women do drink
u excess He fatty anl emphatcallv denies
experience II Oscars diplomatic ability and mon
unental discretion Is inclined to believe his de-
MAJ. Oscar may know that women do affect
the festive cocktail, but closely qhr. TONED, ne
would turn his back 10 the tea room. com nose
his Napoleonic features, ard "lie like n rtntrnHr"
4 maitre d'hotol as well t,aiEed a. Oscar would
not be indiscreet' Never.