Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-04
INCREASING LOVE OF WINE.


AS bearing on the question whether
mankind Is progressing morally or 9TH
lrwlse the fact that drunkenness IS In
'reaslng among the gentle sex Is i'm
l0rtant. It is claimed that notwIth-
landing the efforts Of temperance So
ietles, the consumption Of stlmulants Is
Increasing, and that among the women
he growing appetite for alcoholic
liquors Is apparent.
The explanation offered Tor this fact
s that as women are entering more
freely upon the pursuits OF men, their
tastes and hubits viii become similar
70 those Of men. As the life Of woman
becomes more tense more filed with
care, the desire Tor stimulants VIII be
natural 20 her, as 1t has been 10 50
many Of her brothers Il should ex-
cite no wonder, II the twentieth century
girl, gradually adopting masculine
lie. should with \ acquire It's errors
and vices, too. 1t can hardly be other
wise.
The reasoning Is plausible II Is Ike
ly that one result OF modern tendencies
is 10 eliminate the moral dividing line
between sexes There Is some danger
that the cry; Equal morality for
BOTH" win become equivalent to;
Equal immortality for both" For with
drink goes very often everything else
that Is degrading.
II cannot be admitted that masculine
pursuits, as far as they are honorable.
necessarily force anyone to the use OF
stlmulants. II has been proved that In
an walks OF NE. the brain that works
only by ne natural power is clearest |
and strongest the one that uses no In
toxlcants, other things being equal, Is
physically superior TO the drunkard |
In the Arctic regions, as In the tropics,
the total abstalner is able 10 endure
climate and bodily cxertIons better than
the one who Is habitually or OCCASION
ally taking stmulants. In brain
work, too, the total abb
staner is superior The fact noted in
the history OF Daniel, that the Hebrew
youths who touched no wine, but lived
on the diet prescribed by their law, In
short time became the peers both In
beauty and intellect Of all the others,
has been found TO be true IN all ages.
There is, therefore, no real necessity
either for men or women to resort to
in order to perform to
satisfaction the duties Of life,
but they DO and the deplorable fact
seems to remain that as woman finds
herself compelled TO do an increasing
share OF mans work, she win fall with
eyer.increasing frequency into mans
errors.
A halt should be called, II possible,
before II Is too late. The race cannot
afford to have the health Of the Off
spring menaced by the unnatural habits
Of both parents Nature always re-
venges herself for violation Of natural
laws. Is there not q warninr in the
present condition OF France, which, by
the way, Is not entirely confined to that
country?
II is curious to reflect that the more
the needs Of the world are studied, the
more apparent 1t becomes that that
which is offered In the Gospel Of Christ,
called "Mormonlsm." is just
what is wanted to keep the human
family from moral degeneration. and
destruction. The Word OF Wisdom is
An instance. II this is true, 1t is also
true that those who profess to be the
followers Of the Gospel must live con-
according TO its rules and |
principles. Only so can they become |
'saviors" In the midst Of their fellow
men, For salvation is more the re-
suit Of the exempllhcatlon Of truth in
lives OF righteousness, than It's glorih- |
cation in talk. Acts speaks with great
er effect than words.