The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-02-02
AS 70 WOMEN NR0D DRINK
THEY ARE MORE NUMEROUS THAN
FORMERLY, BUT FEWER GO d.
TO EXCESS
SOME FACTS FOR ALARMIsTS
Whatever May Be True Abroad, the
American Woman Is Unlikely to
DcteriOrnte Decause Of Over
Indulgence in Stimuiunts.

Within the last week or two there has
been u repetition Of the general wave OF
protest which goes up now and again III
difIerentfsections of the country and IN
England against the evil of intemperancc
among women, which evil the agitaIors
assert, is growing to appalling proper
tons Since the beginning Of the year
the wave has surged up in ali directions,
the London World creating a sensation
by an outspoken article alleging the rapli
increase of the alcoholic habit among
women of society, and the use Of drugs
and narcotics among those OF the leisure
class suffering under tie strain Of idle
ness.
In New York Bishop Leighton Coleman
Of Delaware, who attended The annual
meeting Of the Church Temperance So
ciety, held in this city, addressed meet
ing, making the following statement in
his remarks:
The great work of the society for the
coming year, and in fact for the entire
century, while not neglecting the men, is
to reclaim the women; for l tell you that
intoXication IS growing among women at
a faster rate than among men, During
the last fifty years STATISTICS prove that
while intoX1catlon among men has stead
lily decreased, the increase among women
has been most alarming The future of
the world depends on the mothers even
more than GA the fathers and what is
gong 10 become OF US if our women be-
come inebriatcs?
Inc members of the Women's Christian
temperance Union have also been agi-
tatlnS the subject once more in regard to
the feminine population of New York.
notably the women in Society, giving
starting accounts Of the growth of the
haplt ana its evil effects ON the health
and well being OF the community. Espe-
= clally do these rcfOrmers cry out against
me service or wines our large We'd
dings and fashionable dances, declaring
that the example spread is pernicious
ana that women are growing to regard
the usa or alcoholic stimulants as a mat
ter OF course The London Worlds artl-
Gle says:
Ihere IS no device artifice to which
woman Will not have RECOURSE to attain
what she requires. if any restraint /. put
upon her She finds comforts in scents
ana medicines which contain stimulants
and narcotics. She will consume ether
cocaine or even methylated spirits. At
present the craze is for medicines or
"1Ies that contain cocoa ....-ar r. - 4.
. sumo women Imagine they cannot ex-
'st without frequent doses OF cocoa wine
b qu!hlhe' tones and the rest to counter
nothing
s'ell-lndulgent eNiS tenCe OF Stimulation in
one form or another is the vice of the
day Stimulant3 internally, stimulan;s
externally. stimulants eternally!'
Whlle these reform waves rise and fall
win the regularity of the tides, thay
have rarely before engaged the attention
OIL Two continents at one ard the same
PERIOD says the New York Sun. L. woull
seem as though the opening OF the now
century had produced some notable har-
vest or feminine inebrates to pro iuca
Such united and powerful protest as thus
put lorth by a conservative paper a
truthful bishop and a society os g cod
standing. Judging by existing condit ems
in New York is would seem that tEe~a / :
little to be feared from any cp;demi
OF lntenperance among women in socie y
Or out. 1t is admitted by persons who's
opportunities for judging the affairs Of
society are great, that women are drink
Ing more generally than in the last
twenty-five years. But intemperance
among men and women is steadily on
the decrease. One reason for tn S is thar
Americans have learned to substitute
wine for ice water at their dinner ta-
bles ard women following the Gu ton,
have decreased the outside drinking OF
men at clubs and cafes. Men seek Their
enjoyments more generally today in the
company of their wives and families than
the popular idea of femininity was fails
drinking done during the luncheon hours. :
At the two favorite Broadway places
where women congregate, bakery and
a cOnfectioner's, both fashionable AMI
high-priced," the orders show that the
women invariably drink coffee and finish
their luncheons with ices and creams and
cakes; iced tea being popular dr. nix dur
Ing the warm months.
Women escorted by men, who may
be seen lunching at some of the favoritc
downtown restaurants, will frequently he
observed to drink whatever wine may be
served and with the coming of the dinner
hour, when comparatively few women
visit the restaurants unescorted, the Gus
tom of wine the table seems to he
quite general. Women conform to the
masculine dictate as to the Wine that
accompanies a meal and this is the only
extent to which the alleged increas, in
alcoholic intemperance may he observed
as a criterion for this country's popula-
ton of women.
Hotel proprietors and head walters
generally agree that there is more drink
SAG with meals than ever before in res
taurant history, but they insist that the
custom has become general with both
sexes, giving no preponderance to either.
and 1t is argued by these observers that
intemperance has lessened with this gem
eral but moderate drinking, while the
American complaint of dyspepsia is dy>
ing out Physicians have usually de-
clared that the substitution of light
wines, ales and beers for tea, coffee and
iced water would prove beneficial to the
health of the generation and it Is GER
tain that within the last twenty-five
years the country has grown out Of it's
national complaint, at least among the
masses. A quarter of century. ago every
" farmers wife and daughter suffered from
some form of this dread complaint,
brought on by a diet of hot breads pie
and iced water. which had then gained
q. place at the top of the Est of American
Gainties.
The women of France, Italy, Russia
and England have always drunk more
one from which the sex has risen by edu-
cation.
A glance through the fashionable dining
rooms Of the city during the hours when
women are to be found lunch.ng gives,
as a rule no evidence of any alarming
increase in the drinking habits of the
feminine community. At the Waldorf
Delmonico's, Sherry's and the Holland
house, which may he taken a .represen
tative restaurants women lunohfng alone
may be seen drinking tea, coffee, mi k
cocoa and mineral waters, but not one in
~ ten orders alcohol in any form. The
A odd woman may indulge in light clare
or white wine, but sh, IS the except1.,
to the rule. In TIE cseap llnc in
than American women and have grown
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