The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-02-02

more ROBUST in consequence Their habits
have been specially in evidence at the
| hotels, where many of. the notable WON
en- of these races have stayed during
! visits to this CITY, Their invariable Gus
| tom has been the simple French ,dejeun-
err, consisting Of rolls and coffee served
| In their rooms on rising, followed by the
| more substantial breakfast at noon this
| ,repast always including light claret OF
| white wine. There has hardly been an
exception to this rule, which has always
! been regarded as a foreign fad by hotel
| people used to catering to American
women. Yet more of these women FROM
| abroad have been fine specimens OIL
strength and beauty, and they would con-
| slider the omission of wine with a neal as
| an Injurious infraction
| Among society worae en- CT this country
| the greatest amount OF drinking is done
| at formal dinners and suppers and at
canoes, all OF which are long, drawn out
affairs, Where Il specially is made OF the
Service. 1t has become the fashion not
10 fefase to enjoy the entertainment tina {
| mas been provided. but while the men o,
the younger get have been accused al
Various large functions of taking an ad-
vantage of the @plenftude with which
champagne has been provided certainly
! no such charge has ever been thought or
| w Tn relation to women. If the charges
| rnade BY the reverend bichop and by the
! w. { II. L. have a foundation in any
| fact, 1T has not come to light at the mos,
| representative gatherings of society won,~
| en-. 49, r. q ..ty ~ =. '.s
The discortinlance of the service #
! wines OF different sorts with dinner
| courses has done away with much drinx-
ing upon the part OF guests, as with the
| large assortment which it used to be CO..
rect 10 serve an unconscious over-in-
dl!gence was quite possible Only one
: vine or at most two is now the fashion
able rule for dinners, espcc' ally with tho
Younger set. But at all these functions
drinking among women is noticeatlv
+ moderate ..-.s.5
The custom of serving Scotch whisky
and soda at teas for the men has becom.
| cutie prevalent. Those men who co moi
| c"1oy the HyscI or Eoflea served with
| lemon and rum frequently indulge in tie
| now popular Scotch AT many of. the
| smart dinners, especially at the country
| houses. Scotch whisky and coda is serve J
! through dinner, but this is rather an ex
IRENE British custom. although it is
gaming ground with the golf playing and
crcss-country riding people Women
rarely like this mixture, but the country
cub women refuse to be outdone in anv
OF the customs of the same set in Eng
land. The companionship of the Links
ana the hunting feds results in a fra
teInitv of tastes that IS quite remarkab e.
| except to those in the charmed circle,
where men may come to tea in golf
Clothes and riding togs.
A Few seasons ago q story gairad
ground that the New York women were
lnVeterate cocktail drinkers, and that tie
tea room of one Of the hotels was noted
for groups Of maids and rn7ltrous and
uhchaperonea 6ebutantes who in,biba 4
quantities Of cocktails served in china
cups under the susc of tea This sort
OF thing. 1t is said. was observed en- ons:
CT two occasions, butt never became =
custom, and walters were speedily In.
structed to refuse sany such service. This
si'eclal room Is crowded each day with
handsomely gowned women who invar-
laoy order tea with the dainty san:l-
Wlches OF brown and white bread.
Inc greatest amount of drinking among
women will undoubtedly be observed
among the groups Of gayly-dressed WON N
q VINO pa tronize, @thesgt. ll-ni t''.s res
ea -uants: At all Of these places a vast
amount of liquors and wines is consurn-
Ell between the hours of sunset and sun
rise. which constitute the day Of that
world The women at these places drink
quite as much as the men. Thu, same
people appear night after night in these
PAGES Ihey are always radiantly Jewel
eo ana smiling, invariably we'll groomed
ana apparently uninjured by the amount
OF alcohol which they absorb. FREQUENT
~, however, the collapse of these women
IS sudden and complete. and sanitariums
swallow them up like graves from which,
they never emerge.
another class OF eating place where
women are observed to drink on equal
teiIlS with the men are the Hungarian,
restaurants that have become famous
through their bands and their service Of
the native wines Of their country A
pecuharity of these places is the, pres
ehce OF the diners long after the meal is
concluded. The bands play until mid
night, during which hours the men
smoke and there is much drinking az
a1ter-dlnner liquors, coffee and frappee1
bened1ctine and mint. Here the gather
lngs have foreign SAVIOR and are of q
very social nature, domestic groups of
SIX TO dozen being a constant feature
at the various tables. Many Of the visit
ors to the Hungarian restaurants 20 az
Slsntseers While others enjoy the music
or the gypsy bands.
At the German resorts the rathsl,e11ers
that now encourage the presence of Wou,-
en- ana the various 'gardens'' the favor
ne beverage of the nation is invariably
drunk by the wives and even the chill
dren of the contented looking German
americans. who gather with their fam
60 ana Isten to the bands with tall
stems at their elbows. Temperance wom-
en- might find much to cavil at in the
presence OF SO many women and childre,
!'olnlng IN the general beer drinking. but
more domestic, or peaceful gatherings
man these could not be found at any
fireside u& : : '~>>' % 81 s ''''
AS to secret intemperance. which uos
Tar greater evil than the general drink
ing at dinner, which has grown +, 10
tho custom. this has been almost ent;rel.;
done away with. 1t Is now regarded
ana treated as a disease, while years ago
nnebr1ates both women and men, were
modem IN asylums and locked up in their
homes In order to keep the secret from
the world. Wines are no longer made
the bugaboo to the young that they once
We're on the theory that there is les
danger of 5overindulgence on this ba Isl ;.
AT the colleges and clubs there is more,
general drinl1ings than twenty-five years
ago; but there is less drunkenness The
latter is uncommon nowadays, for th..
+ reason that the offenders are rapidly
cut from club lists ana visiting lists In
e5riation is distinctly questionable.
b A woman physician gives as her op.n-
Ion on the allegations OF feminine in
temperance and the use CT drugs the fol-
lowing:
AS to the London Wo.ld's arraien-
ment OF women as drug fisnds, this is a
Sharge that American wen n can be alb
solved from without further query. The
use OF narcotics. of valerian and bromos
4 IS not nearly so prevalent today as i
K was some Years ago. So much has
been learned regarding the harmful ef-
fects Of drugging and the psoneness OF
i patients to seek relief from their lis
by resarting to the medicine chest that
& most doctors absolutely refuse to pre-
scribe Injurious drugs for their patients.
Exercise, fresh air, travel, change. rest
these are the -s,e.tiis of t,ss s.,-to-dats
doctor. More than- that the modern
woman understands thoroughly. that right
mode of living. frequent bathing, fresh
air and proper dressing are the best
means to preserve and to retain health.
81 1AnOther5 yyIoicl, for.