Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-11-10
DECLINE OF DRINKING
Less Intemperanee Among Men and
Women.

1t rarely happens that the periodical
announcement that intemper;tnce is
increasing among women comes from
playwright says the New York Sun.
That is the chief novelty about the re-
cent utterance Of Bronson Howard.
AS has been said many times. any
body who comes into contact with so.
iety women of the day knows that the
Indulgence in liquor has not increased
among them, but declined. They have
learned, that their health and beauty
are to be kept only through sanitary
living.
Indulgence in LIQUOR is one of the
first things things that doctors nova
days prohibit. Indeed. most physicians
of the younger school are so rabid and
unconlpronising on that point that the
effect of their advice is sometimes lost
on patients.
u can always tell at a glance" said
one of the physicians who have many
New York women of social Importance
under his care, the man or woman
who takes to much alcohol. 1t produces
fat in nine times out of ten and fat
of kind that is Immediately recog-
nizable. Boat IS the vulgar name for
it. and that describes it accurately
enough.
ANY woman who drinks to excess is
going to show the first effects in that
way. And the stout woman is now en-
tirely out of the mode.
| Athletics are so common to the
( younger generation of women that they
have the advantage of retaining theiI
! figures over those who can not indulge
/ in these sports. So the others strugg4 e
/ by prudence in eating and drinking 10
/ keep as attractive in figure as theil
4 friends.
They know that massage alone will
not do this, nor will exercise by itsali
Keep them down. They must give III
| fattening things, and women willing
to do without bread, sweets and starch
es are equal to abstaining from liquor
| Cocktails. even they be rather dry. are
the most fattening drink a woman Gel
take. and next to that comes sweet
champagne.
Formerly women, and for that mat
/ ter men. never knew what caused theil
troubles until after it was too late
But in recent years there has been sucl
a spread of publicity on this subteC
that the effects of alcohol are now wei
understood.
Certain things are going to happier
If people indulge in too much drink
and nowadays they know it. Formerl,
they did not.
THE general decrease in drinking il
the past few years has had its effect
chiefly upon the women of the kind tina
Mr.. Howard spoke of, because they
more than any others. are compelled
to guard against The effects that liouo
causes"
The testimony of one expert at thu
head of an institute for the treatmen
of the liquor habit. that the number o
his women patients had increased dur
inF recent years has no bearing on TN
habits of women of fashion. AS mat
ter of fact there have been during thu
last ten years only three cases il
which women that could be rightly b.
placed among New Yorks smart Sc
have been criticized COR drinking TOT
much. whether justly or uniustly it wa
not in every case possible to tell.
One of them went to a regular hos
pital for that kind of treatment, and Il
she remained there the time necessar.
for a cure it was supposed she was tai
ing one In former years there wa
more talk of this kind heard about wo
men in society, but for at least a dec
ade only three names have been men
toned in city gossip.
city gossip.
The increase in drinking" said tn
head of the institute visited by iii
sun reporter, seems to be the result II
a measure. of our prosperity and tn
resulting growth of drinking on al
sides. People go to expensive restaur
ants now and order wine -usualt
champagne who would not haV
thought of drinking such a thing
decade ago. They have more none,
now and spend more of it in that way
Again. women find that they cal
order drinks in public without causini
criticism. 1t was an unusual thing tel
years ago to see two women lunchin
together order a cocktail. Now the
think nothing of it. nor does anybod
that sees them.
Unlike the women of the set Nj
Howard criticized. these women hav
no. always been familiar with the eff
fects of wine and drinking in genera
They are much more likely to go be
Yond the limit than women who hav
always seen wine about them. hav
had it on their tables whether the
drink it or not. and are familiar wit
the harm it will do them. Such wome
are much less likely to go to extrem