The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-12-01
POWER OF NATION
SApPED BY DRINK
France Suffering From Con-
sumption Brought On by
Over indulgence.
EFFORT TO SAVE PEOPLE
Wives OF Most Artisans Have 20 Work
Because Their Husbands Spend
Too Much Time and Money
Drinking Their Liquors.

Pane Landay in Chicago Tribune:
Every Monday nowadays French 20
lice ana boards of health renew the
cards of warming telling in big letters
that 81 per cent. of all consumptiVes
I acquire the disease through misuse OF
alcohol, aad from every street corner
the CHASTITY legend stares Il in the
face. Vet tuberculosis is killing on The
Unskiiied laborer of Paris at q more
rapid ate Than ever, n If The pace
continues for ten years no one viii be
left 10 remove 10 an early grave. All
who visited the City of Light know the
lusty "tTavaiileu!," 2 colossal figure
/ for Fr8nce-head attached TO 4 stoCky
neck, proudly thrown back, Cyclopea!l
hands. resting on swaying hips the
blue blouse and oVerwide grayish
brown velyetjne trousers, blown out
baloon shape-rhe descendant of sans
culottes, who played ninepius with the
heads of kings and ~aristocrats, delights
in using FIVE times as much stuff for
his trousers (cUiottesl as the ordinary
( run Of men.
The uaskilled laborer Of Paris is a
mixture Of FrenCh-Ita!ian. French =
German EAlsatianl, or F>rench-Bclgian
blood, Muscles are his strong point,
and since Zola's "Germinal' made him
famous he is no small factor in poll
tics. He votes socialistie, but is an
e~volutionist rather han 4 revolution
Isl. Socialism has to come lie says;
we can wait"
No ~sncialistic meeting is without q
/ tCavailleur of t.EO decorating the plat
form. and q hundred or thousand in
the audience, but rs TO legislation or Its
behalf. ne deSplSRS il. May the factory
hand. the journeginan carpenter, mason.
smith. brickiayeT, ana artisan in geneT-
al enjoy the eight hour day, the heavy"
worked hard TO obtain il fer him, but
as for his own sweet self he must he
free TO labor as he p!eases. He rises
with the first cocks crow and rides TO
the street, building IN course of con-
StruCtion. or shop which has been lucky
enough TO secure the services of his
mighty muscles. When it gets dark
down goes spade or hammer, and the
heavy" enters upon his career Of IN
restrained enjoyment, or what he calls
enjoyment.
Falls Before Green Fairy.
The heavy" seldom reports later
than 6 a. n. Then follows three hours
Of steady work at so many confines,
for the travailleur is paid by the hour.
At 9 sharp, first hreakfast-the dish
water and rolls he had at home do
not count. This meal is invariably
taken at a liquor dealers or cafe and
consists OF an omelette, cheese and
bread, coffee with cognac, and 4 few
green fairies lovingly called mo
mtnstte.'
The green fairy is undoubtedly the
worst poison ever sold without a pre-
scription; the gin that fifty years after
Its discovery (in l6sSl nearly wrecked
the manhood and ~wonlanllood OF old
England. would appear TO be harmless
In comparison. True, Paris taphousa
keepers do rot Invite the public TO
get drunk for Z penny they do not say
on their signboards for . pence YOU
4 q get dead drunk, no charge for
straw" but the quality Of absirthe
sold 10 the poorer classes is pregnant
with alcohol and c~reosota: the heavy
knows ii, YET swea-s that he cannot
4 his equilibrium until he has at
least two or three glasses on board.
he returns TO work al $50 or 9:45. but
usually only half an hour is deducted.
as h foreman. who may have political
aspirations and besides is as much ad-
dicted 10 the poison as his men, in
clines TO shut his eyes.
Drunken Sleep at Noon.
n second pause is at 20. Paris
knows n the professions OF women
and children bringing father his din
Ter; the dinner pail Itself Is unknown
here. and the workman who carries
sandwiches with a bottle OF wine 10
49, b-A-- NJ Cl41 R2Js I4ICtgG Is TlGicffipf
ana Stunned as q sneak" The aver
z heavy spends the noon hour N
the alcoholic restaurant, sitting on rhe
Sidewalk II the weather is fine, at other
times in the liQuor-pregnant basement
or cellar. The good natured b~raeEar
sCuats az 4 OF the low tabIes. max
ing as much noise as a hail fun nf
4 laughter, singing, fellow workmen
railing at each other. joking with the
WaitreSses-no harm in that Tho
menu is good and cheap. Offering 4
great variety and plenty Of everything,
but the quart Of wine that goes with
the meal, d to the cognac and two
or three a~bsint1es OF the morning, suf-
fees 10 unfit our giant for WORK He
must needs throw himself on a stoon
or sand hill for half an hour or mora
10 sleep off the effects Of the liouoy.
In Nsw York or Chicago, Berlin or
London, Madrid or Liverpool. the j
O'Clock whistle is the signal for takine
up work Not SO with the heavy" Of
Paris. He knows that the foreman
viii credit him for sixty minutes after
noon, and experience a fendish deIj-hf
In prolonging his giesta. why not. see
ing that the oyeyseer does the same?
Work seldom begins before 1:25 ar
1:35, and at 8 o'clock this heavy Is
SO fatigued again that he must have
dADSAII SD5t4llLIE OF EOGfSN. ar
both After that more or less steady
work until shutdown.
Always Reaches Home Drunk.
How many absintf1es does fhe aver
age heavy consume during a dayss
WORK. / asked q number OF forernen,
Six 10 eight, likewise considerable cog
rae, besides a liter or two Of vine,
from sunrise 70 shutdown. was the an
sHsr.
That sends him home drank. 81
course.
soh. he home drunk ali right.
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