New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-20

mas not been officially disclosed: but there have
Deen so many Tory protests against the bare
lcea OF oompensations for the liquor trade that IL
Is not probable that any sop VIII be thrown to
the publicans. The discretionary powers Of
magistrates may be suspended for five years,
Dut the liquor dealers who have been refused
Iicehses are not likely to receive any awards for
loss OF business The government is too I'M
stable TO raise any contentious questions like
mat OF compensations for the liquor trade and
unless all signs fail not one of the measures
mentioned in the Kings Speech will be enacted,
Tor Nj Balfour, acting under Mr. Chamberlain
aoNlce courts defeat and expects IL in the course
q a lew weeks. when he will retire and the King
viii send for the Duke Of Devonshire.
Inc only temperance work Of importance is
going on outside political lines and under the
patronage OF an eminent woman, Lady Henry
Somerset. At her temperance hospital I'm Bow
Road the Oppenheimer syatem of curing in
eorlates has been exclusively tested during the
last few months with most remarkable results.
Men and women who have been in bondage to
drink for many years have been released from
the morbid craving, either in few hours or in
TWO days at the utmost. DR.. Oppenheimer Dr.
j. L. Price and other specialists, who came from
york to London To interest philanthropists
ana practical reformers in this proprietary
method Of treatment. asked Lady Henry Somer-
set TO send TO them as bad cases as could be
found in the East End; and they have not failed
IN a single instance. DR.. Price relates most
pathetic and interesting stories Of the reforna-
ton Of chronic and habituaI drunllards Of both
sexes and their restoration to health, normal will
resistance and working power Lady Henry
Somerset has been deeply impressed with the
numerous tests and has expressed her willing
ness 10 take a leading part in the organization
OF great charity department similar TO that
connected with the Oppenheimer Institute in
New-York. She viii lay aside all other work
and devote herself to this practical and effective
temperance reform. An English company is to
be formed. Lord Overton and other investors
having already interested themselves I'm the en-
teTpTise national women's auxiliary is to be
created, and Oppenheimer institutes are to be
opened In various sections OF London and the
leading provincial towns
Lady Henry Somerset. not satisfied with
watching the patients treated by DR.. Price and
other specialists in her own hospital has written
10 eminent New-GoTk physicians and received
the most positive and reassuring replies respect
Ing the permanence OF the cure. She has also
personally investigated the cases Of numerous
patients treated by Dr. Oppenhelner from five to
ten years ago. and has convinced herself that
the restoration TO normal health is complete in
every instance. Her commentator Of the treat
ment has been most emphatic. and so great is
the force Of her example that many committees
and representative bodies have sent patients TO
the hospital The London County Council which
has tried unsatisfactory experiments I'm the
treatment Of chronic inebriates, is considering
a proposal to have hundred patients dealt
with by the oppenheimer method. Lady Henry
Somerset expects to accomplish marvellous re-
suits from the organization Of the charity move
ment in London and the provincial towns and
Is convinced that a hundred thousand cases can
lie effectively treated I'm the United Kingdom.
with untold benefit to the community. IL the
work can be undertaken on the same lines as i'm
the United States Inf