New-York tribune., 1908-10-04

turn TO q normal and sane existence may be pos
sible.
Many women of society. however little they may
care 10 admit #, and Notwithstanding the pitch Of
resentment 20 which they may be aroused by such
charges do bolster themselves up for the strenu-
oGs life they lead by stimuiants and drugs. says
this authority. The formula for the tonic is
passed from one 80 another. and the result sooner
or later IS nervous wreck who actually does need
q doctors care and complete isolation from every
thing that heretofore has meant her life The
pace set has been beyond her limit of endurance,
and the nnomenatry relief given by the tonics has
been secured the cost OF lasting injury Not only
Is the stomach enfeebled, but the powers of the
brain are nurnbed TO the second childhood stage
Morphine is drug used much too freely by the
smart set TO allay any small ache. and cocaine Is
another Any number Of use choral in
small quantities induce the sleep 50 much need
cd Others take nightcaps small at first, but later
increased to the stiffest kind OF draft, which
eventually goes down without the addition of Wa
ter SO tlst the entire effect is felt soon as pos
Ffble. After the sleeper rather the stupoT-Jllat
brandy or other LIQUORS bring, z second. natural
steep required 10 bring the nerves back 10 some
sembance Of repose. But no; the little rest gained
artiacially is made dc. and the ambitious woman
rises in time 70 keep her earliest engagement takes
some patent medicine settler for her thTob-
hing pulses a cocktail TO aid her tagging appetite.
and so sets forth for the day throughout which
various -pic1-ne-ups' drained down. and e2-
elements follow fast.
sonabIe women grouped at tables in the casinos
or 10 the swimming club Of Names gayest water
tnE pIace and watch an order given VIII II be Tor
tea? Not at all Cocktails highballs OF gin TlckeNs
viii PREVAIL and viii be drunk as neatly as if by
men the result Of long practice. The small sets
-sa- meet lust for single table OF bridge at any
Of these places call for these same beverages as
the game progresses. hut they are ehaTy OF the
number taken # a stake IS on. In private houses
Of the ultra rich exactly the state OF affairs
r-2rT
chilled drink, being the universally liked Man
haitian or the mild setzer and Rhine wine, IS
rerred as they assemble in the card room
LARGE QUANTITIES DRUNK
Take this amount of stimulating, which runs
rIong day in and day oUt-for Sunday mas become
g rlav day as well as any other with those in the
,.eelstrorn Of social dongs-add 10 it the wines
drunk at luncheon dinner and late supper, and
she main cause OF the nervous prostration, so called,
S soon found. and this diagnosis OF fashionable
feminine aIrneut will only be less frequent when
constant tippling ceases among women or wealth.
Nor Is the evil confined 10 any one set Members
oe every set indulge; more Of the conventional ana
,e- members Of the rlulti-millionaire coterie do
g ossibly than those OF the old and strictly con-
servative element The newer and ultra rlcn SET
rs rerhaps the most guilty however TOT IhoSe
2 who do not have money enough 10 keep up with
,tern do not crowd their days and nights so IuA
No. ca .o far beyond the limits OF their strength.
Hence temptation in bottle form or IN me gulse o.
an iusinuating powder does not so frequently come
,Fef- wsv Their type Of nervous prostIauon is
more likely TO come from trying TO make DoIh eiius
facet.
From whatever cause the prostrauon comes
however II renders home life impossible SO on to
a sara-orium the patient goes The number OF
+bese sanatorirs is added 10 yearly, and each ana
I'll Of them thrive, the doctors growing non anu
- far ,,e,, are 1actful above all other virtues.
=. 60 -,arfents return with bevies Of friends
,7ftan they will not take time for real cure bu'
denend on a rest retreat Of a week or ten Gays 10
et them I'D for months. and, short as the rest IS
81 IS well that Il is taken, for that Whlca lea'S M
, man 10 deli-iurn trerrens. or to paTes's IateI'
a. . Woman tends toward meIanchoha that runs
,n-o belpless insanity. one hears OF some IeaueI
~ society as gone abroad TO take the cure, @ and