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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23
DRINK HABIT AMONG
WOMEN ON INCREASE
GROWTH OF DANGEROUS EVIL is SEEN
Prof. Quackenbos and DR.. Parkhurst Join in Deploring
Present Conditions Among All Classes"
Declares the Former Columbia Professor-Testimon
of the Present Superintendent of Bellevue Hospital.

school misses and college girls in
great numbers are among the throng
of women drinkers. A case was
pointed out recently of a luncheon
given here in New York at which q
d~ebutantes drank SO bottles of cham
payne, and Is Of them smoked seyen
dozen cigarettes.
AS everyone knows, the punch
bowl figures largely in the growth of
the drink habit among women of New
York. It is found at all functions, and
many a girl has get her first taste of
liquor by a dip into it. The punch
bowl, however, is not to be blamed
entirely. Many ome dip into it and
may do it many times without acquir-
ing the drink habit, but many get
their start there. 1t does give them
the taste Of liquor and then, with
many Of them, the taste for liquor.
Now, the tendency of the Ameri-
can woman is to 30 to extremes, and
in drinking she ~over-drinks. 1t is
dangerous for her to touch liquor at
all. This is particularly true of the
New York woman, because of the
added excitement Of life in New York.
1t is not my object to preach I'M
less the mere statement Of fact is a
sermon, and the fact is New York
women do drink, or rather too large
d percentage Of them drink, and drink
TO excess. II one doubts it let him
go to any Of our large hotels and
restaurants any night and look about
him. On every hand you find them
and their sister visitors to New York
drinking, No one thinks anything
about it, and the women think they
are simply doing the proper thing.
Many OF them drink just because they
do think that way and many Of them
drink because they like the liquor.
Do Not Want to Be Cured.
81 have treated il the last eight
years 700 cases of alcoholism, with a
large percentage Of women, and I
found in many cases where the pa
tient was 4 woman that she did not,
deep down in her heart, want to be
cured Of the habit. This fact is true
especially in the case Of the rich So
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23
New Workers Becoming EIysterical

tions, or to make comparisons be-
tween the present and the past. The
records Of the alcoholic and psycopath-
ic wards of Bellevue haspital do not
show the facts Of inebriety even
among the classes Of men and women
who would seek aid from this hos
pital. In 1904 there were 8,941 admis-
sions TO Bellevue for various forms of
alcoholism. The number now is great
ly less than that. In 1906 it had fallen
to 1888. But even with this reduc-
ton the number Of alcoholic patients
is more than rs per cent. of all the
patients admitted to Bellevue. But
these records prove nothing in the
line we would follow. The number of
inebriates who seek treatment at
Bellevue has fallen off simply be-
cause an old offender who comes here
is now liable to be turned over to a
city magistrate, who will sentence
him to an asylum as a chronic drunk
ard. This had the effect especially
of keeping many women from taking
repeated advantage of treatment at
Bellevue.
What is the cure of the evil Of in
creasing inebriety in New York?
Whatever will bring easement to the
restless life in the city will lessen
all forms of dissipation. The whole
subject needs careful and thorough
investigation to know what palliative
measures a be taken. Drinking is
only one symptom of what is wrong
with us.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23
Dr.. Parkhurst Says lit Is a Fact"

to what they could see and eat and
drink
81 suppose the growth of the drink
habit has been principally among the
women of the richer classes. 1t is
at least reasonable to believe SO, as
they have the money and time to in
dulge in such laxity. Idleness is SUI
ally dangerous.
Another phase in the drink ques-
ton is the quality of the liquor, DR..
Quackenbos points out the shameless
adulteration in whisky, but let me ask
why it is tolerated? Where is our
pure food law? Why, it is in our
statute books, but it isn't in the
hearts or minds of those in author
ity or in the hearts or minds of the
people who put those men in author
ity. II it were, the law would be en-
forced.
"The growing tendency Of the
American people is a ~disrespect for
laws, We have plenty of good laws,
but they are not enforced. That is
the whole trouble. The men who
should enforce them do not do it, and
the people who elect those men to Of
flee do not make them do it, and they
keep on electing men who will not
do it.
Our mayor is sworn to be active in
the enforcement of the laws, but is
he? He is not. Well, if the mayor
is inactive can you expect those un-
der him to be otherwise? He is the
man to whom the lesser officials look,
and IL he sets such an example, what
is the result? Inactivity all along
the line and our laws become mere
printed matter.
1--WE also send incompetency to our
legislative bodies in Albany. We have
done so for years and probably will
keep on doing SO. We know that we
are doing 1t and have little or no re-
spect for a large majority Of the men
we send there, so how can we have
respect for the laws they make? We
cannot have respect for those laws
! and we have not"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23
WOULD BE EASY PREY.
SPANS Great FIotiITa Not a MouthfuI
for American Fleet.

Speaking OF the fleet of American
battle ships now on its way to Pacific
waters as an armada" as some
writer's appear fond Of doing, is COM
pairing very great things with things
very small, II is true that the Span
ish armada of 1888, to which allusion
of course is made, filled a large place
in history and was a very spectacular
AFFAIR in its day, but its power as com
pared with that Of the feet under
Admiral Evans was the power Of a
crow compared with that Of an eagle.
The .invincible armada Of Spain,
which set out to invade and capture
England in 1888, was a formidable
demonstration Of naval power for that
period, though 1t met with complete
disaster.
The armada consisted Of about 300
vessels, some of them Of great size,
Bit iii wooden and without any pro
lection against even the feeble artil
legy 81 that day. They carried in all
2,49l guns and more than 10000 men,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23

ut is rather surprising how many
of our school children have become
beer drinkers, especially those Of for
eign birth, and the habit is making
them mentally sluggish to a degree
that is attracting the attention of ed
ucators and phi%lanthropists.
Another habit which is getting con-
troll of Jul shop girls particularly is
the cocaine habit. This habit has
grown in the last few years with such
rapidity that to-day thousands of
young girls as well as mature wom-
en- and men are held in it's clutches.
The effect of the habit is noted in the
dull, sunken eyes and pinched faces,
and the continuance of the use Of the
drug leads to nervous wreckage, de-
lirium and insanity"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23
and
Quality

appeal to the Well Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA is the only remedy Of
known value, but one Of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it ~cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and Naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is freefrom all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23

tations of whisky were judged to be
the real thing.
1T stands to reason, of course, that
the great proportion of the liquor sold
is counterfeit, when it is known that
the consumption is far in xce of
the ability of distillers and brewers to
produce the genuine product. Adult
terations and criminal counterfeits
must be resorted to in order to meet
the demand. | will wager that there
have been inmates of B~ellevue's alco-
holic ward who have eve tasted a
drop of real whisky in their lives.
They Just think they have been drink
ing whisky, and if they had been
drinking real whisky the chances are
they would never have been in Belle
yue. | don't say that real whisky, if
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23

ciety woman. She usually comes to
me either at the urgent solicitation
of relatives or friends, or with only
a surface desire to be rid Of the
habit, Very few of them honestly
and truly, and with their whole heart,
want to be cured.
For instance, a certain woman
came to me for treatment for the
drink habit and seemed sincere indeed.
| treated her by auto-suggestion, CIV
ing her the suggestion that she could
not lift a wineglass to her lips. She
went away and the very next night
she went with a man companion to
one Of our large restaurants, made no
objection whatever when wine was
ordered, and even tried her best to
overcome the suggestion l had given
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23
BY DR.. S. T. ARMSTRONG.
(superintendent of Bellevue and the
Allied FiospitaIs.)

Superintendent of Bellevue and the
Allied Hospitality
FT1HE New Workers are becoming a
hysterical people. They show an
increasing excitability, a dimin-
ishment of self control. This demon
strates itself in all forms of eXcesses.
Less and less restraint is exercised.
The extreme tension of life here is
showing on the people. One sees
plenty of examples of this in individ-
ual life. A vast demonstration of it
among a mass of the people is OBJ
served in the increasing hysteria of
such celebrations as those of the
sight before the New Year. What is
srue of the city men is true Of the
city women. The increase of drunk
enness is a distressing fact. 1t is
a natural outcome of the restlessness,
the overstriving, the unrestraint of
present day life in New York.
This subject is of tremendous i'm
portance. We should know just what
we are confronting, what the future
has in store for us, just where and
how we are threatened. One may
form an opinion as to an increasing
inebriety among women from such ex-
hibitions as those of New Years eve,
but beyond that it is not easy to go.
There are no official statistics bearing
on the question. The subject has had
no investigation of scientific value.
One cannot speak exactly as to condi-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23

Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine
wash goods when new, owe much of
their attractiveness to the way they
are Numbered, this being done in a
manner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory if proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to s%tiffen, without t~hickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance Of your work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23

times so to speak, but before the
panic for a number of years the coun-
try was most prosperous, everybody
had money, and life became too easy
When life is made too easy we are in
a danger zone and more prone to give
way to temptation. That long period
of prosperity made us too material,
also turned the desires of many only
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23

and the poor, young and old. Girls in
their teens evidently see no impropri-
ETY. whatever in drinking publicly
with men companions. Very often
indeed l have had young girls brought
10 me for treatment, Historically
drunk.
q have treated within a year
women whose weekly bill for cham
payne alone was 800 and who filled
up the intervals between their
draughts of wine with highballs and
cocktails. One woman drank a quart
of champagne every morning, and
when ready to go out her custom was
to order her maid to bring her another
quart. Then before leaving the house
to enter her carriage she would empty
the bottle to steady her nerves.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23
A Little child,s IMPRESSION.

Lying at the base of Echo mountain,
in California, in the San Gabriel val
ley, is the pretty city of Pasadena:
At night, when the lights are glisten.
ing and sparkling, the effect from
Echo mountain is beautiful.
One evening, directly after dinner, a
little girl who was remaining over
night on the mountain, rushed breath
lessly into the dining-room, exclaim-
ing: ooh, mamma, mamma, come out
on the porch, all the stars have fallen
on the ground!"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23

Starch, like everything else, is be-
ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market 20 years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat
est discovery-Defance Starch-all in
furious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another ingredient, in
vented by us, gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap-
preached by other brands.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23
The Pe-ru-na Almanac in 100000
Homes.

The Peruna Lucky Day Almanac has
become a fixture in over eight million
homes. 1t can be obtained from all
druggists free. Be sure to inquire early.
The 1908 Almanac is already published,
and the supply will soon be exhausted.
Do not put it off. Speak for one today.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23
First Nobel Prize.

The Nobel prizes were suggested by
the eighth earl of B~ridgewater, son of
the bishop Of Durham. He left $40,-
600 to be paid to the author of the
best treatise on "The Power, Wisdom
and Goodness of God as Manifested
in the Creation" The judges divided
the money among eight persons.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23

With a smooth iron and Defiance
Starch, you can launder your shirt
waist just as well at home as the
steam laundry can; it will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
be less wear and tear of the goods,
and it will be a positive pleasure to
use a Starch that does not stick to the
iron.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23

n
wv Sunday World read portions OF
DR.. Quackenbos' article to Rev.
DIR. Charles Parkhurst he said:
ut is undoubtedly true, and a de-
plorable fact, that the drink habit is
growing rapidly among the women
of New York.
81 have not made a real investiga-
ton, as DR.. Quackenbos has, but one
does not have to investigate; it is
a fact which stares you in the face,
it is all on the surface, and n can
not overlook 1t.
"a chief reason for this increase in
the number Of women who drink is, /
believe, that there has been too much
prosperity. Of course, just now we
are passing through a period of hard
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23
centsnarian Likes Tobacco.

Mrs. Mary Ellen Barraby of Brock
ton, Mass, has just celebrated her
one hundred and fifth birthday. She
began smoking a pipe when she was
so, and regrets she didn't begin when
she was 40.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23
Reform La Earnest.

Mrs. Crossway was shedding tears
of Joy.
81 just can't help it," she exclaimed.
my husband has sworn OF.
why, l didn't know he drank" said
Mrs. Xavier, greatly astonished. Was
he-was he much given to the use 'of
liquor?"
20, dear, no. He didn't s it at
all. He mas sworn off from buying
things we don't need and paying for
them on the installment plan"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23

All growth and achievement depend
very largely upon knowing ourselves
and how to apply that knowledge
French.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23

Tota .Ti'VV
Above is sufficient seed to grow 30 bu.
Of rarest vegetables and thousands OF bril-
liant flowers and all is mailed to you
POSTPAID FOR 12c,
or if you send l6c, we will add a package
of Berliner Earliest Caulifower. John a.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. X. q w.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23
Pastcurize the skim Mix.

It is claimed that pasteurized skim
milk is worth much more for calf feed.
ing than much of the stuff that Is
hauled home from creameries.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23

It's the judgment of many smokers that
Lewis Single Binder Sc cigar equals in
quality the best l0c cigar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23

ONLY ONE "BROMO OUININE"
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUlNINE. Look for
the signature of r.. w, GROVE. Used the World
over to Cure a Cold in One Day. Csc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23

Remember it's a poor resolution
that will not hold water.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23

Every addition to true knowledge is
an addition to human power.-Mann.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23
something New Under the Sun.

A lady in Illinois sent US l2c a year ago
for our remarkable collection Of vegetable
and flower seeds and sold S7.76 worth
therefrom, or made 3l4To. That's new;
Just send this notice with l2c and re.
ceive the most original seed and plant
-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23
AND THERE wAsI

Juvenile Drummer-There ought to
be a great opening for a pushing
young fellow in this country.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23

UT UI WdUy AIutIICdH anu
foreign medical societies, and formerly
Of the Columbia university faculty,
the drink habit is spreading at an
alarming rate among the women Of
New York. To a representative of
the Sunday WCrld he said:
1T is with real alarm that | note
the rapid growth Of the drink habit
among women in New York city. /
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23

'EW Notwithstanding to
Prof. John Duncan Quacken-
Dos, specialist in nervous
and mental diseases, mem
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23

VXYHEN a representative of the
wv Sunday World read portions OF
nr OrooLapboc artic1n IN Rev
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-25

No body of public officers can carry
on an extensive improvement project
without meeting with much adverse
and frequently, unjust criticism and
the City Council of Dallas is no
exception to the rule. Much of this
adverse criticism is founded upon
unfamiliarity with the real facts.
Every story has two sides and if both
sides Of the story are told-and listened
o-the adherents Of both may be
lead to alter materially the views that
have been held before. To those who
have been inclined to oppose the City
Council in its recent work of street
Improvement (and they are fortunately
few the figures and facts on the sub
ject submitted by Mayor Muir and
published elsewhere in this issue, will
be of interest and may perhaps be
productive Of more charitable con-
sideration of the subject than hereto
fore accorded.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-25

From 8 o'clock a. m. until noon.
Uncle Bill Brown will play the part OF
Santa Claus at Castles grocery store
by distributing 600 pounds of candy
among the children of Dallas on
Christmas morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Nichols and
Mrs Bert Dennis and little daughter.
OF Falls City, aud Miss Halle
Reynolds, of Portland, are spending
Christmas at the home OF their moth
er, Mrs. W. l. Reynolds.
The Oregons played no games this
week after defeating Anaconda, Mon
tana, Monday night, until last night
when they were scheduled to meet the
basketball team of Billings. Three
games to be played in that city.
A movement is on foot to organize
a High School Debating League in
Polk county, the membership TO be-
made up from pupils in the ninth aud
tenth grades. A silver cup will be
given as a trophy to the winning
team.
Tuesday, January 5, German. the
world famous wizard. will appear in
Dallas under the auspices OF Dallas
College. This entertainment will be
the finest Of its kind given in Dallas
since the appearance Of Marc a few
years ago.
The first term Of the present school
year 10 Dallas College closed this
week and the majority Of students
out Of town left for their
homes yesterday. The term Just
'losed has been highly successful and
material increase in the registration /
4 the beginning Of the second term,
anuary 4. 1903. is looked for. The
egular midwinter students reception
Till be held in the college chapel on
be first Friday following the opening
Z the new term. J.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-25

Bartlett Il Co. buy any and all kinds
OF second hand goods. If you have
anything to sell, no matter how much
or how little or whether it is 10 cents
or $1,000 worth, we will be pleased to
call and give you prices. Call at Bar
ham Il Ullrry's real estate or phone
1916 Alter January lst We will be
permanently located in the building
now occupied by the postofllce.-B
lett ~ TO. l2-lS-4t
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-25

In the effort which is to be made at
the next session OF the Legislature to
secure the passage Of law to place a
bounty on the scalps of cougars, wild
cats and other "varmints," the stock
raisers Of Oregon and the Sportsmen
should meet on common ground.
Within the past few years the damage
to herds Of sheep and cattle in this
state, from the inroads OF wild animals
has been enormous, while the deple-
ton of the game supply, due to the
same cause, can scarcely be estimated.
Oregon's fine game is being dimin-
ished with such rapidity that the diff
ference can be readily detected from
year to year A part Of this may be
due to unlawful hunting it is true,
but the major part Of the slaughter is
due to the increasing number OF beasts
OF prey. Both the stockraisers in the
timbered districts where these crea-
lures abound, and the huntsmen
throughout the state are now prepar-
ing to institute an unrelenting war
fare upon the destructive beasts and
1t is to be hoped that their efforts will
be successful.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-25
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