The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-07
: Lesson Text i'm Everyday Dress.

~ Lesson Text I'm Everyday Dress
Who are these poor wreiches that
afA always crying Obi and Ains,-
that are always lamenting and
Ii nrumbiing, and quarreling. and
4 tacoherent drivel-always getting
8hctr pates cracked and always going
Mfcund with bIoodshot eyes darkened
With passion They are the men who
rive themselves to drink; whose
whole desire il upon 1t: who give their
a1no to II and so about dropping in
4 "a every place where 1t may be found
10 test the wines there, who infiamc
Their appetites until ordinary wine no
1onxer satisfies them. and they must
4 lave IL spiced and drugged. Let them
St0aCh us lesson. Beware OF drink.
s0on't look upon 1t. Don't go and
&4an4pt yourself by looking at its pretty
Oo3or. its beaded eyes, its sparkling
md foaming. Don't taste II to see
/ how pleasant It In: for just az sure
- II charms YOU like a serpent at
fha beginning. il will sting you like
~ serpent at the end. And when you
SAfU under its power IL Will lead yoa
into all manner of impurities, and
#Ton will be the victim of horrible
/, GS1iriums. and you will make your
Uolf disgusting. and an object of
1oa4hing to all around you by your
1ncOherent and insane gable. IL you
wxve yourself TO drink you win be like
e. 1nwn urownfug III The Eea, or Ike a
5lnn tying ut tire top Of d mast. who
ARHi 70 overheard at the next lurch
md surely be lost. And in your de-
3Auch you Will be soliloquixing like
20<hex drunkards when you are lying
6euised and half conscious. saying
They hit me. but ] didn't feel It. They
2ahNAt me, but IL wasn't anything
s1tdn't even know it. When i wake
- out Of this / win so and get some
The Heart of the Lesson.
The great central truth OF this les
Ten n that drink Is a good thing to
~ afraid OF. There Is nothing new 10
- saId about IL and / can only re-
UeAt what / have said before. Drink
IT. one OF the few things brave man
TN run from without losing dignity or
ne respect of decent men. The wise
nam tells US that'we ought TO Ehan
! n u wa would shun snake. and
Aa ktves US FIVE substantial reasons
First, we ought to run away from
H3f because II has the power to charm
3xen AZ a snake Is said to charm a
bird II fascinates you, and while
1S0a are under it's spell 1t advances
! UpDn you and overpowers you. Not
EVERY man. indeed, is susceptible to
III charms, but no man knows whether
NJ IL an exception or not until he has
nut himself within its reach, and a
NMensibIe man will hesitate to take
sn1arh a risk Look not thou upon
the wine when II is red" the chances
are that IL will unuan you. No man
Who values his manhood will run the
sxluk or being unnamed. II you want
40 be your own master your safety is
IN avoiding the things that may over
came you. 1t is folly for man TO
measure his strength with 4 tyrant
Mno has thrown millions OF men just
~ strong as he Is.
Second. you ought 10 run from IL
I because 1t is fruitful source OF all
4 &AAnner OF woes.s If there Is man
III the world who has managed TO
1rf1zg down upon his head more differ
emf kinds of troubles than the drunk
ard have never heard of him. The
6aIoon is the biggest trouble IA tory
On earth II can turn out more kinds
M trouble with less capital and in less
thine than any other mill in existence.
lf n monster should be discovered
ruaming around the earth making a
45aeusandth part OF the trouble for
mankind that drink is making, man
Mind would turn out en- Inasse TO hunt
him down.
Third, IL exposes man to constant
peril. The man who drinks is in dan
3er ~ losing everything that he has
not already lost, including his life
M tie end. The peril that threatens