The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1910-08-26


MUCH DRUNKENNESS HIDDEN
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AleAough there hss bseu - -
hnowIsdgsd Improvement IN the ges-
Ssal drinking habits Of Great Britain.
says The Loadou Mall. n b By no
means clear that any real advance
has been made toward the suppression
81 ha6itual drunksnness--the form Of
drunkenness that gave rise 10 TEN.
Dsraacs work., the form that causes
IN the real misery and matters most.
This Il the conclusion reached By
b.. r W. Branthwalts. inspector un.
DER the inebriate act Tho large ma
3ority Of the population. he says In his
annual report. are now moderate
drinkers who never get drunk or tee
totaIers, hut below the surface there
= small army Of hsbitual drunkards
Who IRE hidden out Of sight In better
class life, or. in lower class life. lost
N the obscurity OF slums. prisons and
warehouses;. fS3 f&Kt&
In times gone BY" Doctor Branth.
waite says "the habitual incbriate was
constantly In evidence In the streets.
N public houses. and In private life.
He was SLOWED freedom to roam
about and display his pecuiiarily. b..
ing treated with the same federation
q the village idiot or harmless III.
uatic. Whsu he became too great .
nuisance he was put stili more In evi.
dence BY public chastisement In pill.
lsry or stocks. In other words. every
drunkard was then known and seen.
Today the habitual drunkard isaa
wsIl.to-do private family Ia rslegated
10 the skelsfoe cupboard and prevent
Cd 90 far ~ possible from publicly ex.
hibiting his failing.
.Pauper drunkards hide themselves
b workhouses. shelters. OF. charitable
colonies. tho only places where they
ON get food; or. when they become
asllciently insane. are immured In
ssylums. The man who appears drunk
u . play house. drunk and disorderly
ID the street. or who commits GRIM
nal oflense through drunkenness b
hurried to the police cell. ultimately
% prisun. A. . consequence Of all
tAis the ordinary individual sees III.
IT. or nothing Of the hsbitual drunk.
srds a today. and u apt to believe
that but few exist.
lit remained for some persons who
wsfe Intimately associated pith these
h1l1en Arunkards. some 50 or 10 years
-. TO point out 'hov plentiful they
wers. how little they had bssn u.
feetsd By orthodox Temperance ct.
fsrts h the past. and how measer vas
tAs ssi6eacs that any decrease II the
prevalancs would be likely 10 result
fSpm NJ stsaAy sxsruiss II such 81
srgy In the future"
Three departmental committee. Il
n pointed out. have strongly recon.
msuded that power TO commit IN
inebriate to control In z retreat %
the application d fTtesds should b
given TO . properly constituted court.
Tue number Of cases sent to inebri.
ate reformatories IN 1908 was 1e3--%%
men and as women-as compared
with 49, In 1907. but the decrease
was principally due 10 want a -.
commodation for London cases.
Most Of the people ssnt 10 10 inebri-
ate reformatories are Of the "fesbls-
MIND class. OF the 3.033 admissions
of the past ten pears. only about -
per cent. were up TO the average Srsn.
tai capacity. A. . moderately sound
mind 10 required Tor success In the
struggle to throw o6 the drink habit.
the probability Of producing good ~
suits y limited. !.
Nevertheless. Doctor Hrnnthwaite
considers that good 10 bsiag done II
ne spnet ~ yeare 60 Inmates were
pGleased on license before the expira.
lion oe their terms. and In q pr csst.
q the cases with satisfactesv results.
retaining their freedom for an average
period of seven and . half OF eight
nonths without relapse.