The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-07-20
FOOLISH VIEW or NEW WOMEN

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/ FOOLISH VIEW OF NEW WOMEN
"a new idea 81 he new woman il
| given hy Miss Lang. who Is max
1 ing series 0l addresses 20 convince
/ audiences that young women, and
/ also old women OF course, would DO
Well 70 drink whiskey.
When drinkng advises Miss Lang
| be modest and maunerly Don't as
| the unfegenerate say. start any
| thing. But by an means drink The
! working girl should drink, or may
| drink, on shouldn'l be blamed for
I drinking with her escort fhe mArr-
ed woman il not too newly married
or TOO young may drink in such com
I rany as she cares 10 select I3nt
very yaung married women would
better nor drink save in the com
/ nany OF au older womana more eN
! perienced woman presumably, In
other words, one who knows how TO
carry a load and Is equipped to give
a junior drlnker reliable advice as
to how far 10 stimulate without en-
dangering dignity, physical or mental
Equilibrium The rigidity 0f the mus
cles in the vicinity OF the knees or
her reputation for peace and quiet
in the community in which she tanks
up. An older consumer of the cup
that In moderation cheers and in
dngled In immoderately doth oft IN
ebliate Will know how to tell the
earnest beginner how gradually to
accustom her internal workings TO
gentle fabrication with fusel oil 50
that she Will not attract undesirable
attention by giving way to loud ana
boiSterons laughter when there is no
cause for hilarity aside from a gen.
eral feeling of well being induced by
the effect OF an alcoholic beverage
upon an unarcustomed stomach. A
little competent advice from one who |
knows the ropes will save the fair |
tyro from bursting into song in a |
crowded cafe or weeping copiously AT |
ter the third drink because she has |
chanced 10 remember the untlmely |
death OF a grandparent who passed |
away during, or previous to, her in
fancy
Experience is the best teacher,
according TO an axiom to which most
OF us agree, But experience is no
y lNNlfNAtRA ~ HNAG1itH I4AIfiitIGG
teaches one who has sat down upon |
the sidewalk midway between the
cafe and the cab that navigation"
IS Impossible at q certain stage OF /
but il does not call the
cab prior to arrival at that stage OF I
lntoXication untl one has had good I
deal OF 1T. II Isl therefore, unwise /
Tor "nnchaperoned young married
women as Miss Lang calls them to
drink untttended by a natural guard
ian. such as q husband or parent, |
or some Trustworthy person who
knows the ways OF the world and the
vain and peculiar tricks OF the al
cohol microbe
! had not occurred To most of us
tnat the alternatives that women face
are morphine and whiskey But
this Miss Lang lntimates. Is The
case The new woman Is stepping
up and taking her place abreast OF
men. Drink or dope she will have.
And little doping, Is q dangerous
thing. Better cocktails highbals
aud other mixed drinks. than opium
pills cocaine or Indian hemp.
ihe View OF many persons has
been that the comparatively small
amount OF social drinking" done by
women In America is done as Il is Ia
Europe, not for stimulation but tor
'onyiviality Miss Lang's lectures do
1ot leave The Impression that this is
her view The modern woman she
links wants a bracer
How 90 diminish the evn of drink
S large problem and an extremely
one That IL IS wiser To
drink Ia uoaeraIon than to drink
mtdoderately is undeniab'e That "a
IS better for the digestion the purse
and the morals 20 drink beverages
containing small amount of alcohol
han beverages containing urge
mount admits of no argument But
'dvisiug anyone on any class Go drink |
: assuming a serious responsibility.
lhe reporters describe Miss Lang as
leng tWenHone Her advice is as
urediy that of a verg young person
'ery much inclined TO commit The
oily OF rushing IN where angels
would frar 90 tread.