New-York tribune., 1919-11-30

". +. u. Stokes wishes the worio
to know he does not desire drug or
drink cure, the name of good sani-
.arium for. "dopes" or a medical d.
rsetory Of ~hop experts"
Neither does the millionaire author
hetel owner and railway head care for
invitations to "week-end-jab" parties,
or opportunities to dine with con-
vivial friends
Such are the highlights Of the rst
interview ever given TO the press by
Mr.. Stokes. His long silence was
broken. he explained. by the charges
Of his wife, wnom he is suing for
divorce. that he is user of drugs ana
4 heavy drinker.
As the grandson Of man VINO
started 0 movement to prevent the
drinking Of hard liquor at funerals
and the nephew Of u man who was the
Art president Of the National Tenn
perance Society, Mr.. Stokes feels that
the charges are somewhat overdravh'
70 put it mildly. Not only does ne
know virtually nothing Of aiconoiic
drinks. but MIR. Stokes adds that ne
looks with disfavor upon tea and COT
fel and never has smoked. he lnti-
mated that mince pie containing rum
ahould te made the subject OF special
lsgislstion.
Wrote . Book Wxlloping Liquor
In order that there might be no mis-
taks in this, his first interview IN the
course of an eventful life. the million.
aire iotted down his thoughts and
made them public through his lawyer.
Here they are. just as they came from
his pen:
at has been my habit never to give
interviews. but the situation as pre-
sented in the press Is so seriously
ridiculous. that | am forced to, TOR l
feel keenly the unjust charge, that l
am a drug fend" and drunk es-
pecially in view of the fact, that my
grandfather was the originator Of the
American Temperance Society, which
organization was started 10 prevent
the use of liquors Al funerals, and out
Of il grew the Natnoal Temperance
Society. Of which my uncle. after whom
| am named, was the first president.
~ wrote a book entitled The Right
To Be Well Born which, among other
things. shows the effects Of liquor and
drugs on heredity. and ] have been told
that nv book aided materially IN neip-
ing pass the present prohibition laws
So these accusations against me MT u
double blow.
"Here ] am to-day, publicly posted
and advertised from one fnd OF the
country to the other as a'trug hend
and drunk and ! doubt II there Is
man in the country. who Is not an ao
solute teetotaler, who has used less OF
LIQUORS or knows less about them
than l.
Even Opposed Tea and Coffee
81 very seldom even drink tea or
coffee. and have never smoked. In
fact, am opposed 10 their use ahd'
as for drugs, can remember bul TWO
occasions in my life when drug was
administered 10 me, on both occasions
by physicians, one after an operation
for the removal Of my appendix III
1901. the other-,n 1911, after an opera
tion for a blow on my hide. l nave
lately gone through & most serious AT,
tack OF the flu and pneumonia ana
when choking from coughing. rour OF
five drops Of andrenehne were Pro.
scribed by my physicians 10 s'imuia'e
the action of my blood. but andrehns
is medicine and not drug. a.,
"You may have my life's inner his
tory as 10 drugs and can judge from
this what kind of field ! am. AS !
now pass drug stores. look IN and
wonder lust what drug IT is that am
addicted 10. and "a see children ana
women Going into Huyler's and NIT
ror candy stores am guessing whether
II is coco-cola OF a sundae cocktaii
-rh;cb hos made me known a drunk
or dope flend.'
Invited to Week-N=~ Jab Parties
advertisements and booklets Of the
various drug and drunk sanitariums
are being sent me by every maii. am
daily receiving invitations from some
convivial friends to JON them al 'he'l
week end jab-parties IN orange Vi
Westchester County.
"Wv teIephone rings and some man
who has had the drug or drunk habit
and thinks himself cured advises me
inst where TO go and get cured aho
have nothing said about 1t.
"This il one or that one suggests
this or that nurse rs the best. sug-
yestion came from "a half-cured drunk
who advises that we two live together
and take the 'drung cure together. ht
knows Just how to administer the'
treatment. as he has already taken II
three times. and for my sake rs willing
TO start afresh. de novo, but to insure
its success and absolute cure. | mus
at once secure sixty bottles OF the very
best old whisky. which is to be iockee
In a closet, and he only Is TO have the
key.
I'VE are to take certain libations OF
whisky at stated hours during the day
and night, and as time progresses anc
the whisky grows less the daily number
Is to be curtailed and the doses are
to grow smaller and smaller. unit
finally when the sixty bottles are gons
we will find ourselves cured. For his
experience and knowledge ms charge
will be only $500 month, his board
and lodging.
Used to Take Drug Cure
~An expert on drugs, wit ha new
cure, desires to take me under his care
to his home In New Jersey. He tells
me can never be really cured, but his
method is to change by drug diet each
day until have become acquainted