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in by visitors before they start their round
OF midnight visits.
This Mrs. Harvard used to go on NOR
phine sprees, and to save herself from be-
coming morphine addict she would
change off to brandy and champagne
mixed Then to break the brandy ana
champagne habit she took to brandy ana
ether. In this way she said life became
one round of agreeable intoxication.
A New York physician, who Is visiting
Paris, when consulted concerning the Ell
fects of ether and brandy, said:
az have no doubt that this mixture pro-
duces about the most dangerous form OF
intoxication known. l, have had some ex-
perience with ether drunkenness IN New
York and found 1t difficult to cure. but the
mixture with brandy further complexities
the problem.
1.-THE effect is greater on the nervous
system but less on the digestive organs
than that Of plain alcohol. In the long
run, however, the destructive eject OF
ether and brandy on the nervous system
causes an even more hopeless condition
than that OF the simple alcoholic
One disadvantage of ether and brandy Is
that it gives very offensive and unmis-
taxable odor to the breath. To obviate
this the Partisan drink-mixers are adding
essence OF violets and other perfumes to
the mixture. =
One we'll versed in the attractions Of
Paris states that cocaine spray, an ether
and brandy, an "aperitif" of dry
ND thnn 6innnr wit
white and red wine, bottle Of
champagne, some three-star brandy
and glass of Benedictine will for
tify the American to start the
evening and face all the sights OF
Paris. -.. a.
Suicides are extremely common
among foreign visitors to, Paris.
and they are often committed in the places
where the victims have lost their money
and ruined their health. Parisians love to
tell the story of a man who ordered the
best. dinner procurable at the best restau-
rant on the Avenue de fOpera. Having
received the bill he wrote on the back:
81 regret I cannot pay this bill, but l
will give you as little inconvenience as pos
sible"
Then he took out a revolver, held 1t
considerable distance from his head. so as
not to make an unseemly wound, and shot
himself.
On the other hand, a ruined youth en-
tered a notorious establishment on the Rue
Royale and shot himself before he had
taken a drink The scrubwoman who
cleaned up the stain Observed
L "Imbecile! He should have had some
fun first"
1t would be interesting to know what
was this scrubwoman's conception or
-'fun"-the antics Of drunken pig, the
negro and the rat combat the revolving
battle of the women viragoes, or the
stupor of drug debauch? Are the
wealthy patrons of these lures" OF the
mental and aesthetic calibre Of scrub
woman Of the dives?
The prevalence Of drinking in Paris adds
enormously to the dangers that await the
unsophisticated American girl visiting
Paris. Such deadly drinks as that de-
soribed and all kinds OF wines and liquors
are obtainable at prices which are, OF
course, exorbitant. European women, even
~ the highest class, are accustomed w
drink, and this fact often leads American
women to alcoholic excuses they would
not dream of committing at home.
There Is practically no legal restriction.
such as America enforces, to the use OF
dangerous drugs in France. Morphine In
hulgence by women in cafes and public
places is not only common but rather old
fashioned The maddening habit Of eating
hasheesh. or Indian hemp, has lately be-
come very fashionable.
To the woman who has eaten hasheesh
every sensation changes its normal charac-
ter. She thinks that her beauty is irresis-
tible.' She thinks that she charms multi
tudes when she opens her mouth. She
thinks she is a bird and can fly over the
tree tops She takes a ride In a taxicab
and believes she has been to the moon.
She listens to a street organ and weeps
because 1t sounds like heavenly music.
The after effect Of hasheesh eating Is an
irresistible impulse to kill somebody. In
consequence, many Of the confirmed
hasheesh eaters of Paris have to be, &C
companied by attendants.
There is something fresh TO do at every
hour Of the night in Paris, and hence the