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Show KIPLING'S CRITICISMS. ltuclyard Kipling, the East Indian, who has sprung with a single leap, as it wore, into literary fame in England, spent a short time iu tho United Stales about u year ago. He wrote a scries of letters to tho India Pioneer severely criticising the people of this country. Somo of his criticisms were just. In a recent interview with tho London correspondent cor-respondent of the New York World Mr. Klpliug reiterates bis criticisms of Americans. As to the young men he says: "They gamble, yaoht race, enjoy prize tights and cock tlghtH, the one openly, the other lu secret; they entiiUllsli luxurious clubs; they break themnelves over horseflesh and other things, and they are Instant In a quarrel. Incidentally Inci-dentally I may mention that nine American youths out of ten are heavily handicapped by tho abnormal weakness of their beads." There is a great deal of truth in the above, but there is more truth iu the following: ' ''The Auierlc.au nation gets drunk by easy stages. A man takes a nip here and a nip there in the morning until by luucheou time, while not really drunk, he Is in a condition that no mwlmwg man ought to be iu until after dinner." din-ner." It must be admitted that Mr. Kipling is a keen observer of men aud mauuers. Nevor was there a truer tiling said regarding re-garding the American convivial habit. It is a fact that there is altogether too much drinking by business men in business bus-iness hours. No man should ever take a drop of liquor during his business hours. It totally unfits hint for the performance per-formance of his duties. It causes many costly blunders; inattention to business soon follows; and then conios the loss of trade, and in many cases the final result re-sult is financial, physical and mental ruin. Drinking should bo dono in moderation, mod-eration, and at a time when it will in no way interfere with business duties. But the safest plan is not to drink at all. , |