Show Behaved Like Men I ri The late John Sartain the eminent Lu tengravor of Philadelphia knew Edgar Allen Poe intimately says the New I f York Trbune He waa free to admit that Poe In his youth had been somewhat some-what profligate but he always stoutly r donlel that in later life the poet was anything like the drunkard gossip paints him r At the University ofVirginia Mr I Sartain once said Poe did drink too much In the middle of his freshman year there he gave a peach and honey J il party Peaches and honey was the I drink of those daysa mixture of t honey and peach brandy that was as 1 overpowering as it was sweet and r pleasant I POD eat at the head of the table lf r Boys he said to his guests shall we V I behave like men or like brutes IJ Like men of course a senior answered t I swered In a 1 rebuking voice 4 Then said Poe well all got drunk for that is something brutes I I never do |