Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-16 | Page 11 | The Story of Alcohol

mi E STORY OF ALCOHOL What It Is How Ir Mas Spread Through I the World How Ir 1 Lis B-cn Conquered 3 t tttrrr? , - 33353 r No. 3o An Out-of-doors Fete in England in 1590. From a contemporary drawing, iSfchir. recent years ppc:1.-;.:: Ileaiertainn-.en have - . IBlQ America. In Shades:-MB Shades:-MB were even n-ore Merry- fcing5 on holidays were observed in all tewr.s z-A villages, f KiHnQ-lged in. and o-. iwpt be recorded that the men drank f 3 they did indoors. But these 'i iBijtles were no: new :o .- tare's )' ht Fror.: time imrne:;:or...". jha had -eld ail sorts of merry -makings ; 1 Hpen '"England had adored mum-frgs, mum-frgs, pageants and ir.ier..: : s :'or on-Btjcns on-Btjcns when Eiizale:!- :o her we,;" says one his:or:a::. . ha ! (ED, time out of mind, dis?-.:::: and i (Booing-? on high days ' flpeti in booths nr fairs, and bride-l bride-l AL as the commoner w e - rest:1 I fc,irere called, -.heal:::.-. -ywjfc d on London s:r: -; -. fc reason for the popular;:; fBgHfoors fetes was be IHt accommodations w r Bfg- Another was perhaps b-rtau.-' gHfepblatiori was nr.:;-. srr. i.ier, and i VBrcts were no: so apt :o join or ;o i fjfer. Herr-k, exiled :--: beloved' ! ljonuon to a small parish in Devonshire, is the laureate of these curious open-art v. servances of the rural population. And it is significant that in nearly all of hi? poems describing wakes and other festivities, there is always mention of the heavy drinking Indulged In. Here are the closing lines to "The Wake.'' which apparently depicts the riotous scenes in scores of English villages in Shakespeare's time: "Xear t"e dying of the day. There will be a cudgel-play. Where a coxcomb will be broke. Ere a good word can be spoke; But the anger ends all here. Drenched in ale or drowned in beer. Happy rustics, best content. With the cheapest merriment; ; And possess no other fear. Than to want the wake next year." At these fetes there was probably wine for the aristocrats present, but the majority ma-jority of the people drank ale and beer. They put many tilings intb these, however, how-ever, to make various drinks that do not seem especially palatable to us, but which found great favor. One drink, popularly known as lamb's wool, was ale to which had been added toasts, nutmeg, nut-meg, roasted crab apples and suar. This was comparatively simple as con trasted with the fearsome liquor called egg ale. The maker of this drew twelve gallons of ale to which he added the Juice from eitht pounds of beef, a pound of raisins, oranges and spice. Then a dozen eg$ and the, beef were put into a bag and left in the barrel until the ale had stopped fermenting. Then two quarts of Malaga saik, a sweet wine, we re added, the ale was bottled and was soon ready for use. The country people also made intoxicating intoxi-cating drinks from many growing things in the gardens and woods. Some of these included blackberry a!-, cowslip ale. horseradish ale, apricot ale- and cider-berry cider-berry beer. The curiosities of Elizabethan drinkinK were not confined to the drinks themselves. them-selves. Mention mi;st be made of ihe "ale -yard," a drinking vessel. This was made of glass and was just n y.trd in length.. It was slender, holding little more than a pint, and the. closed end terminated In a ball. Good diiukero were supposed to empty these without raking the elass from their mouths. It was not a difficult task while the tube was filled with ale, but when air reached the expanded ex-panded bulb at the end. the liquor came out with a --plash, and usually gave the drinker a shower bath, very much to the deligjit of the onlookers.