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Show DRINK HABIT AMONG WOMEN ON INCREASE GROWTH OF DANGEROUS EVIL IS SEEN tatlons of whisky were Judged to be the real thing. It stands to reason, of course, thut the great proportion of the liquor sold Is counterfeit, when it is known that the consumption Is far In excess of the ability of distillers and brewers to Adulproduce the genuine product. terations and criminal counterfeits must be resorted to In order to meet the demand. 1 will wager tbat there have boen Inmates of Bellevues alcoholic ward who have never tasted a drop of real whisky In their lives. They Just think they bave been drink- dull, sunken eyes and pinched faces, and the continuance of the use of the drug leads to nervous wreckage, and Insanity. LETTER e, of N USES GLOVE ON MASHER POSTED 32 YEARS AGO. DEFENDS FAIR STRANGER SELF Crossed Ocean Many Tlmea Before Delivery to Sea Caplin. HER FROM MEN WHO ANNOY HER ON BROADWAY. New York. A dapper young man on upper Broadway was following a girl whose .hands were In a huge muff. street one ol Suddenly at Forty-fifther hands, clad In a boxing glove, dashed out and sent the mashet rolling into the gutter. He lay there a few seconds, while some humorist In the little crowd that witnessed the feat slowly tolled off the "one, two, three, four, etc, of the regulation ' referee. 'The "masher picked himself np with difficulty, and scurried away Just as Detective Leigh came along. Leigh said, authoritatively: A letter posted at Garmstad, Norway, 32 years ago to Capt Thomas Nielsen of the bark Harrnonia, and which has traveled peross the Atlantic to and fro mahy times In pursuit of him, was delivered to Thomas Nielf the revenue cutsen, a carpenter ter Manhattan of the local service, says a New York 'dispatch to the St. Louis Globe Democrat It was the right envelope, and the Joint letter It contained brought the mist to his eyes with the "news It told rf old friends and relatives In Tiorway, many of whom nre now dead. Capt, Nielsen Is now 68 years old, and has been retired from the sea for many years. The letter was from his wife, Alvlner, and his brother John, who wrote to tell of an accident to an- - ing whisky, and If they had been drinking real whisky the chances are Prof. Quackenbos and Dr. Parkhurst Join in Deploring they would never have been In Tlelle-vuI dont say that real whisky, If Present Conditions Common Among All Classes' takern excessively, is not harmful, but Declares the Former Columbia Professor Testimony I do say that a man could drink the pure article in moderation all his life the Present Superintendent of Bellevue Hospital. and pot be hurt by It Why, 15 drinks of pure whisky would not do a man the harm that one drink of this EW YORK. According to bowl, however, Is not to be blamed vile stuff they sell for Whisky In New ' Prof. John Dunran Quae ken-bo- entirely. Many women dip Into It and York would do him. It many times without acquirdo may Poisoned Vile nervous in Liquor. by specialist "1 know a man who left his office and mental discuses, mem- ing the drink habit, but many get ber of many American and their start there. It docs give them one evening all tired out. dropped into foreign medical societies, and formerly the taste of liquor and then, with tof the Columbia university faculty, many of them, the taste for liquor. Now. the tendency .of the Ameriftbe drink bablt Is spreading at an woman Is to go to extremes, and (alarming rate among the women of can It Is New York, To a representative of In drinking she dangerous for her to tohch liquor at ,the Sunday World he said: It Is with real alarm that 1 note all. This Is particularly true of the the rapid growth of the drink habit New York womun, because of the York. among women in New York city. J added excitement of life Jn New It Is not my object to pyeach unless the mere statement of fact is a sermon, and the fact Is New Yorjc women do drink, or rather too large a percentage of them drink, and drink to excess. If one doubts It let him go to any of our large hotels and restaurants any night and look about him. On every band you And them and their sister visitor to New York No one thinks anything drinking. about It, and the women think they are simply doing the proper thing. Many of them drink Just because they do tbbik that way and many of them drink because they like the liquor. Do Not Want to Be Cured. 41 have treated In (he last ' eight years 700 cases of alcoholism, with a large percentage of women, and I found In many cases where (he patient was a woman that he did not, deep down in her heart, want to be cared of the habit. This fact Is true esieclally In the case of the rich so"A case was pointed out of a luncheon given here In New ciety woman. She usually comes to York at which 24 debutantea recently 36 bottlea of champagne, and 15 of drank me either at the urgent solicitation them smoked seven dozen cigarettes. - Dr. Quackenbos. . of relatives or friends, or with only a surface desire to he rid of the a saloon of the best class and took other Nicholas, who had rehabit Very few of them honestly only two drinks of their bar whisky turned brother, from a sea trip with a broken and truly, and with their whole heart, and was lost for four SOStfZ).QLCXZjt&Cl? day. I was leg. AH three brothers are now emwant to be cured. In to help find him, as he was ployed on the Manhattan, and the wife, called Jiave been In a position to watch that For Instance, a certain woman a friend of and when we found now an elderly woman, is living with growth closely and I can say with came to me for treatment for the him he was mine, In a pitiable condition, his her husband In Brooklyn. . full knowledge that ten women drink drink habit and seemed sincere Indeed. mind was clouded, he could not reThe envelope contalng the letter where one drank a dozen years I treated her by givmember where he had been or. what was covered with postmarks, many of ago. ing her the suggestion that she could The growth of the habit has been not lift a wineglass to her Ups. She he had done after leaving that saloon. them so faded that they could not be He remembered that he had taken unde out. .It was directed originally among women of all classes, the rich went away and the very next night two only drinks of whisky. . to Minoteteon, Mexico, In care of the The beer drinker. If be gets real Swedish consul, but had been directed beer, is handed a glass of the bever- so many times there was no further age which, to meet the demands of space, and when It was returned to trade, is put out too new and Im- Garmstad for the sixth time last June Beer should be It had to be Inclosed in an other covproperly fermented. In the keg for six months before er. : The letter, which was kept BY DR. 8. T. ARMSTRONG. to beposted Jan or make tions, v comparisons being sold to tbe drinker. uary 9, 1875, had been opened and tween the and the The present of and Bellevue the past (Superintendent "It Is rather surprising how many sealed with Mexican stamps bearing records of the alcoholic and psycopath-1- c Allied Hoepitale.) of our school children bave become the date of 1876. wards of Ilellevue hospital do not New Yorkers are becoming a show the facts of Inebriety even beer drinkers, especially those of forand the habit Is making i THE A Bargain. . people. .They show an among the classes of Ynen and women eign birth, them sluggish to a degree I What! exclaimed the husband, dlmln-Jshmementally who would seek aid from this hosIncreasing excitability, a of self control. This demon- pital. In 1904 there were 8,941 admis- that Is attracting the attention of ed- "You drew your savings from the bank, went to a broker's office, and strates Itself In all forms of excesses. sions to Bellevue for various forms of ucators and philanthropists. "Another habit which Is getting con- bought Z., X., and Y. stock at 14, 188 and less restraint Is exercised. alcoholism. The number now Is great.The extreme tension of life here Is ly less than that In 1906 It bad fallen trol of our shop girls particularly Is when it has been dropping like This habit has rock? t One sees to 6,653. But even with this reduc- the cocaine habit (Showing on the people. In the last few years with such t "But, grown my dear, argued the wife. of individin of this tion plenty the number of alcohdlio patients examples thousands of It was such a bargain. Why, during ual life. A vast demonstration of it Is more than 25 per cent of all the rapidity that as mature wom- the short time I was In the office I as well young girls mass oba of Is to the, Bellevue. Among people Rut patients admitted served in the increasing hysteria of these records prove nothing in the en and men are held ip its clutches. saw the man mark It down to 14 from Success Magazine. such celebrations as those of the line we would follow. The number of The effect of the habit Is noted' in the 46! night before the New Year. What Is Inebriates who seek treatment at true of (he city men Is true of the Bellevue has fallen off simply be.city women. The Increase of drunk- cause an old offender who comes here enness- Is a distressing fact It Is Is now liable to be turned over to a a natural outcome of the restlessness, city magistrate, who will sentence the overstriving, the unrestraint, of him to an asylum as a chronic drunkHEN a representative of tbe to what they could see and eat and 'present day life in New York. ard. This had the effect especially , Sunday World read portions of drink. This subject Is of tremendous of keeping many women from taking Rev. to article Dr, the I Quackenbos suppose of the drink growth a nee. We should know Just what repeated advantage of treatment at Dr. Charles Parkhurst he said: habit has been principally among the we are confronting, what the future Bellevue. It Is undoubtedly true, and a de- women of the richer classes. It is has in store for us, just where and What Is the cure of the evil of Infact, tbat tbe drink bablt la at least reasonable to believe so, as plorable how we are threatened. One may creasing inebriety In New York? growing raitidly among the women they have the money and time to Inform an opinion as to an increasing Whatever will bring easement to the of New York. dulge it such laxity. Idleness Is usu-Inebriety among women from such ex- restless lire In the city will lessen I have not made a real Investigadangerous. hibitions as those of New Year's eve, all forms of dissipation. The whole i "Another phase In the drink quesbut beyond thnt It Is not easy to go. subject needs careful and thorough tion, as Dr. Quackenbos has, but one tion Is the quality of the liquor. Dr. There are no odlclal statistics bearing Investigation to know what palliative does not have to investigate; it Is on the question. The subject has bad measures can be taken. Drinking Is a fact which stares you In the facet Quackenbos points out the shameless adulteration In whisky, but let me ask no Investigation of scientific value. only one symptom of what is wrong It Is all on the surface, and one canwhy It Is tolerated? Where Is eur not overlook It , One cannot speak exactly as to condi with us. food law? Why, it Is in our pure "A chief reason for this Increase in the number of women who drink is, I statute books, but It Isn't In the and the poor, young and old. Girls in she went with a man companion to believe, that there baa been too much hearts or minds of those In authortheir teens evidently see no Improprl one of our large restaurants, made no prosperity. Of course, Just now we ity or In the hearts or minds of the ety whatever Ip drinking publicly objection whatever when wine was are passing through a period of 'hard people who put those men In authority. If It were,, the law would be enwith men companions. Very often ordered, and even tried her best to forced. ( indeed I have bad young girls brought overcome the suggestion I had given The growing tendency .to me for treatment, hysterically her and drink tho wine. But she of the American people Is a disrespect for found that she could not lift the drunk. laws. We have plenty of good laws, from I have the table. You , glass she see, treated within a year but they are not enforced, i That Is women whose weekly bill for cham- did not really and honestly want to be the whole trouble. The men who pagne alone was 1100 and who filled cured and wasted but little time In should enforce them do not do It, and their rushing Into temptation. up tbe intervals between the people who elect those men to ofConditions might not be so bad, draughts of wine with highballs and fice do not make them do It, and cocktulls. One woman drank a quart however, if women or men drank real, they kT on electing men who will not of champagne every morning, and pure whisky, real, pure wine and real, do It. , when ready to go out her custom was pure liquors of all sorts, but they "Our mayor Is sworn to be active in to order her maid to brlug her another dont. They think they do, but what the enforcement of the laws, but Is quart- Then before leaving the bouse they are really drinking la a deadly he? He is not. Well, if the to enter her carriage she would empty poison and ono swift In Its execution. mayor, Is Inactive can you expect those un- I feel safo In saying that out ot 100 the bottle to steady her nerves. der him to be otherwise? He is the drinks sold In New York city as Girls Indulge In Liquor. man to whom the lesser officlnls look, more not Is one than whisky the real "School misses and college girls In and If he sets such an example, what ; great numbers are among the throng article. is the result? Inactivity all along Counterfeit women A drinkers. case was pf Whleky, line and our laws become mere the pointed out recently of a luncheon But bo cleverly Is whisky counterRev. Dr. Charles Parkhurst printed matter. given here In New York at which 21 feited that club connoisseurs "We also send to s our Incompetency debutantes drank 36 botth-- of cham- cannot detect It, ns was shown In an times, so to speak, but before the legislative bodies In Albany. We have pagne, and 15 of them smoked seven experiment nmdo recently by Dr. Darpunlcjor a number of years the coun- done so for years and probably will dozen cigarettes. lington of tho board of health. , Dr. try was most prosperous, keep on doing so. We know that Y As everyone knows, the punch Darlington went around and collected bad money; and life became everybody too easy. are doing It and have little or no re-- , bowl figures largely In the growth of a number of samples of whisky from When life Is made too easy we are in spect for a large majority of the men the drink hahit among womeu of New saloons of all classes, took the samYork. It Is found at all functions, and ples to his club, where he had sev- a danger sone and more prone to give we send there, so how can we have' way to temptation. That long period respect for the laws they make? We a many girl has got her first taste of eral of the members test them, and of made us too material, cannot have respect for those law' liquor by a dip Into It. The punch much to bis surprise the cheap Iml- - alsoprosperity turned the desires of many only and we have not 'mCSSSC GIRL STENOGRAPHER h two-ounc- "Young lady, you e mustnt come around here knocking people down. In an Instant the girl had swung around again, and Leigh saw the two- SOUTH-BOUN- No. 41 No. S No. 48-- For For Payion. Santaquln anil I.o Angelta For Par oo. Saotaquto and Nephl Parson, Nephl and ' Maotl NORTH-BOUN- No. ..ii. , ,0. , t D For Provo, Pl.Orove, Amer. lean Fork, Lehi, Merour, Salt Lake 42 ' . Ito. M For Provo, Salt Lake and Intermediate points ii. ' No. 84 For Provo, Salt Lake aud' Intermediate point Paletlal trains ere now runnlnc iiin, ? muaclc Iween Salt Lake and the PaoiBo Coaet. UTAH COUNTY It In dlreot touch wltttwrf unc local Best train service. ireeteltte. J. ' H. Buhtnbr. Dlitrlot Passenger Am this I N. Pstbrasn. Depot Ticket Agent. e!1E over-drink- - to-da- y New Yorkers Becoming Hysterical v, -- to-da- y Ex itl-J- 'first ( Arrival and departure of trains from DtpoirOWC In 1 No. T For Sprlngvllle, Provo. Salt Lake and all points eaat and wett....8:l(ijjltlo No. ForSprlngvllle Provo. Salt Lake and all points eaat and west ...LSgiClty, I No. 4 For Eureka, Mammoth and Sll- ward verCIty verctty No. 28 For Eureka. Mammoth and Dr. Parkhurst Says It Is a Fact - . Ira-po- rt Sll- - :2Iti rt FAST THROUGH 8 TRAINS DAILY AND THREE DISTINCT SCENIC the R0CTIS:: c 12 Pulmnn Palace and ordinary Sleeping Denver, Omaha, Kanaas City, St. Louie im ' Chicago without change, fat Free Reclining Chair Caras Personally aot to t ducted Excursions; a perfect Dining CerSwVl. vice. (?) I For rates, folder, ete , Inquire of feats, K. P. Hkukwo, Ticket Agent or write L A. BENTON, G. A. P. D Salt Lake City. "The burr Sent the Masher Into the Gutter,' 1 1 ounce glove coming his way, and, being a boxer himself, Just managed to dodge enough to receive a glancing blow. Leigh threw his coat open and displayed his shield, and the mysterious woman dropped her guard. "I beg your pardon, she said, I am a stranger here, sweetly. came here from Alabama, and am stenographer, alone in town. But Ill tell you, officer, theres no man in this city can Insult me with Impunity, taught women boxing in the south and m teach New York mashers' boxing In the north. Leigh stood petrified tor an instant, and then made a movement as if to shake hands with the girl. i I admire you, he said, after spectators had declared the girl had acted in Wont you tell me j your name? No, sir, she said. "But Ill tell I put this boxing you other-things- . glove on and hid It In my muff, because every time I walk down Broadway to get the fresh air some hoodlum accosts me, and as tbe police cant be everywhere at once, I decided to take care of tnyself. Ive knocked about four of them this evening and therell be more. , Whereupon the dainty athlete thrust her padded hand into the muff and strolled away, while the "masher hurried to some place of safety. self-defens- R.0BER.TS0N Q STEBBINS rer-- r toucL CONTRACTORS read end c AND BUILDERS Fleeltring end Cement Work a Specialty. Mantles and Fire Flacea Eunithed end Sat Spanish Fork, Vlab, myati less ravel 1 V.T , DR. N. C. SPALDING VETERINARY PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office at Palace Drug Store, tha i an r so L tricS fnv: . ' Both Pbrnvs. Provo, VlaL Hi Makes regular call to Spanlah Fork eves .Thursday. . Offloe at world Drug Stott Lis i HORSE INFIRMARY 1 this 1 At the old Oran Lewis corner, on Spring-vill- e land. I t road. Spanish Fork, Utah. Splints, Bone Spavin and Pipes of Featala removed lean or no cay. Crippled and lame hortci 1 In t: All a timals examined tree ol IDetr specialty. charge. Look well to your hones teeth, for brlel from them come many diseases. "Live and done let live ie my motto, J. A. GROWN A X X X Inch scto What's the matter fi) IDAHO with quez W noui a ins otj:- - Thousands of seres of land been reclaimed to cultivation by I irrigation in tbat State during I the past 10 year. Thousands 1 more will be reclaimed within the next 10 years. This mean II an opening for many thousand II of homes., pic. Burlington, N..J. Since two of their Have You Investigated IDAHO? It has been truthfully termed a fraternity have been driven off and badly beaten by the farm's strange protector tramps are giving the home of James M. Sholl, a Burlington farm A er,' a wide berth. This guardian pf ' The Oregon Short Line Railroad Co. the Sholl home Is Patsy, the ling of rill be pleased to send descriptive mat a flock of geese. I regarding Idahos resources. Write Terrified human cries mingled with ter to D. E. G P. A, or D. S. Spenthe fierce honking of the oid gander cer, A. G.Burley, P. A., Salt Lake City, Utah.- and tho savage flapping of his wings awakened the family to Mr. Sholl a night or two ago In time to see In the moonlight a badly frightened tramp legging it down the lane toward the public foad. The marauders Intention of raiding the poultry house AND had evidently been Interfered with before he got the door open, and bis battle with the big gander had been short but furious. , The tramp left minus a portion of his trousers. Also he learned that , 'PHONE No. 12. the bite of a goose Is like the pinch of ... pailsh Pork, a vise, and a blow from its wings like tbe blow of a pugilist. The gander on another occasion drovs off a tramp who was begging. At another time the bird lost half Its beak In a fight with a dog that tried to kill some goslings, and It has beaten off hawks, pigs and even a cow that had traversed beyond their domain. tupo bave I GOOSE GUARDS A HOUSE. Drives Away Robber Tramp, Who Loses Portion of Trousers. - . Land of Opportunities Land of Homes enL a: ml. stsn apes ble larg "ml 'B ( blln ban jnor rei tou sen sen cer ver B. H. BROWN, Livery ? gut mot am I. I er Stablo. Hack Meets all Train! - to-da- y other iithjmse Connection made In Ogden Union depot win, v. all trains of bout hern PaolUe and Oregoa Sbai - , Line. like p . OFFERS CHOICE OF Tfci. ' - v Woman Eaten by Panther. Columbia, La. While on her way to dslt a neighbor In a wild region ten miles west of here, Mrs. Annie Valentine, wife of a farmer, was killed and devoured by a panther. Her husband, alarmed at his wife's prolonged absence, instituted search and found his wifes head and her skeleton, picked bare of flesh. In a clump of i , bushes, Bits of the womans clothing were scattered over a distance of two miles, showing that the panther had dragged its victim to a convenient apot to make a feast A posse of men, with a pack of hounds, gre pur suing the beast 1 sla as: tra ms un be: ;of 1 t ;p s th th ly. Be lev , . Ere ch Doalers In , i ( . at: pa co se General Merchandise, Flour, Grain ' th . ,d Produce. ;yc v fttaanfaoturere of b(J Wl Harness, Boots nd (f 3 Shoes. .... 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