| Show 4 infectious drunkenness REFORMED MEN WHO HAVE SHOWN SIGNS OF intoxication FROM CONTAGION there are cases of reformed men who show signs of intoxication from th the contagion of others who are drunkards the following is an exam ample pic says the london Ei exchange change A prominent ex military man who had bad drunk moderately once while attending a dinner wita his bis old comrades where most of them were intoxicated suddenly became hilarious made a foolish speech settled back in his bis chair in a drunken state and was finally taken home quite stupid he bad not drank any spirits and had bad only y used coffee coffed and water sad and yet he had bad all the symptoms of the others only his bis was intoxication from contagion the favoring favori Bg oil had bad been prepared long ago in the army another case was wast that bat of a man who had bad been an inebriate Inet years ago but had ad reformed he was recently elected to office and gave a dinner to some friends among them was a physician who had bad been greatly interested in these studies he sent me a long report the substance of which was this on the abe occasion referred to many of the company became partially intoxicated and ane host who drank nothing but water became hilarious and finally stupid with them hew he wag put to bed with every sign of intoxication but recovered and next morning bad only a confused notion of these events the third case occurred four years ago A reformed man of twelve years sobriety went on an a military excursion with a drinking coni company pany and ai although he be drank nothing but lemonade became as much intoxicated as the others this event was the subject of much comment and loss less to him socially and otherwise although he protested and others confirmed his bis statements that he did not take any spirits at this time ila IB these cases two conditions were present one in which some special unknown nerve state wa was 8 inherited which readily reflected alcoholic states from contagion the other in which this particular alcoholic state had bad been acquired and more rapidly responded to contagious surroundings than otherwise thus actors who essay to represent insanity or inebriety are successful in proportion as they inherit a nervous organization predisposing disposing pre them to these affections A single glass of spirits may awaken a latent nerve defect and soon after merge into inebriety so the effort to imitate the manner and conduct of an intoxicated person may give impress and direction to an orarn organism ism that will be permanent A an n ac actor or greatly praised for his ski skill 11 as a hamlet was obliged to leave the stage for the reason that this character was becoming so intimately his as to suggest insanity at an early eagly day A man who acted the part of a drunken man was after a time so completely intoxicated as to be unfit for his part art he could not use spirits and ha bad pd to give up his part in the play for the same reason as mentioned above A remarkable incident of this ki kind ad ca came line to my notice A temperance writer of great power and vividness of detail said that he be lived all the details of the hero he was describing in his own mind when the character was intoxicated he be had all the symptoms and had to go to bed after writing that the hero did so he suffered was exhausted lis had bad pain mental agony agon WIL was 8 joyous happy contested contented an and lived ived over every event which he had described bed this man was strictly temperate but had a drunken father from whom he inherited a peculiar nervous organization that gave him power to realize the toxic state from fromal alcomo coho and throw himself into it most perfectly he says that it would impair in p L r his health to write more on this abe theme m e for he would be intoxicated most of the time while writing ganv of these states may be termed e emotional trance states and in some future time will be the subject of some curious and wonderful psychological discoveries for instance reformed men or those who have recen recently stopped the use of spirits can cala not safely listen to a recital of the sufferings ind and struggles of others to become temperate without taking on some form of mental shock that is fw faal ai to their own resolutions the more vividly and accurately the struggles of a drunkard are described the more certain certainly lythe the will of the bearer is weakened and rendered impotent to help itself temperance lecturers who hope b by painting the horrors of drink so go vividly ly to deter any man in the audience from falling in that way are deceived and produce the very effect that they seek to remedy MRS LANGTRY it is said that an understanding has been arrived at between mrs langtry and her husband whereby he will permit the action to go by default simply insisting that the strict letter lof the law shall be complied with the renting of of the cottage in the MIS mission and the declaration of intention are simply means to the tae end the formal and technical with the california law mrs langtry will leave for los angeles on july and will then not again return to her home on twenty first st from los angeles she e will gro go to now new york by proceeding to vir virginia ania nov nev thence to carson reno fieno laramie lincoln and council bluffs ex repaint toj arrive in new york about july 80 her resi residence deuce mon francisco will be kept up within the purview of the law under an arraD arrangement gement with charles cohlan her leading roan man mr coghlan will return there af after ter the los an geles engagement and will occupy the mission cottage lor for the remainder of the lease term by this arrangement mr coghlan will become a competent witness to establish the legal residence required by law it is said that all these movements have been taken upon the advice of the attorney and all to the end that there may be hitch in the divorce proceedings eed I 1 ag and no bar to the fruition of proc t the h hopes pe 0 of f mrs langtry and mr gebbardt gb bar dt and their nuptials which are soon to follow |
