FASHION IN DRINKING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 93, 11 April 1914, Page 4

FASHION IN DRINKING.

Apparently fashion plays an imp; ant part in deciding what we should drink, as well as what we should wear. A generation or so ago, it was the correct'thing in high life to j swallow one or two bottles of wine! every day at dinner, but this custom has gone out of fashion, and is nut likely to bo revived. Statistics plainly indicate that the consumption of alcohol in general has declnecl at Home, and that the fashon of taking alcoholic drinks at all hours is not so popular as it once was. Tea, on the other hand, has come greatly into favor, and morning and afteroon tea is now quite as regular a custom for men as for women. It is said that a little over twenty years ago there was not a tea-room in London, and those who desired such a beverage, had, either to make it in their own shops or offices, go without altogether, or drink alcoholic liquors at the hotels. Possibly the part which women now play in office life may be credited to some extent for the change that has come about. The fact remains, however, that there is by no moans the hard drinking which was once the fashion in England, ad “shouting” as it is known in the Southern Dominions, is quite rare at Home.