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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2071, 24 August 1875, Page 2

UNKNOWN

IdlenessJP^ll^MMHMbie, combined with idlenes* Ktt^lHMMt on the part of others aji-^fejfflpfee for wealth and Tenown^^gmMHtm, cause many members ofaT^#flMj|Wpmiddle classes to hare consttfttlg^eEffise to the glass. The regimental officer who takes no interest in hip £rofepaion/ r andiiu mapy broken hours on Jhis hand, passeste time by drinking^hatcompemnd christened by Anglo-Indians a peg—i.e., a glass of brandy^and : 7jsadfrsya^r. -qTjjg f ? man of business gives a fictitious'"strength to his nerves n $«*£■ downs of commercial life, "by repeated visits,j;p.;ihe,c,uj>board in;; which ;! he ; lu)ff)s his dry sherry or his choice old Madeira. Tifie/dandy jfcel%;inc4pable Qf f &cjsc4fce fatigues of fiis aimless life till he has taken toidissipafe the effect of rijftetjp&vifiis night's dissipation, a curiously conceived jiick : me-up obtained from a fasWtotffcMe chemist. The worst of it is that no longer is""th"c"rice monopoiiselTby milh. Fprmerly^j^hatever-.-tiieißtrfaultt^kijbßs shrank as*J? rule" from iMdul^nce iidritfk. No longer is,such'jflje, case. They pretend? t6,/*.abhbrC»fiadJilanf*J|t»S^f©i «f ever; yet, pu^he sly,.and,under.various disguises', manyof them" consume a large quahtityof-stimulintß. i <X4dies E&yWfen oocasionally-W^e«n ttie won'e;)ißr ctuftn* P.agao fat,, a.. ball,j. though... fy, mustj,bp^i-mitted-that the,sex.uaajiimpugry.cidflaemh such an exposure, .of Weakness.' 31 That many.of; them-ajj^ecceirdrink habitually,. if not enough to completely^ iis(sUQa4e, yet sufficient to demoralise, to fluster and to injure.hejdthj'is,' rhow^Tm, r» *otflrijqci fact; nor are they without an excuse. - It is the fashion of the day to nourish patients,- to~ decry the lowering system; and.many r ajady, simply ..by. dietiDjrJierself according] to her medical' attsempi^'s directions, glidesirisensiblyinto tippMg. Young mpthers T ai!eresp#?ially liable to this snare. ~ Women seeni nb'w to require ..more *upport rj 4hM7 t forme£JJy; O afterc-jftc icouchenjent,^n4? Jl'ivii^ttp'pbrt'.gs""frlely administered, by 'ihe^dbc^j^^jgi^a, nursing mothers naturally "eipenehce a great drain. on „tlicijc strength; and not having, in the higher ofatses, very robust appetites, they satisfy the craving for " nourishment by, flran&tojjihe or stout, instead or mutton chop or beefsteak, thevphy?iciflQ; ; ha:sing r given them the option.""' Tfien" neuralgia 1 and disease of the nerves are a .natural r/Jonsfquenceof our high-pressure' style 6n|Vm|7Tind stimulants, whether in the shape of either sal volatile,' wi«b; or spirits, certainly do ' afford a temporary relief; anft'thßTßmedy is freely recommended. In the beginning, ladies honestly believe, ihaLthey^arg taking these stimulantb simply^as'tempiAry medicines.' In many cases the prescrip. tion isreally distasteful to them. They soon overcome their reluctance, fall in love with their physic, take i$ without express/orders f r 'qn> tUe. dQctoj^iftiid at length" ciinnofrclo" without it^'^When ' women once take to drink they are, so it is said, owing to" their excitable nature, wojse than men, and that there are many ladies of /birth, rie|in^mei^:anK^auciition who would havej'reqoukeVfo'W^arti^e, any meanness, lo; obtain dnuk,'i^.Treitear, a melancholy facj^-Th'e"Trdrld."'"''" ***"