1903 The Flowing Bowl by Edward Spencer

THE AFTERMATH OF REVELRY igg liquor be good, and not swallowed too quickly. But, although these may "come up smiling " next day, on making their first public appearance, the collapse, the downfall is only postponed. Without being able to explain these things medically, it is certain that Alcohol—which is, as previously explained, the Devil in Solution— will destroy in the end, if you abuse her, although her methods of destruction may differ, according to the capacity, or constitution, of her victims. And let not the over-estimator expect any sympathy from the world, or any part of it, whilst he is experiencing _the "rernorse of conscience " stage. Katzenjammer patients are sternly and forcibly refused admission to any public hospitals, even if in extrejids •, for mercy, charity, and the medical faculty have refused hitherto to recognize the fact that alcoholism is a disease. And he who is "jumpy " and nervous of a morning has just as much chance of obtain ing condolence from friends or relatives as has the casual sufferer from gout. Both disorders are, in fact, excellent provocatives of badinage and laughter. I remember hearing of an accountant in Cape Town, a hardened and determined night bird," a frequenter of hostelries, a boon com panion—in short, a sot. He was called as a witness in an intricate case in the High Court, one morning, whilst suffering terribly from nerves. It was heart-rending to watch his agony. His features twitched, his eyes rolled, and his hands shook as though afflicted with palsy on the higher scale. The ledgers which