A Born Abstainer.
A TRUE INCIDENT. Dr. Z was giving a small dinner some few months back, and Madame V , one of the guests, refused wine. Seated by her host, he at once remarked on her doing so. “No wine, Madame! said he. “ Are you a total abstainer, then ? with a little quizzical smile. “ Yes !” replied she, “ I was born a water drinker, moreover.” “ Well! I should hope we were all that,” was the Doctor’s amused reply. “ I beg your pardon —far from it,” earnestly said Madame Y . “Do you mean to tell me that the children of confirmed drunkards, or even of habitual drinkers, can claim to be born teetotalers?” There was a slight pause, whilst the attention of several near was arrested by the question. Doctor Z -bowed courteously to her. “ You are perfectly right, Madame ! We are not all born abstainers—the greater the pity for us !” — Beatrice Matthews, in Wings.
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White Ribbon, Volume 5, Issue 54, 1 December 1899, Page 5
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