The bottle is brought out for the first time. The husband induces his wife just to take a drop.

The bottle has done its work- it has destroyed the infant and the mother, it has brought the son and daughter to vice and to the streets and has left the father a hopeless maniac.

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He is discharged from his employment for drunkeness: They pawn their clothes to supply the bottle.

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Fearful quarrels, and brutal violence, are the natural consequences of the frequent use of the bottle.

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An execution sweeps off the greater part of their furniture: They comfort themselves with the bottle.

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Cold misery and want destroy their youngest child: They console themselves with the bottle.

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The Husband, in a State of Furious Drunkenness, Kills His Wife with the Instrument of All Their Misery.

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The Blue Bottle

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Urged on by his Ruffian Companions, and Excited by Drink, he Commits a Desperate Robbery -- he is Taken by the Police at a Three-Penny Lodging House

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Drinkers at a Table with Embracing Couples

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Unable to obtain employment, they are driven by poverty into the streets to beg and by this means they still supply the bottle.

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Drinkers at a Table with Embracing Couples

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Perfume bottle

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