The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-06-17
Why not Drink Moderately ,

You are quite willing to admit that intern.
perance Is great evil that drunkenness is a great
disgrace and that multiplied and intolerable bur
dens are put upon society through the medium of
the liquor traffic, but you say, ..All this comes
from excess. If people would only restrain them
selves, there would be no great damage done. Why
may not drink moderately
l. Because moderate drinking Is prejudicial to
health.
The old time idea was that alcoholic liquors
were necessary well to prevent disease as to
cure It. But that was before the period of inves
tigation- Now better opinions prevail There il
no appreoiabls food value In drink. 1t does not
increase, but rather diminishes the natural tenn
perature OF the body. 1t binders rather than
helps digestion 1t IS the fruitful parent of very
many of the diseases which atfiict humanity, and
has the effect of predispOsing toward them.
lhe toliog1ng are sample testimonies of some
of the most celebrated medical men Of Great
Britain:
1T Is perfectly certain that there are uultitudes
at this moment who iniuring their constitutions
and shortening their lives by taking alcohol daily
In an amount which they consider strictly mode
rate. DIR. Ridge, F. r. =, b. 4. Il. Sc; London.
should like to say that a very large number of
people IN society are dying. day By day, poisoned
by alcohol, bot not supposed u be poisoned by it.
II Is one of the commUnest things In English so
eiety that people are injured by drink, without
being drunkards. Ih=Te : q great deal Of injury
done to health by TIE bsJItu8l use of wines and
alcohol IN various shapes, even IN s1-cllled mod
crate quantities.-Sir Wm. COLL, NJ d.. F. r, =
hOlic lqOrs III moderate Or even small quantities
is not merely unnecessary fyr tue maintenance of
bodily and mental vig1r, but Is uufsvorabe to the
permanent enjoyment Of health.-Dr. W b. Car
penter, T. r. 5, F. 5. ).
As far as my experience goes alcohol i in L
sense necessary To hetlth- / will say more. Alec
hol IS IN no sense necessary 70 work Not only is
alcohol not necessary 10 health but no man or
woman can ever realize that full sense Of she ioy
Of health until thsy live without alcoholism
Andrew Clarke"
2. Because there Is danger that You sill soon
drink immOderi;s!y.
There never was drunksri Ia tue world but
began as you sly n moderation. Etch one re-
pssted over and over the very words 5hi-u you
have Uttered, WIS. uigg not drink mOderalsly?''
and yet each one found hims-li ~ Inst bound rs i
slave and driven - uttcr destruction. Are yOu
stronger than all TUES.
Alcohol tends toward predicting PLY steal crav-
ing in the bOdy-foT Itself In this II is different
from all foods. The effect prodacei by p certain
quantity to-day can 0ulY be produced by a greater
quantity to- morrow The dose must be enlarged
and 50 on and on until the awful craving maddens
and bTutalizss. Is it Eell for VOC TO tamper with
20 strange and fatal pois1uf Is u not the wiser
course TO give II wide biFtis Drink Eeakeus the
will power. tends 10 destroy self respect. veaves
strong subtle chain Of appetite about you. and
brings with II thousand associations which tend
neither % purify Strengthen. Il l. far Drawer
as veil as safer to make no alliance With the
deceitf1l thing.
As a moderate mixer y01 iuigra your health,
you play with an aFfullY fatal temptation, you lead
others astray. and pat vugr moEes AID Influence
Can you afford 10 Do thzt:Prof. 5. Z. Foster, u.
= F-Hs4n SafHuI