Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-12
Womah's Christian Temperance Union
CONTRIBUTED.


WHAT SHALL DE TAUGHT THE chill
DRRN.
In accordance with recent legislations
thirty-throe states and territories now
have temperance education laws. What
is the true and therefore the best scien.
tific temperance teaching for these
schools becomes vital question
Prior to recent discoveries of modern
science concerning its nature and eff
fects, the abuse and not the use of al
cOhol' was the evil temperance advo-
Gates sought to reform. They denounc-
ed drunkenness but said nothing
against the drink itself. The story OF
the battle of the contending knights
over the two sided shield, is z fair illus
tration Of the injustice sometimes I'M
consciously done each other by
thoroughly honest contestants over this
question. The example of abstinence
for the sake of the weaker brother was
urged upon moderate or occasional
drinkers. That there is a danger lurk-
ing in the first or occasional glass itself,
because of the nature of the drink, was
not then understood and men were
urged to control rather than warned
against forming the drink appetite. A
text book on this subject from this
standpoint would first denouuce drunk
enness, its consequence and the drunk.
ard in vivid terms 1.-THE abuse) but it
would not describe alcohol as n poison.
IND. 1t might tell Of "discords in
families, quarrels, murders, sickness,
pauperism, insanity and misery, as
some Of the results of the action OF al
cohol on the nervous system" 1.-THE
abuse.) But, it would not enlarge up
ON the unchanged and poisonous pres
ence OF alcohol in beer, wine and cider,
and would not put strong and emphatic
emphasis upon the warning against the
use Of these liquors.
3rd. 1t might teach that the man
who INDUCES freely in drink is likely to
pay for 1t the next day with headache,
etc, (the abuse) But it would not EN-.
phaslze the fact that used as beverage
alcohol always endangers the drinker
In proportion to the amount taken.
4th. 1t might teach that the appetite
for alcohol keeps growing and moder-
ate drlnker is i'll some danger of becom-
ing drunkard, 0he abuse.) But it
would not teach that in beginning to
drink ut all lies the danger of forming
the lmperious appetite that leads to
rum and that the moderate drinker is
always in danger of becoming drunk
ard.
n person from 1.-THE abuse" side of
the shield and perhaps some total alb
STEAMERS In principle and practice who
nave not thought much on this phase
OF the subject would look fayorably up-
on such text book. Its strong Olltcry
against drunkenness, its warming con
corning the growth of the alcohol appe-
tlte, Its vivid portrayal of the conse-
quences, OF the habits of the old topper
TO the various organs of the body, all
this TO them would seem like good tenn
perance teaching,
Inc student of modern research on
this question sees in the omission and
quallhed statements of such book, the
trace OF every point of the old fallacies
that nave been the cause of a large
share of the drunkenness that blights
modern society. In the light of modern
science alcohol is a poison. Its use as
beverage at all is an abuse Of the hui
man system In proportion to the
amount taken, and it is the nature of a
little TO create the appetite for more.
Audubon Lodge No. 246, /. O. G.. T..
meets every Tuesday night in Red
Mems Hall, Park Place South. The fol.
lowing officers were installed at the
last meeting for the ensuing quarter:
{. T. j. A. Graves; V. r., Lizzie Case:
Sec, Ella Hurd; F. S., Georgia McIlvain;
Treas, Ella Brown; Chap, George
Brown; Marshal, Chas. Wills; d. Mar.
shall, Ida johnson; Guard, Rose John
son; Sent, Pearl Roberts; p. c. T., Fred
Buthweg: Asst. Sec, Kate Overholtzer.
The Geographical social given by the
|. .. q. I. lodge proved quite success
full netting the lodge neat sum to be
added to their treasury, The evening
was passed away with games and con
versatlon, all having spent very pleas
ant evening.