The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27
Alcohol in Hot weather.

During the recent hot spell In New York
City 1t was observed ut the hospitals that
the number of cases Of persons suffering
with sunstroke or heat prostration was
very much less than the records OF the
hospitals ten years ago q earlier showed
to have been the case during similar
periods OF great heat, says q writer in
Leslie's Weekly.
The hospital authorities regarded that as
abundant Indication that people who live
in great cities nave learned that 1t is folly
and a temptation to serious illness or death
to drink alcoholic or malt liquors when the
sun is raging In the heavens. In the earlier
days, when the heat was great the tempta-
ton was to indulge In beverages which
contained alcohol, often ingeniously and
seduetively concealed, and 1t was noticed
that In q majority OF cases brought to the
hospitals during heated spells the patient
had been using liquor frequently to excess.
1t is the testimony, too, Of those whose
business It Ia to sell intoxieants that the
demand for these beverages in hot weather
Is much less than used to be the case. Even
confirmed topers now qualify their beyer-
ages In the hot weather. and 1t Is only those
who by some slip have forgotten the coun-
sells OF physicians and havetakena 'fbracer'
or q cooler in the morning who are found
later in the day to be under the influence
of liquor. So great has been the change
LIZA IL WAS ODbbENbu uDOuI HO IGGtutE OuIbu
OF July-a festive day In the earlier time,
when many persons yielded to temptation,
and when the newspaper reports of the fol-
lowing morning made long records OF dis
aster due to d~rlnk-that in New York City
the police made fewer arrests for drunken
ness than are usually recorded on any given
day, and tho newspapers contained not a
single account of disturbance or accident
due to liquor. A visitor at one of tho sub
urban resorts, where many thousands Of
the poorer citizens of New York are accus-
toned to go for q days outing, reported
that he saw but two persons under the In.
auence OF liquor.
This change is'due in part, OF course, tc
tho present happy disposition OF every one
joyment made possible by the trifing fares
charged by the trolley lines. But It Is also
In part due to the better understanding o.
the people of the laws which ore necessary
to follow II they would preserve health
Men in crowded cities now clearly under
stand that the use of intoxicants in very
hot weather Is not only a discomfort, great
ly adding to the suffering which heat
causes, but is also q positive invitation t
the elements to PROSTATE the>bodN Dat
meal water, temperance drinks, sucfna q;
mineral waters, or milk, enrbonized ]
~peptonfzed, enables the system to resis'
heat and to throw of By means of perspir
alton the waste which great heat causes
Intoxicants tendto check perspiration, ant
thereby increase the danger Of sunstrok,
or heat prostration. And as 1t is In tn,
great cities, so 1t is said everywhere to b,
better and better understood that liz VIII
would preserve health and maintain som,
degree Of comfort in very hot weathe
must be prudent in eating, obtain sufficien
sleep, wear light clothing and keep the
system absolutely free from alcohol or NAL
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