The Penn's Grove record., 1897-02-19
AINertiScmcntS
TEMPERANCE.

CHARLES LOGIC.
Who IA the New Woman? Ny mother
For she will never be old to me.
II she Is not old
Then she must be new.
Jhopo that's no
Puzzle to you.
She's n temperance mother, too.
Hove this New Woman, my mother,
For she's ever so
Good TO me.
II q boy has no mother,
Pray what can he do?
such mothers as mine
They are few
She's n temperance mother, too.
Mrs. NJ. A.KIdder, in Temperance Banner.
no USE FOR IT.
The celebrated DR.. hansen, of Arctic re-
nown, has recently spoken on the subject OF
Including alcoholic beverages in the equip
ment OF Attic expeditions, and, as will be
seen from his ~utterances, he has no use for
such articles in his trips. The doctor says:
"My experience leads me to take adecided
stand against the use of stimulants and mar
cotics Of all kinds. 1t must be a sound prin-
ciple at all times that one should live In as
natural and simple Il way as possible, and
especially must this be the case when the
life is q life of severe e~xertion in an extreme
ly cold climPte. The idea that one gains by
stimulating body and mind by artificial
means betrays, in. my opinion, not only ig-
norance of the simplest physiological laws,
but also a want OF experience, or perhaps u
want OF eapacityto Learn from experience by
observation. 1t seems indeed quite simple
and obvious that one can get nothing in this
life without paying for it in one way or ~
other, n that artificial stimulants, oven If
they had not the directly injurious effects
which they undoubtedly have, can produce
nothing but a temporary excitement, fol-
lowed by a corresponding reaction.
"Stimulants, with the exception of choeo-
late, which is mild In its effect and also
nourishing, bring practically no nutritive
substance into the body, and the energy
which one obtains in anticipation by their
use at one moment must be paid for by n
corresponding exhaustion at the next. 1t
may no dOub be advanced that there are
occasions when a momentary supply of en-
ergy is necessary, but to this l would answer
that l cannot imagine such a state Of things
to arise in the course of a protracted sledge
expedition, when, on the contrary, as regu-
lar ard steady work as possible Is generally
the main thing to be aimed Mt.
"To many this will no doubt appear so
plain and obvious that it will scarcely be
necessary for me me touch upon the subject.
But at the same time it must be remembered
that even in recent years Arctic expeditions
have set out from home with large supplies,
not only of tobacco, but of such fatal stlmu-
lants as alcoholic drinks. But what is to be
said when an experienced Arctic traveller
like Julius Payer writes in his book on the
Austrian and Hungarian polar expedition Of
1924 that "a small daily allowance of rum
is almost Indispensable on n sledge expedi-
tion Of any length, especially when the tenn
perature is extremely low?' As il 1t were
not Just in low temperatures that spirits are
most injurious, and as If it were not known
that they cause u reduction Of bodily heat
instead of an increase OF it. as many people
are inclined to think because such things
warm them up as they say, and because
they feel warm and comfortable after a good
Inner supplemented by plenty of strong
wines. 1t is often supposed that even IL
spirits are not intended for daily use they
ought to be taken upon m expedition for
medicinal purposes. l would readily ac-
knowledge this IL any one can show me q
single case in which such Il remedy is neces-
sary, but till this is dom l shall maintain
that this pretext is not sufficient, and that
the best course isto Danish alcoholic drinks
from the list of necessaries for an Arctic ex'
petition"