The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-11

on earth, and gives science and figures
to prove it.
When this announcement was made,
the French, who frankly told the doc
tor that he was mistaken and worse,
the newspapers took il up and pub
lished columns of indignant protest
against the slanderous charge-and IN
vestigated as a second thought. Then
they changed their confident note, Tor
in Il series of articles prepared by NJ
Corneiy of the influential Daily Figaro,
it is shown that close to fifteen litres,
or about sixteen quarts. of alcohol are
consumed every year for each OF tne
3S 900. 900 people in the republic. The
French find that instead of heading the
alcoholic list, Germany and the British
isles come third and fourth in the rank
ing, as Belgium takes second place af-
ter France but with nearly one-third
less in it's per capita consumption.
Fifth in the list is Switzerland, the
home of abSinthe, and then. in the or
der named, there follow Italy, Holland,
the United States. Sweden, Norway
and Canada Norway is the most tenn
perate of any European country. Can
ada leads the world in its moderation
with a per capita average of over two
ltres a year. This means that our
neighbors in the northern dominion
drink less than a seventh as much as
the mother country, from whence many
of them came as French emigrants.
Georges Barley, Head of Tocrats.
Most reforms, of whatever kind, may
be counted upon to have a humble be-
ginning, thence to work upward among
the people But this movement re-
verses the almost established order, for
it has started at the summit of intel
lectual and cultured France. 1t is from
the Torbonne, the Faculte de Medicine,
and other famous lyceeS that the new
propaganda has been sent forth Even
more remarkable is its present develop
ment for total abstinence. Heading the
movement is DR.. c. Grain, one of the
best medical authorities in France, who
is president of the National Anti-Alco-
holic League, and editor of temper
ance monthly called L'Alcool. AS his
active adjutantS are a coterie of forty
two doctors of medicine and other fac
ulty members, nearly ali of whom are
men of wide reputation and indepen
dent means, several being total alb
stainerS in common with their presl-
don.-
Under the stimulus from their distin-
guished leaders, it is not strange that
the students in these schools and in
the colleges throughout France should
take up the campaign. They have or
ganized the Students National lie Grain
League and are pushing the work into
all parts of the country under the lead
ership of Georges Barley, who is an
advocate-at-law actively connected
with the defense in the Dreyfus case.
When / saw Mr.. Barley a few days
ago he said he had just returned from
a tour in the south of France. where
he made twenty-six temperance add
dresses in as many schools and col
leges In all of these he organized
leagues of the students numbering
from twenty to $50 members in each.
To such proportions has this movement
reached that it is extending to other
countries. notably to Switzerland,
where students leagues have lately
beer established at Lausanne, Basic
and Zurich.
killing the Little Worm"
bringing shops in the poorer quarters
of Paris are open at 4 o'clock in the
ering, men and women who have braved
the nipping air to kill the little
worm," as they call their thirst for
drink In the poor quarters l have
seen by night little groups of women
put their drink-money into common
fund. so the amount of alcohol may be
a bit larger than if they bought sepa-
rately. and they drink it oftentimes
in its full strength. This use of meat"
drinks is steadily growing. So fierce
is the appetite for the strongest dis
tillations that the law compels chem
lists TO sell methlyated spirits only in
colored form, which means. that they
are poisoned Alcohol from wood is
deadly, but popular with them. In
Paris they drink ether; in the north of
France turpentine is growing in popu-
larity, and here and there a case is
found where kerosene oil is taken, al
though this is generally done secretly.
Petroleum in especial has a terrible
effect, and causes severe vomiting and