The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-14
ffFt(T Of ALCOHOL
on PHYSICAL HEALTH.
BY ROSY scnAwLow.

Essay Awarded the FRS, Prize. Girls.
South school, Seventh Grade
1F we wished to discuss the topic Of
IL alcohol, I think in our discussion
~ We should flnd that alcohol Injuries
all parts OF tho body.
Alcohol il a colorless nauid with q
singing taste; It burns without SCOT.
giving little light but great heart.
In smaller quantities or In the lighter
ilauors--beer, wine and cider-when used
as beverage. Injuries the health In pro-
portion TO the amount taken.
Alcohol ~ not food, necatee II can
not build up any part OF the kody, II
contains no mineral substance, and will
not make healthy fat The hea, OF the
body Is iessened by alcohol instead OF
being Increased.
There Is no truth, you see, IN the claim
that beer makes one stronger. There u
no food IN 1t worth mentioning and II
does vast amount OF harm
Alcohol never acts as anything out
paraiyxer.
Alcohol has really no right 10 be called
a stlmulant.
People have called aicohei a siimulant
because they were ignorant OF It's real
nature " gives the body no strength.
but aeadcns the nerves ana makes the
body weak IN every way.
am convinced that workmen who
drink water are really more healthy
and active. and do more work than these
who drink alcoholic liquors.
Ry drinking alcohol we End that the
healthy action Of the muscles Il hln-
dcrea by the useless "a, formed through
the influence - alcohol.
THAT the nerves are deadened ana
strength Il lost rather than gained by
the arlnklrg ~ such poisonous liquors,
Often the blood IL made thin ny the
enormous quantities ~ beer which are
drunk. because n the burning thirst
cansed BY alcohol
While alrchol r. In the blood u acts tn
uirsaustv upon the vitality ~ the blood
aiska and when IN great excess may
cause them % shrink.
The motion 81 the heart IS controlled
Nv the nsryea.
when hieaa vessels are IN a healthy
rendition they keep from stretching. 80 a.
20 Noia not too much or too iistie.
Put ~ person drinks sin. beer whisky
or any iiqnor containing alcohol these
nerves are AZ once aeadesed ~ the mar
rnttr ana they fan 70 a. their work
property and therefore. the elastic walls
~ the cap'lsar'rs stretch, lsttinE in 100
much ei0et
Alcohol Rsects she heart by acfinw
mainly on iris last set ~ nerves which
serve as i,s hrakes
Those who never drink alcohol have
4 proSnNct ~ liyii-x mgrh insger thar
thsssr " no 10
May diseases are esussN ~ strohet.
Ard many more are made sick w Z.
s~grit argukcrs win NJ the arat victims
~ ehnlers TIE poisoned bodies At
a,rnhai users rarely can resist thc Is.
ease
peer drinking is VERY Deceptive Al FIRST.
ana i thnrenghlg desFustfvc at last
Alcohol Injuries TIE organs ~ tlges-
tea ~ THAT the ford We eat carno,
make us good hloef AScus one-affn
81 al, the Mood IN tire Soay Is In the
brain
sozneftgn~s an artery harSss because
tfs walls have been weakened by alcohol
80 that they -snret bear tho extra strain,
ere hford nows Out and death occur,
An This - the result Of drinking alcohol
when the brain IS partly pArsiynet ~
,hts narcotic the man does not knaw
What be Is aoing. his power - gone
ana thought IS gone He Is crazy with
liquor