The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-06-25

times LnaC CnOSe SO-called scientific
men who deny the truth of it lose all
hold on popular faith. People see the
man worn out and then revived, if on
ly for time. The fact is undoubted
whatever the ultimate result may be.
And so it may be with brain work.
A man may be utterly jaded and a
glass of some stimulant will give him
energy to work at least half an hour;
that half hour may be vital to him.
The alcohol, probably, among other
good effects, clears the blood Of it's
poisons for the immediate present,
and that seems to me the best thing
that it does. It is not~so much the
heat it produces at the time, nor yet
the quickening of the heart, as the
clearing. Of the blood temporarily of
it's uric acid, etc.
Even though the most sensible
people will see that the best plan is
to keep the blood so pure and strong
that there will not be any need for
stimulants, that the body and brain
will work better without stimulants,
yet so long as the alcohol does give
energy for while, whether we take
it or not will usually depend on wheth
er it be worth while or not. We in
jure ourselves by violent run after
dinner to catch a train. Yet this
might be quite worth while; so much
may depend on catching that train
that we are content to sacrifice cer-
tain amount of health.
It is all very we'll to say that it is
not worth while to take alcohol; it
is worth while in certain cases. Tenn
perance fanatics declare it to be like
drawing on ones capital. They for
ct that it is sometimes good to draw
on ones capital. But they make
their greatest mistake in false state
ments which the experience of mil
lions refutes. When they say that al
cohol does not really produce heat, but
only seems to, certain men have per-
feet right to deny their conclusion.
Only the other day a man told me
that claret always made him feel hot
for many hours afterward. If l had
said to him:
"You are not really hot" the man
would have replied:
I don't care a bit about that; |
feel hot, and that's all that matters
to me. So far as all practical pur-
poses are concerned, am hot
And when the theorists tell us that
alcohol does not produce energy they
again lay themselves open to the ans
wer that it does produce energy; it
may only be calling out energy that
exists in the body, but anyhow. with
out the alcohol the energy would not
be called out at all. The objectors
may say that the effect is only the
immediate effect, but the defenders
of alcohol will reply: "That is all we
care for; we refuse to listen to you.
you must concede what we know to
be true.''
The Cambridge rowing crews in
England are often allowed a glass of
port in the evening, and some of the
men are allowed glass of beer in the
middle of the day. Lehman, the well
known coach, advises an occasional
breaking of the training if the men
get too stale. In fact it seems to be a
common opinion that it is better for
the athlete to have thorough break
and fairly large, ordinary dinner
with wine. ETC.. occasionally than a
steady amount of alcohol every day
Personally think that a diet that
makes people stale has something
wrong at the root of it. It seems to
me that English athletes, who are less