Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-11-01

lists, " no are, however, very weak In num-
bers. Outside their ranks there seems to
be . hopeless confusion. Efforts to mod
ify the character of saloons, to conduct
them somewhat after the manner of clubs,
have not led to results that are generally
encouraging. On the subject OF the
Scotch Sunday closing law the CORE
spondent is decidedly discouraging. He
says, writing from Glasgow
have seen more drunkenness in the cltles
here on Sunday, with all the saloons closed
tight, rs they undoubtedly are, than ever
saw In New York, Buffalo. Jersey CITY OF
even Hoboken, with every liquor store wlue
omen. "speak easies," as the Philadelphia
folks call them, or "shebeens," as they are
known here, flourish in every manufacturing
town. In Glasgow the Illicit traffic Is carrleu
probably further than elsewhere. Men carry
bottles and glass in their pockets, ana from
/ the moment that the saloons close Mt ii O'CLOCK
, Saturday night they are on the lookout Tor
persons willing to exchange coin OF tue
| realm for stuff that tastes nearly like whisky
But to an American the status of the
| license question is the most astonishing
feature of the situation in Great Britain.
We have experimental with low license
and high, and the tendency of late years
has been to hold to the system of high
license and local option. But it appears
that high license is hardly discussed in
Great Britain and that a license once OBJ
tanned is commonly treated as trans
ferrable asset. The practice Is for the
magistrates to grant new licenses ana
for the saloon.keepers to trade IN old
ones. High license, is said, would have
to be sanctioned by parliament, and the
parliamentary sanction would be very
difficult to secure.
That the restrictions upon the drink
evil are woefully inadequate is clear to
every traveller who visits the country
The public drunkenness in London and
Glasgow is far beyond anything that Is
know to the cities of the United States
Chicago Record Herald.
5000
WHY AMERICANS LIVE LONGER.
The government bulletin showing that
the length of life in the United States is
materially increasing will be taken as a
matter of course by all observing per
sons. 1t would be astonishing If it were
otherwise. The great gain is in the
lower death-rate among infants, among
children under five. The death-rate
among this class is very much lower
than it was before, and by before | mean
twenty-five years ago. The improve
ment within that period has been moth
ing short of marvellous. Children under
the age of five are peculiarly susceptible
to bad sanitary conditions, and it i;
along the lines of sanitation that We
have made the greatest Improvement il
the period | speak Of
Adults live longer now than they use6
to because the conditions all about are
constantly improving. The surrounding
in every dwelling.place are better thar
they were, and, what is quite as import
ant, the opportunities for getting goot
food are very much better. There II
more money in circulation, people arr
more prosperous, and they are putting
into their stomachs higher grade o
food than was the case twenty I've years
ago. The question of diet has received
very close attention, and on all sides new
and nourishng foods have been put OF
the market at very low price.
. We have learned many other lessons IL
the past few years that help us to pro
long life by avoiding fatal diseases. w
know that contagion is carried by insects
We have learned the danger of promis
cuous splitting, and everywhere tn
health boards are having laws passe,
against it. We have learned the value o
| cleanliness. Among the masses ten PEG
t pie battle regularly now where one did
dozen years ago. We have learned tn
: value of cleanliness in our food. We re
allze the danger of keeping our supple
in dirty ice. boxes. where food is readil,
decomposed. We have Learned to guar,
: carefully against impure ice.
: A feature that has materially decrease
the death-rate is the more rational sys
TEN of amusement that has come in with
In the last fifteen or twenty years. Pee
pie have learned the danger of over
working and under-playing they g
more to the theatre and other place
where they can relax their minds. The.
take vacations during some part of tn
hot months; they live out of doors a
much as possible. Golfing, bicycling
and other out-of-door sports have com
in to the great advantage both of GU
minds and bodies.
Cities, large and small, have learned t
keep their streets clean, and clean street
have direct bearing on the death-rate
In New York have seen the death-rat
90 up and down, according to whethe
the streets were we'll or poorly cleaned
Towns of any considerable size hav
adopted fairly rational methods of sew
: age disposal.--Dr. Cyrus Edison in Sal
= urday Evening Post.
Fish Hatchery i'm "A Cellar.
Deputy United States Marshal F. II