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from Intoxicating drink; in short, Of
prohibition, and puts herself on level
.th those fanatics who still believe in
extingnishing a natural desire through a
prohibito:y measure. People who ad-
vccase such theories follow the same
tactics as those who preach religion and
do not live up to it-of people who
supply do not know human nature in
spite Of years spent in universities study
ing psychology, philosophy, tic. in
books, inst 'ad of among the people to
whom III, Sc science are to he applied.
The laws of nature quire that VIZ
shall eat and drink and the facts will
always be that, in order to be benefit d
by eating and drinking, we must be edu-
Gated in what is beneficial or de,rlment.
al to our organism. Eating and drink
Ing must be made a study and should be-
very important part of school and
home education that is the only solution
of the prohibition education. Just as a
preacher goes and looks after the fallen
and tries to help chem to mis- level, so
must the desire to cat or drink be treat.
cd; reformers in that line should first
learn TO eat and drink properly them
selves aud to keep sober, and then seek
to instruct Ihose who have no control of
themselves, educating them to their
standard of eating and drinking. Why
have we high schools and universities if
they graduate people who are igornant
of the qualities and quantities of food
and drink, necessary for their existence2
The true psychology carnot be studied
IN books, the student must acquire it
himself in actual life. The mode of life
is changed every day through the in
fuences which the present system of
society exercises over people. The ups
and downs iu life create daily for naary
people entirely new conditions trom
those of Yesterday and man. who was
yesterday non drinke1,. may today be
drinker, or vice-versa, and this change
has been brought about through nothing
else ont changed conditions Of LIVING. #
the efforts of educational institutions
were concentrated upon the sim plify 10y
Of life in Business way; if the efforts
of legislatures were more concentrated
towards lessen,ng instead of increasing
the number Of laws, things they would
more closely approach ideal conditions
But they keep on making the existing
confusion 10 theories and laws about
these three simple, natural things, VIZ:
food, shelter, clothing, still greater and
more conapsicated.
The proper way of educatlng and
leeislatine is not IN thinking out new
theories ard new laws, butin settln@ the.
night example of how to live an intelli-
gent ana righteous life. A dreamer on
temperance and prohibitions should 60
into the saloons and associate With the
people he vans to educate, and q law.
maker should be the most scrupulcus
man In justice to all universal justice.
With her ideas on the condition. of
the German girl or woman ss compared
with the American, th pk Miss Nix IS
ent,uely out Of touch with the facts and
I should judge that an American gil is
not the right person to judge between
women who are wifes and makers. The
6ivo1ce courts of the different countries
are batter scale to weigh such things
and it needs stronger proof to establish
the superiority Of the American woman
over the German woman than the in
tellectnal development alone, es MISS
Nix argues, consider it most fortu-
nate that in Germany the tendency to
educate good housekeepers, mothers and
wifes is gwen preference over higher
education, which naturally weakens
motherhood and takes much away from
the natural charms of woman. It is to
be regretted that a lady who has no per-
sonal experience as wife or mother is
permitted to pose as an authority upon
such things and allowed to come for.
ward with statements SO utterly one
sided as those made in the above men
toned article. ED. BosKY.
DeWitFs S %..sr SaIye
Enn Dslno K2ssssv.e Snune