The daily sentinel., 1907-07-23

= III ahotHeT Ine trend OF eIIOft q
is along lines dealing in the q
q environment of the indivld- q
o ual. While the former reme- 4
q dy is not a remedy, it is gen 4
Q orally grPnted that prohibition a
q does reduce the consumption a
| = OF whiskey and similar beyer- a
q ages, but prohibition does not a
n O prohibit, and students of cause 4
2 and effect are going deeper 4
q into the subject. x
Careful study has always been
fruitful in proportion to its appli-
cation and in trying to lay bare the
reason for the great burden now
j thrust upon the American people, the
best that the thinking men and
women of the world can provide is
1 offered and briefly, it has resolved
itself to this simple equation: Mo-
notony of the average persons life
forces them to seek social fellowship,
and this is found to greater or less
extent in every saloon
DR.. Parkhurse, the celebrated
clergyman of New York urges every
mother, wife, sister and sweetheart
to see that her loved one has occu-
patton of mind. and suggests that the
average well regulated resort or
place of amusement, is par excellent
One has but to go to any amuse-
ment park to see this point fully
! brought into profitable use in the
number of men who spend the after
noon or evening with their families
and this applies particularly notice.
ably to the middle class of people.
The following excerpt from one of
Chicago's daily newspapers makes
the case fully clear:
Recently Judge Cleland of Chica-
Ill 1a.I 4.
quor dealers in order to obtain their
opinion regarding the drink habit"
so called. AS consensus of opln-
ion the result was that the causes
of chronic indulgence in alcohol
might be all or any of the follow
ing:
A taste for liquor dnherited or ac-
quired).
Excessive fatigue principally
nerve strain) and the existence of
intolerable domestic conditions.
When the Rev. DR.. Parkhurst of
New York was appealed to for an
opinion as to the principal causes of
alcoholism he cited the following:
First-The monotony of the work
ingman's life.
Second-The "diseomforts" of do
nestle life.
Third-Actual desire for the social
fellowship found in saloons.
THE monotony of the working
mans life is really the principal
cause" said DR.. Parkhurst. land it
is easily traced to its origin. In the
walks of life, where we all meet with
exhilarating experiences according to
our tastes, either in literature. music
or other forms, we receive this
stimulus naturally. The laborer
however. is only able to escape from
his sordid mental state through the
temporary and artificial eXhiliaration
received from alcohol.
"The dearth of rational amuse-
ments mentioned in the Chicago con-
ference comes under this head, for
when you regard the lives of the la
boring classes you realize how little
amusement they really have.
DR.. Parkhurst, however, confines
his remarks almost entirely to alco =
holism as it prevails among the hard
working people, and hardly touches
upon its prevalence among the Idle
and wealthy circles of society.
The writer has had a large expert
ence in the treatment of the alcoholic
addiction, and by far the greater per-
centage of those who have acquired
the overpowering desire for alcoholic
stimulants have been those who gave
a
Another prevailing cause is the de-
sire for a "bracer" The strenuous
life led by so many of our business
and professional men is at the bot
tom of their Indulgence In alcohol.
Any thinking investigator who VIII
watch the stock and other CONNER
eial exchanges when men are crowd
J ing them to do business, VIII under
stand what I mean when I make such
/, n statement.
Heredity also plays its part in the
drama of drunkenness. l am aware
of the fact that there are any VINO
Will question my statement that
there is large proportion of drink
ing men who are born drunkards
Examination of the brains and
other organs of many who have died
/, from diseases Indirectly or directly
caused by alcohol will convince the
unbiased student of dipsomania OF
the strong evidences in favor OF ne
redAty-by this | do not mean a
mere taste for liquor l have seen
: case after case in which every known
; system of treatment was resorted TO
bv the victim leases in which money
has been spent lavishly and in which
! the patient was paying out his own
money. not taking treatment to
! please or satisfy his relatives or
friends, and whose despair atter Iall-
ure upon failure was hearuending
to witness) but finally giving up all
hone and ceasing to make any at
7 tempt at freedom from the slavery.
These are cases in which the APP
petite for liquor could be traced
back one. two or three generations
II is impossible in statement of this
kind to go into the physiological and
pathological details of the matter
t Almost any good text book on the
= subject gives a full description of the
, changes which gradually aceompanS
| the overindulgence- in alcoholic
! drinks. both in nerve and brain tbs
= sues The liver, kidneys and stom,
? ach gradually become affected and
the pathological picture is complete
, ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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