The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-01
''hOLLYCODDLITIS'
WILL CONE AFTER
PROHIBITION EVIL
Food Expert Tells Uni
versity Club Disease
That Threatens
Nation.

''AIoIycoddnus" threatens the coun-
try. II the present spread Of prohibition
continues. This dread disease may be
the lot OF the man who drinks not at
all. At least that is the DredjcuUa made
last night b. DIP. II. w Wiley, u tie
Department OF Agriculture. in talk
before the University Club.
DR.. Wiley was tie special SPEAKER
at the Saturday evening gathering OF
the cub, and was introduced by John
X. Stauf1er TO deliver an address upon
heredity and environment The pure
food expert did deliver the address.
which proved intensely interesting 20
the members. but Ihs driUk question
came TO the fore afterwar,l, when the
members were given an opportunity TO
ask him questions.
The Old, mooted question OF What is
whisky" was brought up. This natu-
rally led into discussion OF the food
value of various Intoxicating liquors.
Finally Il monster Of cerebral activ-
ity" put the question. Doctor. what
would be the effect on the man who
never touched liquor?'
lis "Mollyeoddlitis.D
The leader Of the Poison squad" was
quick TO reply:
IT should consider HIS trouble molly
coddIitis."
It should be stated that this position
was in no way officially indorsed by
the club.
DR.. WiIeys talk at the club last night
was combination Of a serious discus
sion of the influence Of environment on
all forms Of life. including human life,
and a humorous talk upon subjects CON
nected with his work in the Bureau of
Chemistry. The meeting of the club,
which usually adjOurns at 10 O'Clock,
proved so interesting that it was an
hour later before Il was adjourned for
luncheon.
DR.. Wiley said that he had been con
Quoting experiments upon the effect of
environment upon life, or rather upon
the actual composition Of matter, for the
Last twenty-five years. AMI that his
experiments with trees plants. and ami
mails had all demonstrated that actual
changes in matter had taken Tlace to
such an extent that several varieties
had been produced from this sause
alone He pointed out that it is doubt
less true that an actual change ia the
substance of our bodies would be
brought about by a change in food.
Woman's Suffrage, Too.
The question OF woman's suffrage also
came in for consideration. DR.. Wiley
showed that those who were orthodox
and held to the Adamic theory Of crea-
ton must logically consider that man
IS the superior of woman, for the rea-
son that she was created after and only
10 supply the need of man. The adherent
to the theory of evolution, on the other
hand, must necessarily be in sympathy
with equal rights for women, for the
reason that she is equal both in time
and In development, having originally
been part with him of the first bathy- |
bian cell
That the American people are deeply |
solicitous in desiring the strict enforce
ment Of the pure food law was illus
trated by DR.. Wiley in citing the case
Of +. a. LOOMS. Of New York, who |
had written a letter to the department |
in whieh he made formal complaint
against the imposition perpetrated uIon
the public by the label, Welsh Rab-
bit" The connection neither contained
D vestige Of rabbit nor was it In any
way Welsh. This, he considered. an In !
fraction Of the law, and was especially
for the further reason that
the food value was doubtful. at least |
NJ Matter What the Occasion May Be. /
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