The Dolores star., 1909-08-13
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SUGAR DRINK CURE.
Interesting Question opsned ~ Re
cent Theory Thst Men uss
Sweets Instead Of Atco-
hoiic Liquors.

Can q man put q few extra spoon
fuls Of sugar In his breakfast cup Of
coffee and so do away with his craving
fer an alcoholic "eyeopener! Can
he nibble q stick Of peppermint candy
and forget that he has had NO midday
"bracer"? Can he eat jelly tart or
two after dinner and not regret the
half bottle OF claret or burgundy from
which he has abstained? These are
the interesting questions that are
opened by the theory recently pro
pounded by an Englishman. that men
are now using sweets In the place OF
alcohol
This Englishman sums his personal
observations up In this way:
What are you going to drink?
Whisky and soda or claret?
Neither, thanks. I'D like some
jam roll or apple tart
THAT Is, In effect. what men are
saying to one another every day In
their houses, in restaurants, In clubs.
wherever they meet to eat. They do
not say 1t In SO many words. but that
is what the altered way OF living Of a
great many men amounts to. They
take less alcohol. but they increase
to make up for 1t, their allowance OF
sweet things.
80 far the largely reduced con
sumption of alcohol Is pretty well con
fined to the upper and middle classes
The workman still drinks almost as
much beer as ever, and In the lower
middle class whisky and water IL still
more popular than water.
yet among the older boys, both OF
the laboring and the lower middle
classes. the new view about alcohol
has taken firm hold. and the conse'
Quence is they eat sweets far more
than the boys of the last generation
used. Sweet shops have increased
strikingly In number In recent years
and their customers are not chiefly
girls. as was the case formerly. but
chiefly boys.
Street sellers with baskets OF
become common in London. They are
quite new feature in street life, and
according to one of them who dis
cussed the business. they do q good
trade.
Among men, however, sweets In
the children's sense Of the word are
not much eaten. though the chocolate
dishes on the dinner table are Ger
tainiy not left to the women, AZ they
used to be. But sweets In the restau
rant sense are In far greater deman.
to-day than they ever were before"
The Englishman consulted q doctor
on the subject, and thus reports ths
professional opinion:
The reason is. OF course. that mer
In our class don't drink intoxicants
as they used. go to my club to lunch
and find them nearly all drinking wa
ter or ginger ale. Well, alcohol Ii
able to take the place Of the sugar
which the body needs. 1t has beer
noticed that drunkards who have beer
frightened OF whisky often begin tS
take an interest In sweet things.
1.-The relation between sugar con
sumption and alcohol drinking, by the
way. is illustrated by these figures
Australians and Americans are ths
largest sugar eaters. In both coun
tries 1t is usual to drink water will
meals. and although there is a gooc
deal of hard drinking on both CONT
nents, yet 1t is confined to few. Ir
Germany and France. on the othel
hand, where beer and wine, the re
spective national drinks. are drunk b,
everybody. little sugar is eaten. Grea
Britain comes in between. We eat OF
an average 81 pounds head in year
The other averages are: Australia, 12!
pounds; United States, SO pounds
Germany. 36 pounds; France, 3.
pounds. Britain is going up, though
Just you watch the sugar bowl aftel
lunch!'"