The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1910-09-02

| Dr. c. w. ealesby. r. n. D.. Of Cdln
burg. n recent article on Drink
lanl fiersdity.. said among other
|things:
One student Of the alcohol question
Or. Archdali Reid. In his hook Alec
Iholisma." goes NJ far A. TO declare
that only one really effective temper
lancs measure IL conceivable--that
which forbids parentage TO the drunk;
ard. Though Il Il Impossible, b.
lieve. TO accept Or. Reds argument
o. the Whole truth. undoubtedly Il con
tains Z great MEASURE Of the most
imporant truth. In the nrst place We
must recognixe--and the conclusion II
at once scientific and charitable--that
IN Z large proportion Of cases the
drunkard was predestined to his fate
In other words. he has an innate de.
feet OF brain npon which his predis
position and fall depend. This defect
Of brain being innate. Is transmissible
and IL frequently. n not always. trans
mitted. according to the well-known
laws Of Inheritance. Just. then. rs In.
sanity Of consenitsl origin should dis
qualify for the parentage Of the race
TINT II to inhatit the promised land
go the defect Of the brain. which un.
derljes much alcoholism, should dis.
qualify its possessor from the supreme
privilege It's relations to obvious in,
sanity are too Intimate to be denied
In the second place. we may be as
sured that chronic alcoholism should
disqualify for parentnga even In cases
where We cannot convince ourselves
that Il depends upon an inherent and
original defect of brain. For even
thsugh there has been no such de-
feet. and even though the modern
teaching Of heredity denies that an ac-
Quired defect Of the brain. due to AZ.
coholic poisoning. can be transmitted.
yet We are also empowered to believe
that the constant circulation Of alco-
hOl In the blood Of the individual Is
prejudiciai TO the germ-plasm. poisons
those racial elements OF which he or
she h the ephemeral host. and 10
makes for future disaster.
II We had TO choose between pro
hihtfirg the parentage for the alco-
holIc woman. on the one hand. and the
alcoholic man on the other, II 10 Of
cOurse the woman whom We should
diahar, knowing the intimacy Of. the
relations that subsist between her and
Der cAin. II hes been lately shown
houevss. that even paternal alcohol.
I'm 4 quite suficient 10 produce In.
disputable degeneracy IN the offspring
Lastly. Il may BE- noted that. even
apart from any questions Of heredity,
~ environment Of the alcoholic home
= 30 such % Ne can desire for the
coming race. even though the children
we're oaly adopted into II and were
horu q Imprisoned parents.
From this point Of view. II will be
eeea that new significance attaches
% modern methods Of dealing with the
chronic drunkard. u 10 to be hoped
hat We have done for ever with the
criminal and outrageous folly Of cen.
eeuc1ng Q Jane Cakehread to short
tsrms Of imprisonment for drunken.
~ On hundreds Of occasions. The
principle Of the inebriate home must
. made universal. II win he poin,.d
out. and truly. Ala hat the .hom...
snd the "reformatory. almo., co,.
ssantly fail IN eftectins rrsorm.,,on
fhls ve can the more readily vrAe,.
stand b ~ remember thai n. drurr.
sra.s vice no often depend. upon =,
enaate ana necessarily incnr.hle .,.,.
q he brain. Yet vhilst mi, f.c, -,,,,
avnvely qualify our exnecs.,scc. ~,
ehs Individual n inc.lculahly an,
hapces The yslue a Ties. mc,.r,,
neahoAs from the point a. View ~ ,hs
sacs
I Do not think that IN ccmmo. ~,
guneuts ON the .ub,ec, M. ,,o,., i.
that reformation h not effected: they
pant out especially with what truth
J Know not). that reformation Of the
female draniard IN particular h mol
eascsed. and they conclude that tbs
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