The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-06-15
HoARy TyRANT KING ALCOHOL
Liquor oisIodees Mans Judgment and
Leaves Him unressooIna ana
Demoraiixed Being.


ls 80 physically. morally and mentally
enslaving and menacing to manhood
and self.respect as that OF the old.
hoary. lettering tyrant. King Alcohol.
While an impaired and breaking down
body may still leave the mind In pos
session Of powers to engender human
ixins and intellectual efforts-as wit.
ness a blind John Milton and Michael
Angelo. q hunchbacked Alexander
Pope. and a dyspeptie Thomas Car.
iyie--the decay Of the mind wrecks
the entire man. both mind and body.
writes DR. Axel T. Gibson IN an en-.
change. Alcohol by acting directly
on the mind. dislodges the individual
from his moral center OF gravity. un.
balances his judgment and leaves him
sooner or later as an unressoning. de-
moraiixed and devitalized being.
Sentiment and moral suasIon are
not sufficient 10 stir up the unfortu-
nate victims OF this vice to q full re-
alixation OF the seriousness Of their
situation. Facts must be presented
naked. tangible. trrefutable facts. Wa
must approach the enemy In his own
stronghold and sssail him with his
own weapons
We are often met BY the argument
that alcohol as a drink generates
warmth and strength. and above all
serves as q valuable stimulant. Moth
Ing. however. 10 more erroneous. The
sensation OF bodily heat. to which q
drink OF whisky on a cold day Is ac-
credited to give rise. is based on tho
quality found In alcohol TO open a way
for the warm blood stream to the sur
face tissues OF the body. The moment
the cutaneous vessels become filled
with blood a wave OF warmth IL felt
to pass over the body-only. however.
10 disappear a few moments later IN
less n new drink IL INDUCED In.
Old. wise Mother Nature. always
provisional. and far-seeing. has given
TO the vital processes OF tho body
perfect system OF economy. Under
the influence Of cold the skin Ia made
vent the normal and Indispensable
heat OF the body from passing out OF
the system the moment the blood
stream sweeps through tho cuticle
and becomes exposed to the cold. alb
sorbent. surface tissue The sensitive
and more highly organized interior
viscera. such as the heart. intestines.
lungs. brains. spinal cord. etc. ara
thus kept warm at the expense OF the
coarser and less readily deranged
structures OF the skin Now. In place
OF assisting nature In this Ingenious
scheme which. for the prolonged
maintenance OF life Is absolutely nee
essary. the consumer OF alcohol
thwarts her efforts and wastes his
bodily resources In unreasoning wan
tonness lie may 20 some extent bs
compared with a person who after
having heated up his apartment 10 a
point OF normal temperature. throws
his doors and windows wide open TO
the whitening cold OF winters blast.
Indulgence in alcohol as a stimuiant
against cold. opens the capillaries OF
tho skin and sends out into u.d-air
the reserve fund OF warmth which IL
intended 10 surround and protect from
cold the interior high-strung vital or
gans. Hence the sensation OF inter
nal cold which always follows as soon
as the effect OF the drink is passed
on, a sensation which often heads 10
.cyanosis ard alcoholic poisoning II
Ia on the basis OF this fact that In po.
lar expeditions all indulgence In liquor
is strictly forbidden.
Probably one reason for the perni.
cious action OF alcohol Is that II IL
upon the night side" OF nature. Fer.
mentation rudely interrupts the nor
NAL life cycle OF the grain or seed
and sets up instead destructive de-
composition. This vibration intro
duced into the living organism cannot
but induce similar vibrations. there
fore It's effect Ia always injurious in
every respect. Unprecedented tests
have shown that those who partake OF
Il are less capable OF both physical en-
durance and mental exertion.
The progressive drunkard soon be-
gins TO exhibit the old characteristic
muThh Ot udDDlutob iOobtutbb vi
excessive tissue. The cause OF this
phenomenon lies In physiological
process equally simple and impress
sive. As Is well known. the blood.
among other important things. con-
tains two kinds OF blood corpuscles-
the red and the white. While the func.
tions OF the red are TO exchange oxy-
gen derived from the lungs. Tor car.
bon .dioxide. derived from the com
bustIon going on In the bodily tissues.
the functions Of the white blood cor.
puscles consist In removing and caus.
ing to be eliminated from the system
all broken-down and eifete tissue. Bac.
terial invasion. liberated tissue, In.
nammatory elements. are all cleared
out promptly and diligently by this
vitality sSfimportant blood corpuscle.
Now II on the microscopic slide We
bring a drop OF alcohol In touch with
white blood corpuscle outside tho
body does Il almost instantaneously
succumbs to the destructive influence
OF the alcohol. A numbness steals
over the blood corpuscle. which AZ
once ceases TO exhibit its normal 40