The Dolores star., 1911-05-19

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!. ~ Medical Tomyegance nev1ew q
ksa1ea, says: u b ~ eftsa thae ~
~ euoh . canAi1 coa1oooiea q IL
bebulo1s habits q ~ hjUAer CLASSES
q ~ ~ d : coanunlcatl0a receet
y cot % oas q IL LeaAoa lailtss.
TIE writer u . military naa. and
writes 70 explain tAs inpossibllity foe
an ofAcsr h The army 70 nvs % TIE
stipsnA which ths authorities givs.
The o6scsrs provide and pay for The
food and drink in ths rsgimsntal ON.
GERS mess. II II needless 70 say that
most q than drink wine. beer and
spirits. and this, Of course. - We al
know, b generally Q very heavy item
IN the expenditure. We. however.
should not have ventured TO estimate
the amount which m average ofhcer
would drink per day % high % this
correspondent does, who evidently
knows all about II. We should. prob
ably. have been charged with exaE-
geration. and the sxtravagancs and
intemperancs. which certain class Of
writer's 10 20 fond Of attributing to
Temperance works. But let our mill
taFy correspondent speak for him.
self.
He says: This 10 . specimen Of an
average middleaged oiicsr's routine.
Aftsr breakfast . couple Of cigarettes.
Parade at S:l5 TO II .. m. then .
couple Of glasses Of beer and . cigar.
cite. One .. m. lunch: . couple Of
glasses Of beer. and II . piece Of cake
10 eaten. then . glass Of Marsala
('wtne no gentleman should drink. -
Thacksray puts ~. Come time during
the afternoon. on his return from .
walk or ride. q whisky and soda. There
10 Q rubber from : p. m. until II II
time 70 change for dinner. II II pure
vice. but many q man has . sherry
and bittsrs either before or sitter he
changes. At dinner . reputsd pint Of
clarst. . whisky and soda. or . couple
Of glasses Of beer 10 the usual thing.
Aftsr dinner . couple Of glasses Of
wine befOre . move 10 made 70 the
antsscon. and from thea on until bed
time nobody can say another whisky
and soda b extravagant over ones
rubber or read. or even over ones
spell q study. The bot grog nightcap
d . thing Of ths past. In hot climates
there would b . great many lemon
sQuasAss and gin-anA-Sin bsers. In
coad climates. NevfounAland port
takss ~ placs q the morning beer.
No oeaesal o. earth would call other
than temperate N oilcsr who spent
~ Gay - Described. Certainly we'll
49, DeeDle b tie city 81 tAroagh
0oee thar that Per diem. And British
e0csrs avoid absinths. % dear to .
FrsacAnaa. and the big swillings Of
bsse indulss1 IN b. German oiAcsrs
occas1oaally. But II costs more than
. pond . month. Ths Es . year.
witch 10 known % mess allowance
was formerly known - Regents a.
lowaacs.' and b. old regulations. was
PAID Into the wine fund for the pur.
poss Of lsttiag every oflcsr drink His
Majssty's health. free Of cost. after
6innss. That sun 10 nov devoted to
IL general expenses Of . mess"
TAis ID indeed . naive confession
anA Reputation Of intsmpsrancs. We
are esrtainly clad 10 hear that there
have besn some improvements on past
customs. and ~ do not doubt that
there b not % much obvious drunken.
ness - there used to be. We are not
quite % sure that there 10 much less
drink consumed. but Il appears to b.
spread over the twenty-four hours In
Q fAshion which enables the drinkers
70 maintain some control over
thsir reasoning faculties. II 10 q
matter for congratulation, both to
them and 10. whom they have
10 defend. that they do not
drink ahslnths and big swillings Of
bssr." But. asverthslsss. let 10 add
UP what they DO drink on tbs average.
and 80 how that compares with the
Psychological limit Of moderation on
the mast generous scale. We nnd.
thsa. that six glasses Of beer q day.
tvo IN the morning. two q lunch. and
two q dinner. are considered nsces.
sary. II addition. one glass Of Mar
sala. . whisky and soda In the after.
nooA. and shorty and bittsrs before
Ainnsr. Two glasses OF wine aftsr
dinner. and another whisky and soda.
Ths quantity OF whisky 10 not stated.
and. - We DO not wish 10 exaegerate
IN the least. we will assume that Il b
not more than . small wineGlassful
(say two ouncesD on each occasion.
Nov. how does this work out % re-
cards alcohol,
oix glasses Of beer 70 pints). equals
fpur eances alcohol: four glasses Of
wias thalf.ptntb. equals two ounces
alcohol: four ounces Of whisky. equals
two ouscss alcohol: total. eight
oanoee.
We have rather undsrsstimased the
alcehe,ie strength q the beer and
Wis - that thsrs can b little doubt
= - ~ total amount. This 10 On.
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