The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-17
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effects OF alcohol on tho normal. nvcr-
age man. | have n Nd to say for or
about the mcroscop. cally unimpo-tant
rNcessivist, the dipsomaniac"
Then he writes of his inherent dis
taste for ALCOHOL diStaste originally
common to practically all normal men
of the fact that he felt no chemical
demand for alcohol: Indeed. for many
years he preferred candy-a we'll
known mark of the nonalcoholic. by
the way
Follow then the good fellowship of
the saloon. the desire TO be manly. 10
carry his liquor like a man. the ethics
of treating when treated, the attrac-
ton of the II, endiy drinking places to
a man In strange city, and all the
tremendous influences that form the
habit OF drinking. influence n thousand
times more potent. more Widespread
than the comparatively rare physiu-
logical craving for alcohol, and finally.
the cultivated taste and the inevitable.
| ineXorablc necessity for an alcoholic
Reying-up 10 pitch.
And remember that this is no thco-
rist who writes: no scholar who has
spent his working He in libraries.
ecclesiastical or secular: no gentle
president Of a ribbon society. no earn
est illitcratc paradcr OF horrible en-
.Nhplcs nut mans man, man who
has accomplished much. and Will
doubtless achieve more. 4 full bodied,
iull-hloodcd man with heavy fist at
The end OF each arm. 10, well rs n
creative brain ia his touslcd head. and
at mis- instant command
I Nor Is il Il tract that he has written.
rs has been said he has written sim
a no ~,
almost fierce. a style as his may be
said 10 write simply-the story OF his
NE. thrilling, If not amazing, story,
: crowded to tho utmost with adventure
and II reads rapidly. tenscly. 40 that
one VIII hardly put II down until he
has finished il.
But. in order 10 tell his story, he
nas been compelled TO tell Of John
Rarlcyeorn," because wherever no
went al homo and abroad. on shore
and on the sea. selling newspapers or
writing for them. passing coal o.
making books. the two OF them wen,
together
AND he knows he has learned In hie
crowded life. that his companion i
"v. N"t morally that is 10 say. ac.
coFdine TO the morals OF crccds. taueh;
or imD!bed, but from the standpoint OF
purrsi matcralism True, his com.
F''"t'l saw ana gives MIN purple
PASSAGES. momep.s OF cxaltation. but
nN way 81 punishment. he creates an,
fosters what Mr. London calls whit,
Logic pessim.stic ngment that tor.
>urcs him And nc proves the evi
that This CONF anton has brought upoi
him IN passages Of rare and comple,,
self revelation, not only free IRON
sictly inu:spec;ion, but brave an,
outspoken p"nncd by a man with hi
chest thrown out and barred. man de
void Of pos and heaithily clean q
inorbidity.
Therefore, John Barleycorn' is no
only 4 remarkable hdnan document
ana one hates the phrase, though n
use l. because Of is association viii
h" innumerable} limp npicasan
feminine, o. effemfna,c. soul cries ina
NJ" 20 frequently traccahlc to Patio
! logical dis,urbanf es-but II il the mos
convincing br efifor the cause Of ,ota
abstinence that we have had Put be
; fore ". certai .ly % FAR as this re
; viewer know.
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