The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-17
ICE CREAM SUNOAE
WH|SKEy ANT|D0TE
PHYSICIAN SAYS PLENTY OF
SUGAR WILL WEAN DRINkER
FROM TODDY.

Oh. sugar. What's the use Of
swearing off? Taper down gradually
on a. sweet drink with q stick In y
and then throw away the stick and
take TO straws with something mitu
poured around them. It's progress
sion after that TO catawba, and De-
fore long, when that wild. fierce fur-
riness comes on the tongue. all that
will be needed will be an ice cream
sundae with a cherry on the top and
walnut lava piled around the bottom
Then goodbye Demon Rum.
This Is all straight scientific news
chilled from the current issue or the
Journal Of the American Medical as
ISOLATION in an article entitled
Logical Treatment for Alcoholism,
written by DIR. r. L. Spltzig, of Cleve-
land. Ohio. Not booze but sweets rs
what the system often Graves Fat
men seldom care for strong drink
IT Is the cadaverous person with
sunken cheeks and a SLOUGH hat and
vinegar and gall in his system, VINO
bankers for flicker"
In the future put a half dozen
Jumps of sugar in his coffee. snake
rock candy instead of ice in his old
fashioned cocktail, and wait for de-
velopments, Medical science now in
dtcates that Byron knew nothing
about.it when he said that man, being
reasonable. gets involved in circum-
stances Of inebriation. Man has a
longing for fudge and doesn't know
1t. He seeks fuel and has been going
to the wrong garage.
Chronic alcoholism writes DIR.
Spitzwig, sis treated on the basis that
the supp olyf alcohol is diminished
and the sugars are increased. Many
former systems of treating alcoholism
Fa 01cnhnl end,
denly withdrawn and nothing substi-
tuted to satisfy the craving. Narcot-
les merely benumb the alcoholic de-
sire but seldom accomplish a perma-
nent cure. The demand for alcohol
in the perverted metabolic state OF
the alcoholic is not mental alone, but
physical. or rather physicoc chemical.
When the body cells are supplied with
a physioIogic balance or carbohydrates
there Is no further demand for alcohol.
'.At the inception of the treatment
the diet Is modified to contain an
abundance of sugar. Cereals with
cane sugar. sweet fruits, pastry, choco-
lates and ice cream are advised. In
some cases, owing to distaste for
sugars. this change must be gradual
In order to avoid rebellion. Herelac-
tose (milk sugar) is used. dram
every few hours given In the form
Oh u nlculCdi poWdSt W CAiAOhiaSo tHC
psychic effect. Later, as the demand
for alcohol is palliated. ordinary
sugars may be taken with avidity."
1t appears from the language of the
physician that any man who is unable
to say that he has a physico-chemical
disturbance should not be welcomed at
any soda fountain. One of these days
cowboys will plank their. hard-earned
gold down on the bar and demand a
slug of chocolate with whipped cream
on top and a cookie on the side Ask
a man to have a drink. and he will
say--'Thanks old sport barkeep pour
eut-a little eff the maple syrup and
have stack Of wheats off the grid
die"
1t will be an easy progression to
overcome the thirst for rum II there is
plenty of molasses with 1t. Instead
OF seedlings and harsh looks. taffv;
and In the future no more temperance
lectures, but bids to candy pulls.