Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-20
BRUMBAUGH LONG
WAGED CAMPAIGN
AGAINST ALCOHOL
Candidate Impressed Evils of
Liquor on Public School
Pupils by Strong Argu-
ments in Textbooks.

Instruction concerning the evils Of the
liquor habit was provided in every pub
lie school in the city under the superin-
tendency of DR. Martin G. Br1imbaush.
This fact is being used by associates of
the Republican candidate for the Gov
ernorship to prove that he has always
been sincere opponent Of the rum busi-
ness
Under Doctor Brumbaugh as superin-
tendent OF schools every textbook on
physiology and hygiene in use in the
schools contains exhaustive reference to
the effect Of alcohol on the bodily func-
uons. Every grammar school child must
be familiar with this phase of the study
before he completes his course in the
elementary schools
One of the most frequently used text
books makes this comment on the use of
alcohol:
Men who have devoted years trying to
rescue those who have become victims
OF tho appetite say that with all their
efforts only few are finally saved. Men
who have ahstaned for months, or even
years. may be suddenly overpowered by
the slightest taste or even the smell of
alcoholic drink.
TREATS SUBJECT EXHAUsTIvELY
drunkenness is due more to the nature
of the drink than the VIII of the drinker.
The greatest weakness Of the drinker is
I'm beginning to take the drink that has
the power to make him its slave"
In a following paragraph the law of
fermentation is fully discussed, and the
ply siologcal dangers that are involved
are explained.
The evils of cider, wine. beer and
whisky are separately treated; the
processes OF their manufacture are de-
scribed Emphasizing the psychological
laws that make liquor menace, the
author devotes considerable space also
to the moral side of the question.
Another book that is in wide use was
written jointly by well-known principal
and by an educator who since became
cne of Doctor Brumbaugh's assistants.
This work classfes alcohol with tobacco
as a bodily poison 1t says
THE heart being n muscle, suffers as
other muscles do from the use of alco-
hol and tobacco. 1t becomes weak ana
irregular in its action. Alcohol makes
the heart beat too fast, thus giving 1t
too much work to do. Too great a
quantity of blood is sent into the little
bloodvessels, giving the skin of drunk
ard a red appearance"
Discussing the Poisonous Action Of
Alcoholic Liquor" this book Declares
DESCRIBES EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL.
''In some cases, where only small
amount Of alcoholic liquor Is taken, the
injury to the tissues is 50 slight and
its effects pass off so quickly that the
hahn lone is not noticed by the one who
takes it. Yet the taking of alcohol even
in small amounts is dangerous, for small
amounts often create an uncomfortable
appetite for larger amounts; and when
these are taken the tissues are so seri-
ous!v injured that the harmful effects do
not escape notice
1T is well known that alcoholic liquor.
I'm large amounts. produces condition or
intoxCation. The drowsiness, stupor ana
loss Of consciousness are caused by the
action Of alcohol on the brain. This
action Is entirely different from that pro-
iuced by food of any kind, but ii is
quite like the action produced on the
brain by class of substances called mar
CotiC poisons,
in many instances death has followed
the drinking Of alcoholic liquor. The
papers frequently report such cases, and
a record Of them can be easily found in
the office Of the Board Of Health in the
city where they occur"
Strong appeal is made to the athletic
instinct of boys in teaching them the ef-
fects of the habit. The pupils are made
to see that the drinker is seldom a strong
man and that among adult athletes, races,
baseball games, etc, are sometimes lost
through the indulgence of the contestants
In whisky, wine or beer.