The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-05-20

Alcohol is now recognized 10 be
an enemy both 10 the sick and TO
the well. Yet there were twenty
five gallons Of liquor drunk for ev-
cry man. woman and child in the
United states last year. Is II any
wonder that insanity is increasing
three times faster than our popu-
lation9
But what about the moderate
drinker9 Instruments OF precision
have shown that even half an ounce
Of alcohol produces a paralyzing in
fluence that can he distinctly meas
ured: so the moderate drinker is
never really actually sober.
The Fresh Air Cure
II is important for you to appre-
ciate that intemperance is not the
only thing that will break down our
bodily defenses. Wretched eating
especially an excess Of the protein
or beefsteak line OF GOODWILL over
whelm the liver.
Impure air is another agency that
cripples our resources. You all
know that the best cure for con-
sumption is to move the patient out
Of doors twenty-four hours a day.
But il is not the fresh air that cures
the diseased lungs, IL is the fresh
air in the blood. And all OF you can
readily see that the kind Of blood
that can heal diseased lungs can OF
course equally well heal gastric ul-
Ger, disordered nerves and other dis
eases. So we are gradually coming
to appreciate the importance OF the
fresh air cure in all bodily dis
orders.
Up until few years ago the mon-
keys in Lincoln Park only lived a
few years and then they died Of
consumption. Then three or four
monkeys that were nearly dead were
thrown out on the snow bank. The
boys came and fed them bananas,
and they recovered because they had
plenty Of fresh air TO breathe. Then
the monkey keepers went 10 work
and ventilated the monkey house,
and now the indications are the
monkeys will all die Of old age.
There is not a case Of tuberculosis
in the entire colony.
II is plain Of course that the chill
dren in Chicago have died for ex-
actly the same reason that the mon
keys died. We can not always have
all the fresh air daytime that we de-
sire, but there is no sense for
breathing canned night air. Fresh
air. like sunshine, is one OF Gods
great restorers.
Poison Habits
Morphin and many other drugs
instead Of helping the body are &C
tually running il and cripple the
activities Of the white blood cells
just as alcohol does: and you can
appreciate what that means when I
say that there are in this country
between one and two million poor
wretched drug slaves.
And now the devil has sprung on
us a new kind Of slavery that es-
pecially afflicts the young. refer
10 cigarette smoking among chill
dren. In some Of the Chicago schools
it has edged its way in until more
than half Of the school boys are
cigarette fiends. They are poor.
lifeless. stupid fellows who can't
graduate with their classes. and il is
about as useless 10 pour knowledge
into their heads as il would be to
pour water into waste basket.
Tobacco is a curse even to grown.
up people and I know that the av-
erage tobacco-user must feel this:
because while I have seen a father
teach his son TO pray, 10 ride
bicycle. have never yet observed
a father take a day of To teach his
boy 10 smoke. II he really thought
IL was a good thing for himself he
would certainly insist the boy
should acquire the same habit.
| can recognize a cigarette smoker
almost as far as I can see him. be- I
cause he has the DEVILS trademark
stamped upon him. II speedily de-
moraliIes his nerves. Nicotin is
worse for a child than for a grown
up person for the same reason that
children can only take very small
doses Of morphin. They are especi-
ally susceptible to narcotic poisons.
Each one Of you can use your in
fluence 10 save others from contract
ing this habit. Some Of you may
say. Il do not like 10 be unpopular"
Let me remind you that you have
got to roll something up hill il you
want 10 do something worth while
in this life. I found when | was a
., ,-,a- ha.. that - v-a yrantai ~