Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-05
DUTCH FRONTIER
FENCED AROUND
BY BARBED WIRE
Remarkable Picture Presented
at Times by Distractions
Erected Between Holland
and BeIIigerent Countries,

Ihe Hague, Netherlands, oct Ia
III you are "a victim OF alcohol, come
and talk it over with us at the con-
sultatIon bureau az The Haguei" In
this helpful spirit q strong effort is
being made by the Dutch authorities
20 combat the eyil of over-indulgence
i'm intoXicants
The bureau has been installed IN
spacious premises I'M the center of
The Netherlands residence city and
every Wednesday am eminent medical
man and other helpers are i'm att
tendance 10 give friendly advice aud
To- find work lor men and women ad-
dictcd to incompetence who find
themselves virtually outCasts owing
to their unfortunate habits. II has
been found that talking at" those
people who have fallen victims to
The drink habit has proved in most
eases ineffective and now the more
sensible method Of appealing to
reason aud human feelings is being
tried with apparently good results.
Many men and women attend these
weekly consultations, coming from
all parts of the country generally, it
must be- said at the instance of we'll
wishing employers. relatives and
friends Ito confer with the expert
specialist i'm charge OF the bureau. No
sermon Is read 10 the victims of the
weakness. The applicant is asked in
a kindly way about his or her oceu-
patton and mode or life i'm general
and as the cause of his or her lack of
occupation Usually the reply indi-
Gates the persons lack Of will-power
when invited to drink The doctor
inquiries why the victim does not re-
fuse the liquor and the answer gem
orally comes % can not for then 1
ann asked the reason and don't
know what 20 say why" says the
doctor nov you can tell them that
the doctor orders you not 90 take in-
toXicants Try that for "a week and
then come back and see me.
In most instances work is provided
for the drink victim and the employ
en- is requested ana consents to eXer-
else kind az friendly supervision
over his new employe and To report
results
system Working We'll
Reports ot the bureau snow that
the system Is working wen In hum
Creds ot eases especially when the
man on woman is comparatively
Young. Others apparently are too
far gone To- be- amenable 10 moral
suasion but even some 81 these lis
ten to the kindly advice and try again
and again Go overcome their own
weakness but many OF them newt
ably DRIFT once more and eventually
find their way into the prisons and
municipal and state Institutions for
the mentally deficient
Meanwhile a campaign IS also being
carried on bv the numerous absti-
hence societies throughout the coun-
try to combat the drink evil Con-
crosses were held in the third week
of Septem beer at Dcvcnter hy tho Cen
eral Nthrlands Total Abstainrs union
and ID Utrecht by the National Com
mission % CouuterdeI Alcoholism,
while at Utrecht am exposition Wis
held 60 show the bad effects OF in-
diligence Zee strong drink.
Speakers at these congresses point
cd out tu their audience the steps
taken by tho various helligerent
countries 90 prevent alcoholism an
the armies and the beneficial effects
the measures taken had had on the
nealgh ot enc troops uuQei=e4n- ~
many priVations and hardships ian the
trenches At The same tim, II was