The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-03
TWO SEMI ANNUAL
 SPREES FOR LIMIT IF BILL IS PASSED
William Hoyt of Milford and Rev. Kenneth Mackenzie
 Endorse Idea.

Rev. Kenneth Mackenzie, rector Of Christ Episcopal church in Westport, have their way, two spreeS 8, year will be the limit for New Workers and three will mean that he cannot take another for the rest of his life.
 MT. Hoyt is the president of the National Defense association and such gentlemen as Henry Ford, Charles s. Mellen and Jack London are credited with believing that the New York state 1916 legislature will be too in teI1igeift to reject the bill outlined yesterday in meeting on the top of the Grand Central Terminal building by the National Defenders.
 According to the ''No Drunkard Bill" in the first place if you want which is to be made of durable card board and will be issued at the city hall on the payment of $1. A con- cession to the bashful is that the cards may be issued by mail After you get your card, you rest one foot on the brass rail, face the bartender and ask for your favorite tippIe.
 enme see your card" challenges the barkeep.
 You show your card and may there after take aboard as much cargo as you can carry without tacking. When you begin to tack, your card is of no more service, for if the barkeeper sells you another drink he forfeits a big bonus he has left down at the city hall The first time one is arrested for intoxication or treated by a phy- s1eian, one gets a warning with his headache; the second time, one loses ones license for the year; the third time, one is out-that is, one loses ones license forever and can never have another drink, the bill says.
 No, you can't borrow your friends card, for if you are caught using it, there is a fine of $1oO and 30 days in jail for the offense- And if one is caught buying a drink without a card, both the buyer and the seller go to jail. If one is really i'll, one may get a doctors prescription, but it may be used only once. A violation sends the user forthwith to the jail
 sJThe association reported yesterday that 1000 men in the city had agreed to take out cards if the law is passed. It was estimated that there would be many others to join the 1000 pioneers.
 The finest thing about the plan, ac- cording to the officials of the assoGa- tion, is that one has the best excuse not to take a drink. This is how it will work;
 the ,-- cahkFet I'm. dry
 Sorry, dear, but haven't a card.''
 This is good. of course, whether one has a card or not. |
 And, by the way, women must have cards, too, and they must certify that they are 21 more to get them. If man thinks his whole family: needs alcohol, he can get a family license for $5, but hem ust specify by whom [ it is to be used The family license can be used only when the head of house is along. If w1fey goes to tango teas and does aught but tango, she must have her own license Yes, >5f frt match one's gown You see, the plan is to be thoroughly reasonable
 w. T. Hoyt told all about the plan yesterday after the meetiug
 -tIt will be an honor to have drink card,'' he explained, because it will much Very simple, is it not, for if one drinks too much one ceases to have a card, and consequently cannot drink any more In that way there will be no more drunkards. Very simple. in- deed Then, if one drinks only be- cause it seems a social obligation one has a good excuse if one says one hasn't card. fla person gets lock ed up for being fntoxicated. he can't dodge the issue by giving a fictitious name, for if he hasn't a card he goes to jail, anyway, and if he has a. card it identifies him. Very simple. Here are some things this law will do:
 1L Wall SLOP tI0dI1LS
 sIt will stop selling to minors, for no minor can get a license.
 t@It will stop the creation of dipso- maniacs, inebriates and drunkards.
 'tSalesmen, politicians, reporters and other popular persons may refuse al- co1oIic drinks without giving offense, simply by having no card.'' ''
 MT. Hoyt then exhibited a state ment by Jack London, in which the author of John BarIeycorn,'' who de- cided after 200 pages that he would stTI have a drink when he wanted it, said:
 fT am absolutely convinced that the no drinking plan is the finest thing that has yet been presented, consid. cred in the light of all circumstances for the abolition of drinking In the matter of writing I should back the proposition to my full abi1ity.'' Jack London is a vice, president of the or sanitation.
 Ella Wheeler Wilcox also 1ndorsed the p1an-
 Rev. Kenneth Mackenzie said: You have model idea. The course and curse pf politics will obstruct your progress. but the matter should be ventilated in the press.'
 It was also decided at yesterdays meeting that physicians should be obliged to report each case they treat resulting from excess drink, giving name, age and address of the patient within ten days after attending him or her, under penalty of $100 for each failure to report.
 The National Defense association is three years old, but has just decided 20 become militant. At yesterdays meeting MT. Hoyt was reelected president; Dr. s. W. Sherwood of Greenwich. Conn, secretary and treasurer, and a committee was ap- pointed to name a vice president in each state.
 The bill to be introduced in Albany this winter will also be introduced before. the legislature of Connecticut. clause of it provides for the aboH- ton of saloon licenses to compensate