Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-16
LITTLE GIRLS ESSAY
WINS PRIZE; SMASHING
OLD TYRANT ALCOHOL
Miss Miller, Descendant of the
Famous Damzig, Is First in
School Competition
MAKES SCHOLARLY PLEA

Miss Theresa Miller. 13-ycar-old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Miller, oil
North Sth street n descendant of the fa-
nous Dan2ig, one of the ablest codiflers OF
the Jewish laws, and who Is still an au-
thority on all questions of Orthodox Jew
ish life and religion, although he lived
from l747 to 1920. is the winner of the first
prize offered by the w. c. r. l.. and the
Friends Temperance Association in the
H. Josephine Widencr School, 18th and
Thompson streets, in n scientific temper
ance essay contest
When she won the prize she was in the
S-B grade. Her teacher was NJ. II. Bied-
Ter. She was given the prize just at
the close of the last semester Now she
is student at the William Penn High
School, where she was one of the first five
i'm her class to register I'm the college
preparatory course She was graduated
with honors from the Widener School.
The essay which won the prize at the
Widencr School follows:
"a man may claim that he has drunk
whisky all his life and yet Is In good
state OF preservation. Such may be the
case but to see the full effect of his habit
look at his children. and we find that
they will not compare favOrably with
those whose parents have not been given
to strong drink.
journal of the American Medical AS
sociaton. Alcohol the enemy to ALL
ARDENT sPIRpTS A MENACE.
"Our bodies require good. wholesome
food and drink, and plenty of fresh air.
The most wholesome and beneficial drink
for one is plain, pure water. 1t contains
no artificial flavorinE. stimulant or mar
CotiC, but II is a natural drink which
nature provides for the welfare of our
selves. But alcohol Is AN artificial stlmu-
liant, and often a narcotic.
md rI,nT. 1y,,nN q
families which have been destroyed by
the use of this ardent spirit. The crav-
ing for this spirit after it's first use be-
comes well-nlgh irresistible. Instead of
person making his future happy and
n prosperous one, he Is making 1t mis-
cradle, lingering and hateful. lie loses
his honesty. self-respect and even his
deCency, in time, as a result.
I'VE are, born into this great world so
as to make 1t a pleasant one: to help
build up the present generation so that
the coming one should be stl onger and
better. We are all given the same ad-
vantages, but it is up to us to make the
best of them but those who take alcohol
defeat this very purpose because alcohol
not only weakens the user, but 1t has
been proven to leave harmful effects upon
the succeeding generation.
at Is very unfortunate for boy or a
girl to be the child of parents whose brains
are Injured by alcohol. The child may in !
herit mental and physical weakness and
is bound to havS alcoholic craving some
time i'm its life.
Railroads will not employ any intem-
perate men TO hll responsible positions |
They know too well that the risk of life, |
limb and property would he greatly in
creased, This rule Is being more strictly |
enforced every year,
DEATH is RATHER QUICK.
MANY of our diseases are caused by |
alcohol directly and indirectly. The first |
effect which this spirit has on the body is |
to weaken self-control or will The loss |
of will is then followed by loss of control |
of the various muscles of the body. and |
then follows the final stage, where there |
is total loss of sensibilities, and the man |
lives in a seemingly unconscious state.
Then death follows rather quickly.
1.-THE systemic effect of alcohol proceeds |
In the following manner: First the |
nerves are attacked this is evidenced |
by the quick action OF the heart and the |
dllatlon of blood vessels, The blood ves-
sells of the brain are also dilated and the
nerve cells then are stimulated Thus the
brain becomes more active, thoughts flow
more freely and the speech becomes more
huent, but such activity shows disturb
ance Of the natural conditions of the
body.
''The power OF right thinking is gone
and the fluent speech In a short time
becomes lacking in good sense. The ex-
cessive use of alcoholic liquors Injuries the
brain, which is the seat OF all our sensa-
tions and consciousness. and changes
in time the nature of the brain
cells. Thus we see how one becomes COM
pletely changed in body. mind and spirit
by the use of alcohol
ut is indeed, terrible when we stop to
realize how man is changed by this ap-
harmless yet dreadful agent
From enjoying a full life with its bless
ngs he deteriorates into a nothing, very
often pulling innocent others with him
nto the Dit OF misery"