Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-03
DANGERS OF ALCOHOL
TOLD IN PRIZE ESSAY
OF YOUNG SCHOOLGIRL
composition of Mary E. Ken
nedy Given First Place in Hes
ton Schools Temper
ance Contest
INSANITY ONE RESULT
Warns of Bad Effects on Heart and
Says at Makes Homes
Unhappy"

Arother girl has been named prize
.,nnor for her school in the scientific
,.n,nerance essay contest, which is being
hsid in the various public schools by the
rrriends Temperance Association ana tho
1ray,en's Christian Temperance Union.
eho ia Miss Mary h. Kennedy, 15-year-
IA daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William j.
ffennedy. 1910 North SID street. who won
~ frst prize offered in the Heston School,
sitb street and Jansdowne avenue. Mary
WAS a pupil in the grade when she
Won Her teacher was Miss Anna' b.
BARLEY. -, ,,.-
4, one of the neatest of the pri2e-winning
non,nosItions In the various schools. The
,,iri mot only shows unusual ability in
,yriting. but her penmanship and the art
,vork on the cover of her essay are above
She chose as the subject of her essay,
"Aicohol on the Human Body" 1t is as
follows
WHY IT MAKES PEOPLE FAT.
Alcohol is a chemical compound of car
hon hydrogen and oxygen that has been
known and extensively used from the
earliest times Some people think that al.
oobol has certain food and medical prop.
erties They hold that 1t sometimes acts
as gentle stimulus, helping to digest
the GOOu III tle S'oiii"Si'' h''" 10 N'9PH'SN
BY many people.
T The drug furnishes temporary heat,
,vbich helms TO form fat. This fat is not
,,sed up. but is stored In the body That is
ono reason why people who drink grow
TAT. whisky does not warm the body,
hut II really lowers the temperature. 1t
often irritates the lining Of the stomach
10 such an extent that 1t causes chronic
dyspepsia
t Z The chief action of alcohol is on the
nervous system making some people more
brilliant and capable for the time being,
while IL seems to paralyze others, who
lose control of themselves
lessons EFFICIENCY.
The man who takes liquor will do less
work and poorer work than the man who
does not drink at all This has been
proved by scientists
The scientists tried simple problems of
addition and multiplication among two
groups of meu-thOso who had taken alco-
hol and those who had not. The men who
did not take alcohol were brighter in their
work than the others.
The liver may become larger and hard
er; the blood vessels also become harder.
Sometimes ii so affects the lungs and cir
culatlon that death is caused by paralysis.
The effect upon the heart is very marked.
causing palpitation, fainting and breath
lessness when the drinker eXerts himself
II is the unhealthy condition of the
heart and circulation that causes the flor
i'd complexion. The muscles also suffer,
becoming weak and flabby. A man who
drinks cannot take out life insurance,
cannot get employment on the railroad
and the telegraph companies.
The person who drinks shortens his life
and II has a bad influence on the chill
dren
The worst results of alcohol are delir-
ium tremens and insanity.
II often leads to crimes and makes
homes very unhappy.
DR.. william j. Welch, of Johns Hop
kns University, says:
'Alcohol in sufficient quantities is a
poison to all living organisms, both an
imal and vegetable"