The sun., 1919-05-16
FOOD JAGBARED IN
ALCOHOLICS DEFENCE
Dr.. Brill Relates Tale of Petite
Girl With Huge Eating
Capacity.
SEES HARM IN DRY LAW
Physicians Oppose Prohibition
in Talks Before Academy
Of Medicine.
SEES HARM IN DRY LAW

Refore catching step to Mendelssohn's
famous tune any young man would do
xe,l 10 hearken to a tale told last eve
ming before the Academy of Medicine
nv DR. A. A. Brill concerning a certain
young woman.
Dr Brill would not give the young
xoman's name, but It may help prospec-
,vs benedicks to know that she is fair
and slight, and tips the scales at only
ninety pounds.
According to the physician this girl
ate. in one half hour, practically half
restaurant, to wit: Three pieces of
French toast with strawberry jam. one
ses one half pound of almonds, two
crullers, six pieces of pastry. two raw
frankfurters one piece of shrimp a la
Newburgh, three pieces of buttered toast.
ona roast beef sandwich three cup
cakes. two veal chops with tomato sauce,
one dish OF cucumbers, nine nut cakes
two apples, one half pound OF pecans,
six bananas and one pound OF chocolates,
This, the physician declared, was a
genuine food jag. and he told OF another
Young woman who never touched liquor
hut on several occasions ate ROAST beef in
such quantities that she acquired all of
from.
Sees Worse Evils Coming.
Or. Brill was talking on the passing of
old John Barleycorn, and with many
other physicians who spoke at the meet
ing he bemoaned the loss of that individ
uaL He declared that with the enforce
ment of nationwide prohibition, other
evils Of indulgence are bound to creep
out and told how, from a great number
OF drinkers whose cure he had witnessed,
practically all acquired worse habits and
caused their relatives to regret greatly
they had ever climbed aboard the water
wagon.
Speaking OF the case of one young
man of wealth. DR.. Bull said that the
drink cure was followed by criminal
tendencies never before displayed in
him. that he became a forger and an
enbezzer. He committed half a dozen
crimes that would have been sufficient
10 land him in States prison under or
binary circumstances" he said, land his
people lived heartily to regret the day
when he gave up drinking"
Stmmoning up his conclusion, DR..
Bull said 81 believe that when We have
taken alcohol. prize fighting and smoking
(for this will be next) away from the
Individual, man will be thrown back into
his primitive state with no outlet for his
emotions The effect will be to make
the abnormal person more abnormal and
promote viciousness.
The tired laborer to-day needs his
relaxation like the tired business man.
and he obtains II through alcohol. feel
that a glass of beer or wine actually
helps the laborer to feel more contented
with his lot"
Others See Good in Alcohol.
DR.. Joseph Byrne also championed
John Barleycorn as "a great social ben
eft" He agreed that the poor need
the stimulus of alcohol" and said heat
eddy that I'VE did dirty thing to those
people when We permitted the prohibi-
ton legislation TO pass"
Dr. Smith Ely Jelliffe. although he
explained that he had really come to
bury Caesar, not to praise him." de-
clared that old king alcohol was mot
the universal criminal that he has beer
painted"
Speaking Of the evil tendency of mai
to submerge his individuality in con
vention, he hailed alcohol as a deliv
erer. saying: THE man under the par
tial influence of alcohol commences In |
certain sense to see and feel for him
self II causes him to lose his natura
timidity. 1t also increases his sympa
thy with his environment. 1t bring
man to a level where he can under
stand better the feelings Of his fellow
men. One OF the greatest points In IT
favor is its tendency to promote sympa
thies"
DR.. George P. Stewart. president
the Academy, traced the wet and DIR!
controversies back to Noah and caile'
attention to the fact that "all through
the Good Book wine is recommends
very strongly"
DR.. L. Pierce Clark saw in the dr.
saloons possibilities for neighborhoo'
clubs with four minute orators, gree
rooms and other entertaining features
Prof c. p. Sherwin of Fordham Uni
versity was supposed to define the In
toxcat!ng beverage. but he left the sun
ject open after presenting various dat
10 show the differences in effect upo
different types of individuals. He pre-
sented scientific reports. however t
show that mixing drinks does not In
crease ones degree OF drunkenness
whatever the public may think on tn
subject.