Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-18
FORECASTS war
ON COFFEE and
.EA IN NATION
Medical Journal Also Predicts
AEd-TObaeeO Campaign by
Those WAC Feagtt Vets.

We'll may the gentle epicure,
long secure in the enjoyment of
his pleasant vices, tremble, for the
horizon Is black with clouds of re-
form. Intoxicated by their sue
csssfuI battle against intoxicants
the reformers are gathering their
forces for a nationwide crusade
against tobacco, tea and coffee, in
an effort to wipe out all the slim
uIants which enslave modern hui
mainly" says the Journal pf Amer
lean Medicine.
Flushed with an exlltation
which only the privileged mission
airy can feel. they have firmly re-
solved to rid mankind of all it's
wicked habits Having strugk the
death-knell OF John Barlescorn,
they now aim at making a eeme-
terry Of a mans most innocent and
cpnsoIing sins Their program is
sort of Bartholomew slaughter
Of stimulants The epicure must
blanch with terror as he contem-
plates this dire campaign to make
his life one monotonous, gray, an
inspired routine of virtuous living
To the disciple of refined corrup-
ton the day Of doom seems TO be
approaching.
With what measure of success
VIII this new campaign meet
After all, the bond between John
Barleycorn and mankind was only
one Of platOnic frieldship-th
most diflcult Of all relationships
to maintain. For that reason the
divorce was not so hard to achieve
But the bond between mankind
and Lady Nicotine is of another
kind altogether. Lady Nicotine
has been mans mistress, her place
undisputed, for many generations,
and the bond between them has
always been a passionate one
yielding to no other in the fidelity
18th which 1t has been observed.
So long has it endured that it has
become nothing less than a NOR
ganatic marriage, recognized the
world over as a legitimate and
binding tie.
And the marriage has been a
fruitful one. Under the spell of
Lady Nicotine, the amber mistress
VI 0hPAA 6AACACfE DEauLys LA1 al tAEk
has created his most impressive
canvases, the poet has penned his
immortal lines, the dreamer has
woven his imperishable dreams.
Lady Nicotine has been wife mis-
tress and mother to the creative
individual She has brought him
consolation in his darkest mo-
ments, inspiration in his barren
moods, and she brought forth the
children of his brain. She has
strewn the path of creation WITH
flowers. Tobacco has been the
twilight sleep which reduced the
labor-pains of some of the worlds
greatest ideas. the ideal anesthesh
OF artistic creation.
Lady Nicotine Nextl
But the reformers, unmindful
of the splendid tradition that has
grown about Lady Nicotine. have
fled divorce papers and will soon
institute proceedings against the
cruelty maligned lady. And, If we
go by the promise of the reform
ers, the suit will be pressed with
all the energy they can command.
The movement is well backed AMI
.t1fe financial Contributions are al
ready out of such proportions as
to assure a long and bitter con-
test. We quote Professor Fred
erick NJ. Roman Of Syracuse uni
Versity, leader OF the campaign
against tobacco, big business in
America is behind the efforts to
eliminate habft-forming drinks and
drugs, and all the financial back
ing needed for the anti-tobacco
movement has been secured. Pro-
fess0r Romans statement, how
ever, is misleading. The tobacco
industry comes very easily under
the head Of big business, and tha: