El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-14
Poison LnrkSIn
Substitutes For
Forbidden Booze
Experiments In Making the
Kick Producers Cause
New Diseases.


Washington. D. C.. May 14-WIth
A. Mitchell Palmer. OF Pennsylvania.
attorney general Of the United States.
threatening to enforce wartime pro-
hibition after July 1. various views
are entertained by eminent chemists
and health experts OF the national
E capital as the probable effect Of gen
, eral experimentation by those seeking
something with a kick" to take the
place OF beer and LIQUORS after those
beverages become scarce or entirely
unpurchasable.
II is rather unanimously agreed by
the scientific snarps tnat 400 mu. d
alcohol IN ones system az one time is
not well for one under anv circuul-
stances, no matter how it gets there.
Whether by way Of regular IesaII1e r.
Hbations OF homemade products. On
that point the experts agree marvel
ousiy Wen for experts. They concur
in the belief that too much alcohol is
more than enough
There IS some conflict OF opinion on
ply sioloBical actions due TO drinking
the fermented product OF raisins,
prunes, grapes and such mixed with
water and sugar and then allowed to
decOmpose or otherwise assume q
state OF fermentation.
some OF the authorities on alcoholic
experimentation say that aside from
the mental eNhllarat1Cn there Is an in
sidlous effect TO drinking catch as
catch can concOctions, which have
been doctOred up 10 initiate in punch
and appearance good Ticker"
They say that. besides the danger
OF being arrested for biting a police
man on the leg or suddenly taking a
snooze without warning. there is a
harm to the whole digestive appa-
ratus, which viii ultimately be tagged
Kidney disease or some other chronic
ailment.
such an opinion. however. IS not
unanimous among the experts SUD-
-osed TO know all about the ills and
effects. A few take the optimistic
view that in the dry season there VIII
be less sickness, or at least not more
than has prevailed during the wet
years Of the past They insist that IL
is all question OF the amount OF al
cohol one takes in ones system and
that the incidentals may or may not
aggravate a condition.
Wiley Warns.
Those who expect 10 get a kick
out OF homemade beverages intended
as substitutes for beer and divers al
cohollc drinks will get q Knockout %
IN the opinion OF Dr. Harry ". Wiley.
Pure food expert, who has q staEger-
ing lot Of scientific stuff to support
his assertion His views as to the
punch plus in the Innumera Bile con-
coctiOns heard about as having a sem
blance Of the real goods are shared by
others who know all about the diges-
tive system.
DR.. Wiley says there are something
like 90 different ways OF fermenta-
I ton Not all OF them. he says. have
Z the alcoholic action necessary to put
different aspect on things. but they
VIII all make a dizziness that resem-
bles a genuine drunk IL a person par
takes sufficiently
The doctor is glib with technical
terms as TO how IL all comes about,
but at the end he explains that the
whole principle Of the kick" IS best
demonstrated in old fashioned hard
cider.
I COunterfeIts Poison.
Dr. A B. Osgood, a government ex-
pert. concurs with DR.. Wiley. and adds
that there viii be a "lot OF strange
. sickness" after the country goes dry
and the people begin TO consume
homemade beverages. Already there
E is evidence. he says. OF counterfeit in
E toxicants and IN the public wards are
T chemically alcoholic patients suf-
fering from the effects Of a craving
that was falsely satisfied with a
drink that would XIII an ordinary
man"
"The ruinous results from the So
called substitute will do more harm
for a while than real alcoholic drinks. %
said DR.. Osgood. The whole theory
Is TO get something that viii excite
the brain. and products OF fermenta-
tfon will do that whether they con-
tain alcohol or not Anything that
VIII upset the stomach OF disturb in
an aggravated way the digestive ap-
uaratus Of a person. VIII produce an
unnatural feeling dizziness and a SEN
/ sation that IS not far removed from
Z drunkenness
Beware Yeast Kick.
I 'Raisins and yeast are most com
monty mentioned in the many recipes
FOR substitute. They produce the f-r-
mentation and form the basis for the
kick" but unless they are used with
the utmost care and knowledge there
viii be no beverage that is not posi-
lively injurious"
1T IS a subject that cannot be gen
I era1fzed." SAYS Carl L AlsberE. chief
OF the United States bureau Of chem
fstry and Uncle Sans foremost expert
Of experts on things good and not
good to eat and drink.
The effect Of drinking homemade
. beverages viii be about the same as
in the case Of drinking other bever-
3 axes. all depending upon the amount
OF alcohol one consumes he con-
tinued Injurious ingredients and
INSTRUMENTATION will cause sickness.
but altogether the result or effect
IS dependent on the quantity Of al
cohol produced by the fermentation
B gives no all hone OF repentance. due to
the recent disaster at a roadhouse.
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