Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-18

dangers that Turk in the temptation of
such perilous association that would
certainly end in ruin. The evidence
of the falseness Of the claim which
the saloon and brewery interests used
to make that their closing would prove
destructive to commercial prosperity
has been exploded by the changes
already wrought in the nations
life. Breweries have been turned
into tanneries, shoe factories. furniture
factories and ice cream plants in va
rious parts Of the nation that give en-
ployment to more men and pay out
larger wages. Drunk and d1sorderiy
cases have been disappearing from the
bootleg traffic in some of our cities
The whisky rebellion was the first that
our nation had to put down. The en-
forcement of the prohibition amend
ment shows the existence of another
effort to disregard law and order. that
is to live. and which effort only exists
through evil associations.
Back Of this fathers warning was a
practical and wise business argument.
Experience proves that wine and wealth
do not travel together. The use of
many a fortune. Gold and 'gluttony
are not companionable. The man who
overeats becomes sluggish, slow and
selfish, so that, like the drinker OF
strong drinks. he lacks initiative, &C
tivity. aggressiveness and the power
to bring things to pass They are
both expensive habits and ruinous to
the physical and mental life. FIRE.
Quently both habits go together. When
ever there comes struggle for SUI
premacy between the two, the desire
for intoxication has always proven to
links about ones appetite. Poverty
and rags are the end of both, but the
woes of the drunkard are greater than
those of the glutton.
In six pointed and sharp questions
that strike blows like. trip hammer
the woes, wounds and Indebtedness
caused by intemperance are placed be-
fore US for answer. These six burning
questions make SO clear the results of
wine drinking that even child could
answer them in one word. the drunk
ard. Strong drink forces the cry of
sharp pain, which is the Hebrew for
woe, and calls forth the groan of a
deep seated and continuous grief.
which is the literal meaning OF the He
brew for sorrow. Alcoholic beverages
madden men 50 that they become dis
orderly in conduct and speech and
There is "a physiological basis in the
six shrewd suggestive questions that
paint the terrible portrait of the
DR.. Henry Smith Williams
recently in a magazine article pointed
out a similar warning message to the
man. who favored moderate drinking.
He said that II am bound to believe
in the light of what science has re-
vealed: "a That you are tangibly
threatening the physical structures Of
your stomach. your liver. your kid
neys. your heart. your blood vessels.
your nerves. your brain: (2) that you
are unequivocally decreasing your ca
pacity for work in any field: CD that
you are lowering the grade of your
mind. dulling your higher esthetic
your morals: (D that you are dis
lessening your chances Of
health and attaining
and (5) that you may be
entatling upon your descendants yet
unborn bond Of incalculable misery"
red nose of the drunkard are outward
indications of disease in heart, stom-
ach. kidneys and brain. Drink is the
greatest breeder of physical ailments
not only in the drunkard, but also in
his offspring.
II one is to escape the dangers Of
I'd delirium. when the victim Is beat
en- by the scourges of his own imagin-
alton: Cd depravity. with his heart
uttering debasing things: (3) danger,
such as one realizes when adrift at
sea; 90 debility, due to a loss of
strength. yet insensible to its leaving
you as it gradually slips away; and
(sJ doom. that even the drunkard will
realize when. aroused from his stupor
or sleep. he returns to the destructive
cup in answering to the maddening
demands Of his appetite. even though
he is shut out of heaven. Then he
must take the way Of personal well
fare by refusing to look upon the
wine when it is red. The unqualified
prohibition Of Gods word il obeyed
will save one from the wretch edpess
that always follows drinkers career.