The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-07
WHEN IS A MAN 1NTox1CArEDq

According to a national news service dispatch
various educators and physicians recently aired
cation In a hearing held by o committee Of the
u. s. senate. Among them find our old friend,
counsellor and guide. Prof Yandell Henderson,
the one man In this country who, frankly ad-
nit, probably knows more than do about ar
tilcial respiration, blthely asserting that In his
4 per cent beed to produce intoxication. -
Whereupon 7 again bog the Indulgence OF
the audience while go to the mat with the
I'm not willing to guarantee my arithmetic,
| but as compute II eight quarts Of four per
| cent or four per cent Of eight quarts would
alcohol.
But then. maybe the professor had his fingers
crossed, or more likely his tongue In his cheek,
when he used the term 'intoxlcate" Ia hate
to get into a personal argument with the pro-
fessor over the significance Of the term. I've
was talking about In all the little roudabout
debates I've had with DIR Henderson. So what
say mere to b II sn.
thrashng 70 soundiy Is not the professor IN
person but just straw efiigy 80 to spak. the
| dispatch furnished the straw for 1t.
| Now i'd like to meet the student, or even the
| man about town, who requires ten ounces OF
alcohol to get Jag on. have no experiments
nothing Illicit to drink. but dc. crave to feel
| the edge of his liver and see whether It isn't
studded with hobnails.
alcohol to intoxicate. all this talk about the
high accident rate from slightly jingled auto
mobile drivers IL Just hooey, isn't It?
But I keep forgettlng-who knows what Prof
| Henderson's idea Of intoXication may be? Ev-
cry physician Psychologist or scientific expert
is entitled to his own opinion about that. There
| IA no rule or ruling by which to test the matter
he police have their own fixed ideas about. the
general public has choice assortment or con-
| ceptions or beliefs ! have my SNUG little no
| ton, and Professor Henderson evidently has a
large and luxurious or at least very generous
| theory But what we scientific or near scientific
| 1d.h scientific
| 1t doesn't matter much. The politicians VIII
decide for themselves what Is and what Is not
| intoxication, and when they've settled the mat.
| ter and put 1t into law, then the judges will
| take 1t all under .advisement and INFORM us at
last precisely what congress meant when IL re-
pose Prof Henderson will be retired and In no
| condition to renew hostilities. So all can say
now about it is that think Professor Hender-
son is all wet And don't care If he is am
| still all dry.
QUESTIONS AND ANsWERS
Hernia Cured
| took the ambulant treatment for hernia. as
recommended by YOU The treatment atm, as slven
| and proved q complete success. i had been
urged to have the operation, but I felt sure you
| Vouid not recommend this new method unless
| it was safe and practical. Is. IL. Po
Answer-It is the method I'd choose if
''"U Her Ears Not On Straight
| One of your correspondents complained about
his spectacIes making the skin over bridge oi
/
| trouble for years, and then my ocuiist discov.
erred one ear is half an inch farther forward
| than the other and the spectacle bows had al
ways been the same length. He made them
| right to fit my ears, and i have no further
trouble. Mrs II. C. Al ,.
| Answer-Thank you. A LOT OF US VINO wear
| glasses will now want to find out II our ears
are on straight.
Flop Is Right
| take the paper because enjoy yOnr column
| 40 much. But, Kind sir ~ o COOK you're mop
| I'M the lingo of the day Yonr recipe TOR bran
mullins Is In indefinite measures, ana the chem.
istry OF cooking ~ akin 20 medicine. exact
quantities should be specified. ] wonld write
Your recipe thus;
| One level cup sifted Hour.
| One level cup wheat brahi 49,.
| One.haIf cup sugar Though ! prefer them
One level tcaspoonful saiti
| E'our level teasp00nsfuI baking powders
Two level tabIesp00nsfnt butter or oshe'
| Shortcomings
One egg;
| Tine cup milk, -. -. ...
| klft dry ingredients together through coarse
sieve melt butter. add egg beaten ant light
add milk, and add % dry mgredients, sake ~
aulpk oven nliOul "a minutes, 10 bnttered warn
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So w" Copyright John v. Ollie COP