The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
THE EFFECT OF THE NEW BEER

A pint of beer of 3.2 per cent alcoholic con- tent represents half an ounce of pure alcohol An ounce of whiskey is equivalent to a pint of this new beer in alcoholic potency. A whiskey glass holds about two ounces
 or even a glass (half pint) of the new beer
 is likely to have, especially on child.
 There is one feature about the new beer that
 makes all the fine talk about never permitting return of the saloon seem insincere, and that is the fact that beer is now sold in grocery stores, markets, lunch rooms and soda. foun- tains and it is going to take great deal more guts, if we may use the term, for the young
 boy or girl to avoid cultivating taste for the stuff.
 Upon all who believe my teachings are sci entific sensible and honest and particularly parents or guardians of young children, earn estly urge that this is a good time to exact a pledge of total abstinence from your ch1ldren-f and while you giving your children the
 boon of such solemn pledge, include tobacco in the list well as beer, wine, gin and other alcoholic beverages.
 If there is the right kind of understanding such pledge is indeed boon for the child, because it will help the young boy or girl to
 decline to "try just little one" when the cir cumstances exceedingly hard to face. The boy will stick it out because he is unwilling to
 make his mother unhappy; the girl will pre- serve her independence, her own personality, against the demoralizing appeal of ''all the girls" because she is anxious to maintain her loyalty and keep the trust of her dad We still hear occasional assertions to the ef- feet that beer is strengthening, nourishing,
 valuab food. or that it helps us stand the de- preSSiOn! Compared with milk, beer IS 1nferlor in all these respects. Any one who spends a penny. for beer when he or his family Is in want of food is surely selfish brute and there should be some adequate penalty attached to such misuse of money in these hard times: From Europe recently there came bit of propaganda that would be funny if 1t were not so dangerous to ignorant people. It was a statement that the scientific authorities, the great specialists, now advocate the use of more wine and less milk in the family dietary. The best wine ever made is inferior to milk in every conceivable respect, even if we could consistently assume that all the alcohol in wine is utilized in the body food, oXidiZed as fuel to furnish energy. warmth and new tissue. or course know that as soon as any one takes enough beer or wine to leave alcoholic odOr on the breath, that in itself is proof that more alcohol has been taken than the body pos- siby utilizc-and the excess only intoxicates
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Seven Hours Sleep Accountant, age 37, light weight. average | f-2 hours sleep. Please give your opinion
 whether this is adequate. CT. c. L.) Answer-It would be for sedentary person | derweight persons should lie abed longer. An | overw eight person past 35 may do best on 6 1-2 | hours sleep. Those who play, work or exercise | hard require longer sleep.
 | Cod Liver Oil | want to take cod liver oil to build myself | up, but was told 1t should be taken only in the | winter and not in summer. (L. M | summer as in winter. Some persons find any | oil or fat less repugnant in cold weather, that | is all.
 | Coffee and Tea
 | Are coffee and tea harmful for persons who
 suffer from constipation? (Slrs I. L.)
 AnswerANo.
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