Evening star., 1938-06-10
Alcohol not
For Young
People
Drinkers Must Be
Denied Right to
Drive the Car.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

THERE was high school party. It
had been agreed that the teachers
would be on hand to help make things
pleasant, and that the band would play
Home Sweet Home" at quarter to
IL. That would mean that the chil-
dren would get home at the latest BY
quarter past IL.
The program was carried out well
and the young people enjoyed the
dancing and refreshments, and ac-
cepted the homing signal cheerfully,
with the exception of a group who
seemed to feel the whole program too
childish for them.
Come on" said boy. Lets go
on to The Brazen Buffalo and have
regular time. want drink. This
stuff isn't fit for decent consumption I"
Three Of his companions, two girls
and boy, seemed to think he had
said something. The four got into
their car and headed for the inn
The teacher in charge spoke to them
in undertones, but they laughed loud
ly and raced out of the drive with a
scattering Of the gravel that argued
i'll for their good sense.
At the inn they had drink. Then
they danced and had some more
drinks BY and by they forgot all
about home and made no move in
that direction until the waiter turned
down the lights. They took the wrong
road their machine ran into ditch
and turned over
ITS too bad" said the doctor, after
he had stitched up the last one and
seen him to his bed. that young peo-
pie cannot understand that alcohol
and gasoline engines do not work
together"
Some people blamed the school
Why should they hold dances, any
way? Some blamed the parents of
the four children. Why didn't they
train their children to stay home
nights and behave themselves? Some
blamed the inn for selling liquor to
children. Some blamed the children
themselves for disobeying the rules and
defying the teacher and their parents
when they left the school dance for
the inn instead of going home.
Young people will dance, and they
will go together to party. The trou-
BILE started in the idea that drinking
liquor was smart and grown-up. The
young people really do not care for the
cocktails, but they do love to feel big.
They see the big people drinking, so
that's the thing to do. Smashing cars
and getting hurt in body and reputa-
ton are expensive ways of learning
simple fact. Maybe if parents and
teachers acted on the law that alcohol
and gasoline engines cannot work to-
gether, and uttered the dictunn, mo
cars for drinkers" the children might
take it seriously.
It is hard for parents of young
people in their late teens to give
orders about such things. If the
young people show themselves respon-
sible there is no reason why they
should not enjoy the privileges of their
age and drive cars and go places in
them. But If they do not show re-
sponsibility and still imagine they
can mix alcohol and gasoline there
is only one thing for parents to do,
and that is to refuse fatty any re-
quest for cars or dances or late parties.
Intelligent young people do not
drink alcohol. It can give them moth
ing, but it can, and does, rob them
Of much.
Mr.. Patri has prepared leaflet
entitled. Spelling" in which he tells
parents how to successfully help chill
dren with their spelling lessons. Send
for it. addressing your request to Mr..
Angelo Patri, Child Psychology De-
partment of this paper, and inclose a
addressed, stamped (3-cen0 en-
velope.
copyright. 193S)