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“If a man cannot do brain-work without stimulants of any kind, he had better turn to hand work —it is an indication on Nature’s part that she did not mean him to be a headworker.” —Professor Huxley. “Ihrow all the beer and spirits into the sea for a year, and people in England would be infinitely better. It certainly 'would solve nearly all the problems with which the philanthropists, the physicians, and the politicians have to deal.” —Professor Osier, Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics, Oxford University. One of the greatest sources of economy effected in the Royal Household, says “The Onlooker,” is in the matter of wine bills, for Temperance is so generally the rule nowadays that, compared with what used to be the case even a few years ago, comparatively little alcohol is consumed when their Majesties entertain. In fact, it is said that at a dinner party their Majesties gave not long ago, at which twelve guests were present, not a single bottle of champagne was opened. The same marked change (says the same paper) may be noted at most of the great dinners of the season, and also at large country house parties during the shooting season. Temperance reformers do not, perhaps, give sufficient credit to the Throne for the general improvement in the drinking habits. Since the days of the Regent • there have been great changes.