ESSAYS ON ALCOHOL.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8827, 31 May 1907, Page 1

ESSAYS ON ALCOHOL.

Nearly 6000 Gateshead children re - ceutly contributed essays on ‘ Physical Deterioration and Alcohol,’ and a selection is printed in the Yorkshire Post. Some of the host are:— “Alcohol is useful, hut not in the body. It is useful for ‘polishing furniture.’” “I iiope I never touch drink till I am dead. ’ ’ ‘ ‘ A man who takes alcoholic drinks can see two things at once.” “The children of drunkards are often weak, and are sometimes troubled with being bow-legged.” ‘ ‘ Those who take drink are not so broad as they were 100 years ago. ’ ’ “When a man is ill the doctor will say ‘Are you a drinker of alcohol?’ and if lie says ‘Yes,’ the doctor will say: ‘That is what lias made you ill; you have a fatty liver. ’’ ’ ‘ ‘ The more temporary wo live the bettor it will bo for body and mind. ’ ’ “Some people say if you want to speak at a concert you should take a glass of beer before. You should not. It is certain that it makes you speak,.but you speak a ‘heap of rubbish.’”

“When a man gets drunk his brains will not telegraph properly. ’ ’