PROHIBITION PARS.

White Ribbon, Volume 25, Issue 291, 18 September 1919, Page 6

PROHIBITION PARS.

ADVICE TO DIGGERS. Diigadier-Gcneral Brand, a State Commandant in Australia, ha*. issued th;* following warning to returned sol diers: —“li has been brought to n ti e from most reliable sources that strangers are freeh offering to ‘shout' for Diggers. Hew are of these men. The> are out to bring the returned soldier into disgrace, and use him, when incapable of looking after him self, as a tool to arouse the angei and try the patience of the police. Give su- 11 men a wide berth.’' FIRST AID AT 1 OO I HAM. MATCHES. A Melbourne doctor writ's thus: “Above all, trainers should not give injured platers any brandy oi other alcoholic drink. The use of alcohol makes the administration of subsequent anaesthetics extremely difficult." PERSHING ON PKOHIBI 1 lON. Bam>li the entire liquor industrx from the Cnited States; close every saloon, every brewer), and the nation will suddenly find itself amazed at its efficiency, and startled at the increase in its labour supply. 1 shall not go slow on Prohibition, for 1 know what is the greatest foe to my men, greater than the bullets of the enemy.”General Pershing, Commander-in Chief, U.S. Army in Fram e. RECKONING WITH DRINK. Fvt been ligurinK my accounts with old alcohol to see how we stand. H< promised to make a man of me, but he has made me a beast. Then 1 e said he would brace me up, but he made me go staggering around, and threw me into the ditch. He said 1 must c rink to be soc ial. Then he made me quarrel with my best friends, and be the laughing-stock of my »n emics. He gave ine a black eye and broken nose. Then I drank for the good of my health. He ruined tlslittle I lad, and left me sick as a d"g He said he would warm me up, and l

was soon nearly frozen to death. He s.iicl he would steady my nerves, but instead he gave me d lirium tremens, lie said he would give me great strength, and he made me helpless. He promised me courage. Then lie made me a coward for 1 heat my s; k wife and kicked my little sick child. Ih* said he would brighten my \\i - but instead he made me act likr a fool and talk like 1 an idiot. lie pro miscc! to ni; !c a gentleman of me, but he made nie a tramp. CARDINAL MEKCTKK UN PRO 111 BIT lON. lo a reporter of the “New limes’’ last June Cardinal Merciei expressed himself as follows; “1 am a great believer in the repression of intoxicating drinks, such as alcohol and absinthe. If general Prohibition were introduced more human lives would be saved than by general dis armament. Alcohol kills more men than war, and kills, them dishonour ably.” COMMON SENSE BV A GERMAN WOMAN. According to the “Chicago Tri bune," here is what happened at a mass meeting in Berlin to protest against the peace term*.: A woman got upon the platform and said: “1 lie Krcm h are giving up absinthe and planting wheat. fhe Americans will not permit any more foodstuffs to be made into beer and "ine. Wh\ don’t our German men stop drinkink spirits, then there would be more food for the hungry. WOMEN CRUSADERS. On July znd, at Hillsboro, Ohio, was celebrated the 4<>th anniversary of the launching of the crusade which resulted in the founding of the W.( . T.r. Of the seventy women who participated in the first parade, only jq were in line on July 2. The line of march was broken now and then as the marchers stopped to pray at the identical places the\ knelt on December 24, 1873.

GOOD OLD IH TIER Vi ILK. Ihe Department of Agriculture in the U.S.A. has proclaimed July i>t the day when national war-time Pro hibition becomes operative as National Buttermilk Day. The Department believes that buttermilk is one of the best drinks in the world, nutritious, palatable, and full of zest and vim. Aside from its food value, buttermilk is said to possess medicinal properties. Many physicians prescribe it in the easts of intestinal disorders. The bacteria which brings about the change by which buttermilk is produced is believed by many physicians and bacteriologists to destroy many other bacteria that in the human organism tend to hasten senility. A wet leader in Congress i>, quoted as saying: “Holy smoke! Take awav our beer, .md they propose that th** day on which this is done shall be set aside and go down in history for ever as Buttermilk Day. Can vou be t