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ilationalTelttperance l Study Course 1947 '

Sunday, November 2nd, 1947

LESSON V Senior

“flAT SHOULD I D0 ABOUT IT?

need not expect

will pay the usual price, and

often is. It is now known to Icientis that from among the drinkers

By E. S. Bishop A Review

lrlrsl, lei. us take a ilrief glance butt at “hat we have been learn- lng hunt these lessons about bev- fl-llge lilrnllul. v

we learn that alcohol is a narcotic. ilabiL-formlng drug “vhlch, when taken, creates a crav- lng for more. a craving that may "ggdlly increase. Even when taken f1l'll\' in mall quantities (moderate drinking. they call it), harm is mused, especially to the nervous organism, and the higher faculties You rmlembcr the facts brought “bunt hy its effects on the driver of a motor vehicle, increasing the danger of accidents; and the ver- dict of o high government auth- ol-ity in Ontario that 45 per cent,‘ 9f all traffic accidents are mlxedl up with (lrinking. Many of the greatest coaches of athletic teams are ypry strict about thcir players llert-r touching it. We were told on highest authority that all problem drinkers and alcoholics started as “moderate drinkers" but the crav- lng “got them”, they could not “up, To be under the influence of g small amount of liquor is some- times more dangerous than to have drunk a whole lot.

Wr- learned that it "was detri- htcnttll in health; that it started or zllllctl litany of the worst dis- poses. such as vcnerai disease, and that it weakened resistance to in- factions. Life insurance com- panies have carefully studied its effects on the health and life pro- spects of their policy holders. and ii study of two millioncases in iOTi_\'-iill‘00 companies over a pcriod of twenty years brought out that the death rule is con- siderably higher. Even moderate drinkers tend to be shorted llvcd.

Alcohol is not a stimulant, as is claimed for it, instead it is a tie- pressant-dt “lets you down" The famous medical scientist, Dr. Os- ler, said: "lt does not help people to do things better; it simply makes them less ashamed that they do them badly." It has so a little good vnitlc, that when this the old "soaks" you sometimes see l: srl over zlgaillst the (‘ilOTilllJlH ltarni it docs it leaves us badly "in the red." It (lees not get you out of trouble, it gets you into it.

it will be. They all run this se

sense point of view.

makers and sellers of alcohol

ing. Make no mistake, it’: in conventions of their trade an

know for your own protection

Alcohol Studies—

they're in their thirties and eve

seventeen and twenty-one, and

yourself. Be On Your Guard

We spoke of the attempt of th promoters of the traffic to

trap because it chooses to. It i

prised if you,

. . . " thing " l k i ti d l i l caught. And always remember We might manage 5°17" l III-iii“ flifiilirllqlllgigltjf rlivorgec villas-y that the traps set for you are most W335i“ M‘? p°bblel°y- l l i. . .. . grace, crime, broken homes, dis- Skllflllly lllamed- F" lnslflncl’. Tm“ we can t’ snapped m‘.

ease, accidents, prostitution, polit- ical corruption, and almost every- thing that drags down and de- grades life. And yct, Canadians Ire spending more than a. million dollars a day on it, six times more than all the money invested by the people of this country in churches and their work.

signed to turn your attention away front the seam)’. sordid side oi’ the drink picture, the degradation and “in” should you not; the disgrace, the disease and broken hearts and homes the cle- feated lives and untimely deaths. Look around you, and you can see lllould 1 do atlything about m Rlefllv of il- The m“ m“? "m lllntc no intention of ever be- lllllll)!‘ Pfl-‘llufimda l°°k V"! fld‘ conting a tlrunkard, or even a mull?“- heavy drinker. I can't see What Hlivlnl fllrmllh the ‘"99" ‘mi harm a glass of beer, or a cock- ll"? K111185111"? Persulfded 37°“ ‘C’ tail, or a punch will do a fellow. _1°°k m‘ u“ Wh°le "n"? l" a '8'“ lkllow some quite respectable alld 19"‘- WaY- they m‘ the“ ‘mp5’ one even prominent people who drink l?! “l?” ca" clue“ be ‘mind m ‘he occaslonnlly.‘ “ml they dun-l seem social parties where you are asked ll, be any ll“, worse lm. l“. l to go for a good time. They are B," lmlore you some do“, m, usually innocent enough until the any such easy going attitude tot time comes for refreshments. Too this problm,’ lel us look at some; often. these include cocktails and ronsiderations that are very vital Pulwhes- F“ “me ymmg 960p“ a to your whole future. Consider Party '5 “m, mmplete wmwut wmc of the reasons why you film" and "s up t" hos“ and would do sonwlhlng nlmul lll‘ hostesses to see that drinks are first, don't forget that wha you pr°vlded~ The pressfwe °n Y?“ '0 have been learning in these les- ‘h’ ‘Whm everybwys domg and iOliS have not been the mere lake W“ glass-m‘ ‘gasses-ls "lllninns of telnperancc cnthusias- gang t" denmnd °f you a“ {he ls. Tltcy have been farts (lisrovcrctl "wml ‘mufage and Charade‘. you v9 by distinguished scientists and l 3°‘ if Y°u re “mg w decline‘ But holed experts in rescarrlt, people ' 1'4"“ YD“ 8°’ remember that‘ the ll-llo m." seldom associated l" nnyi drinking habit for many started I'll!’ with temperance organizat-' ‘mdcr m,“ these mo“ alluring » - | d emln i innocent surround- IS- Nu mere opinions can nl- f1“ 5e gy . lvr these facts in the slightest. II ' mgs‘ The dang” to you l, Just "llllhvtent scientists and exports ' as gum} as K the flame 3"” M‘; lily that alcohol itiwltys leads ta qmred m a homes Joint By an renal" damaging ell-eels on [he large. you are well-advised to_ stay tlrinkrl" it is because there is con- “way from parties “her.” hqu?! puts in an appearance. ‘Shun the very appearance of evil." G0 not where temptation lsl

What should we do about it? Some lnigltt answer, “Well, wily

"Milli! evidence that it is so. so ___

and beverage rooms which the liquor interests, with the help of servlle governments, have been setting lip in several of our pro-l vinces. Notice the cxpensé they go to to make them as alluring and‘ attractive as possible That's to‘ tempt you to "drop in" and try a glass just for the fun and feell ‘of if. Look out for the traps! It's Iset for you, and others like you.

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STUDY V. NOV. 2ND-

MRS. POBBLEJOY AND THE CHRISTMAS TREE (Junior)

Once upon a time there was a woman called Selina. Pobblejoy. he was not very young, nor yet very old, and she would have been quite pretty if her nose had been

Wm, they“. scarcely ‘clearer. she had a husband called

. ‘Tom and four children called “mflyou irills ofriiig-ilnm tile mo" lnlexiander, Maud, Joseph ‘ wlutlpntlon. m“ m“ "d land little 5am —o very fine fam- -,

imc In“ ll . prover: the dependability ° hi! UOVBTEIKII medicine to which lo.

ll . I trust for regularity and

lly indeed. if their faces had been " a little! cleaner and their clothes in little neuter. They all lived at number fifty-nine Buttermarket ‘Street-a pleasant little house if ‘the kitchen had been a little tidier, and the eurtllns had been hung n little straighter, and t/he brass knocker had _been polished a little oftener. _ ‘ Mr. Pobblejoy went to work ev-

if you should be foolish enough to tamper with these drinks, you that they will make an exception of you. You

may be tragically costly—it very

number of men and women are doomed to go the whole way and will end up as alcoholics. That ll, they are allergic to alcohol. and can't stop using it once they start. And you cannot tell which persons

ious risk. It is too terrible a gam- ble, surely from a sheer common-

Another thing young people too seldom realize is that they belong to the ver age group which the

y ic tween Mark T. McKee, wealthy U. S. airline executive, and his divorced wife, Mrs. Evelyn McKee. son,

beverages are "our to get"—to trap into making a start. Once they get folk drinking they don't need to depend on advertisements to in- ducc many of them to go on drink- ing. The appetite has got them They'll go on without‘ much coax- you they're after! They say so openly

in their publications. You should

fact which has been brought out recently by the Yule School of the oonfin-ned problem drinkers and alcoholics are much younger than they used to be. Once they were likely to be in their fifties and sixties. Today

terrifying number of women are included. You see, it is necessary that you should face the grim facts of the alcohol business for

trap you into making s start. We do not exaggerate, You know that no forest animal ever walks into a

caught before it knows it. Well. you are confronted by a some- what similar situation. You haven't the slightest intention of becoming drunkard. Neither did any of

But. once caught, many of them couldn't stop. So if you should £0 where the traps are, don't be sur- too, find yourself

drinking scenes on the screen, and stories in many of the magazines carefully prepare you by present- ing drinking in a most attractive guise, Many of them are funny. And sometimes in real life tlpsters will make you laugh. It's all de-

I Traps are set in cocktail lounges;

Ia little paler, and her eyes a little ed

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TERRY McKEE

End of a long court battle b

over the custody of their Terry, finally came to an end court at Toronto.

mother was given the right "

d

Then Mrs. Pobblejoy put

gain there was no money left.

a and delightful things

mistletoe in their butfonholes. "I say, Ma!" Christmas; may I have some?“

e iiy an Gertie Brown are

May we have one?"

5 for Santa. Claus," Henry.

cried Josep

kicked off his woolly socks. "Roller skates! Christmas-trees! cried Mrs. Pobblejoy. "Where's th l money to come from. I'd like t know? We're not millionaires!"

kicked.

wife, and slapped little Sam an: set him up again. “There

week." I O O

ed in a red gown and hood.

"Good evening, Mrs. said he politely- for cutting the

year."

"Why, it's Santa Claus!" Mrs. Pobblejoy.

“At your service. Ina/am.’ lflld the old gentleman, bowing. "May I have the pleasure of showing you round? This tree, now, is one of which we're particularly Pfillld? grown by a widow with seven children. She's been working at ii; all the year. a penny here. H"? I penny there, and it has STOW" "B" markably well. Toys on it, you see. and apples and sweets and seven pairs of new shoes. And this tree, too, will interest you. Mrs. Pebble- joy; it has been grown by your neighbours for their children. Em- lly and Gertie-there is a dress and hat and coat fOr Bach 0! them, and a doll's perambulator and n. tennis-racquet and all sorts of surprises."

“I never saw anything 50 Putty!" said Mrs. Pobblejoy. “I wish our children could see them; they Wm worrying me about a Christmas- tree this very day. You haven't a tree to spare that I could have. I suppose?"

l “But there is one of your own ilere!" said the old gentleman. “Every family has one."

"Well. now!" exclaimed Mrs. Pob- ivlejoy, "I never knew that."

She followed him in and out among the trees, but not one of them had a label with “Pobbiejoy" on it.

Then they came to a great pile o.’ bottles. with a shrlvelled twig sticking out of the top.

"That's your tree," said the old gentleman sadly. .-

Mrs. Pobbiejoy held up her hands in dismay.

"It's a great. pity." Salli M. "R- great pity; btll. I'm afraid there's! only yourself to blame. We plant. the new Christmas-trees on Christ- l mas night, so that they have ' whole year in which to grow. and, ever since this one was put in‘ you have been making that. pile of bottles round it. There are three hundred and sixty-four there new; . tomorrow, I suppose. you will add‘ the three hundred and sixty-fifth. and the poor tree will be quite kill-

cried

"Lztvk-a-mussyl" cried Mrs. Pob- ,' biejoy. "Are all those .my stout

Henry l bottles?"

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The father was awarded full custody, vrhile his

have reasonable access to the boy once a week at. reasonable hours."

-Bl"y dfly except Sunday, and 011' a Friday he brought home his wages. some- thing on one side for the rent and the gas, and she bought bread and sugar and csbbeges and things like that. and every evening she gave Alexander money and sent him for a bottle of stout for her supper; and

n by the time Friday came round a- their twenties, and many of them

are making their starts on this

Well, it was Christmas-time. The fatal career between the ages of

shops were full of all sorts of toys labelled "Suitable for Christmas Gifts", and people went; about with bits of

cried Alexander ' Pobblejoy. “Jimmy Billings is going to have s. pair of roller skates for

"And oh, Ma!" cried Maud, "Em- ' going to have a Christmas-tree just cov- cred with crackers and present-st.

‘Going to hang my stocking up .

"Goo-gag!" cried little Sam, and '

"Boo-hoot!" cried littlc Sam, and threw himself on his back and

never a penny over at the end of the

That night Mrs. Pobblejoy had a dream. She found herself in a for- - est of Christmas-trees. and coming l to meet her was an old gentleman with a long white beard, anddress-

Pobblejoy." “Soon be time

Christmas-tree | now! We've a very fine crop this .

e . l "Why_ bless me. if I haven't been

dow and flung the bottle outside

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wear. They are each

‘They are_ ihde said Santa

Claus, sadly, "and every one of ‘Lhem cost money. Just think what I three hundred and sixty-five bottles ‘could do for a Christmas-tree."

“Lawk-a-mussy-me!" cried Mrs. Pobblejoy again. "And Just. think what. all those three hundred lit-inks of stout have done for you. flour red nose and your dull eyes and your hasty temper and the lcitlidrens dirty faces and the rag- ged curtains at the windows and the tarnished door knocker ‘and rltls spoilt Christmas-tree - all the lfault of the stout! It has been lsteaiing away all.f.he best of your health and carefulness and thought land love-not to , money." I "Well, I never!" exclaimed Mrs. Pobbiejoy, more astonished than she had been in her life.

"It's true, quite true," said the old gentleman. "I shall be putting in a new phrlstmas-tree for you ltn Christmas night. How about [keeping ll: free from stout bottles, land giving it a little care and at-

tention now and again? You'd be

surprised what a fine tree you'd have next year. Let me show you."

And before Mrs. Pobblejoys eyes the bottles rolled away, the little tree grew and spread. candles

speak of the

and shoes and oranges antbpepper- mint-sticks and books and pen- knives and new suits and pink muslin frocks grew out of the branches; and instead of being in the forest. there it. was standing

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-_Mlss Emma Larson, years ill the restaurant business, says a good woman cook is better than a male cook. including any top-rated French chef. Now owner-operator of a res- taurant in Racine, Wis., Miss Lar- son recently attended the Canad- blldfled 51110718 We lclivefi- 311d WYS i ian Restaurant Association nat- ional convention here. "In our part of the world a good Scandinavian woman dish it up to suit our taste much better than any Frenchman alive,"

Ho». “aqua-so...-

"WHERE OLII FRIENDS MEET"

toes and a number of very queer l feelings inside.

"What's the matter?" asked Mr. dgy," Pobblejoy, sieeplly.

"I'm Just beginning to gel; ready

for next Christmas," said his wife.

And Lough Alexander and Maud

QUESTIONS

and Joseph Henry and little sam had no Christmas-tree that year. wilen Christmas came round again they had such a fine one that they never stopped talking about it for a month.

(l) What had the pile of empty

liquor bottles taken away Mrs. Pobblejoy? Value, l0 marks.

from

(2) What. kind of a Christmas

tree did Mrs. Pobbiejoy have the second year? Value. l0 marks.

9 yrs. and under answer Ques-

tion l. l0 and ll yrs. answer both.

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it. a tub in the middle of her own‘ kitchen table.

"Oil, my goodness gracious!" cried Mrs. Pobbiejoy. and woken-

dreamingl" she said to herself.

She could not go to sleep again for thinking o: it, and the part site thought about most was the beautiful tree standing on the kit- chen table. Just suppose it should be true.

Mrs. Pobblejoy slipped out of bed and went softly downstairs and llt the kitchen gas, but the only thing on the table was the stout bottle she had emptied.

.Mrs. Pobblejoy opened the win-

as far as she could. Then she

crept back to bed with very cold

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n ORKERS THRIFT oeuonrs can. VICE-PRESIDENT

l _ MONCTON, October 28 __ "I am tlilanldmeln. A man tilmks all hel delighted Wm, the s ou to_ He wont dol spouse to the Second Savings Loan another tiling. He wont. put tlicn-, sils away. ' lterc. a cloth there. He nccds a mopper-uppcr constantly."

Blind briclhfness and

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In a message issued to all em- ployecs at the beginning of the

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ranlpaign, Mr. Johnson stated that

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