Show TO STOP DRUNKttNNEsS Dr KEELET not the motor man but he of the chlorideofgold remedy is in London Lon-don having just finished a tour of France Germany Austria and Italy for the purpose pur-pose of studying his specialty This as most of our readers know is the cure of drunkenness He IS the founder of an in ebriate hospital at Dwight Ill branches of which are springing up in various parts of the country At this institute it is claimed a confirmed drunkard can be permanently sobered up in three or four weeks so that he will never drink another drop The doctor after a stay of a week or two in England proposes to extend his observations to Ireland and Scotland where a man is not considered drunk as long as he can lie on the ground without falling off Just at this time a great discussion Is raging in London and Liverpool on the subject sub-ject of intemperance V and how to treat it and Dr KEELET has joined the controversy contro-versy He takes tho side of those who assort as-sort that dypsomania is not a vice in the usual acceptance of time term but a heredi tory disease to be treated like any other physical sickness with suitable medicines But he mistrusts the efficacy of either temperance societies or prohibitive laws in suppressing drunkenness Moral influences should be continued in making the drinking habit odious and in branding dramselling as disreputable but coercive measures are worse than useless This American physician who has perhaps per-haps given as much attention to the subject of intemperance as any man in the country appears to think that tho continental nations na-tions of Europe are overcoming the liquor habit by the substitution of light wines and beer for the stronger stimulants He says that drunkenness IB noticeably declining there it being a rare sight to see an intoxicated intox-icated Derson on tho streets Wine or beer it is hold enables the drinker to resist the inclination for more powerful liquids thus modifying tho appetite and lessening the baneful results V All real reforms are conservative Prohibition Pro-hibition is an enemy to temperance because be-cause it possesses the elements of legal paternalism pa-ternalism and force and begets the spirit of resistance that always follows coercive measures A well regulated highlicense law proper seclusion Sunday closing strict enforcement of order separation from poolplaying and all forms of gambling these or similar dealings with the liquor and saloon questions are worth more than all the prohibition laws ever passed or teetotal tee-total societies ever organized in a practical point of view |