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Show MEASURES CHILDREN BY 1 THE STANDARD OF SODOM 1 jRV YOniC. June 11. "Like the depravity of ancient Sodoni " is the way X)r. T, Alexander MacNicoll to- j night described the habits of school- i children in certain sections of New j York In a statement regarding the children. chil-dren. Dr. AlncNicolI snid: "Fifty-eight per cent drink sonic form of alcoholic beverage occasionally, or at regular intervals; P.7 per cent drink one glass of beer a week to five glasses of beer a tiny; 21 per cent drink wine or spirits. In some groups, the percentage of occasional and regular drinkers runs as high as 70; of these at- ; lending schools. 4b per cent are back- ward in their studies." I |