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Show TEA DRINKING IN IRELAND HURTFUL Special Cablo to Tho Tribune. DUBLIN. Dec. 6. Tea browed in Ireland Ire-land Is denounced us worse than alcohol, In a current report of tho Irish milk commission upon -the Hcarclty of milk In Irish towns. "Tho common use of tea and bread In place of milk and oatmeal tends to degeneraoy," said the commission. commis-sion. "Of tho evil effects of tea drinking It Is almost Irnposslblo to speak too strongly. strong-ly. Tea, even when properly made, la not nutritious, and unfortunatoly It Is often very badly mado. "Tho tea leaves aro allowed to stow on tho hob, and later, when moro tea Is wanted, a fresh charge of water Is added. In such cases the tea 1b not an Infusion, but a decoction, and a clangorous fluid. "Children three months old havo been brought up on tea. Thoy get accustomed to the taste of it, as a man gets accustomed accus-tomed to the taste of alcohol, and the habit becomes Inveterate." |