Show Fa Fathers hers jj Express Express' Varied Views Vie On Ort Problem of Liquor in Home While the rearing of 1 children children chil chil- dren and the problems incidental inci mci- inci-I inci dental to that task naturally fall tall to the lot of the mother 1 there Is isone Ison one qu question t on which on-which n the father her usually has some say That is the question of f liquor in the home i iv falls fallS within his province because in inmost inmost mos most instances it is who father determines whether or no there there shall hallbe be liquor and is th the k keeper of ot the keys I Fathers quite as much as mo mothers moth moth- ers erSt d do a n lot of f thinking about about- the Influence e liquor If lilt It b kept in the home may have upon John Johnny y Jr or little Marie tas as os they are arc passing through childhood childhood childhood child child- hood and adolescence or ent entering entering enter enter- ring r- r ing into young manhood wo nd and wo m manhood There 1 is LJ now nothing illegal mega abo about t the possession of beer of the 32 variety and It is possible stronger drinks will soon soon- come under the same Utah Many Manya a a father likes and feels heIs he pe ie Is ls entitled to toa a cool bottle of beer when he returns home at the nd of of a difficult business day Should he be denied that bottle of beer b because use It may lead his children into the habit of drink Or does it do that Eight Salt Lake fathers fathers' have elected t to answer to give their pers personal opinions oft on the matter All answered with one e point kept strictly in view vIeY if the liquor whatever its form Is legal 0 There was 1 liquor q r In my home when 1 I was a u young oung b boy y and I nev never r hod had any undue curiosity about it said Burton W W. Musser Musser Musser Mus- Mus ser lawyer and former state states state's sea sen n- n ator I intend to pursue the same ame policy with my son Presence of liquor does n not t lead children to drink If the matter is handled sensibly Mr Mus Musser er feels It Il is perfectly all right for paren parents to drink in front of their chUd children en if It they do not riot drink t to excess excels When that happ happens ns it usually makes the children turn from liquor in disgust st instead d dof of encouraging them to to imitation he said TheE rop an custom of serving wine to the entire f family fam fam- m- m lly ily children and all aU is is quite a sensible one he maintains Children Children Chil Chil- hildren hil- hil dren grow up in n the habit of t using us us- ing Irig the liquor tempera temperately t ly S S SHave Have liquor in your home if yo you w want it said Wallace Kelly former Salt Lake county attorney attorney ney ney Treat it as a a- casual matter but never sneak it It behind your childrens children's backs Children have no no great curi curiosity sity about it if f you treat it as a normal part of home of-home home life Most children do not like it until they have re reached ched an age when they are lre able to judge for themselves themselves' as to its benefits or detriments There was always o a decanter ter on the sideboard sideboard sideboard side side- board In my own home v when hen I Iwas Iwas Iwas was young We kids never liked it IL When it was given to us with cas castor lor oil ve we found it harder to take the whisky than the thc oil From my own experience alone alon I certainly do not beli believe ve it t leads to drink The presence of liquor In Rh a R ahome h home ine does docs not lead children to drink but denial of it does docs in the opinion of City Commissioner George D. D Ke Keyser erI er I feel that when you tell children children children chil chil- dren or anyone for tor that mat matter r thai thaL they cannot have something they will have it he said This thou not policy didn't work as we discovered in prohibition The important thing is to tc teach ch chy y your ur children real temperance a and d re real l moderation Under no circumstances should parents if they drink do so so behind be behind be behind hind their childrens children's backs bocks Com Com- missioner Keyser said Nor d dhe does he think a small amount judiciously judiciously judici judici- given harms harms' young oung people He offered his own children a glass of beer he said end and after tasting It it the children decided d they did not like It Their curiosity was satisfied he said Now they will not want It The problem will not be a problem S S S SWilliam WI William H. H Folland supreme court judge feels that thaL it is amat- amat mat matter ter of the attitude of the family Drink should neither be crowded on children nor d denied them he hes s said sai id When denied it children develop develop de de- c curiosity about it w which n turn leads them into deeper deepen and often disastrous disastrous' investigation I I would rather have it available available available avail avail- i able than prohibit it absolutely Justice Folland said When they are old enough they can and will decide for themselves I dont don't I think having liquor In the home leads children to dr drink There was liquor in my own family wh when n I was a child and it was treated as a normal occurrence As result I had no particular interest interest interest in in- terest in it it S S S Then there are those fathers father with the opposite viewpoint viewpoint- I certainly do think having liquor in the home leads children into the habit of drink said Carl A. A Badger attorney father of twelve children The very fact that parents use it gives it ft an authorized standing I have never neverseen neverseen neverseen seen seen liquor used except pt for purely purely pure pure- ly by medicinal purposes purpose under the explicit directions of a a competent competent compe compe competent tent physician that was vas not harm harm- lu fut ful Even casual use we of it or the presence of it in the home lets ets down the bars and leads to dangerous dan things Mr Badger be be- lIev s. s If parents do drink they sh should uld not do so o in front of ot their children as that very very act sanctions sanc sane the use we and children are not notable notable notable able to understand why it is all allright allright allright right for their eld elders rs but not for themselves he said C 5 The very presence of liquor in ina a a. home serves as as an an excuse for its use by children and leads them into the habit of ot further use ac according cording to Dr L. L A. A Stevenson prominent physician Parents if they do use se it should certainly not do so in front of their children he said It sets a bad example There was vas no liquor in my home when I was wasa a child chUd There was liquor in some of my friends friends' homes and andI I know those children used wed it 1 if it was available S S S to Dr L. L John Nuttall Jr superintendent superintendent super super- of public schools in Salt SnIt Lake is the father of 1 l children He Ls L. a staunch advocate advocate cate of keeping liquor of any kind out of the home Its presence pres ence there has a definite tendency to lead children to drink he aversI aversI aversI avers I will never have liquor In my home he said I admit my ray children may see It in other homes and wonder why it is not in their own but I will risk that thatTo To me there is the propinquity angle If children see it and it itis itis itis is available they may easily casily acquire ac ne- quire the habit of ot using wing It Who can n tell to what extent that use may may develop develop It Is true I think that in homes where parents use liquor r to th excess that children n are revolted by the spectacle but it itis itis itis is not used to excess in all homes However I 1 Ido do feel that if parent I are determined to drink they should not imbibe behind their childrens children's backs S SQ 0 Children are led by example says Dr Frederick J. J Pack Deseret Des Des- eret professor of geology at the University of Utah The presence presence pres pres- ence and availability of liquor tIn tIna a home does lead them to drink and possibly to develop the habit beyond control he feels Liquor in the home is not desirable de because of at its influence on the morals of the young There was no no liquor in my ray home when I was a boy and there Is none non in my own home now |