Show rn b ine mc Bythe n the favorable bl report of or a special committee of or the French chamber of or f deputies of the hill bill to tn prohibit the theal theale sale ale al of ot absinthe the governments government crusade era cru 1 sa sade sud a against ab is advanced ad- ad ance another step 01 or the absinthe habit the leaders of or orthis this movement nto say SItY is ruining the nation naHon The con consumption of this Insidious Insidious insidious in In- liquor has advanced b by lea leaps find nil houn bounds to the lie present sent alarming figure of or gallons annually It IL threatens to become a n. national curse like the habit In China and the natural right of oC national self self- protection justifies the government gO in striking Liking at the traffic In considering this proposed legislation legislation legis legis- lation absinthe must t be he sharply distinguished dis dis- ting l from ordinary b beverages as wino wine and beer I not properly properly prop prop- erl erly speaking penking a l. beverage It Is 19 a aruga drug drug drug-a rug rug-a a slow poison plea pleasant in its It Immediate deadly in Its cumulative or ultimate effects Its Us continued uso use breeds l epileptic symptoms anti and an all In Incurable in- in curable form of or brain disease l an and experiment cx- cx nt has lias shown that a large single sins dose lose of Its main constituent may cause epileptic convulsions in animals The rhe absinthe tippler i is h to Lo all alt intents an and purposes poe e what In tins fuss country Is vulgarly vu gaily garly called a dope and th the suppression of ot tho tile sale of absinthe absinth falls ralls' within the legislative category of ot restrictions restriction on the sale of or cocaine anti and morphine |