Show Drink Habit Growing in nada Canada I i Canon Welch Yelch rendered a good service by his bbs straight and rather courageous I words of denunciation touching the social so social cial habits of not a few of Toron Toronto's tos to's four hundred and the general Increase Increase in increase In- In crease not only In drinking hut but also alson In n drunkenness ss The rhe sermon addressed to o a a. asse hall hail audience composed largely of or the militia forces of Toronto and the and antI Honorable Artillery Artil- Artil lery erv company of or Massachusetts was waa a timely warning a against a growing evil In n Canadian life And It ll not only the prophets prophet's sense of or public ic- ic but nt also his fearlessness for or the tho pren preacher her from St St. James James' to strike e so direct a blow at one of ot tho the chief sins slims of or the social circles to which not a few Cow of those who heard his words l belong elong I Canon 1 Welch Is a U f quite It te within the mark In his estimate of the down grade I during the time jast tast n t. t ten year car Vot ot only do th the police records show how an Increase In th the number of or con- con for but bat those who ho know the habits of or society caddy a H. H seen at small pleasure parties at rAt social lt Dr it i 11 i t G J au tl I 1 t ot 1 q l ns 1 crea creased ed and hm lit now how common I lii 1 where it was unknown ten teri years ado ago Th The increase of or the tho drink habit amon among women Is even ven more alarming than I amon among men Not only at private parties parties par par- I ties lies hut but also on semi-public semi occasions I at leading heading downtown restaurants anti and i hotels the ugly facts fact are too often otten forced Into Inlo prominence I A variety o of causes au con contributes to tho the present situation The Thi influx of or I people from rom Britain where tho tha drink habit is more prevalent has pro I provided ld I I for Cor the roll o of drunkenness at 1 both ends of the social scale The Th I shifting of the Sn tn the time tent tem perance prance cr crusade fr from m tile the total abstinence nence of or the individual to prohibition by the state tate has lias allowed the growth th of or ofa IL a generation ener very largely I untaught and c so o far as p personal convictions con con- and habits are conc concerned Tho Tio general prosperity of or the country providing providing pro pro- viding ln I an abundance for or the average o oman man and luxury for 01 not a few has lias made mad possible excessive nive e expenditures In nil and anil wah man many excess I I In n eating tin ana and drinking desirable wa of surplus stir sur I t- t 1 the most mOll way plus w wealth Among n. n I mon among a certain ertain rl f claw Il t hI C oUr t wom wo ml t I I t fin r n l I 1 bit |