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Show EATING APPLES AS A DRINK CURE An article appears in the Decern- I her American magazine which should be regularly reproduced on Appl day by the papers of Utah. It Is the biggest boost for the apple that we have read. A saloonkeeper In New , York City, who Is not a drinker him-' self, found early In his career that a regular consumer of fruit was not a good customer; on the other hand, a "booze fighter" seldom touched fruit The saloonman says: "I always kept some apples behind the bar for my own use. and I often experimentally offered one to a 'star : customer,' who almost Invariably re- j fused. The more I looked Into this matter, the more firmly I became convinced con-vinced that these two habits clash. Not caring to have my boys acquire the one I inoculated them with the ether, and 1 have found that the fruit habit early acquired nets as a perfect antidote to the liquor habit. "1 mention apples especially because be-cause they are something like bread, one never tires of them, which Is more than can be said of peaches, pears, and orange And apples. thank6 to cold storage, can be had : every day of the school year. "Why shouldn't the apples habit be cultivated In the public schools at public expense? School trustees could advertise for bids to supply the school Then by means of a push-the button contrivance placed at the boys' and girls' exits each child could get his apple ae he marched out to play at recess time. Two spples a day would do the work. Children have a veritable craving for fruit. 1 have often heard our victims beg another for the 'core' I know that two apples ap-ples a day will have a valued Influence Influ-ence on the health, good temper, and morals of any child. "Please understand I have no ax to grind, I do not own a single apple ap-ple tree. "I have never claimed to have discovered dis-covered that fruit Juices act as a 11 quor antidote, although 1 have talked it for twenty-five years. ' Some three years ago an article appeared which claimed a Nebraska Physician as the discoverer of the theory. The good doctor and I will never quarrel over IL He can have I the glory. 1 do not need It. I am (only too glad to see that my flews i have gained some scientific backing "If you removo the desire for drink the liquor question will so'vc Itself, and while poTerty may not be ban isbed the general welfare of the people peo-ple will be much Improved; and even if my scheme Is never adopted T will feel a thouaand times repaid for my rains If I can only convince the mothers of our country, those who have the mans to do so. that to Im plant the fruit habit In their children chil-dren is the best assurance for a tern perate life." Ripe apples, eatn at a time of ear when other fruit Ir out of th market, are health preservers, and th saloonkeeper's advice Is excellent because. If the fruit habit does not prevent a craving for drink, it at least tends to fortify the boly ngaln6t disease. n r |