Coalville Times | 1899-04-21 | Page 5 | Bricking among Children

Drinking Among llilldraa. Donn on tho Itblne has been Invei-tlgatlng Invei-tlgatlng tl'n llquor-drlnklng habits of Its small school children. Out of 247 children, 7 or 8 yenrs of age, In tho primary schools, thero was not one that had not tasted beer or wlno, and but a quarter of them had not tasted brandy. Ileer or wine was drank rcg-ulsrly rcg-ulsrly every day by 25 per cent of tho children, while 8 per cent, Including more girls than bos, received a dally glass of rcgnac from their parents to make then strong, and 10 per cent would not drink milk because It had no taste