anti-alcoholist side of the matter consists of gross exaggerations, one-sided observations, and unfortunate- ly a not too scant sprinkling of well, what did the eminent physiologists call it? Oh, yes, of yielding to the temptation to either manufacture evidence or 69 The Rule of "Not Too Much." stretch it over points that it does not cover. There is a good, simple, plain and strong word of three letters that answers this description. The Anti-Alcoholist is a Defective. However, it should be impressed upon the people that the assumed moral superiority of the anti-alco- holist is a myth. His garment of pretended sanctity should be rent and the naked weakness of the fanatic exposed. I have no quarrel with the person who simply chooses not to drink alcoholic beverages. It may be, and no doubt very frequently is, the case that he makes a great mistake, that a little alcoholic drink would be a decided benefit to him, especially where tea and coffee are largely used. But there are people who are very sensitive to alcoholic influences, without being defectives outright. They had best leave alcohol alone. There are also those who cannot take it in modera- tion. They had better leave it alone, although here it is better to try to induce them to live temperately in other respects. The person who is intemperate in