Simply because public opinion has been so com- which he sets down not as harmless if used in moder- which has been marked in many countries during the last ation, but only as one of the "less harmful stimulants ?" good is an occasional editorial or a magazine article as This is from an editorial article in the Providence use of British colonial grown tea is yearly increasing at an add the qualifying words "used in moderate quanti- enormous rate. It is fortunate that the nation is following against that constant hammering? Another illustration. and stimulant. * * * liquors to malt beverages. In more temperate beverages the Why does it suggest itself to the editorial writer to In the United States there also is a drift away from strong The increase in the use of the less harmful stimulants, used in moderate quantities, harmless drink for refreshment Public Opinion Misled. same tendency is to be noted in this country at least. The England's example in relying upon this invigorating and, ties," when speaking of tea as harmless, while he 84 come the national drink, thus reducing the field for absinthe. few years, tends toward morality. In France beer has be- in the year in all the newspapers of the country ! What never thinks of applying the same qualification to beer, (R. I.) Bulletin.