CHAPTER XXIII 

 ALCOHOL AND COLD WEATHER 



If doctors only knew of some safe drink that would make 

 people comfortable no matter what the weather might be, 

 everybody would keep a bottle of it in the house. 



There are those who seem to think that almost any 

 kind of wine, whisky, or beer will do this ; many people 

 are quite sure that when the weather is biting cold they 

 really need some one of these alcoholic drinks to keep 

 them warm. 



A company of strong men thought so when they were 

 traveling across the western plains several years ago. 

 There were twenty-six of these men; it was winter and 

 they had to spend a terribly cold night in their camp 

 without any fire. They had food enough and plenty of 

 whisky; but one of the men knew more than the 

 others, and while they were talking about what they 

 should do to keep warm, he said that for one thing it 

 was not safe for any of them to drink whisky that night. 

 He even went so far as to say that they were far more 

 likely to freeze if they drank it. 



Two of his friends believed him and the three took no 

 whisky before going to sleep ; they were cold in the night 



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