CHAPTER XXI.

ATTEMPTS TO ARREST IT. The Permissive Liquors Bill.—Its Advocates and their p. 351 Arguments.—The Drunkenness of the Nation.—Temperance Facts and Anecdotes.—Why the Advocates of Total Abstinence do not make more headway.—Moderate Drinking.—Hard Drinking.—The Mistake about childish Petitioners VI. Betting Gamblers.