will become neither drunkards nor criminals nor pau- both reasons combined. Such total abstainers leave degen- The offspring of an anti-alcoholist is far more likely fish lest nettle-rash occur) or because of parsimony, or for The person who lives a normal, wholesome life, who and indulges in it to a proper extent, who does not Dr. Eugene S. Talbot, in his book on "Degeneracy, becomes either a total abstainer because of a personal idio- That excess in alcohol frequently occurs in degenerate to become a drunkard than the offspring of a temper- ate user of alcoholic beverages. syncrasy (like that which forbids certain people to eat shell- cess in alcohol as well as even lower phases. 117 tions, and who in his eating and drinking includes the nature, sport, who gives rein to the domestic affec- pression of degeneracy. The person intolerant of alcohol economic efficiency, who believes in the "joy of living" keep his nerves at extreme tension and his powers at whose offspring is likely to be normal, whose children temperate use of alcoholic beverages, he is the one stocks is undeniable. But, as Krafft-Ebing, Kiernan, Spitz- does not sacrifice everything to business success or erate offspring in which degeneracy assumes the type of ex- high pressure all the time, who enjoys literature, art, ka and others have shown, intolerance of alcohol is an ex- Its Causes, Signs and Results," says: