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whole: the image is positioned in the upper half, held within a black border. The title is separate and positioned across
the top edge, in brown. The text is separate and positioned in the upper quarter, in brown, and in the lower half, in black and in brown.
All set against a white background.
image: the head and shoulders of a German soldier who looks menacingly at the viewer from behind a wine bottle and glass. A skull and cross
bones design is placed above the bottle.
text: l'ALARME
Président d'Honneur Mr. RAYMOND POINCARÉ
Société Française d'Action CONTRE L'ALCOOLISME
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Ce que nous n'avons pû faire l'Alcool le fera
AUX FRANÇAISES ET AUX JEUNES FRANÇAIS
L'Alcool est votre ennemi aussi redoutable que l'Allemagne...
Il a coûté la France depuis 1870, en hommes et en argent, bien plus que la guerre actuelle.
L'Alcool flatte le palais; mais, véritable poison, il détruit l'organisme.
Les buveurs vieillissent vite. Ils perdent la moitié de leur vie normale et sont la proie facile d'infirmités et de maladies multiples.
Les 'PETITS VERRES' des parents se transforment en GRANDES TARES héréditaires chez les descendants. La France leur doit environ deux cent
mille fous, le double de poitrinaires, sans compter des goutteux, des ramollis avant l'ge et la plupart des criminels.
L'alcoolisme diminue des deux tiers notre production nationale, augmente la cherté de la vie et la misère.
A l'instar du Kaiser criminel, l'alcoolisme décime et ruine la France, à la plus grande joie de l'Allemagne.
Mères, jeunes gens, jeunes filles, épouses, agissez contre l'alcoolisme en souvenir des blessés et des morts glorieux pour la Patrie.
Vous accomplirez ainsi une tche grandiose, égalant celle nos héroïques soldats.
l'ALARME, Siège Social: PARIS, 45, rue Jacob
DEVAMBEZ, PARIS
[The Alarm. Honorary President, Mr. Raymond Poincaré. French Association for Action Against Alcoholism. What we have been unable to do,
alcohol will do for us. To Frenchwomen and young French people. Alcohol is your enemy, as deadly as Germany. Since 1870 it has cost France,
in men and money, far more than the current war. Alcohol flatters the palate; but as a true poison, it destroys the system. Drinkers age
rapidly. They lose half of their normal life and easily fall prey to a number of disabilities and illnesses. The parents’ 'little glasses'
are transformed into big taints that are passed on to their descendants. France owes about 200,000 cases of insanity, twice as many cases
of consumption to them, not to mention cases of gout, premature softening of the brain and the majority of criminals. Alcoholism reduces
our national output by two thirds, increases the cost of living and poverty. Like the criminal Kaiser, alcoholism decimates and ruins
France, to Germany’s greatest delight. Mothers, young men, young girls, wives, take action against alcoholism in remembrance of the wounded
and those who have died gloriously for their country. You will thus accomplish a magnificent task, equalling that of our heroic soldiers.
The Alarm, Head Office: [address]. Devambez, Paris.] | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | civilian suffering Death Wilhelm II historical reference social campaigns WW1 French Home Front medical / convalescence Kaiser of Germany eating / drinking emblems women / womens work health / safety Military Personnel wounded / disabled FR.O Société Française d'Action Contre l'Alcoolisme Charities Uniforms civilian effort | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Devambez Imprimerie, Paris | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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