THE OMAHA' SUNDAY REU: MAY 10. 10(K
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BAWL ROOM FOR CHURCHES
Place Where Babiei Can Be Kept
During Service.
REFORM URGED BY REV. CURRY
Plan II a Dfrii Tried In rn Vmrk
d Han Proved npmral
and atlsfartort- to All
(onrrrnrd.
Rev. B. R. Curry, pastor of ralvary Hap
tilt church, favor the Installation of a
"bawl" room In Ills rhurrh unci will urge
thi women to Inaugurates the reform ami
maintain a room where youngsters can be
cared for while their arrvantlcss mothers
an attending divine services In the audi
torium of the rlnirrh.
"I have long- considered such a muve-
nurs for a couple of noun, and there will
he others on duty at the church. These
women, hy the way, are member of my
congregation who are glad for a small re
muneration to do thlg work. Tn fact, they
n ei tha work, therefore by employing
them we are tv Ipfnr the mother and help
It'lt tli- women who takes the mothers'
place.
1. 1st of the Women.
"One of the regular staff of workers here
keeps a list nf the women who are wilting
to fill the roln of temporary nurse and arc
cnpnhle nf filling It. Whenever possible I
woman who Is detailed to ro to a certain
house on a particular Sabbath calls there
beforehand and gets a little acquainted
with the children, so that her work may be
easier on Sunday."
"I'o children ns a rule take kindly to I
strange nurse?" the doctor was asked.
" Not nt first always. Rut If the nurse
develops entertaining qualities and totea
the youngest about a little and maybe
serves a simple meal, which takes up a
little time, they soon become reconciled
and the hours pass so quickly the mother
ment." says Key. Mr. Curry, "and several
months ago when the 'What I Can' so- T Is bark before they know It. At the second
clety nf my church, composed of about
iwniy nign school girls, came to m and
aaked what they could do I proposed what
you term a 'bawl' room. Possibly 1 did
not urgfe it enough on tho girls, as they
egerted their efforts In other direClin.
but now that I have seen that the idea
hai been so successful In New York I pro
pose again asking the girls In my church
to Uke up the work.
"A room In the church where small chil
dren could be taken care of and amused
while their mothers are attending service
would be a fine thing. There Is a break In
'the Uvea of many young people when thy
marry. Prior to this event they are
Church-going people, but when the little
onoi come they have to stay at home and
then when the children are old enough to
go to church their parents hnve gotten
out of the habit In many Instances and It
Is hard to get back into the habit of go
ing to church and taking their children
with them,
llooma Available for It.
"We have rooms in the church which
could be fitted up In most excellent stylo
for a sort of nursery or "bawl' room and
I hope the girls will take hold of the mat
ter In earnest."
In Rev. John MacArthur's Calvary Bap
tist church In New York the "bawl" room
Is -a mezzanine adjunct to the chapel or
Sunday school room and may be shut off
from It by movable glass partitions and Is
out of sight and hearing of the church au
ditorium. Windows facing the' south let In
a lot of sunshine, when there is any sun- j
shine to let In, and the furnishings Include
a bright rug, comfortable rockers and a
couch.
" The Innovation In Calvary church. New
York, wai established last January and a
movement was then started which Is be
ing approved by churches of other denom
inations In that city and elsewhere-a
movement to help mothers to attend morn
ing service free of encumbrances. For it
has come to pass that the presence at reg
ular church service! of small children Is
not hailed with pleasure by the congrega
tion tn general.
"One reckless little tike," remarked a
church officer, "can make null and void
prayers and sermons for a dozen or more
persona in his vicinity, including the rar
ents. and Incidentally get on the pastor's
nerves. In these days homilies to mothers
on the duty of church going do not Include
an Invitation to bring the baby along. That
Is why the movement started at Calvary
church Is likely to grow fast."
Not Favored at First. .
At the etart there were practical mem
ber who questioned the wisdom of the
bawl" room. The plan had been tried once
or twice elsewhere, they aald, and been1
fonnd wanting. Other members approved!
it. declaring an Intention to stand by the
paltor In carrying cut the plan, even to
the extent of loosening their purse strings.
"It hasn't turned out to be such an enor
mous undertaking," said the Rev. Dr.
MacArthur when aaked for the results to
date of his experiment. "Every month I
haye had some money placed at my dis
posal for the purpose, and when that falls
short I ihall make up the deficit myself.
"Our aim Is to give every mother In the
congregation, every parent. In fact, a
chance to come to church If she or he
wur.ts to come. Most of the mothers long
to come. And I don't know anyone who
needs the rest and the quiet and the
spiritual uplift afforded by a church service
more than thjy do.
At first my plan was to give them this
chance ou communion Sundays only. The
Invitation- to leave their children in the
church parlor In care of a woman of ex
perience was Issued Just before the Jan
Mary communion. After that It was good
for every Sunday, and now we include the !
preparatory Friday evening lecture before
each communion In our plan.
"No, tlie children are not brought here
then. The nurse goes to them, for tlie
movement Is no longer restricted to caring
for children at the church. To do merely
that was something, but It was not nearly
enough. It did not begin to meet the needs
of tha mothers.
Car Fares a Barrier.
"For instance, the workers whose duty it
is to get in touch with the poorer families
of the parish found that when there were
two, three and four children Included the
work of getting them dressed to come to
church and the necessity of paying extra
car fares was often a big stumbling block
In the way of accepting the church's in
vitation. In other cases sensitive mothers,
fearing their children's clothes would not
stand favorable comparison with the
clothes of other children at the church,
have kept them at home.
"Learning this, we decided to enlarge the
scope of the work, to send a nurse to the
children for a couple of hours of a Sunday
morning instead of having the children come
to the nurse. This plan has worked
splendidly.
There Is one family in the congregation
whluh Includes four children, the youngest
only months old. For several years the
mother had not attended rhurrh at all. For
the last few Weeks she has been coming
regularly with her husband. Slie was at
the last preparatory Friday evening i.-ctura
and I baptized her lust Sunday m irning.
"Next Sunday we shall be doing work at
both ends of the line. Several women art
detailed to go to as many homes and act as
visit, if the nurse has made a good Im
pression, she will have no trouble at all.
"Among the children left in the church
parlor Sunday morning are pome who
can't be happy unless allowed to run and
piny hard, and for s lrh Is a clean, sweet
room In the basement, where they enn
romp their fill without disturbing nny one
or Interfering with their companions who
are satisfied to look at books and pictures.
"We are proposing to enlarge the work
very much next autumn, our aim being to
employ a large enough corps of women to
reach every home In the parish where
there is a mother who can't get out of a
Sunday morning unless some one goes In
to take her place.
"No. I'm not talking much about social
ism, but I'm doing it. The chief activity,
It seems to me, of ninny socialists Is talk.
The best socialists I know are the men and
women who are working along quietly, lov
ingly proving by deeds, not words, that
they believe In the universal brotherhood
of man."
BRAVERY WITH YELLOW STRAIN
Frarlesn In Shooting; Sere pes, a t'ow
ard with a Tooth
none. In the May American Magazine "The
Interpreter" tells of a brave man who was
a coward:
"But everybody Is coward and hero both.
Some people are afraid of one thing and
some are afraid of another. One man would
go to war who would not go to sea. An
other man delights In the 'terrors of the
deep' who Is afraid of lightning. I knew
an Knglish naval officer who was described
as the 'bravest man in the service.1 He
was not only brave. He was a byword for
recklessness wherever soldiers or sailors
met. On one occasion, on a bet, he went
up In a balloon, agreeing to descend In a
parachute. He knew little or nothing about
parachutes. When he was ready to come
down he found that the 'harness' of the
parachute, which was supposed to go under
his arms, couldn't be dlsentagled. So ho
seized the bar of the parachute In his hands
and dropped out of the basket. In Cuba
he Joined one of our batteries at El Caney.
Our men proceeded to bombard a Spanish
blockhouse. Tho first shot was a good one
and the English vlHltor showed his appre
ciation by slapping the artillery officer on
the back. At thaV, minute the Spaniards
replied with an evert" better shot. The cor
respondents and some of the soldiers be
hind the gun, seeing the shell coming, dove
Into the bushes for cover. The shell burst
with terrific explosion. Everybody thought
that everybody else was killed. Out of the
cloud of dust and splinters emerged the
sailor man. His face was red but only
moderately excited; his monocle was held
firmly In his eye; he was leaning forward,
clapping his1 hands and shouting to an
enemy some miles distant: 'Well played,
sir. riayed Indeed! Capital! Capital!' as
If he were applauding a fine catch at
cricket. Another time a shell burst very
near him and everybody In the neighbor
hood thought he had been killed. But by
some curious chance he escaped and was
heard to remark: 'Extraordinary! The
same thing happened to me at Omdurman.'
These and a hundred stories are told about
his intrepidity and coolness in the presence
of dang.T. No doubt some of them are
fables, but even the existence of many
fables about a man's gallant deeds Is
pretty good proof of his courage. I was
talking about these stories one day with
a man who knew him well. 'Most of them
are true' said he, 'but, do you know, I
never saw a greater coward In Illness
than. Whenever he has a toothache he's
sure he's going to die.' "
THIS IS IN OLD MISSOURI
You Will Br Shown a Fenceless
Farm If Yen Vo to the
Ozark.
Within sight of the town of Jasper, Mo.,
in tho Ozarks, a settler has a farm which
probably is unlike any other in the world.
This farm occupies the table land i n the
summit of a ridge ami is enclosed with a
fence which no animal has ever broken
through. It does not rise above the surface
nf the farm, but falls sheer from the edge
a distance of many feet. The man who
homesle aded the table land had a hard
climb up the face of a perpendicular cliff
to reach the comparatively level summit.
At one point a ledge extends out a few
Inches and along the face of the cliff at an
upward grade, liy following this ledgre
and making use of occasional p.dnts of
rocks and of shrubs growing in the fissures
the discoverer pulled himself to the summit
and found a surface well covered with soil
and a luxuriant vegetation.
Gradually he Improved- the ledge until he
could carry up tools and seed. By blasting
and drilling he cleared a narrow trail, up
which he was able to take first s one pigs
and then a cow. Later on he took up a
horse.
And that today Is the condition of th s
curiously protected farm. No vehicle ha
turned a wheel within Its limits of pali
sades. The live stock has multiplied and
consumes the grain raised. Sime st ; n s
thrown across the trail Completely fenca
In the hogs and cattle. When the farmer
has stock to sell he drives the anlmaU
down the private trail and strikes the rjid
to Jasper.
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equat tho YAM'KS WF. OFFFlt Vol". We want to tell you thnt the Peoples Slore In In nn exceptional position to jflvo
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EXTENSION TABLE
Terms $1.00 Cash, 50 Cents per Week
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TERMS ON TBIS TABLE
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W. Ar. Sol. Agents
Mrs. Irene .1. Iloavrs. who has Imrt many years of pxpprlcnrp
with tlie ilU'ferent HTadt'S of khh raiiK'-s says that in all hr cx
jinrli'tire slit has never seen a as ratine that will Jo one-half the
work that a Dlreet Aellnn (Jus Kane lnen in tile same time. It
heats quicker, lights quicker, nml naves more gas than any other
range on the market. So enthusiastic Is Mrs. Hotels over these
ranges that she has ndvlsl nil her many friends to throw out
their other ras stoves, arm nuy a inreci
Action. See the Oas Move that
wo offer this week Rt the low
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T.rmas 91.00 casn; eoc WM117.
$2.95
$14.50
$87-5
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$8.50
?s -olid Oak Dresser
Tirmii il.OO Cash; 50o a WhL
Exactly like cut. Made of
solid oak and is highly finished.
Has three large and roomy
drawers, and the very best of
workmanship. Is an extra spec
ial value.
Buys this Elegant
CHASE Leather Couch
T.rma: 91.00 Cash; 60c W.kly.
Kxactly llko cut. Solid oak
frame, chase leather covering,
a value that you will not h
aide to match anywher. else.
OUR EASY TERMS:
On a Sale of $25.00. $2.50 Cash.
$2.00 Monthly
On a sale of $50.00, $3.00 cash; $4.00 monthly
On a sale of $100, $10.00 cash; $8.00 raonthly
On a sale of $150. $15.00 cash; $12.00 monthly
On a sale of $200, $20.00 cash; $15.00 monthly
IfiTH A FADNAM .STDFFT.V OMAHA .
Larger Sales On Equally LOW Terms The rcoples Furniture awl Carpet Co. Established 1887.
For this FOLDING tnd
RECLINING GO-CART
This Is an exceptional value
offered you In a folding and re
clining Go-Cart, lias an all
steel frame, rubber tired wheels
and patent adjustment. It
Is light and folds Very
compactly.
Eoji the Feapld
M.re Special
Collapsible Ca-Cart
Terms I C1.00 Cash) 60o
Weekly.
This handsome cart Is
made of all steel, and Is
therefore an Indestruct
ible cart. The back la
adjustable to a sleeping
or sitting position. Folds
compactly. An excep
tional value at the low
price offered.
This is a most n-niirknble value nnrt is exactly llko Illustra
tion. It's a vnlne that you eoulil not duplicate1 elsewhere for
less than double what we as-'k for it. It ia merely an Index to
tho great values that you can obtain nt the peoples Store. Wo
ask you where else could you possibly obtain such a value?
What other store is able to give you surh a hlsh grade and
beautifully finished table at Mich a sum 11 price? l'icturo in
your mind's eye what other houses offer you to compare with
this massively constructed pedestal extension table that is fin
ished in a beautiful American quarter-sawed oak. and that has
6 ft. extensions, and has a very massive pedestal. The entire
table is highly finished and polished and is an unusual value at
the above low price.
Refrigerators
We are sole nuents fur t !
famous tlurney line. More c.ur
ney refrigerators in use In Om
aha and vicinity tliun nny othT
refrlserator. There Ih ii rea
son for this, and It lies in tin
fact that eJurney refrlKerutoi k
pay for themselves over iiml
over again In the cost of tin
Ice they save. you. Hence they
are the most economical refrig
erator made. They are the lno:
sanitary refrlgerutor made, I'm
every part of Ourncy ret'i igi-in-tor
Is removable, (Jerney refrig
erators are made of thoroughly
Seasoned ash and have seven dis
tinct walls and have mineral
wood filling. Ho sure you ge
a Ourney refrigerator and yn-.ii
Ice troubles will be over wl'li
See the splendid rcfrlgerut
that we olfer this
week at the unusu
ally low price of . . .
Tirmii 91.00 Cash; 60c Weakly.
$7.50
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'Jiie values
CARPETS. RUGS and DRAPERIES
good quality, title values; special 45fJ
...59c
...69c
.. 89c
. 4.98
10.75
13.75
1.69
15c
Ingrain Carpets Very
at. yaru
Ingrain Carpets Strictly till wool,
at, yard
Brussels Carpets Good heavy gi-.nh
at. yara
Axminster Carpets Itenutlful patterns, $1.:'.'. values,
at. yard
Art Reversible Xug-l Large assortim nt, 17. till values;
special
Brussels Bugs Will wear very well, $ 1 ."..()) values;
special
Brussels Rugs Hxl2 size, high grade, J.'iiiin values;
special
Xotting-ham Lac. Curtains ilood quality, fj.r.o values,
per pair ,
Big Sal. of Matting's JSc values,
per yard
CATCHING SUMMER BOARDERS
That's the Leading Industry Up in
New Hampshire.
GRANITE STATE ADMITS IT
That and Selling- Abandoned Farm
for Summer Home. Kianiples
of What fan Re Done with
I.Mtle Money.
TARTAR is a calcareous deposit which
forms upon the surfaces ol the teeth
should be removed by the daily use of
us r- Lvy o
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PERFECT '
which cleanses, preserves and beautifies
the teeth, prevents the formation of tartar and
imparts purity and fragrance to the breath
The summer boarder has come to be the
lording Industry of New Hampshire. The
Granite slate admits it. There are cotton
mills In the state and a brewery and a few
minor Industries, but the summer boarder
leads them all.
New Hampshire thinks so much of th
suirmer boarder that it Is one of the chief
duties of the state officials to corral htm.
And when they've got him they proceed
forthwith to sell him an abandoned farm
fo a summer home and make liim a more
or less permanent resident.
The State Bourd of AFrU ulture lias issued
the sixth edition of "New Hampshire
Farms for Pommer Homes," tin obteet of
which. In Its own language. Is "to plctiir
a few of the manifold scenic beauties of the
state, to record and preserve the apprecia
tion of them hy famous men and women,
and to show how well adapted are almost
ell sections of the s'ate for tlie establish
ment of country homes of every sort, grat
and small, eh ant and simple, costlv and
j cheap, castle and camp." If anv one whosj
i name Is known among; man spends the
summer or a part of It In New Hampshire
j he 'a called upon promr-H" f r a testimonial
I for publication In the state's yearly news
paper. There is great rejoicing In t! e
latest number over the fact t lint tli" am
bassadors from flreot iiritni.i and from
Germany spent Itst summer In the otate.
Ilaron Had Been There lief ope.
Paron von RternLerg. tlm German am
bassador, had been there before. The no'e
of appreciation he wrote then Is reprinted
and there is a nlcture of him In his most
resplendent uniform And further to at
tract tlie summer boarder, tlie baron Is
dubbed a count.
Ambassador Hryce from l is own account
was pretty well plcns.il with I is summer
In New Hampshire. His neighbors gave
lilm a reccrtlon and an oil paintlns on his
departure and asked him to come again.
His picture appears in uniform, an unusual
costume for Mr. Iiryce.
The book gives many examples of what
can be done with an abandoned farm. You
can or could do so a few years ago get
one for a nominal bum. Here Is the experi
ence of Clarence Johnson, reading clerk of
the I'nlted Stales senate, who has a place
on Jenness lake. He says:
"It Illustrates as well us inv summer
home 1 know of the capabilities of our
state in that direction. An old-fashioned
farm cottage connected with the barn l.v
a ctg ell; with a vi ry large, finished attic
room, and a connecting shoe shop where
they used to make hand turns: now a hand
some bed room; altogether It Is simply and
Ideally quaint.
"One of Its Important polms Is its very
low cost only with lis eight acres of
land, more than half of which is covered
with pine trees front six to eighteen Inches
In diameter at the butt. A fortune would
not bjy It now."
Mr. Johnson's little flio place is shown
In various aspects In tlie Illustrations and
there Is no doubt that he got bis money's
worth.
Krheol Teacher Hulrs II.
A New England school teacher solved the
summer vacatton problem for a family of
five In most successful and economical
fashion. For I.O she got a house and a
barn. 100 acres of land, half of It woods,
Including a large maple sugar orchard and
an apple orchard, the whole south shore
of a g-ood sized lake and a view of a moun
tain. It was a good lmrgaln, as she found
She got the place in the fall. Pho tells
what she did with It:
During the winter plans wire made for
our future summers at Hiilcrest, the name
whi'h had already )een given tlie place
and which we considered sufficiently suit
able to retain. It was a real pleasure to
find In the attic many pieces of furniture,
no longer suitable for a city house, which
would do very well for a summer home. A
few dollars siM-nt for Inexpensive dishes
and an occasional visit to an auction of a
bankrupt hardware store or a sale of house
hold effects supplied at small cost suffi
cient furnishings to render us comfort '.Ue
for the summer.
The pleasure and profit of that firs' s':i.i
mer at Hiilcrest will long remain In j-sTi-ory.
The discovery of the raspberries, blue
berries and blackberries, to be had In great
abundance for the picking, was one of tin
least of the summer's delights. During tlie
first weeks of our stay we built by means
of hoards and rafters found upon the place
a partly enclosed veranda across tlie back
side of the house in which we put partitions
and arranged for sleeping rooms, and we
found this to be perhaps the most satisfac
tory improvcmi nt upon the place.
There Were Drnnliarki,
Of course there were drawbacks. It was
six miles to the railroad station and up
hill both ways. There was some trouble
in getting meat. The first attempts at
gardening trift with failure, chiefly because
of crows, woodchueks and other people's
sheep.
There was lots of work, but "it certainly
was vastly more exhilarating than to gossip
upon the steps of a summer hotel jr to
idle away the long hours at the seaside."
The next season many Improvements were
made at small cost. Two hundred fruit
trees were planted. They even built an Ice
bouse In a corner of the barn.
Kx-Oovernor Hachelder Is largely respon
sible for New Hampshire's awakening to
Its opportunities. He set out to solve the
problem of the abandoned farm and had
a law passed providing for a census of
abandoned farms and homes and appro
priating $.1,iKiu a year to promote their sale
to newcomers. His first canvass showed
that 1.4S0 farms with houses and .barns had
len abandoned absolutely.
The State Hoard of Agriculture there
upon got Into tiie business of encouraging
the summer boarder and the summer home
seeker. Nearly 5m farms have hen s 11
for summer homes.
The board has advertised tlie summer e
sorts and has Induct 1 sum" lu..'n persons
to go to tlie'statc t ui Ii summer. Tlie per
manent population has been increased more
than 7.fX Kx-Gov. rm.r Hachelder. v. ho
Is the secretary of the Ixiard. says that
about $.Mi.CO).ij is Invested In tlie summer
business.
There are ut hundreds of farms avail
able for summer homes and tlie Hoard of
Agriculture has them ail listed and de
scribed. It is in tl.e business to stay until
the Hate becomes u summer city.
II4YIK IIKO. Ill t mi.K,
Big Oi.pUy Kith SI. Window Only
a Portion of the Immense ev
1 ork I'nrrhase.
I'lHiuestlonably tlie best l,i of silk al
ues ever brought to Omaha were secured
by our silk buyer in his recent purchase
from the eastern manufacturers. It wss
Impossible on account of the lota being
bought at different times to har t'lehi all
here In season for window display, fully
one-third of the stock ami nally the best
values having arrived too late. These, how
ever, will be Included In Monday's sale.
Classes and qualliies art) listed in ad page.
Eighteen pianos sold Saturday at Hospe's,
151 J Douglas atresU
Rabbi Cohn on Personal Liberty
(Fassover Feast lecture by Dr. Frederick
Colin at Temple Israel.)
We celebrate tonight our historic fes
tival of liberty.
Liberty is the dearest Interest, the most
precious possession of the human heart.
Wit hot, liberty, life Itself is valueless
and there have been those in all ages and
In all countries, who have preferred rather
not lo be, than not tie free.
The world's greatest enemies have been
those of liberty. Those who would forge
the fetter of the mind or body. It has
been said that thare is a stronger passion
than even the lovV of liberty and that is
the love of power. I.ust for domination
desires lo lord It over others, to prove
one's own mastery hy tlie subjection of
one's fellows. Despotism In whatever form
has ever been the most determined and the
deadliest follower of mankind.
The great eras In the history of the world
are those that record a struggle for lib
erty and humanity, most Inspiring charac
ters have been the champions of freedom,
heroes of liberty. For "eternal vigilance '
has ever been "the price of liberty." The
enemies of freedom have ever been awake
and active.
In oifr own republic, the land of freedom,
llirre are those who would treat as children
or as slaves, large numbers of their fellow
citizens. The prohibition movement that at
present seems to have assumed such large
proportion in our country, I regard as in Us
real essence, an attack on freedom, an un
warranted and even Impertinent Interfer
ence with personal liberty and I am proud
to be confirmed in my views by tlie written
expressions of some of tile best and wisest
of men, men like Dr. I.yman Abbott of
New York, editor of The Outlook, and suc
cessor of Beicher in Plymouth church, and
the great Knglish philosopher, John Stew
art Mill, both of whom, the former In his
volume on tlie "Rise of Men," and the lat
ter in his book on "Liberty," energetically
opposed even so seemingly commendable
a movement as prohibition because of Its
danger to liberty.
To llih.k what prohibition means In for
bidding the manufacture and sale of splr
itous liquor, yuu absolutely forblu their use
for what cannot be manufactured cannot
be bought or obtained and therefore cannot
be used, unless surreptitiously to us. put
ting a premium upon law evasion and ad
dnis tne crime of law breaking to the evil
without curing It.
The result Is that a large portion of
the people are deprived of what they re.
gjrd as altogether harmless or even bene
ficial. What right has any man or any
number of men to say that they have not
been allowed to drink a glass of lieer or
Willi: occasionally, to have these In my
house or upon my table for use or for
pltasure as I may deem fit and proper. It
is not a question of restitution or of regu
lation, but of absolute prohibition. I hold,
that if you may tell a man what he may
and may not drink, you may tell him, with
equal right what he may and may not eat.
You will goon lie dictating to him and es
tablishing I y law, Just what kind of food
In must eat, tlie precise cut or quality of
a garment he must wear. Just what kind
of a house he must live In, how ho must
oik, how he must set, exactly what he
must do and fcay and think and believe.
Tyranny is tyranny, even when enforced
by a majority. Injustice Is Injustice,
whether perpetrated by few or by many.
lteer and wine are not poison. God made
the grape as well as the grain. The Bible
says of wine that it "cheereth God and
Man." Jesus turned water Into mine (and
e suspect some of our liquor merchants
of doing the same thing). Win Is used In
religious ceremonies, at marriage services
and In tlie sacrament. The orthodox Jew
has a glass of wine on bis table and In tha
synugoguo on every Sabbath eve. Ha Is
commanded to have four cups at the family
services on Passover, and he never tastes
wine without first reciting the benediction:
"Blessed art thou, oh Lord, our God, King
of the universe. Who has created the fri.it
of the vine."
Everything that God has made Is good
when used in moderation. Kxtreines of
every kind are bad. We believe in com
pliance In all things. Prohibition is Itself
the worst kind of Intemperance. It becomes
fanaticism that may had. as It has so
often led In the history of the world, to
the most dangerous results.
The most ardent advocates of prohibition,
as a class, are just of that emotional type
that lend themselves to movements of the
most excessive and extravagant character.
It is no mere accident that a Carrie Nation
goes around with a hatchet, smashing ami
destroying private property. The essence of
the prohibition movement is the same. It b
the blow at liberty.
And to think that It should manifest it
self with such power, not in Germany i t- ir
Fiance, but in America. What la Auierh i
without freedom? America, whoso name i.
a synonym for liberty. All whose institu
tions are founded and grounded in free
dom. Liberty being the very air we breathe.
Here in this country we stand, and shall
ever stand, for the largest and fullest pos
sible measure and degree of individual lib
erty compatible with the Interests and wel
fare of the public ah a whole. Liberty of
thought, liberty of speech, liberty of ac
tion and liberty of belief have completed
freedom, Individual, soi la I. political, civil
and religious.
"AH men have their movements of rea
son, " said I'nierson, and it is my confident,
belief that the great American people will
I see the reason and the righteousness In this
pretext, on tho part of many upright and-'
sincere men. Men who cannot be suspected .
of boil g subsidized by the liquor interest,
who hold no brief for the brewer, who
speak und write at the risk of personal nils-:
represent at Ion and , unpopularity against,
'inhibition.
Most of all because they believe It to be',
a blow aimed at thr. very heart of liberty.
A reaction Is bound to sot in and men will
come to their saner, soberer. Just solution
also in this matter of tlie proper regulation,
of the manufacture, sale and use of Intoxi
cating liqllOJ'. ,
People with ?7."i credits elsewhere find
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Douglas st : i el.
Tho Simple Life,
The problem of bow to live on $1.23 a
week and still keep In fine physical condi
tion Is being solved by an eiionomy diet
club at the International Young Men's
Christian association training school in
.Springfield. Mass. The club was organized
at Hie suggestion nf Harry O. McGuire of
Ti nnnto, Canada, and has been In exlstt nc
"early three months. The students In Mi.
Meiiuire s club have certainly reduced eat-.
ng and tooklnq; to a science. A room over
the gymnasium Is rented by them for tl a
week. Tlie gas for' cooking costs from 25
in ,"iO cents a week, and this leaves only tl
a week from each student for fond. In
other words, twenty-one meals are fur
niNlnd for Jl less than 5 cents a meal. The
heaviest eX'USH each week Is for butter
and lard, with me-it a close second. Klx
or seven pounds of meat are purchased
weekly, and most of It is used In stews, as
they are found to bo most nourishing.
Coinmeal mush and cornmeal fried i-an,
always be relied upon, and lice is cooked'
in every form. Puddings are generally
eaten for dessert, and those are of rlca,
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