, 1874-03-27

CINCINNATI. March 20, 1874.
Nothing haB appeared to present 30 unpromis-
ing front to tho Crusaders aa senond-clasa
city, except one OF tho first class. The expo
rience of tho ladies Of Columbus was not by any
means the most diBhcartoning I layo soon for
tho advocates Of temperance.
THE o1TY OF DAYTON,
with it's $4,000 people, Hoemed to be as hopeless
= stronghold Of intemporanco, and as reckless
city al any drinker could desire. Tho telegraph
llas kept your readers informed with careful ac-
curaoy Of tho insults occasionally offorod to the
ladies in making their rounds. an not ablo to
say whether these hnvo beon exaggerated Or not.
The ladies' themselves do NOT complain
OF any very serious interference with
their movements, and no, sup
pose, are pretty woll satisfied. Public feol-
iug in Dayton has not been fully enlisted on
either side. The prevailing sentiment I should
Set down as IN inclination to good order, With
calm indifference as to tho manner OF obtaining
it.
Dayton is pretty city, we'll supplied with sa-
looms md dug g-Btores. at both Of which placos
whisky may be obtained. Tho local excitement
caused by the appearance of tho ladies in the
street has nearly paaaod away, ana the sight
itself is 30 similar to that OF other places as to
cali for no description. The number Of saloons
and drug'stores s perhaps
THREE HUNDRED,
although do not pretend to give exact figures.
Tho number OF ladies engaged in the work IL
small, comparatively, aud their movements are
not directed with that energy which has oharao-
torized their sisters elsewhere. The have met
with occasional opposition, and, in nost cases,
are refused atlmittaEce into tho saloon proper; ;
but, where they are admitted, candor compeiH mo
to state that tho aaloon-keopor'a business i,n-
proves, for tho crowd Of loafera aud hangers-on
do not hesitate to expros8, by their actions, the
contempt and hatred they feel for class with
whom they have no sympathy, engaged in
movement Which they cannot comprehend.
A German, who koops saloon on ono OF tue
principal thoroughfarea, "a hitter fellow, but wlo
had, on two or threo occasions, protected his
visitors from insult when praying Oh the eide
walk, lk,-Busponded from an upper window an
enormous plncard, with a quotation from HUT
thow, Vi, &, 6, and 7,
AND WHEN THOU PRAyEBr, ETC.
The fatal facility Of tho Devil in quoting Scrip
t,ro was we'll illustrated. The bantl OF ladies'
gathered round aud observed his bannor. IuBtead
sadly to hoart. Ono o. them oallod upon
God to witness tlat tloy did not
pray upon the street cornorB to DO seen OF mon,
nor hope to be hoard OIL account OF vain ropoti-
tons. They wero pure in purpoBo, even it they
we're weak III power, and above the suspicion Of
base motiVeH
Il cannot be doubted that the men Who run
tile Dayton saloons are not as solid nj they were.
However much ~. whisky they may dispense. they
at tho present moment. uonoo thav are uola-
PEELED to submit to the visits Of women who nro
professedly cndeavorng to ruin their trado,
without an appeal to law to protect them One
lladtitk trlch tho experiment OF
nlt1NtslNa SUIT AGAINST
SUCH OF tile ladies' na nlolehted him. Many Of
thoso who Ind been his patrons warnod him
against prosecuting tue ,aatter: "Iou know you
cried to him 30 often that the day the suit was
called. his friends In an adjoining county were
expressing their delight at his unexpected visit.
You see the saloon-keeper in Ike baited hull.
however, aH tho dollars come rolling in even
moderately, lie is satisfied to wait till the storm
| Is over.
Tho want Of eucceHa which the Chicago ladies'
did not libn,ay tho fatlios OF Dayton. They lad
| prepared petition urging, bal!eye,
for the city. I waited to hear whit tho effect
Of ''East Lynno" At tue Music Iiall, and ths
Council Ind promised to adjourn md witnoss tho
piece. The ladios anticipating this, omitted to
presont their petition. Miss Gray, am Buro
would not have encouraged thls neglect, for, by
example, sympathy aud profession, she is y
crusader against intemporanco.
! For impldont indifference to moral suaaton, I
| think Dayton, saioon; Keepers oxcoed any but
Chicago whisky dealers, for: thoy absolutely
t. aloir customers under tho imnle-
diato gazo OF the praying crusaders,
l foar thnL Dayton Ia heart and SOIL given up to
tho Evil Que, for cannot oall to mind single
pIaco ~ which such uttor contempt was OF
pressed for prayer aud those who .laol it. IN
fact, tho ladies' are 0nly permitted within doors
70 Ibis wicked town bccauBo thotr loM,aiulng on