, 1874-10-24

entered tho Tvolt for an ,co.croarn, as eho ha,l
"l'ut oil" eaid allo, ''when eot IN and looked
sa rGaa felt a4rsst e. sh1s w. ,sa HEo1 Il ..t
matlo yon fce 20 2" i aald "Whr, Tho pcnrlu
that wore thcro. .nalo and fona1e. When cano
home, and told my brother mhero I had boon, ho
WnH so mnu."
At oaf Park reside tho higlly-roHpuotnblo
family friends Of tho temperate mud ontcrprIsing
young McSilliams, WHO, two yoara ago, rholl
WALKING along tho streets OF tho city at night,
WAH Bhot deal by wretch who wMB ruBlltng
drtiult cut Of q lager-bear saloonl Nov 1t Ii 70.
ported TINT tho Tfvoli, ut might, is n plaoo ot
drinking and dobalch, and who 1snowa hnw Rou1l
thts awful tragedy may DO ropontetl ut thy fash
iolablo "resort for women att childron?"
Tho good 'yonlon Of our village and town layo
been ol,gaEod tho whole summer long In Il dug
pcrato, hand.to-hand conflict With tho liquor
traffic aud nov, having yainad aplondd vic.
tory over tho common foo. they aro littlo in.
olinod to rotract thoir high moru1 testimony, and
follow Mrs. Rayne to tho buer-gardon. 1ndoad,
t'iat neighbori knowing how desperately thoy
hnd worked tue last season to protect their conl.
como out with . onlogy Of public drinking.
saloon, Hounls to thom disgrace to woman aud
Al, inault to a!l temperance Pooplc.
It aoonis ssrungo that a womnn'a influence
should bo put upon tho eido Of lrinl1ing usagcs.
for 1t tB vol known tliat tho OWLS of intempor-
aiice como buck IN large 1neasu1e upon woman.
Thon slo IN herself liable to bo overcome by tito
ongroAsiug appotito A prominent phYs!can in
tho city, called to astonl ladY patient, MY
friend. satd II will venture to .proacribe for
you Homo liquor, though don't ordinarily DO 1t,
for thore orc good lnany women IN Chicago
who are druukaria." Tic wife OF another phyHi-
clan said to my informant that her husband was
often called upon bY ladies' to antldote tho
poison Of liquor.
1t ia oydont enough that women havo much
occaaion to cngago III tho tenlpoIanee roform.
Tile retiring and cultivated lady WHO III tho
President Of tho Oak Park Wonen's Temperance
Society, In order to mike most effective at-
dress upon this subject, had only to report three
tho tast two yoarH. Slo took in ns Nurse d
Scandinavian woman. WHO. after two or tiroo
sproes following IN quick, succession, Ind to be
sent by tho Datsish Co''snt 10 ts,e "ashingsonian
was in q TOW aasa piehea Up aoad
from dellriu1n tremons. 4ho had bcoa lady Of
culture, could play elegantly upon tho piano, and
could speak German aud Fraucl. Her h1,sbana
Ind boon wholesale tea merchant IN Copenl'a~
ron. and bis brother nlombcr Of the Common
Council OF that city. Sho had boon accustomed
to the social vino upon her table, and that was
tic beginning Of her woe. "Fronl tho asde-
board to tho drunkard's grave might have bcon
hor epitaph. Another was m A,norcan lady, Of
Epiacopa1 conueGtioit, who could grace any draw
ing.roon, nud waa yet absolutely compelled, witt.
llcr beautiful little Eirl. to leave har inobraso
husband and to keep away from his hnowl-
edgo in order to sayo her life. Sho,
too, waa glad to CONG into tho
position Of nurse. The third cnse wns that Of
an Intelligent Welsh woman, rho also had had
to Zoe for her lifo from an incorporate husband
To community Of women, who could report
a,,ch and not q fow othor lilo narrntycs unt OF
their own observation. tho recommendation Of a
German beer-garden as "tlo most comfortable
and charming rcaort, IL tho city especially for
ladies' aud children" is rcpelled with indigna-
tim. 1t IL eayy to 500 how masculine pon,ly.a-
lluor could writc sucll All nrtclo. but how won.-
III and Il mother, aud n person who had ol,nr-
meter to eustain for hor own magazine, could do
it, that Ia passing strango. If TINT is tho FASH
ion sAo is to sct in her fashion journal, were it
not bettor observed iu tho breach
OAK PARK, Oct. 23. J. Il. Ror.