Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-23
MRS. j. T. s.

She DiscOMs.ses U1,os the Prohibition Guess
ton, Condemns the Dance Knospa as the
'''tiernsan," and Irdulges IN Sundry In
teresttn0 Reflections zs.3
To the Editor OF the Globe, ii ,S7, i: s5s no
4 woman's opinion about prohibitory laws
in regard to the manufactufe and sale Of in
toxlcating liquors may not;amount to much
in the estimation aof the lords of creation,
yet have clear-cut views upon that subject,
and with your permission will lay them sbe-
fore the public PUG sfs3s.s ~ Y s.,1'tf
The enactment d. a law which meets with
the approval Of q very small minority Of the
people must, Of necessity, be dead letter
upon our statute book. If q large majority
violated, and public sentiment sanctions the
violations, how shall the offenders be pun
lshed or the law enforced?l datd 1855 ataa
= have long sincesbeen convinced that to
/ attempt to, secure the passage of prohibitory
laws was not the correct way ito. fight this
terrible and increasing evil. The ll-absorb7
ing question is, how shall a campaign be or
gained for effective work in this important
field Of labor? am satisfied that the only
way to accomplish much good 5is By personal
effort with the drunkards themselves. ss \,
! have known some of the most wonderful
reformations mi this city accomplished
through that instrumentality. & Men have
been picked up from the cutters and made
sober and industrious citizens. q Let every
total abstinence man and woman consider
themselves 4 = as SO many special committees to
visit every confirmed drunkard known to
them, and by moral suasion lead them away
from the path that leads to death, and wres-
tie with them until they are willing to become
sober men. Keep up this missionary work
among these unfortunates until the name of
q drunkard can be no longer recalled. In
this way permanent and lasting good can be
done, and the time will soon come when sa-
looms and liquor shops will be closed forever.
In short, strive not after legislation, but rely
upon personal effort and the object sought to
be accomplished will be attained sooner or
later.
IS When I was first engaged to Mr.. s. my
parents objected to my marriage to him
because he was known to be fond of social
glass. felt that had duty to perform,
and that was to reform him. We were since
married. Our friends were rich, and were
lavish in the expenditure of money to give
us good start. A large house was pur-
chased and handsomely furnished. After
our bridal tour, which included visit to
Europe, we settled down as happily and
costly as young people could expect. s,.I was
only Ii years old, and MI S. was just 25.
Soon observed that he was in the daily
habit Of meeting an old friend, and the fact
that he had INDUCED a little too freely was
frequently painfully apparent. This went
on from better to worse, until one day he
was brought home in a beastly state of IN
toxlcatlon. l cared for him as only a wife
could or would until he got sober. It was
then that Il delivered myself Of nv first
temperance lecture. / told him that if
he intended to continue this dis
gushing habit he could occupy
one portion of the house, and would occupy
the other.
Plqued at my words and MANNER. his
proud spirit rebelled, and he replied: ssAll
right, Jennie, should be only too happy to
carry out such an arrangement We sepa
! rated, and for several weeks I saw little OF
him except at his regular meals. About the
tenth day noticed that he had not taken
anything to drink, and for days he abstained
saw that had conquered. One evening
after; tea, as we were leaving the dining room,
he threw his arms around me and solemnly
promised never to take another drink as long
as he lived. Years have passed and he has
been faithful to his pledge, and we have
lived happily and contented, with nothing tc
create ripple upon the smooth sea of ou1
lives. - aS.sstt 81
Y We read of the terrible ravages Of the
plague in Asia. We have in our midst a
moral plague which strikes at the morals Of
our young people, and promises to be as IA
tai to the refined and moral sentiment o1
the young as the Asiatic plague is to the vic
Tins into whom its deadly fangs are fast.
ened. 1 refer to the dance called ssthe Ger
man" AS far as can learn of it's history il
originated among the bold, vulgar women OF
Paris, and they named it ssthe German" as
slur upon that virtuous people. These
fast women found it an attractive dance, en-
abling them to draw full houses. Shortly
after its appearance in Paris it appeared in
England, but was soon banished, as queen
Victoria saw its evil tendency and declared
against it, and its disappearance was almost
as sudden as it's appearance. In the large
eastern cities it is never danced, but here in
st. Paul it is all the rage. Dancing at best
IS the essence of nonsense. A man or wo-
man jumping up and down to music, looks
to me as if he or she had bee in an
uncomfortable place, and were trying to
shake it out. ai5s "a Ss*Ltli} @a 2jlf
| In this particular dance our daughters are
brought into close contact with mem who
would not dare to take such liberties with
them under other and different circum-
stances. The whole dance is a series Of
round dances, a fact in itself sufficient to
condemn it. Young men are passipnately
fond of t'The German and young girls en-
dure the pain and modification accustomed
by being participants rather than forego the
pleasures of society and be counted out.
Then, too, we have the juvenile Germans,
at which the little children are taught SO
that they can enjoy the delightful sensation
of being embraced by the arms of
young men when they enter into
society. It is an immoral amusement de-
grading to the higher and finer sensibilities
of young modest girls; and should be Danish,
ed from genteel society just as the exhibi-
tions of the model artists we're hurled from
our theatres and opera houses.
It would seem strange for a lady to write
an article as long as this and say nothing
about fashions. I attended a fashionable
church last Sabbath, and during the service
i gazed around at the styles Of bonnets
brought there for exhibition. did not see
two alike. Now with such variety all can
haveGi nice little gaudy i. bon
net to suit. The only articles 1 saw
which indicated the liked style were the
bald heads. I counted twenty in myimme-
date front, and it was not good day for
bald heads either, for it was very cold. s,,
The Mexican dog, in his Southern home,
has no use for hair, and hence has none,
but it is said that when these animals are
brought North they soon become covered
with a dense and thrifty growth. What a
pity it is that the same kind Providence for
gets to be gracious to the male portion of
the human family in Minnesota. t9ra asjf
|. " &33 glsG Sa Mrs. j. aT. S.
The Right Man IN the Right Place. ~.