Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-07
AN APPEAL TO TEACHERS.
Prohibition Should be Instllled Into
the Minds Of the Young Idea.


WATAUGA, Tx, Feb s, lss5.
To tho Editor OF The GAZETTE.
The success Of the temperance cause
depends upon the efforts we make to
instill temperance principles into the
hearts ofthe children of our land. AS
teachers, 1t is aturally expected Of US
that we will do all In our uOwer TO ele-
vate and benefit the rising generation.
Perhaps there is nothing that we can
do IN our short lives that will bring 80
mucn goou 10 humanity as to help in
the removal OF the liquor traffic. The
majority OF mankind are blindly
| yielding submission to this curse,
| though 1t is evident 10 all that misery,
degradation, crime, pAuperism and
death are accommodating at fearful
rate.
We are proud indeed that Texas is
so nobly coming to the front in the
great reformRtOry movement that is
sweeping over our land. There is
something so touching in the fact that
a great many drinking men arc sign
ing the petition They seem to he
asking that intoxicating drinks may
be removed that they may have q bet
ter chance to reform themselves.
Though the wreckei man may be 20
degraded as TO wallOw in all the gut.
ters and Blums of intemperance, vet he
would vote to have the saloon curse re-
moved, that his boy may not be sub.
jected to the temptations as he mas
been. Teachers are expected to
interest themselves for the young
Prohibition in Texas will
not benefit those of US who are now
living 80 much as it will those who
will live after U.S. Prohibition will af-
feet the destiny Of the rising genera
ton more than 1t will ourselves, II
we instill temperance principles into
the minds OF the children Of to-day.
= teach them of the nature and effect of
! alcohol on the system, that it il a pois-
on that does no one any good, then it
viii have It's effect and result, no
doubt, in much good. The new
method OF promoting the temperance
/ reform by commencing at the bottom
ana building up the theories, facts and
principles on which IL rests into the
structure OF the mind, is now regarded
. as one Of the surest and most effective
, ways Of doing temperance work,
Temperance textbooks are now
prepared expressly for public schools.
Ihey consist Of short chapterS on
alcohol aud the Humsu Body,n
J Alcohol In the Family" in "Busi.
ness" In personal Estate.p "Charao-
ter" and destiny They take the
form OF questions and answers and pre-
sent the important facts sbcut the use
and effect OF alcohol, In simple terms
adapted to the child's miud. The
books are true, sensible and well ada IL
ed to do good. II lessons of this kind
are learned they will be OF great service
IN liking right opinions and forming
right habits.
Five states have already adopted
D compulsory temperance education, and
, several others are working forit, hhare
, Is no subject looked upon NV the
thoughtful as being of more impor-
lance
Now, that Texas is sgitsted from
center TO circumference about getting
prohibition, teachers, let's arouse our
selves and do what we can In the
great work by getting something done
that will prove Of lasting good. The
state superintendent of scientific
temperance instruction. Is q teacher
She j. earnestly appealing 10 brother
ana sister teachers for synipathy ana
help In this work. II lies within the
power Of teachers to retard the bro.
[ Rress OF the important work or To
J help II on. Which shall 1t be-? surely
AS II is something that will benefit and
elevate the rising generation, IL will
} Teachers, let's get the subject before
our institutes, read about II, think
about ~ agilate II, investigate It, and
inen II we md nothing Of Importance
Ia ~ we can decide b have nothing
10 do with IL MARY II ~ nom,
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