Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-06

Or. Reynolds Talks Again In Sciencs
Hall on This Ancient Topic

nail on MS Ancient ioptC-
The attendance Of Science Hall last even
ing wss not large by any means, not large
enough to make the result of passing the hat
satisfactory. The meeting started With pray
or and then DIR. Reynolds appealed for
funds, saying that the ladies under whose
auspices these meetings were being held
required funds 10 defray the expenses. That
the churches passed around the hat, in fact
all gatherings of this character where there
were expenses to be met, and he considered
il right that they should The ladies went
through the audiencs then after small
change, and upon their return to the plat
form David Forbes sang song, the senti-
ment of which was a child lamenting the fact
that it, father wss in drunkards grave.
T e doctor then began his talk on the sub
ject Reasons which men give for drinking
whiskey." He described his life
as boy, saying how ambitious
he was to be man, and 10
be like men he saw about him, and that he
sneaked into saloon to get his first drink
with some nervousness and trepidation. He
thought he ought to do it because other re-
spectacle men in the town where he resided
were doing it, and he believed ii qualifica-
ton he ought to possess before he could
consider dimself full fledged man. Re-
gretted that some one did not throw him out
when no went into that saloon the frst time.
He did not find it so difficclt to enter for the
second drink. Felt very proud that he was
drinking II you want to be men,
addressing his remarks to the
young men. don't do as i did.
You will find the track growing wider and
more slippery all the while. Don't touch it
One hundred thousand men go into drunk
ards grave every year. Now some men
drink on account OF the companionship they
claim. What is companionship? l don't
believe in my twenty years experience
found any oonviviality in the saloon. What
do you do there? You drink and drink, shake
dice for the drinks and cigars, tell vulgar
stories and get drunk. Companionship, true
companionship, can be found in your homes,
nowhere else. The idea of securing genuine
companionship in q saloon is fallacious.
How would you like to have your
wife come down in the saloon with you,
drink, smoke and chew. No, you should not
60 where you would be ashamed
to take your wife, place that is not fit for a
woman TO go to is not fit for the husband to
60 to. You swore to protect, cherish and
honor your wives, when you are going to the
saloons you are violating that pledge" l
was passing by building to-day, the archi-
lecture of which attracted my attention,
inquired what it was and was told that it was
a club house. It is shame that men have
to 60 to q club for amusement instead of
home. The Doctor said a word regarding
the drug stores. When conducted legitimate
ly it is the grandest kind of business. The
saloon keeper is king compared with the
druggist who sells alcohol as a beverage. He
is the most contemplate man in the COM
munity. He denounced the idea that liquor
was beneficial in any way. The idea that it in
creases strength or aids digestion was
false. He closed the address by begging the
men and women present to come up and
sign the pledge while they were singing
"Hold the Fort" They did not at first, and
the doctor sang, Come, Come" About
thirty-five affixed their names to the pledge,
the majority Of whom were women. An
other meeting will be held in the same place
this evening at half-past seven.