The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-16

"Do many OF the children get drunk
''No; they merely get heavy and drowsy
at school. The drowsineSs passes away when
the class is dismissed
rs the sale of whisky-drops increasingly
Steadily
AT what price are they soldp
-Four for a cent"
The Haven School on Wabash avenue.
opposite the Grace Episcopal church, is re-
garded as the center of the whlsky-drop
traffic Just as t vineyards of France
are ravaged by the phylloxera, so the Hav-
en- School is ravaeed by the whisky drop.
Scientific aid mas been summoned 10 the
school to combat the whisky drop. Meet
ings of trustees have been, held reports have
been made, + solutions have been adopted,
and some progress has been made.
The stores that adloin the Haven School
are all catidy stores, and they now all de y.
that they deal in whiSky4drops Said Mr.
Dodge: II will not touch them, There is a
terrible scandal behind this whisky drop.
business tlrs,-} ray wer az .-gvE
Mr. Hiyseh was a sturdy, gray-hearded
German. Hespoke no English. AT least.
he s. oke none till he heard the name Of the
"Nein; whisky drop. ! sell no whi XIV
drop. Any whisky-lropS from Dodge-Herr
Dodge, hey NJ the school"
Frauien Hilsch. a dark-eved damsel,
came to her father aid. I'VE have many
varieties of candy" she trippingly said.
I'VE have chop sticks, chewing gum, butter
scotch. pop corn and Dutch flats.
''No whisky -dropsF
mo whiSky-drops.
"Nid you never keep whisky-drops"
80, we Ike them until the Superinten-
dent of the school asked US to stop"
did the whisky drops make the children
drunkF'
Drunk" cried the Baron. "Drunk9
Ach God, dot is goot In a hundred, ii
Thousand, ten Thousand boxes there was rot
whisky enough to drown a dy. Drunk
Dot is goot."
While Mr. Hirsch was exploding with
lang ter over bis counter Mrs, johnson, his
nei2E Dor, was sorting the evening papers,
bright, trim lttls woman was Mrs. John
son. DR.. De VOLTS letter had distressed
her. " H-t
''We have had much trouble about these
whisky drops, y said she. ~ used to sell
them when they were called rock and +
drops. BIT | gave them up. You would
he snrprised to see how often the children
call for them.n
As she spoke little fellow entered the
shop He was about tx years old, chubby,
and curly-haired.
'.Whislly -drops for cent, said he, plac
ing on the counter fat little fist, having a
shing new cent within it.
1--WE keep no viii ky-drops," said Mrs.
Johnson. But you can have lemon
drops"
The child's face was clouded with a lock
Of d sgust If drunkard in sea CHI of alb
1nthe had been offered lemonade, he could
not have been more coHteu ptuous than thi,
infant topper. The little lad cutched his
cent, turned disdainfully away, and sailed
into the st Get in search of wni ky-drops
The whisky drop id a Scotch Super
nten lent, lis undermining scholastic
morals. How can we teach temperance
and sObriety to the children; how can we
make them copy Liquor is the root of all
evil when we know that their pock cts a e
loaded with vhisky-drops} Ma k my words
he whisky-drOp question is going to be
great natio al issue The Republican party
will have to take a decided stand on whisky
drops. care not who is nominated by the
narty for President. | only know c at he
| will have to declare himself as being in
favor of whisky-drop' or against them.
The tariff is a subsidiary matter. What
the people will decide in the Presidential
election is whether our school system shall
be pure or whether it shall be contaminated
y whisky-drops."
Then you agree with DR.. DeWolfg"
"Hea tily,. And thank HIM for his cru
| SADIE against the whieky-drop. tits manly
| 1T is generous. The whisky-drop interest il
strong. / have even heard that there is
whisky-drop trust. But it will not prevail.
The whisky DIR p is doomed. Public sentI-
men is reused against the whisky drop.
The whisky-drop must CO."