The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-01-12
TEMPERANCE READING.
LIQUOR FLAVORINGS.
What Came from Having a "Reformer "
In the Family.

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shadow by the time your visit ends,
and may as we'll prepare for ami
hilation, for nothing short of it will
appease Ralph's wrath when no sees
your pale, wan ghost" and Mrs.
Wallace assumed tragic air, as if al
ready confronted by the shadowy out
lines OF her friend.
Il look as if 1 were likely to
dwindle to ghostly proportions" said
her friend, with little laugh. "You
are quite unchanged, Bell. from the
extravagant girl who used to agonize
over every trife when we were at
school in Harwood."
"And you are the same dear girl
who knew so well how to slide grace
fully and courteously out Of subject,
instead of giving a simple answer to q
direct question" retorted Mrs. Wal
lace. "You see, "reminiscences are in
order, and l know you well, young
woman. There's no use evading the
question. What ails youP Are you
pining for Ralph, or don't you like
our foodp"
"How can you place guest in such
q position, Bell Wallace? Truly, love,
fare sumptuously every day. The
substantial articles quite satisfy my
appetite"
but that explanation doesn't sat
isfy me. l remember your old weak
ness for desserts, and you barely taste
mine, or leave them quite untasted.
Explain, please"
Pardon me, then, if remind you
that am an active member of the w.
C. T. u"
why, yes, dear heart, I knew you
makeup. You are by nature a re-
former, and l, who have none of that
element, reverence it in you. But
! don't quite see how your statement
bears upon the subject of desserts"
Then must be more explicit" re-
piled Miss hampton. Your desserts
have nearly all of them a strong
flavor of wine or brandy?"
Mercy! Do you Temperance
women carry your opposition to this
absurd length? It's all notion, dear;
] don't always use liquor, and when |
do, don't use enough for you to de-
tect it"
Let me prove my powers Of detec-
ton. You always mako wine sauces
for your buildings; your mince pies
are strong of brandy and wine; your
velvet and Bavarian creams have a
flavor of wine, the charlotte-russe to-
night had u liberal supply of the
same fluid, and l have once or twice
detected wine or brandy in your cake.
Confess, now, Bell, am l not correct?'
why, yes, Lu; but I didn't sup
pose it was perceptible, and, provid-
ing it is, / can't quite see the harm.
Such small quantities couldn't hurt
any one"
you can't be sure Of this, Bell. and
we who are fighting the demon Of
drink are not in the mood for com.
promises with the gigantic evil.
think it is q mistake to use liquors in
food; indeed, think it is more than 8
mistake. l think it is a great wrong.
I've longed to speak to you on the
subject, but feeling Of courtesy has
deferred me-"
well. I've always called myself ar
advocate Of Temperance" said Mrs.
Wallace, "but I'm not prepared to GO
so far as to condemn the use o.
liquors in food. However, I'll gladly
abstain from flavoring with liquors
while you are with us. am glad
have discovered the secret of your loss
of appetite"
II am sorry to have you abstain
simply out of Difference to my feelings
! wish you might do SO from princi
ple," Miss hampton replied.
Somehow, you are not cooking
quite as well as usual. Bell" said Mr.
70 Wallace. few days later. II believe
you are responsible for the desserts
/ miss nameless something, they
taste insipid."
The two friends exchanged glances
Lu, uiuu Jcll Del, ITO uOoSu
know about my new departure" sale
Miss Wallace, when alone with hel
friend.
Isn't this proof, then, of the in
fluence Of your liquor flavoringsP Ant
if their absence is thus missed, is i
not possible that their presence nigh
result in great harm to q person O
! diseased fastest"
"Oh, dear, suppose so; but i
seems shame that thing should b.
SO good and yet SO bad
This is one of the riddles OF tn
! moral and physical world. Strons
drink is good creature rightly used
} but there is such terrible danger at
tending its misuse that an earnest sou
may we'll hesitate and shrink iron
placing the smallest temptation in tn
pathway of another"
"How dead in earnest you are, Lu
Let me tell you for your comfort the
you have accomplished this much.
never again shall be able, with peace
full conscience, to use liquors in flavor
ing. Ben will have to put up with in
sipid desserts in future"
81 felt sure that your action wa