The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-01-02
Mrs. WnIlnce,s Desserts.

ailS you deari You scarcely eat anything.
! If YOU keep on as you've begun you'll be
/ worn to shadow by the time your visit
ends, and may as well prepare for anuihi.a-
! ton. for nothing short of it will appeaSe
Rnlphs wrath when he sees your pale, wan
| ghost and Mrs Wallace assumed tragic
air, as 4 already confronted by the shadowy
outlines of her friend.
III look as If ] was likely TO dwindle to
ghostly proportions said her friend, with n
| little laugh. "Nou are quite unchanged,
Bell, from the extravagant girl who used to
aroni2e over every trile when we were at
school in Harwood.n
And you are the same dear girl who
knew so well how to slide gracefully and
urteously out of a subject, instead of giving
a simple answer TO direct question: re-
cences are in order, and know you well,
young woman There's no use evading the
question What ails youl Are you pinng
for Ralph, or don't you like our foodr
How can you place guest in such posi-
tion, Bell Wallace, Truly, love, l fare
sumptuously every day. The substantial
articles quite satisfy my appetite
"But that explanation doesn't satisfy me.
l remember your old weakness for desserts,
and you barely taste mine, or leave them
quite untasted. Explain, please
Pardon me, then, il / remind you that !
am an active member Of the W. c. T. w
Why, yes, dear heart, knew you had
joined that craze. It's in your makeup. You
are 10y nature a reformer, and ], who have
none of that element, reverence it in you
But don't quite ses how your statement
bears upon the sub ect of DESERTS
Then must be more explicit, replied
Miss hampton. Your desserts have nearly
aN ot them strong flavor of wine or
brandy
.utrcyl Do you temperance women
carry your opposition to this ABSURD length.
It's all notion, dear; l don't always use
liquor, and when do, don't use enough for
! you to detect it."
LET me prove my powers of detection
! You always make wine sauces for your
| puddings; your mincepies are strong of
brandy and vine; your velvet and Bavarian
creams have flavor of wine, the CharlotteA
russo tonight had liberal supply of the
! same fluid, and have once or twice detected
wine or brandy in your cake Confess now,
Bell, am not correctN
why. yes, Iu !, but didn't suppose it was
| perceptible, and providing 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 compromises with the gigan.
| tic evil ! think it is a mistake to use
/ liquors in food indeed, think it is more
| than a mistake, | think it is a great wrong.
| I've longed to speak TO you on the subject,
| but a feeling of courtesy deferred me-
well. I've always called myself an advo.
cate of temperance said Mrs. Wallace,
'DuJ 4 III not pTepaGeu TO go SO Tar dS 10 con-
denim the use of liquors in food However,
| I'll gladly abstain from favoring with
liquors while you are with us. l am glad l
ha, discovered the secret of your loss of APP
petite
a am sorry to have you abstain simply
out of Difference to my feelings | wish you
mig hit do so from principle Miss hampton
replied.
well as usual, Bell, said Mr.. Wallace, few
| days later. II believe you are responsible
for the desserts. / miss a nameless some
| thing; they taste inspid.n
The two friends exchanged glances.
"Lu, didn't tell Ben; he doesn't know
about my new departure" said Mrs Wallace,
when alone with her friend.
isn't this proof, then, of the influence of
your liquor fiavoringsi And if their absence
is thus mi~sed, is it not possible that their
presence might result in great harm to per-
son of diseased tastesf'
"Oh, dear, i suppose so; but it seems a
shame that thing should be so good and yet
so bad
This is one of the riddles of the moral and
physical world. Strong drink is a good crea-
ture rightly used, but there is such terrible
danger attending its misuse that an earnest
soul may well hesitate and shrink from plar-
ing the smallest temptation in the pathway
of another
How dead in earnest you are Lu! Let
me tell you for your comfort that you have
be able, with peaceful conscience, to use
LIQUORS in fiavoring. Ben will have TO put up
with insipd desserts in future
81 fe sure that your action was more
from want of thought than from want of
heart and this proves 1t. shall really en-
Joy your exquisite little dishes now, and |
wish for Ralphs sake had your happy
knackn
"Cultivate it, my dear; cultivate it, III
give you lessons in cooking in return for
iHaac ON fan, This of ha,
a reformer in ones family!"-MisS Backup,
IN NdtiohGl AdrOcdfe.
Sunday Morning Temperance Work.
20 II. B. of Fort Myers, Fla. writes in
the National temperance AdpOcdts. For
some wears past ! have made it rule TO
carry with me, while travelling by rail, a
quantity of temperance papers, to hand to
passengers and to throw to idle men at coun-
try stations. But the best opportunity for
distributing leaflets, in town or city, is early
Sunday morning. There is large class
OF people who have no church to 60
to, and who cannot dress well enough to 60
If they had church You will find them at
the livery stables, or sitting on the steps of
saloons or wandering amlessly along the
streets, glad to take and read anything that
may he given them. Here in this little but
beautiful town l gave out ON last Sunday
morning fifty copies Of "A Woman's Cry,n
by Elizabeth Cleveland and every one was
reJoiced TO have something to read from the
Presidents sister. Talmage's sermons on
temperance are always acceptable. The
Va er-Litg and the Youths Temperance
Banner, for children, should never be for.
gotten. And while you are listening TO your
minister preaching his Sunday morning ser
mon, you will have the satisfaction of know.
ing that through these instrumentalites
you are preaching 10 scores of immortal
souls, many OF whom never attend church
Don't send a boy out with them, but 60 your
self; and you will be learning grand lessons
while you are distributing words Of truth to
Others. Lay in supply, 1t will cost but a
few cents and give an hours time to this
work next Sundry morning, and you viii
ever be thankful Tor tfe experience.
He Signed the Pledge.
An intoxicated man staggered into Justice
ONeals office yesterday. He had, from all
appearances, been out in the rain and snow
for several hours and was soaking wet.
u want to take the pledge he muttered.
What for" asked the justice.
10 keep sober, OF course he answered
~ GU had better go home,n said the justice,
land come back when you are SOBER"
Then won't sign the pledge said the
drunken man. Il only sign It when l am
drunk. am drunk now, and know it, and
If sign the pledge ] won't take another
drink. own house now, and il take the
pledge to-day I'll keep it, butit don't away
will go the house.
How long do you want TO take the pledge
fori asked the justice.
"One year. he replied.
The justice then made out the pledge. The
dFunEau man gipna6 and ctuora ha