The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-12-13
w. C. I. U.

the policy Of the speedy and complete sup
preston of the liquor traffic. This party
was formed with this view only. In its
ranks are many of the ablest and best men
of the country. They put aside for the
present all other political questions, and
devote themselves with singleness of pur-
pose to this, the protection of the peoples
homes from the malign influences OF the
/. saloon. This policy, simply as a political
question, is far more important to the
prosperity of the nation and the welfare
and happiness of the people than all other
political questions combined.
What can the W. c. T. L. do about it?
Can il consistently with honor sympathize
with either of the parties which, in fact,
are the bond servants of the liquor traffic?
Can it help them in any way, directly or
indirectly, to perpetuate their power in the
nation, which necessarily involves the per-
petuation of the liquor traffic? Can it in any
way lend aid and comfort to either of these
parties, without going back upon all their
professions of devotion to the temperance
cause: Can they do that without sacrifc-
ing, in the opinion of all right thinking
people, whatever reputation they have for
honesty aud honor:
1t is not a matter of choice with the W.
C. T. L., but of absolute, imperative nee
cessity. that it must sympathize and CO.
| operate with the only party which in any
way represents their views n responds
to their ardent wish for the reinforcement
and the absolute and final humiliation of
the liquor traffic-that great enemy of God
and man.
In making choice between the three pol
itical parties, upon which of them to be-
stow their sympathy and support, the w.
G. T. u. cannot have been influenced by
personal and mercenary motives. The
party with which it a~filiates has no money
it'll which to pay for work done; it has in
its gift no offices Of emolument with which
tn tempt persons whose greed may be
greater than their grace. All help to it
therefore, Of head or heart or hand, must
come from those only who are moved by
love Of God. and by their desire 10 pro-
mote 10 the utmost of their power the vel
fare and happiness of the community.
The word partisan, therefore, has no
place in this matter, as applied to the w.
c. T. L. Singularly enough. it is only
employed in this connection by those who
are themselves intensely partisan in their
sympathies for and cooperation with a
party into whose foundation is strongly in
corporated the principle that the policy of
license to the saloon is s'eterna1'-and
'the party irrevocably committed to it.
Ventilation I'm the school Room.
No subject is of more Importance to the
welfare of the little ones, after the ques-
ton of healthful dress has been settled.
| than flat of ventilation. The air that chill
dren breathe is even more important than
the food that they eat, for a strong, healthy
young stomach will take care of an aston
ishing amount of homogeneous and appar-
emily indigestible stuff, and turn it into
blood, always provided that the air breath
ed be pure and vital.
Ventilation in public schools is a ques-
ton that ought to concern parents more than
it seems to do, for many hours of each day
are spent in the school room, and often it
happens that the air breathed over and over
again is so foul the gradual breaking down
Of the entire system is inevitable. No pub
lie buildings are worse ventilated than
school buildings generally, and 1t is of i'm
portance that fathers and mothers should
take an interest, and see to it, in school
board elections, that thoughtful men and
women are put into the very responsible
positions of school trustees and committees.
The election of women to the school boards
of large cities has been shown to be a decid.
ed success wherever tried, and the most
conservative and thoughtful opponents OF
the general suffrage for women nave beer
willing to admit the value of the public
school efforts of Mrs. Agnew and Miss
Grace Dodge in New York City.
In the public-school room, children OF
every manner of condition, clean and foul.
are gathered together, and the combined
exhalations from all these different lungs
and bodies produce the rapid degeneracy Of
the air, so that its constant renewal be.
comes a matter Of physiological necessity,
else the impurities breathed will soor
reduce the brain power of the students tc
a degree which will render good menta'
results almost impossible.
Not only should the school-room be sup.
piled with fresh, pure air at all seasons,
but sunlight should also be introduced as
a means for destroying noxious germs. II
parents were once reused to the importance
of this question, easy and scientific means
could be found for the entrance of pure and
the exit of impure air, without danger Of
%draughts, and sunlight could easily be
introduced by roof windows, if in no Other
way.
Visit the school-room occasionally, par
ents, and see to it that the places in which
so much of your children's early lives are
spent are well provided with pure air and
sunlight, and you will have less reason fD
complaints that study has broken dowr
YOUR children's health.