The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-10-16
AN APPEAL TO WOMEN.

We, the members of the Womens
Christian Temperance Uuion, appeal to
you, wives and mothers of KenOSha, to
help us in the work of overcoming the
common enemy of our homes and fami-
lies-the legaliZed liquor traffic. 1t is
hardly necessary that we should point
out to you the terrible ravageS of this
traffic in our community; the lives it has
cursed and blighted, the homes it has
darkened and ruined, and the manifold
evils of every name and nature that it has
brought upon us, as we'll as upon all the
land. These things are known to yOu as
well as to US-in some cases from Obser-
walton, in others from bitter personal ex-
perience. You have seen, as are have,
some of our brightest and most promising
young men degraded, brutalized, and
ruined by the love of strong drinks; y0u
have heard and seen, as qce have, the
brawling, fighting and all the disgraceful
public exhibitions for which the saloons
Of this tO1cn are responsible. You know,
as we'll as zoe do that egI, and eCI only,
can result, or does result, from the eXis-
tence of these places in our midst; that
they are the open and malignant enemies
of everything which we as Christian wo-
men, as wives as mothers, and sisters
hold most sacred and dear. You know as
we'll as ace do that every grogshOp is a
school of vice and crime, threat at the
peace and happiness of our homes, and
deadly snare and pit-falI in the path of
the weak and unwary. You must realize
as well as we do, that good and good only,
could result, if every one of these rum
shops was banished from our midst; if
such happy deliverance could be accom-
plished, we are confident that you would
rejoice with us in the blessed cOnSuma-
ton. Many of you, no doubt, are already
with us in heart and sympathy, and need
We ask you now to join our organization,
we ask you to unite with us at this time,
and work in whatever way seems best to
you to the end, that our community, and
our beloved land may be rid of this great
est curse, the saloons. The time is not
far distant when the question of the con-
tinued existance of these places will be
decided at the polls We cannot vote,
but there are many right and womanly
ways open to us whereby aoe may dn11u-
ence the gotes Of others, and bring about
result at the ballot-box that shall give
10y to the hearts of all who love grace
and righteousness. There is a wide and
promising field for us in the educGti011 o.
public sentiment on the liquor question.
We can discuss it in our homes and in
the social circle and we may persuade
our fathers, brothers, husbands to act in
accordance with our wishes in this mat
ter More than all we can instill temper
ance principles into the growing mind of
the youth We would add IN conclusion
that it is our confident belief that if eCerg
loOn1dn to whom these words are address
ed will do what she can at tbs Ce1,y time
to further the cause of temperance in this
city, the enemy will not forever be able
to withstand us, and we shall be freed
from the plague of the dram-shop. Sure
ly with such a possibility as this in our
future we have inspiration for greater
work than we have ever done before. In
the name of those you love best, in the
name of those IN our midst who are Suf-
fering to-day from the curse Of drink, in
the name of our beloved homes and house
holds; we ask you to join with US in an
effort to destroy this monstrous and I'M
holy traffic.
Yours Earnestly,
THE w. G. T. U. of Kenosha.
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