New-York tribune., 1891-05-14
VINE-SA UCE.

Tho rain falls on the just and on the unjust,
osnociollv II the weather bureau says it is going
70 he a clear day; the most pralseworthy en-
terprises encounter difficulties the same as enter
prises which ought to fail entirely. There comes
from the town of Shelton, Conn.,, story which
illustrates this TO perfection.
There is in Shelton a Ladies' Aid Society, made
IN of members of the Shelton Methodist Eplscopai
church The object of this society is not only
70 foster and encourage the deserving, albert
lrbtly-clothed heather, in distant lands, Du1 IL
has gone so far in the past on several OCCASIONS s
to aid certain poor folks living in one OF the Dach
streets OF Shelton itself 1t is an excellent society
md its plans ought to prosper; but mark the IN
exorableness Of fate few weeks ago tne Aiu
Society nublished cookbook, one of those neat,
oilcloth-covered volumes which DO so Huch W
roiso the rate Of mortality among young husbands
| II was complied in behalf Of the society by Mrs
Tucker and Mrs Wilkinson. two prominent Shelton
ladies and was Immediately pronounced an ex-
callent work of its kind all of the receipts having
hoo, rested in advance by the two ladies and
fornd innocuous These receipts ranged from
80 II r;sino bread to mysterious dishes with long
French names full of hyphens, apostrophes, ac-
honted letters and so forth. The book was hand
somelv bound and clearly printed, and encountered
no adverse criticism, with the exception that
some cautious persons objected to the grammar
tho closing sentence of a receipt Tor meat gravy
which read: Now sit on hot stove and sur
constantly" though these hypercrtlcal individuals
MIGHT hotter have found fault with the idea In"
,,ith tho Grammar. as it would seem that II q
no-son were TO sit on hot stove he would
stir constantly without being told. But we must
hurry ON and cease this undlgnifed revival oil
nleasantries of bygone age
Four DAYS ago the crash came Shelton Is a
ro-license town The ladies OF the Aid Society
arc all. or nearly all, active, belllgerent prohl-
bitionists Judge, then, if you can, oil ther
consterpation when somebody pointed OUT the
fact that the cookbook which the society mad
mothered contained several receipts for VINE
saucel The Shelton Ladies' Aid Society
was thrown into tumult. Inc adieS
s;mp,v grew pale when they realized how near
they had come TO using the S2oo ALREADY
made from the sale Of the book for the benefit Of
the distant folks who blindy bow down to wood
and stone. That this money was no better than
that made directly from the liquor traffic was
clear After having fought rum all their
uvas they could not consistently carry il into
the place where it would do the most damage,
tho family and there present 1T in a semlsolld
state 10 old and young. Visions of young men
brought home in the dark hours of morning, and
dumped promiscuously on their front steps by
their hooting and riotOus companions, rose up
before the ladies' eyes; and these young men
tool, their first downward step on wine-sauce made
according to their book No, many thousand times
no, The thing could not be- The book must be sup
pressed. The winesauce receipts must De elm
mated. All of which is being done.
Rut this does not settle the question as to what
shall be done with the $500 already realized. 1t
Is settled that it must not go to the innocent
heather. Some favor taking it and using 1t
against the rum.power, arguing that this could be
justified on the ground that it is allowable 10
fight the devil with fire; but all do not agree
TO this. At present Mrs. Tucker and Mrs WilIin-
son have this money. Mrs. Tucker and Mrs.
wilkinson are calm They say that If worse
comes to the worst they will keep the $500 them
selves. We shall watch reports from Shelton
with interest, to see what disposal is finally made
of this money. And in the meantime we would
most heartily congratulate the ladies Of the Aid
Society for their courageous and consistent stand
in the matter.