The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-24
TIE GREAT KELLEY CURE
An Address On the Subject By
Mr.. Hermann w. Bartels
At the Park Opera House Last Monday Night
Endorsed By the Revs. Z. H.
SNOW and Bert Fos.er.


The Rev. Mr.. Foster first addressed tn
audience. Mr.. Foster is a very happ,
speaker, and he introduced the subject o
drunkenness in very clever and pleasin,
manner. He said that he had come t
listen to something that was interesting Il
one and all, although they might not neet
the treatment themselves, he felt that i
was TO the interest of all to learn VIVA
they could about the advance Of science
And he hoped that when the lecturer hac
proved 10 them that alcoholism wa,
disease that they would not 81
away and say, well, if it is s
disease, I can't help it and In
not blame for it," He said they certainly
were not TO blame for having the disease
but would be open to censure if thew die
not take the remedy. He said ii would DC
nice state of affairs if man had small
pox and went about town saying. well, Eve
got it and l can't help it, and not attempt
ing to be cured of the disease. MIR. Foster
spoke on the advantages of this great dis
covery and heartily endorsed it as means
of salvation from the curse Of this disease.
The Rev. Mr.. E. H. Snow spoke next.
He portrayed in most able manner the
necessity of people understanding that al
coholism was disease, and he said that il
had become the duty OF every one to &C
their utmost to get men and women who
were thus afflicted to go at once TO the
nearest institute aud take the Kelley
treatment, as he said that for years Chris
tian temperance unions, churches and
church societies had iabored anu struggled
against the curse of iueoriety. and many
men had been saved by their efforts
through the grace of God He believed hat
this remedy had been sent by the Almighty
to assist them in the good work. Ii was
like great many other things that God
has given us for our uss that were only
lately discovered, and God chose that this
great gift should come through his servant
DIR. Kelley. MIR. Snow said that he had
not come to make long speech, but to
listen to what Mr.. Bartels had TO say about
this great blessing to mankind. He knew
something about the curse OF the disease,
but although he was saved by the blessed
father without the aid of DR.. Kelley. he
heartily endorsed the treatment and would
dc all in his power to further its use. MIR.
Snow is q most earnest speaker and has q
clear rich voice.
Mr.. Bartels was then introduced. He
spoke at length on the great discovery. He
said that fer many years past physicians
and scientists had been convinced tina,
drunkenness was disease, and to discover
the cure for it had been the chief object OF
many noble lives. The glory and honor
fell at last to DR.. Kelley. who had spent
eighteen long years in experimenting
for this cure. He spoke of the great bless
ing it was TO mankind, and he pictured the
lives of drunken men in a most entertain
ing manner, showing the ludicurous side of
drunkard's life as well as the sorrow and
suffering It. caused. His clever illustra-
tions caused the audience to roar with
laughter one minute and almost shed tears
in the next. Mr. Bartels is not only a
powerful orator but a clever actor And
he held the attention of his audience in q
remarkable manner.
He had known men who took this treat
ment five, eight and eleven years ago and
they were now in the prime of life and the
picture of health and strength He spoke
of the 100000 men and women who had
taken the cure. and wanted to know if
these living witnesses were not proof
enough of its efficacy. He described the
component parts of the body and showed
that scientists had SO far been un-
able to discover any ardent spirit in
the original make up of man. He
said if people could live the first ten or
fifteen years of their lives without the aid
of stimulauts it proved that they could
live the balance without-as the first few
years were the most critical ones.
He gave a graphic description of his own
life and the results of the Kelley treat
ment on him. He pictured ali the horrors
and suffering that follow each debauch,
and ne said that any man who ever took g
drink Of alcoholic stimulant after having
taken the treatment and being placed back
in the ranks of life as free from all de-
sire, ali taste, ali thought for liquor as
Kelley graduate was-must be-certainly
mon compos mentis."
He said that the Kelley treatment had
done for him what it had done and would
do for others who took it. 1t would make
q man out of q poor. weak, cowardly cur,
who was not responsible for bis actions,
because no man who is constantly under
the influence of liquor had his proper
senses about him.
After fully describing the mode Of treat
ment at the Gardo House and explaining
the effect Of the treatment upon the pa
tisnt. he thanked the audience for their at
tention. Rev. Mr.. Foster then told sew
eral good stories which occasioned consid-
cradle mirth and then brought the meet
ing to q close.
The musical partOf the programme was