Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07
WAY He AVOIDS L!ouoRs.
Idltor Edward W. nok'- Rcasons fa
Total Abstinence,

Ed.l,or Edward W. nok- Reasons 10,
Total Abstinence.
Edward W. Box, editor OF The Ladies
Homo Journal, writes In Tho Young
Crusader;
First Of all, never did 50 because
seemed 10 possess an Unborn hatred Of
all inioxioanis. Although brought up
With wine on tho table could mover ho
induced 10 taste II, whom. as child.
some light wine would be- placed Ia my
mouth 10 sip To some good mothers
thia inuy Gem an uuwifo thing for my
parents 10 huvo done. but It must be 10.
mcmborcl that l was born aud brought
M until my sixth year in Holland "a
country where druukcnucssis mover seen.
hut Whose people, high and low, believe
IN % moderate use " light wines aud
have been brought up FOR years in that
belief
BIT, rs grow older. began 20 apply
reasoning 10 my principles. Being early
thrown into business life aud among
mon older than myself, naturally
mgturcd quickly. | was about sixteen
year old, IL remember rightly, when |
began attending public dinners and
aacmhlagossn the capacity Of nows-
Paper reporter. Wines were NOR, freely
used then at dinners than now, and |
soon saw that must mako up my mind
whether ~ these gatherings ! should
paruke Of wines or decline them.
had been trained 10 the belief that It
was always host to orr on the safe sile,
and rs ! sat down TO the ilrst public
dinner ever aitondcd--a New England
dinner in Brool:lyn-l turned down all
the wine glasses ret before my plato and
this hayo followed over since,
AZ iirri, my principle never to touch
liquor or spirits Of amy kind directed 10
mo tho chuillngs of my friends, But J
made up my mind that there was no uso
having a principle unless one stuck 10 It.
Aud Just lot mo say right here TO al my
young readers who may SEQ these orda,
never lost one friend 10y my rcfusals,
but made scores Of friendships,
Another thing which led mo 10 mako
~ my mind never 10 touch liquor was
ia damage which saw wrought by 1t
upon some Of the finest minds with
which Il wag ever my privilege To come
into contact, and concluded that what
had resulted injuriously 10 others might
provo 80 TO me. have seen, even IN my
few years OF professional lie, some Of
the smartcsi, yea, brilliant literary men
dcthroucd from splendid positions owing
TO nothing else but their Indulgence IN
wine. have known mon with salaries
Of thousands Of dollars per ycar, occupy.
ing positions which hundreds would
strive lifetime 10 attain, como 10 beg
gary from drink. Only recently there
applied 10 mo, for any position could
offer him, ono Of tho most brilliant cdi.
torial writers in the newspaper profos-
sion-a mau who, two yeap ago, easily
commanded 500 for q single editorial in
his special field, That man became So
unreliable fg1m drink that editors are
now ntruid Of his articles, aud although
he can today write as forcibo editorials
rs at amy time during his life, he sits in
cellar IN one Of our cities writing
newspaper Wrappers for one dollar ror
thousand. And that Is only one instance
OF several could rccite here. | do not
bold my friend up us % terrible example;
ho 10 but one Of . TWO Of men who con.