The Progress., 1893-01-28
THE BADGE OF WHITE RIBBON.
How Drunkard Was Reclaimed by the
Magic of It's Influence.

HOW Drunkard Was Reclaimed by the
Magic of It's Influence.
go de lands sakesr' Cinthy cried
next day when the twins, hand in hand
as usual sauntered into the hot little
kitchen, "what am yo' chilluns done got
pinned onto dem ole gingham aperns o
yournT
Denis our badges, nanny" Pheny
answered with dignity. MEN Phosy
blongs ter Miss Dor'thy's temperance
s'ciety, and dees yere little ribbins is our
badges. Badges is signs, nanny, o
what folks b'longs to-"
1--WE don't want daddy to drink 70
mo-" walled Phosy; "'tain't right to
smash upde stove an tear round de way
he do. Daddy'll see our white ribbins
an mebby quit. Miss Dor'thy, she said
SO, didn't she, Pheny?'
LAND sakes, yo' po' chilluns! Nothin
gwine help yer po' pa. Nothin gwine
save i'm from dat drink! Didn't done
cry an weep an pray an beg i'm time an
agin, hopin an hopin an hopin? 'Taint
no use, 'tain't no use!" Cinthy threw her
apron over her head and rocked herself
back and forth in the rickety old chair
into which she had fallen.
'"Tis use, nanny; don't cry, don't
cry, nanny! Daddy's awful good when
he amt drunk, and We'll cure him, we
will, Phosy'n me-"
And they did. Three months aftef
Dorothy's society of three was organ.
lied Dorothy's papa, DR.. Leigh, said to
his wife:
Its wonderful Helen, what an
amount of good two diminutive, un-
bleached citizens of the United States
can do! There's Jim Tuttle, now, a not
able illustration of the power Of infu-
ence and"-Dr. Leigh laughed-''the lit
tie white ribbon, He told me today that
he had not touched drop for over two
months; that he had taken the pledge,
had found steady work at good wages,
and was putting in all his spare time
fixing up that miserable little house
they call home. And what's more, It's
those two little trys, scripturally named,
| believe, Tryphena and Tryphosa, and
our dear little Dot that have worked the
marvel 1t seems Dot-bless her kind
little heart--tOok it into her head TO put
on the white ribbon. and make those little
darkies put it on too. The power OF in-
tluence again, You see, my dear. If you
were not so stanch a white ribboner,
Helen, surely Dot would not have started
her temperance society and been tho
means of saving Tuttle, who is quite a
Il man after all"
DR.. Leigh never would call his littlo
daughter anything but Dot; but Mrs
Leigh smiled ;.ld saii: Yes, dear, I'm
proud Of Dorothy. Cinthy told Inc all
about it this very morning when she
came to wash. Deed desc am proud
an happy days, Mis- Leigh she said
De good Lawd bless Miss Dor'thy fe-
what she done! jim, he's sOber's any
body now, an jest rs spectacle a co'pan-
ION rs l could ever ask fer. He's workiT
cherry day right along, an he's fiXin W
de old house, jim is, an bime by we'm
gwine be real high mp cullud pussons,
shore 'nougLr"
DIR. Leigh laughed. "Well, wife, that's
a great little ribbon, can tell you! |
didn't use to take much stock in IL, you
know, but as Cinthy would say, I'm done
gone ben convertedp Wear it always,
Helen, my dear. and have Dot wear it
too. | believe the smile Of God rests
upon it."
"And believe so too. Union Signal.