The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-28
RAIySFORDs SALOON Plan.
Not According to Logic or the Bible, DR.
Wilson Saws.

discussion OF the liquor QucStloH, vi "a
on what he termed the Rainsford theo-
ry'' last night. says the New York sun
OF Yesterday. DR.. Wilson is a well-known
Prohibitionist, and his church was
crowded
1--WE are living the old days over again,
said DR.. Wilson. when ministers OF the
sanctuary. priests at the altar, anu
prophets OF God. supposed TO be, are
stared out of countenance by the evils
which confront them, and instead OF un-
compromising faithfulness in banding
the Word of Life. seem TO reckon God
is dead or Indifferent TO the gigantic
crime of crimes which bars the progress
Of Christian civilization.
ION the evening Of March nth, in the
chapel Of ST. ChrysostOm's church, the
Rev. DR.. w. s. Rainsford, rector OF 81.
Georges, lectured on his favorite theme,
the improved saloon, which. according TO
previous announcement was followed by
a free discussion, in which 1t was my
privilege TO bear some humble part. nav
ing q faithful stenographer with me, /
happen to know just what was SAID on
that occasion. He thus began;
~ have been asked to speak upon what
we all feel TO be vitality Important ques-
ton to our community, me liquor tra'pc'
IL IL n question with which ! Can G pm
without any bashfulnsss 10 have rad
good deal of particular acquaintance
years ago, when | never expected 10
come TO this country and was living IN
England. | was thrown into intimate &C.
auaintsnce with the oldest son oi the
largest brewer I'm London. and during
the time lived In Bethnel Green we 81 ent
the most OF our time in eNpi al - ;'h1.ic
houses and forming practical opinions
as 10 how they could be worked. me
result OF our explorations was TINS tnat
my friend made up his nina tnat ne
could not, as a Christian man, continue
his business, and he threw w an income
Of nearly 100000 to prove true 10 MS
conscience.
"From the same sights end cIrcum-
stances this ordained priest of the tenn
ple comes with a desire TO 20 no the
saloon business himself, and ~.rle ne
has abandoned that idea, 1t was, by ms
own admission. not because or IT'S slniul-
ness, but because he could not go INTO tne
business on a larger scale. These are MS
own words I thought once wouid
scrape together money and start TO run
one on my own ideas here in New York
but came to the conclusion mat one sa-
loon would not amount to much against
an MANY bad ones, and gave II up.
yet he makes this admission: Beyond
all question alcohol is a poison. It's eVlls
are hereditary, not only IN case 81 tne
sot but TO that man VINO Arrows hit"sSti
an occasional excess 1t rurses f)s on
spring.' In the best conducted C'urCh
saloon I'm his Utopia, the man VINO drinks
81 oil must he a moderate dr.nker, and
he tells lis that even the Aabit o. nloder-
otto drinl<iug will curse his cfgpring.
Vet with these awful facts admitted, ne IS
only deferred from going into me soou
saloon business because he cannot e.edse
i'm il more extensively
in the light OF this minister's ifSlc
what a simpleton must maze t'th tna'
brewers son, and why nid lot US rev
erend friend importune him 20
mitigate the awful ruin he had
discovered by multiplying the sa-
Ioons7 WHY not2 Because II is most
nrobable that these were the days OF
his own evangelical fervor and spiritual
life before the influence OF luxury popu-
Iarity and worldly conformity MA taught
him the philosophy OF subtraction from
evil by the rule OF addluon anu vuit .a
ment by means OF the mu''ip''c~''o"
table.
"After his admission that alcohol Is as
dangerous as dynamite, DR.. Rainsford
goes on to say that he Is optmist enough
"a believe that Il has its good use else IL
would not be here, and that thlhg tnat
had arrived at so universal a use cOUuu
not be altogether PAD!
NJ his system. Are these anl-church
mon who run the saloon interests now so
meek that they will sit supinely down ana
600 their business go 10 the dogs, out
riva11ed I'm attractivenesS by the Rams
ford places of interest? suppose you sup
nIeuent the 10000 unregenerate saloons OF
This city by 500 OF the sanctlneu hlilu'
You know II will not close one. Inc ri'ai-
nv of attractiveness and decency WIZ oe
f-tt dFtI M
trade Criers will invest the street, rep
resenting the advantages OF their faVo-
ritas one with cassock and band and stole
ond mint tone and exuberance or rhetorl-
cal finish will cali:
"'Pause, gentlemen In your VIVA ca
reer. while | inform you that arounu the
| corner can be found the Reverend Rams
ford Resort. where upon beer. light wines,
and something stronger, IL you must nave
IL. YOU can become respectfully exhlia-
| rated. with benefit OF clergy
"Another. in full dress, his hair parted
| Ia tho middle. an Alaska diamond in his
shirt front, pointing 10 glaring llshts from
| behind which strains OF classical music
| doat out upon the ambient air, as ne
thusly delivers himself:
"''Ere we are, gents, the anti-Rains-
| ford go-as-you-please, where the Rains
| ford exhilarated can step right in and get
eioriousiy Obvious OF time and sense,
| on the best whisky, upon the softest
divans In this city; with carriages and
servants in livery to take you home. ana
| all with strictest privacy. For right royal
| resnectabiIity our saloon cannot be ex-
| celled hv any Rainsford in this city. say,
ere We are, gents"
..The easier you make the path down
ward. the greater the number who VIII
walk in IT, The more like the right you
can make the wrong, the more You VIII
! deceive b. II.
you must fight fire with fire. ne says,
| DO YOU know every time an alarm OF
| fire has been given the foolish fire de-
partment has had q force at the spot
| with appliances to fight that fire with
water? Dr. Rainsford withdrew his un-
fortunate Illustration and offered an
other We must inoculate this evil. The
whole progress OF scientific knowledge to-
day is TO inoculate the bad thing with
less bad thing. and sc
| Kill the bad thing. This Illus
tration is equally scientific with tbs
other; one entities the discoverer TO letters
patent as the discoyerer Of the principle
OF restoring a black surface to its origi
nal white by putting on some more blach
paint.
"Oh, II this gentleman had only beer
in the Garden OF Eden when Eve yielded
to the wiles of the serpent, how quickly
he would have adjusted matters witt
just little more snakel
zone OF the saddest things about tn
discussion at st. Chrysostom's chapel wa
TO see the looks or satisfaction and ap
prevail on the faces or venerable men
From them not one word OF dissent wa
heard during the discussion. They seem