The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-01-04
w. CT. U. COLUMN
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. l.. HOBBS
The Solution Of q Problem.

That is the opinion frequently ex-
pressed and from various sources
respecting the Alcohol Cure con-
Quoted under the auspices Of the
West Side w. C. 7. U. at SO Mad
ison street, Chicago. 1t is an easy
thing for rich man who has be-
come the slave of drink to leave
home and business, 60 to a high
priced cure, and pay one or two
hundred dollars for treatment. 1t
is not very difficult for man who
has rich friends to enlist their sym
pathies for similar amount for the
same purpose, provided he has not
already abused their kindness and
worn out their patience by dissipa-
ton. Many more have found the
helping hand extended from circles
of friends in the church, clubs, So
cieties, and temperance organiza-
tions. These club together and
raise the necessary either by private
contributions or by getting up en-
tertainments and devoting the pro-
ceeds to the cure Of some one man
at high priced Sanitarium, which
reaps an enormous profit from the
liberality of the public.
But when all is said and done,
:. when the Sanitariums have reaped
: their harvest and restored to society
!, some hundreds and thousands OF re-
< formed men and-alas! women as
= well-there still remains the great
! rank and file of inebriates, the tens
= and hundreds of thousands being
: ground out constantly from the
= = grist Of the tireless, conscienceless
: saloon. These are men without
le money or employment often, and
: ;. with no friends at court to secure
> their release from bondage by the
y open sesame of gold. 1t is such as
ie }. these who are reached by the Free
u. Cure for Alcoholism at $40 Madison
a. = street, which is, as its name inn
q plies. free to all living within the
~ ~ bounds Of our great city.
ne :: Has the opportunity been ac'
cepted?
Come to our rooms any night and
4. YOU will see among the patients
r those from every part Of the city
~ :. from the North, South and West
" Sides, from Lake View on the north
- to Englewood on the south, and
~ =. from every part Of the great West
&c =. Side as far as West Fortieth street
is' 81 The resulting sober manhood has
!, made Just as much better citizens
NJ and happier homes as if the price o
l'u their freedom had been one hundred
- dollars, and none of these many
io hundreds would have been sober to
day had they been obliged to secure
lr even half a hundred dollars to pa.
~ J. for it, or to pledge raising tina
~ amount after cure is complete
Ia - You may say that somehow the,
~ find money to spend on drink, VIII.
not pay some commensurate price
" Y to cure the appetite and save thu
-, earnings? Very true, but the fac
'oii that the average drinking man i
81 unwilling to sacrifice very largel.
III for the sake Of cure is only an
etc other proof Of the demoralizing ef
feet OF drink. This they are al
,r ,e willing to admit in their sober mo
,ed ments.
'on worthy ambition, honesty, homo
and truth goes out from a ma
cen when under the influence OF liquor
ess and what is needed most OF all, an
A what it is our duty to do, is to re
us move the cause Of this corruption
ty- the saloon. But it is also our duty
The and should be our privilege, to hel
cen lift up those we have permitted TO !
INT. dragged down.
,rd- This is easily possible not only !
,ere Chicago but elsewhere. Many u
are ions beside the West Side w. {
per- T. U. are finding this out and som
ger. have adopted our Cure, with Il
the same happy results we have exper
rea- enced. Is it necessary to turn ov
dis to purely mercenary corporation
the and institutions the reformation
ith, men for a price? BY SO doing
ices put christian people on level wi
ater the grasping greed Of the saloon
II is Of the corporation that grants a
Ga cense for blood-money.
A fair price for those who q
able to pay is Legitimate, but dol
cave close every door Of hope to fall
New men because they do not cross yc
oP.e, palm with gold.
r in
our
Some one has said that II }
,vho take away the liquor traffic frOm
!, W." ~ Republican and Democratic parti
4, 'ae - they could no more be held togetl
- - than the Great Western could