The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18
ADDRESS OF MRS.
LEN0RA N. LAKE
Delivered 10 College Hall 10 the Interest
Of Womeu's Kelley League.
ELOQUENT, THOUGHTFUL EFFORT
She Declared That in the Case Of the
Drink Habit an Ounce of Pieyen.
tntive Is Worth a Hundred Thou
sand Tons of Gold Cure--Faiiure OF
Temperance Organizations to Cope
with the strong Drink Evil and the
Reasons.

Mrs. Leonora NJ. Lake gave a strong
lecture last evening at College hall in
the interests of the Womans' Kelley
league. A fair sized audience was
present The stage was prettily deco
rated by Clarke. w. w. Lathrope pre-
sided. Rev. =. j. McManus was also
on the platform. Solos were rendered
at the beginning and close of the lee
ture by Miss Phebe Smith, accompan-
led by Miss Bessie Reel.
Mrs. Lake has been heard in Scran-
ton on previous occasions, when her
clear, earnest voice and pleasing de-
livery made a good impression. She
began her remarks by saying that in
the case of the drink habit an ounce
OF preventative is worth a hundred
thousand tons of gold cure. She spoke Of
the noble effort put forth to counteract
the effects of society and custom and
cure the disease of drunkenness which
is not always termed a disease but is
too often believed to be individual NOR
al obliquity. While it is in some stag
es moral obliquity and even in the
Scriptures is called sin, the fact that
the poison of alcohol produces dis
ease must be admitted. Alcohol ranks
Is well understood that the person who
makes a practice of taking any drug
reaps his own punishment in dis
eased body.
The speaker then recounted the his
tory of DR.. Leslie Keeley's study of the
disease of inebriation and his expert
ments in its cure, referring in particu-
lar to his experience during the civil
mentioned it can no longer be consid-
cred an experiment.
TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATIONS.
She briefly touched upon the work
of the multitudes of temperance organ
izations and their failure to cope with
the evil and spoke of the work and
prayers of the Catholic women of the
land. The hope of the drunkard SEEM
ed to lie far beyond this, but when af-
ter four short weeks of the Kelley
treatment it was discovered that the
patient was returned to his family
clothed in his right mine, a better
Christian and better citizen as well
as a better husband and father, 1t
was realized that the women should
give their moral support and every
other aid in their power to this cause
1t has been said that the Institutes
support DR.. Keeley but no such price
is demanded as liquor has made neces-
sary, no voice is raised against the
support of that monster. Mrs. Lake
then made stirring appeal for a fur
ther work among the women, that of
reforming the social customs of the day
and thrusting aside the temptation to
drink. Too often woman's hand has
held out the wine glass. Too often wo-
mans eye has tempted the weak one
to lose his manhood in the cup. Men
and women who pride themselves on
the strength of their own character to
withstand temptation should see to it
that they make not of their strength a
stumbling block for their neghbor.
TWOFOLD DUTY.
Twofold duty is imposed upon each
one. The duty to God and the neigh
Dor He gave us. We may ignore It,
may neglect it, but there will come
a dav when its insstence will not be
stined.
We have seen men and women laugh