Evening star., 1898-10-21
ANTI-sALOON REVIVAL.
Fourth of the series Of Mr.. Beau
champs Lectures.

THE immediate past said Mr. Beau
champ last night, at the anti-saloon revival
service may be termed the age of the
printing press and the types The present
Is the age of young men, This is espe-
c;ally true in America, this land of oppor-
tunity, as compared with any of the Euro
pean nations" The speaker then con-
trasted the conditions here, where the
youth of the country belongs TO ITSELF" to
those in Germany, where seven years of
young manhood must be given to the
kaiser. He told in an impressive way of
an experience there during one of his
visits to the Rhine with the little woman"
his wife. He noticed. he said. that they
were followed at respectful distance dur
ing their morning walks by a crowd of
German boys of ten and twelve and four
teen years of age. One day he succeeded
in understanding the call from of the
crowd to a ccmrade within doors in one
of the houses they had passed. 1t was,
He comes f: ON America, the land where
the poor boy becomes kiEs."
This was given an illustration of the
speakers assertion The eyes of the young
men of the world are turned toward this
country of ours" He then cited numerous
examples of young men now occupying
leading positions in various departments of
public life in America, and went to
show that such places are open to the
poorest boys IL tNey Will Dul meet tl6 con-
ditions.
First and last among these he discussed
Temperance in a much more temperate
way, it was remarked than is common at
such meetings, but with great earnestness.
The only kind of young men that can
ir dulge in Intoxicating drinks, in his esti-
nation, is the one whose handehake makes
you think you have a dead fish in your
grasp. and who, when boy, would hide
himself to eat his apple alone, and when
asked by a comrade for the core would
reply, There amt going to be any core
THE warm-hearted. generous boy he
said, who, given stick of candy as A
child, who would break 1t at once into
pieces for all around. and whose apple was
shared with every cOmrade, dare not touch
the stuff as he values his chan ce in life
AS to education an essential to sue
cess, some of his characteristic expressions
were, IF you want an education take 1t;
It's yours for the asking: it's yours for the
grasping. The worse than wasted dime
spent for strong drink would buy vol
Lme, the mastering of which would be an
education along some line of useful knowl-
edge. The wasted dimes, the spare and
wasted hours, are all that are needed to
secure an education.
His next rule for winning success was,
DO your best" and his last one, Take
lesson from a postage stamp; see how 1t
sticks to its place till it gets there. It's
the boy that sticks VINO wins
Mr.. BeauchamD il to speak again this
evening and asked that drinking men, be
invited, as he had something to say to
them
Mr.. Jesse c. Suter, chairman of the COM
mittee of arrangements. presided last even
ing, and the devotional exercises were by
Rev. Leslie Moore, pastor of the Church of
Our Father. Mr.. Geo w. Havell led the
singing. The ushers were Miss Hattie
Homer and Mrs Rose X. Fechner of
headquarters Y" Misses Nettie Hockman
and Mary Drown of Vermont Avenue "
Misses Eta Austin and Mabel Callahan of
lie Droit Y" and Miss Anna s. Hughes of
First Congregational Y.
The series Of "anti-saloon revival serv-
ices are to continue nightly until Sunday
evening inclusive.