The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-18
WICKEDNESS SHOCKED THEM
MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL w. G
Il. U. GRIEVED AT CERTAIN
REPORTS

reported That an Ice Cream ParIor
on st. Anthony Avenue Is Selling
Beer to Girls Under the Name of
White Soda.
White soda" is the name of a new
drink and it owes, not it's existence, GER
talnly but its discovery, to some of the
Central w. C. T. U. women of st. Paul.
Inc name sounds harmless enough but
its unoffending qualities end right there.
The initiated and the w. C. T. U. wom-
en- know the drink to be what is COM
monty called beer plain unvarnished
Deer The announcement that a certain
restaurant and ice cream parlor on st.
Anthony avenue was selling beer to
young girls under the name of white
soda was hurled like a bombshell into
the midst of peaceful W. C. T. u.
meeting held at the Commons yesterday
afternoon. Mrs. B. P. Joy conveyed
the information, and further stated that
certain young girl who works for re-
spectacle family in the vicinity of ST.
Anthony avenue, after spending part of
the afternoon in the so-called ice cream
parlors, came home in a condition the
White Ribboner= Indignantly and COLO
quially described as full"
Something" said Mrs. Joy, energet-
1cally, must be DONE" and her fellow
White Ribboners nodded their heads.
All but Mrs. Brandes, who said she
didn't see why parents couldn't look after
their children better.
81 think some Of US w c. T. u women
should go to that place." said Mrs. M. ].
Russell land get evidence enough to
convict the man who runs the place.
Miss Walker, president of the Central
w. G. T. u, thought 1t would be quite
natural for the proprietor to retail only
soft drinks while his white ribboned
guests were present The ladies finally
decided to leave the matter in the hands
of Mrs. Joy, who will secure more con-
elusive evidence and decide upon some
plan of action.
Judging from yesterdays w. C. T. U.
meeting st. Paul is about as wicked as
1t is possible for a city to be. While
Mrs. Joy was making her announcement
Mrs. Brandes sat, with a ''just-wait-until-
I-get-a-chance" expression on her face.
The wickedness she reported existed in
the vicinity OF Dayton's bluff, where
every day Of the week, but more fire.
quently on Sundays, small boys may be
seen coming from saloons with pals
full of the liquor that cheers only to in
ebriate. 1.-The trouble Isl said Miss
Walker, "our officers do not enforce the
laws. It's shame and a disgrace"
went on the speaker, energetically, that
st. Paul should be such a wicked city"
And the rest of the ladies, by their 'ap-
proving mods, showed that those were
their sentiments, too.
One other locality received a castiga-
ton yesterday. Certain parts of Rice
street, according to one report, are given
over entirely to young toughs, who
make life burden to all who pass their
way. Such a wealth OF wickedness
brought thus forcibly to their knowledge
had an Enthusiastically disheartening effect
on the White Ribboners. Other business
was entirely forgotten while they unused
how in the midst Of life, and particu-
larly St. Paul life, they are in sin.
The Central w. c. T. U. will hold its
annual meeting Monday afternoon, July
81. at the ST. Paul Commons.