The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-29

dime or . quarter, give liquor 20 man or
maid, whether - or 10 years oI4, 70 long
viii ths evll results o. drink exist ] ussi
- wonder when Was tittia child wig
society drew ;Ee llTas between whisky sell
eTs. Yhoaes4ls and retail nj the rest Of
the mercantile word. / anew thst In the
scnooss the children % the whisky seller
we're avoided az Though they had the itch.
y nan ] grew To understand ! realized the
reason. There are people who viii no:
iirst endure. then pity, then eE5rzce.
However kindly they may feel toward the
Individual. they know that 10 over.eep the
civioing line between right and wrong
means the creation of a bridge. the .oUnd3-
non or which being unworthy. s. apt TO
land the overgtsppe-s in the ditch.
wonder why our government licenses
paFroons. Gambling houses and houses O.
hl-faTne are not licensed Yet 20 legallxe
the liquor dealers retail business Is to fill
the gambling house and populate those
other ant-ssyepth commandment abodes
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Drunkenness has been the cause OF
more murder. theft and immortality than
any other species Of excess. When
say this surely ara uttering nothing
neT or novel, bat the plsinest OF every
day facts, and something width Is as old
as sin.
The excuse that the stranger gives for
ioaflng In barrooms Is that these spots are
attractive and pleasant. The stranger
stays there until he IL drunk enough to
60 out upon ths streets and get robbed
BY the first harry. male or female, into
whose hands he happsnx 10 fall. The
newspapers are always full of accounts
OF tipsY men who have been robbed. or
who have committed murder when they
were too drunk 10 know whether they
had killed q man or dog
X IL not the man who drinks at his own
dinner table who needs the white ribbon
attached to his coat II is usually the
man who. II lac has a home. never brings
a bottle there. but spends all his money
az the corner saloon. or the man who has
no home or family and spends his time
and substance. wasting In the barroom
and gambling house In one hour that Tor
which he has to.ied all the day.
Drink affects people so differently, like
laughing gas. You are never certain
whsther the partaker will laugh or weep.
tickle or murder you.
a man once said az the close OF h din
ner: Shall We drink like meg or horses?
Horses know when they have enough;
men don't"
Drink. strong drink. and lots OF IL. is
responsible for nine out OF ten crimes.
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Inc women on the w. =. i. L. seem 10
think that no Kelley cure, or gold cure,
nor will power. nor the love OF home and
family can keep the reformed drunka:d
from drinking again. 1t Is only the re-
ngious spirit which can be relied upon 10
prevent an amended drunkard from return
ing 10 his bottle.
All women who love, truth and honesty
and right, however opposed to equal SUI
frage. could they but believe that in vot-
Ing they could influence or lead, or com
mand the government of the United States
any other mighty authority 10 refuse
license 10 bar rooms and saloons and all
other public places where liquor Is sod
Unfortunately. would forswear their Ii
m'iity and supineness. pick up their skirts
and wade through the deepest mire to
record a ballot worthy of their zeal.
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teliigent faces of those W. c. T. L. women
purity. Strife and warning with the emo
lions and prejudicts OF others had furrow-
ed many faces. Bearing the burden o:
Sorrows strain had told upon the nerv-
cua strength These women may he
mistaken in their ardor. bat the mistake
OF one century is the success Of the next
They may be thought over-zealous but II
IL were my boy or yours these women
ware saving. how then7 They show in their
faces AL their lifelong Intention The
white flag which they bear does not mean
surrender, but the offer Of peace TO him
who meets them half way
NANCY LEE.