Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-08-15
la8} Beacon.
TCoMMUSIcATED
CARRIE NATION AGAIN.

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unique and interesting woman and
her works, and while not inclined
to 'expatiate' on her doings myself,
especially doing the heated term, !
take the liberty Of enclosing an APP
propriate communication on that
subject, clipped from q New York
paper Of several weeks ago. II will
no doubt be interesting to many of
your discriminating readers az o
stfoDg presentation of the affirma-
tive side Of the question.
While expressing no further opin-
ion on the subject at present, / may
be permitted TO remark in connec-
ton Herewith that the so.caIled
"saloon property" destroyed by
Mrs. Carrie Nation iE the State Of
Kansas, where she chiefly operated.
was oRtlasCsd, a. we'll 40 the ''busi-
ness" in which it was used, and as
such was not legally or morally en-
titled to the protection Of the con-
stituted authorities, or to the sym
pathies Of Law abiding community.
But not to consume more Of your
valuable space append hereto the
communication referred to, as fol.
lows:
WHY MRS. NATION Is RIGHT.
Editor Evening News:
am constant reader of your
valuable paper and please allow me
little space in every body's Col.
umn" to reply to "Get Down to
the Cause" in your issue of Feb
ruary 25, to ask Another Woman if
she is a wife of an intemperant hus-
band and mother of little children
left wholly on her hands to support
without dollar to buy bread to
feed their little mouths or clothe
their frail bodies. She says man 9
stomach Graves nourishment. Yes,
we are well aware of the fact. but
what about their starving children
and over worked wives that 20 with
ont the necessaries of life to feed
their little ones, while her husband
finds pleasure in saloon crowds.
She blames, women for not cooking
properly. Well, let me say that
some times it is very hard what we
do not get-nothing left to buy it
with by the time the husband gets
past all the saloons between his
workship and his home. She SAYS
orr husband is our first duty. /
wonder il @ father has no first duty
towards his little children or his
wife. Is it his duty to spend his
wages in saloons before he comes
home at all +? BY the time his mon
ey is all gone, Of course, his stom-
ach has had that nourishment it
craved. The saloon keeper don't
want him there any longer; he is
drunk; he is thrown ont doors, il
ne is unable to walk out, but he ia
our husband and the father of our
children. How often do you see O
poor woman on pay night with a
shawl over her head, around saloons
asking some one to 90 in and bring
her husband out; he has not been
home to supper. She says "Christ
turned water into wine" Our good
Lord never meant it to make beasts
OF man. She says Mrs. Nations
first husband died of delirium ire.
mems and is dead enough for her to
marry another man. In my esti-
nation Mrs. Nations first husband
was unworthy to be called q man
il he died Of delirium tremens. She
says Mrs. Nation was DESTROYING
property. l wonder if saloon prop
erty is Of more consequence than
the souls Of men ? She says it NAV
lead to loss oflife. This is too bad.
They should be protected. She
pities Mrs. Nation. Please let me
AJAX right here where is q wife and
children's protection from an in.
temperate husband aud father? |
read Of q woman driven out of doors
in December, ct midnight, with q
6'Weeks-old baby in her arms, with
out shoes or proper clothing, and
fleeing for life to the charity of
neighbors for shelter. Where ia
the pity for us when we pawn our
only coat in midwinter to put bread
in our little ones mouths and shoes
on their feet-while the father sits
in saloons and spends his last pen
ny for drink? Yes, the good Lord
made wine and He made marriage
ties which let no man put asunder.
What are these saloons doing to