Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-03

| The writer asserts-as do most liquor
dealers who seek to invade prohibition
! communicable he advocates temper
ance, and Temperance" he conceives
can be promoted by the sale Of his pro-
duct. He frankly states that he is IN
business for money. that people must buy
his wines or he Will fail, but that the peo-
! pie who have the money, and therefore
are his mainstay and support. are not
! the drHnkards ana the sots, but the law
abiding and scIf-respecting citizens; not
the mla who abuses the good things OF
life. but the man who, around his own
drcside. with his family beside him,
makes a proper use of wine. He states
that the customer he wants is tine man
| of brains that has money to buy pure
wines, not the ioaf-r who is a Disgrace TO
himself and the community. lie fails to
make clear however. how long the man IN
whom his traffic develops the fatal drink
habit will continue to have money;
how long ne will remain 'around his own
hresidc with his family beside him., Or
Low long il wall take 70 deve bop ham info
the ''drunkard1 ana "sot' who mas b.
| come "a disgrace 10. himself and the
community who no longer has any
money. ana whose patronage therefore
cur temperance advocating Cd wine malt-
cr no longer desires.
This man must know that tie entire de-
| scent from respectability to the drunk
ARDS grave is constantly lined with mn
once "law-abidins and Respectable citi-
zcns, in various stages Of dccadencc
who began their career with "a proper
use of wine" The proper use OF to-
day. becomes the improper use Of tomor-
row. II ~ the beginning Of the slippery
incline down which men slide from r.
spcct Of law. ana Icve Of family, To TN
cnntrollablc appetite from moderation 70
| immodcration from rcspectabiiity social
ana IN lraI degradation. Ana yet This man
who boasts that he desires 70 hold his in
i toxicatins cup onlv 10 the lips Of mon
who have money. ana home and friends
ana wis are today law abiding and self
respecting citizens" has The nerve t.
proclaim himself AN advocate OF tenn
pcranccr When his victim has becom,
the "drunkard' AMI the "sot' he vii
have no further use for him. out oui
we say on such hypocrisy.
Francis Bacon. our Shakespeare by
Edwin Reed A. NJ; cloth back; dcoi.Ie
edges; PIP 2l2: price 500; Charles D.
Goodspeed, Publisher, Park Street Bos-
ton, Mass.
| This Is new edition of work .whir u
first appeared in 1879, and which is gen
orally conceded to be one of the ablcst
ana most scholarly presentations of the
claims of Francis Bacon to the author
| ship Of tho Shakespeare plays ana poems
which has ever Dcen given to the pub
lie 1t deals chiefly with internal criti-
| cism and the philosophic purpose that
| inspired the famous plays. The table az
contents comprises the following SUB
| jects: l. Condolences; ,. The Early All
thorshi1 Of Shake speare; III. The late
authorship Of Shakespeare; w Tire
place Of the Shakespeare Dramas in Ba-
cons system Of Philosophy: V. The class
| zeal element in the Plays: vi. Jonson' 5
! Masque, Time Vindicated'; VII. Bacon ;
Poetic Gifts; VIII Origin Of the Pseu-
donym Shakespeare
The range of Investigate ton which Is
comprchended under this division, mus
have involved not only patient and PAINS
taking research but scholarship Of the
highest degree. TIE work in its typo
graphical features is well calculated 10
dC light the heart Of book-Iover Like
all Of tho works which have been issued
from the pen Of Nj. Reed bearing upon
the ACKNOWLEDGMENT controversy it is
model Of the printers art, beautifully
printed in large clear type upon a superb
quality Of extra heavy paper. and sub
stantia1ly bound in heavy board covers
with white cloth lacks.
The Letters Of Midrcds Mother to Mil
dred; satireai- Sketches of Stage Life. hy
f. d. Price, Crhe Man Behind tic
Seems; New York; J. S. ogiIvie, Publish
ing Company; cloth; mp 153; price SlOO
This book is a series of letters purport-
ing to be written by a mother who Il
-traveling" in. the West to nor daughter
a chorus girl in New York While there
is a certain brightness Of style and 4
very clever appreciation Of the tvnes Of
character presented fhe moral tone ana
atmosphere Of the work is not such MS
would commend it 10 a refined ana III
tellisent reading public The mother
from her own confessions is gambling.
smoking, drinking woman, with coarse
tastes and associa lions, while the .tl;alIln
ter, leading a life Of open shame to
which she is encouraged by her unnatdrar]
parent. merits nothing but contempt IT
is to be regretted that the unquestionc,I
talents Of Mr.. Price, ana his Keen an
alysis Of character could not be employed
in Il worthier field