North Park union., 1902-03-21
The Temper
ance Meeting.

Last Friday night the people Of
Walden held . temperance meeting
At the church that was not only we'll
attended but developed . feeling In
behalf Of better town government
that was simply surprising. The
church was nearly full of interested
people Of all classes, even some Of the
saloon men being present. The pro.
gram Of performances printed in tho
UNION last week, was filed nearly to .
letter. The opening song while the
audience was gathering. was America
and was sung with spirit that was
truly patriotic. The next song was,
Wine in the cup. This was sung BY
Prof. Daley, Mr.. True and Mcsdames
Eva Butler and Lulu Snair, with
Nellie Riegeu at the organ. Prayer
BY Rev. G. A. Spence, which WAS fol-
lowed by select reading by Rev. d.
W. Tibbetts in tho Irish dialect
eenressy and Cooley discussed the
saloon question together and it was
indeed amusing The force and
logic to the argument was strong for
temperance. The recitation by Pearl
Holdre1e, What Temperance does
vas very we'll spoken, and was fol-
lowed by Mrs. Edith Riggen who
spoke A stray sunbeam, very credit,
tably. A select reading by Mrs.
Rosa Linger was very appropriate
Tor the occasion and read most Mt
tractively. This was followed by
'ong, Down in the licensed saloon,
rendered by the choir. 1t WAS indeed
a taking performance and made as it
should, deep impression on the
audience. Miss Nellie Riggcn re-
cited, No saloons up there. This
was narrative portrayal Of the lie
of poor Ned, only son of widowed
mother. He tried manfully and
courageously to fight the demon Of
intemperancc, but finally fell vic
tim TO the curse Of drink. The tnle
was most pathetic and Nellie old her
story most beautifully. A short ad-
dress was made by Rev. G. A. Spence
on the subject Of The saloon and so
cis, life, He showed from statistics
the terrible loss Of life in tho United
States every year, and struck the
hardest blow by the unanswcraple
knock down argument Of comparing
the wreck, ruin and death caused by In
temperance with anarchy. Anarchy
Stays its single individuals once IN =
generation, while intemperance Stays
its thousands every year, every year,
besides leaving in its wake, disgrace,
desolst,on and star vation of untold
numbers Of unhappy victims in the
long list Of helpless, hopeless women
and children. A boys temperance
speooh was we'll spoken by Earl Lin.
ger, and Pitcher or jug, . beautiful
selection by Ruth Riddle was greatly
appreciated. Is high license the best
solation of the temperance question,
was presented by j. T. Shippey. His
speech was deliberate, careful and
logical presentation Of the situation.
Astounding in wit and forceful argu.
ment all the way through, and had q
good effect. This was shown by the
demonstrations Of approval by the
audience. Myrtle Fliniau spoke A
little girls defamation, and in . very
satisfactory manner indeed. Tie edi-
tor presented the topic, The S.
loon and business prosperity. Oriti-
else that yourselves. The closing
song was The broken pinion, by the
choir, which was good. All the
singing was excellent. The UNION
takes pleasure In commencing IN the
highest terms the whole exercises, ex.
cept it's own performances. Mrs. Lin
gers extemperaneous impromtu ap-
peal at the closing moment, was the
promptings Of 9 woman's heart and
certainly had q good effect on all
present. The meeting showed that
the people are being stirred up.