Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-06-27

fore the young people who may be par
Elephants during their next summer va
cation in this merciless, heartless and
damning universal evil.
Peril OF the Wine Cup.
Summer red light the fifth. Beware
Of the serpent which lies coiled up in
the bewitching wine cup. \ few sum-
mer and winter resorts Of this country
are especially noted for the power of
their mineral waters to physically
straighten a man out after a long de-
bauch. Not many miles from Chicago
there is a resort where many of our
urunkards go at least once a year |
have been told by some Of these
drunkards that it is impossible to drink
whisky and at the same time drink Of
those mineral springs. But though
there are a few, very few, summer
watering places whose waters have
these curative qualities, most Of our
summer watering places are noted FOR
the fact that they make drunkards
rather than reform them. They make
them in wholesale quantities and not
in retail. Men carry their bottles OF
intoxicating beverages when they go
fishing or dancing or taking a tramp
in the woods, and men drink every
where.
But this is not the greatest curse for
which our summer resorts are famous.
They are noted as places where women
get drunk as we'll as the men To me the
most abjectly repulsive creature on
earth is a drunken woman. When |
see one I know not which feeling pre-
dominates most IN my heart, that Of
Dity or Of horror. | remember dis
tinctly the first drunken woman ever
saw. 1t was at a summer watering
place near Bar HarbOr | saw scores
Of them there under the influence of
drink. Some of them had diamonds
upon their fingers and jewels at their
Threats and their clothes were bought
at the most expensive establishments,
but they were excited with intoXicat-
ING liauor You could tell it by the
flush on the cheek, by the strange
plassiness Of the eye, 10y the bOisterous-
ness of the laugh and by the many
signs that always mark the effects or
| drink. In our summer hotels women
now drink everywhere. Therefore
friends, beg of you when you are In
a summer party where wine is passed
L.
| Christian examples sake do not touch
1t. For the danger of intlaming your
own evil tastes do not touch it. Stand
back from the evil wine cup though II
may be offered to you by the jeweled
hand of hostess or by the companion
who pretends he is your friend. The
tempter may not be able to ensla7e
YOU in city where you are in active
work. but he may be able to dig for
you a drunkards grave among the
many sinful summer destinations OF
a hotel piazza.
Family separations.
Summer red light the last: Beware
of the family separations which take
away for any length Of time wives
| from husbands, husbands from wives
brothers from sisters and parents from
children. Where do you say you are
going this summer? WELL" you an
swer. II do not know. l have not ye
| made up my mind. l would like to g
| down to the seashore If | could, bu
that is so far away. My husband anC
boys could be with me only a little
while If / did go there" Mother, wife,
would not go far away from home If
were you. If your husband and boys
and brothers have to work during the
summer to earn you a livelihood it Il
not good to be separated from them
1t is not good for you. 1t is not goo(
for the husband and the boys. Mari
this. my friends. and what / say.
speak calmly and deliberately: Nine
tenths Of all the evil temptations o.
our summer resorts are directly or In
directly due to the separations of fam
lilies. These separations lay tempta
tons. awful temptations, at the feet o
the men who are compelled to stay a
home and work They lay temptations
awful temptations, at the feet of thu
women who are off in the summer no
tells. Go to a summer resort near t
your home Be in a place where al
the members of the family can get to
gether every few days. Never let you
husband learn the lesson how TO b.
happy without you and the children
Wives and mothers, never learn your