The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-05-22
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CONDUCTED ny MRS. n. l.. HOBBS.


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For many years the national de-
partmert OF juvenils work found il
impossible to give even an approx
mate estimate Of the number
|of children in the juvenile So
cieties under : re of local unions be-
cause no uniform plan had been
adopted.
The name Loyal Temperance
Legion was suggested by Mis-. Anna
Hammer at Minneapolis, MINI, In
|lSS6, and was adopted by the con.
vention. From that period on we ste
the steady growth Of tte work ac-
complished by the children.
In all countries linked by the
sacred bend OF the w. Z. I. U. you
will find, almost without exception,
that boys and girls have been pIedg
d to total abstinence, and enlisted
toheIp bring in the day when every
nome aud every little child shall be
protected from the curse OF the lie.
galized liquor traffic.
II is fact Of statistics that Of
every one hundred men who re form
from drinking habits ninety return
to those habits again, while Of every
one hundred boys and girls who
sign the pledge. ninety remain true
10 it through life. 1t is also fact
that two-thirds of the l.. T. l..
children stand in the front rank at
school for department and scholar
ship.
One OF the greatest drawbacks to
the l.. T. L. work is the indiffer-
ence OF the mother. One says, Il
cannot take my boy from play, be
has 30 little recreation !" another
says, II can tell Johnny that he
shall 60 and he will, but be likes TO
be out doors and forgets the time Of
meeting and cannot undertake to
tell him." From another We hear,
"My little girl belongs to so many
societies l hardly see her, besides l
am 80 busy l can't remember when
lthe meeting comes" But not in
single instance have we heard that
1.-The children didn't want q society.
The little entbuiasts are always
ready, as . class, and when the So
Iciety suspends, as it often docs,
they will stop the temperance Ia
|dies on the street and ask "When
will the l.. 7. l. begin?"
We find no difficulty in getting
1.-The little ones to work successfully.
Let me whisper in your ears that
boys and girls are greater masters
In the art OF persuasion than their
Ielders.
We are alive to the importance OF
1.-The l.. T. l.. work, but We cant Sc
.ure aleader, is the excuse made
Iby many a union. Surely there is
reason for the members to appoint
a day Of fasting and prayer. Keen
.earching Of the heart may reveal
That they shrink from trying to give
hs young people the knowledge
land enthuiasm which they do moi
themselves possess. II they will
,nIy try to be what they want the
children 10 become, they would
.oon see the benefit to be derived
lherefrom.
II am greatly interested in the
temperance question:" ssil moth
y TO her friend in the presence OF
|her child. "Are you, mother?
/. questioned the little girl wondering
p|Iy, for she had never heard her "a,
. eIanything about it.
ii When every union takes boys ant
leirls into partnership and trains ul
d generation who not only know th'
hight but do it, the saloon will b
)utlawed.
Some one has said, "If you ain
lat nothing you will be sure to hi
it," Alas! how many mothers
|failiuq to aim at definite results
have wept bitter but idle tears whel
lii was everlastingly too late.
In closing | can only say wit!
|our great leader, Frances Willard
|sSufer me to plead for your bel
lin our earnest Efforts to teach tn
,hiIdren Of the present, surrounde
~ pitfalls. that result from treach
,rons social Gu stoms and cowardl,
laws, to
I"Choose when the two paths meet
Il the narrow ard the broad,
, las their thoughtIess little feet ente