The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12

~ AMES Henry was the president OF
the Association for the Punish
ment of Strong Drink and ne
n worked at his business most OF
- his waking hours. as well as
many of those when he wasn't sure
whether he was awake or not. Also.
he was a director Of the international
Society of Boose Fighters and OF the
Union for the Promotion Of Bromo
Seltzer. AS a horrible example for
the use and instruction OF the
members of the w. c. T.. U. he
would have been a tremendous sue
cess and the fool killer would have
found enough material in him to work
over for month. Ostensibly James
Henry was practicing law, but the only
bar with which he was appreciably ia
miliar was the one with railing
around the bottom and a handout or
cheese and crackers at the other end
1t was generally supposed that James
Henry's case was incurable. The only
hope for him was that the supply OF
spirituous liquor would run out before
he had succeeded in quenching his
thirst and that he would turn his feet
into the paths of righteousness and
sObriety because the other roads were
marked mo ThOrOughfare." Those who
are familiar with the yearly output OF
the brewerles and distilleries of this
broad land, up TO and including Ger
many and Scotland, will realize how
slender thread James Henry's friends
and creditors were clinging to.
1t so happened that James Henry
had a brother George who was every
thing that young man should be who
was distributing such a name as that
over the country. The only thing that
George had ever been known to drink
that was stronger than spring water
was ginger ale and 1t was currently re-
ported that he imbibed that only on
the advice of his family physician.
While James Henry was making night
more or less hideous with his search
for new places to get drunk in George
was sitting in the shadow Of stu
dents lamp with a green shade over
his eyes and soaking up learning from
q bound file of the Popular Science
Monthly, with Darwin on the side.
When he felt the need Of relaxation
he would go around the corner to an old
friend of his mothers and play euchre
with the young ladies or sing "Bedelia"
to a mandolin accompaniment. He was
a standing imitation o. the model
young man, and could talk by the hour
with the old lady about the awful
habits that the young men Of the pres
ent day were subject to.
After the old folks had tried moral
suasion and financial pressure on
James Henry to induce him to for
sake the ways of sin. and even con-
sidered the advisability Of small in
lection of bichloride of gold or a
pinch of the willow bark treatment
the great idea suddenly burst upon
them that the proper caper was to
send brother George out with him as
a sort of amateur missionary. They
had it all figured out that the pres
ence of George would be standing
reproach to James Henry and that in
the course of time he would forsake
his evil ways and the cocktail that
fieth by night, and likewise by high
noon, and would join George at the
ginger ale fount.
Accordingly the suggestion was
made 10 James Henry that he should
invite his brother to live with him in
his bachelor apartments for a few
weeks for change. James Henry was
on to their curves. but he had an idea
that he could see a little amusement
for himself in the dim distance and
he accepted the proposition without a
quiver. He knew that IL there was
any trouble coming it wasn't ad-