Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-01-07
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COME IN AND LOOK!
4 Sign That Was Observed in a
Liquor Store Which Would
Catch the Unwary.

IN TuA Hit, j |thpuEHl' ~ I"V
Gitty of my childhood: "Will you walk
into my parlor, said the spiCer u the
1y?"
With no inclination Whatever to ac-
cept the invitation t~olenter this death
trap. SAYS Josiah w. LEEDS, in National
Advocate. | could nevertheless, in
Imagination. look around upon its brave
array Of bottles Of wine ard demijOhns
Of whisky. its TASKS Of gin and casks Of
b9ewsd liquors. and readily picture
some scenes. which. although INSOFAR
ably linked to this traffic, | am sure that
the dealer would have been altogether
unwilling to have enacted right there
in his presence.
Thus, l could bring before him the
young washerwoman. who. with q babe
at her breast. and with a second little
one just able TO walk. besiGa her, was al
work at my house only yesterday. 1t
might have been we'll had this greatly
wr1ngcd woman stood in his presence,
where he too could have seen her weep
bitter tears. whilst she told how her
husband had broken again his good re-
sClve-had spent all his weeks wages
for the hateful liquor-had lost an eX-
cellent place, and finally. overcome vita
remorse at his Jolly. had utterly Gesert-
ed her and her children.
Had the tears and wceful tale Of this
woman made no impression upon the
respectable dealer in rum cordials,
there might have been brought before
him-were it not that she had lately
been silenced by drink-anCther one of
whom l had knowledge, who earned a
livelihood by washing. Most faithful
and h~ardworking was she in her sober
moments. but constant was her craving
for alcohol. and dreadful to hear we're
her jeerings and imprecations when it
mastered her. Overcome by the habit,
she had at last died miserably in the
furlorn room of the tenement where
she lodged. The writer. being called to
the spot. beheld a lCathsome object,
such as he hoped never again TO see; yet.
had he accepted the invitation OF the
rumseller t o come in and look upon
those demijohns of whisky in the ware
house referred to. visions of GesolatiOn
very like this must have risen to view.
Again: might have brought could
| dealer. a terribly besotted and blcated
creature, made so by the same madden
ing prison as is drawn from those casks
II there should come with him, at the
same time. the two elder sons who are
following hard in their fathers steps L
ruin. and the nine other children
which would include the jabbering Idle
10y and the ~baby-ard. finally, tn
mother herself, to tel Of her husband
nearly continuous drunken or half
drunken condition, his frequent raying.
and foamings when he dashes the scan
ty furniture about and no one is safe il
his presence. his threatenines to xii
her with the knife which he uses in hi
shocmak0's craft, and of her bein.
driven screaming into the street ever
al midnight. in the depths of winte
aad with a single garment upon her,
think. perhaps. the owner of the cask
and demijohns might be convinced 0
the reality of the suffering. Though h
III ght still make denial Of the iniquit
OF the traffic by which he thrives,
have here simply spoken Of tire
cases of the drink evil. happening, with
in a stones throw Of each other
in what is spoken Of as y Of "th
poorer localities OF Philadelphia's in
yitlng suburb c..
Almost every oLe mo reads thes
Ices can cite somewhat similar in
s'ances; whilst the cases which dali
tgne before Il quarter sessions cour
will furnish many others, Of the haI
rowing details Of which the swiftes
Iel could not take full account. We
are We assured that none of these thing
are unrecorGed in the book of ren.5u
brance," ncne forgotten by Him VII
d:areth the cry of all His creature.
Would that all who acCCGe to the aIluI
Ing invitation to Come in and lccE.
Vao look acquiescir2iy upon the win
NAen it is red would co@siCer IL
daddy peril of that aGCer's sting Ca
the last it stingeth like an aCCer'
which is likely to assail them. rcmem
E4ring that drunkards and the corsciou
makers of Grunkards have no inherit
sace with those who may enter 81
through the gates into the city" sill
TO the tempted, the weary and IL
heavy-laden, is ever extended The invi
tation. with its promise of eternal res,
Let him that is athirst come. Ar
~whosoever will. let him tafe the waite
Of life freely" No DECEPTION TO
rouble-dealing here. The word is com
and freely take. for assurcCly you vii
Lot be expected to buy.
Bad Habit a Ean6icaD