The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-01
THIS COLUMN EDITED BY WELSH W. CT u.
we,.r w.C.T.U. Meets Regularly tie
First Wednesday I'm Each MOith
Mt 800 p. m. Visitors Welcome

"
Calkins, and will continue to meet ,
there, until further notice.
We like good game of baseball,
but we don't like a Sunday game,
good or bad.
"All the boys in the police court are
sigarette smokers. Judge Hildreth,
Holyoke, Mass.
Read the story entitled "Temper-
ance," in the August number OF the
Munsey magazine.
San anti-cigarette law is one way
to prevent the state from raising
superfuity OF idiots. "-EX.
The Lake Shore is the latest rail-
road company to issue an order for
bidding train boys sellins cigarets or
cigaret papers on any of its trains
Meeting next Neutrality-suspicious.
problems of mothers will be dis
cussed. This work is in charge OF
Mrs. Spurgin, the superintendent or
"Mothers' Meetings." Come and
bring yonr problem or help to solve
anOther'S.
The Catholic Total Abstinence I'm
ion of America, held the most success
full convention of its history at
Wilkesbarre, Pa, August 81, eight
hundred delegates being in attendance.
President Roosevelt and Cardinal
Gibbons were the especially distln'
guished guests who addressed the con-
ventlon. Fraternal greetings were
sent by the national W. c. T. L.
"Some of the pleasures OF smoking
cigarettes are nightmares, fits, cancer
of the stomach and lips, softening OF
the brain, spinal meningitis, funeral
procession, and a family sitting
t around in gloom. From a school
4 boys composition in Leominster'
q Mass.
Little Margery, playing with her
kitten. got rather severe scratch
6 from the animal. Her lip trembled
o for an instant, and then she assumed
l., the commanding attitude and express
= sion that her mother had assumed un
der similar circumstances toward her,
and extending her hand, said sternly
}. "Kitty dive me dat pin. '-Bosto1
II Transcript.
# Some of the leading Catholic ladies
of Chicago, have organized a society
"The Daughters of Temperance.
Re The object is social boycott OF al
re Catholic women, who themselves drinI
~ liquor, or serve it to others socially
Id This is a much needed work, for mex
to his stronghold in medicine, oil
"a King Alcohol hourishes through sc
or cial usage.
be "Of all the juvinile criminals trie
e- in my court, not one for years ia
ng been found free from the stain OF clS
arettes on the thumb and first two iii
gers. Of ali the lunatics tried in N
- court, an attempt is made to learn tt
~ cause of lunacy and in more than ha
~ cigarette smoking is assigned as II
- cause. Judge Baker, Louisvill
(Ky.) Criminal Court.
u A drinking man, being in salo'
4 late one night, heard the saloonkee
oo er's wife say to him: "Send that fellC
w, away, it is late" "No never mind
y. ~ said her husband, she is shingli
'nA our roof for u.s." This idea lodg
in the drunkard's mind, and he d
ms not return to the saloon for MAJ
itv months, On meeting him in the sire
ne one day, the saloonkeeper sal
in why don't you come around to /
on place any more?" "Thank you t
ing your kind hospitality" replied /
former victim, 81 have been shingli
my own roof lately"
lis. Lieutenant John McWeeney, OF
.ud detective bureau, has issued an ord
on, against the smoking of cigarets in t
sti. Central station, Chicago, and warni
on will be posted up in the station.
In issueing the order the lieutena
gave the following reasons why cigs
'' cts should not be smoked;
M, |. 1t prevents person from brea
:, Wv ing freely and Injuries the lungs a
~ breathing powers.
=, ,. The odor is sickening.
3. 1t leads to other habits viii
may lead person to crime while
ing brain is nnder the influence of
cd. drug used in the paper wrapper a
ood tobacco.