The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1906-06-16
RUM SHOP SHADOWS
THE SALOON IN ITS RELATION TO
WOMANHOoD.
Curse of Strong Drink Menaees the
Welfare of Every Household In the
LaRd-The Lurking Dangers of the
Social Glass.

Welfare of Every Household Ia the
LaRd-The Lurking Dangers of the
Social Glass.
We quote the following from an ak
eellent address ON "The Saloon In Its
Relation to Girls" which was given
by Mrs. Leslie e. Cherry at the Anti
saloon league convention at Fond du
Lac, Wis, says Banner of Gold. After
Il glowing picture of girlhood in Its
innocence and simplicity and vivid
portrayal of the shadows that fall
heavy around the saloon she said;
Why bring these two subjects, APP
parently SO remote, together 1.-The re-
lation Of the saloon to glrls''-the re-
latlon of the Impure to the pure-the
relation of vice to virtue-the rela-
ton of crime to innocence?
What can be the relation of the sa
loon to the girls of our country? Un-
fortunately there is not u member of
the human family to which either dl-
rectly or indirectly the saloon does not
bear relation. That which affects so
ciety In general affects every unit
which constitutes society, The babe
sheltered In Its mothers arms Is af-
feeted by the saloon. From the youn=
gest to the oldest. from the loftiest to
the lOwllest, from the richest to the
poorest, it is impossible to get away
from its influence.
DIT all n fIn vii 10 af n
liquor traffic fall more heavily than
upon mothers. That which affects the
mother affects the child. There Is
scarcely family In our country but
what In some of its ramifications has
felt the curse of strong drink.
But suppose there may be families so
blessed. Yet even here every member
of such families stands In vital relation
to the saloon. for 1t has crept into the
body polite, where its hand Is being
felt In shaping the destiny of our ma
ton. Our government Is a powerful
factor In international life. Ii touches
and In large measure influences, inter
national issues. Hence | believe the
statement Is true that there is not a
member of the human family who does
not stand In some relation to the sa-
loon, whether he admits II or not.
But In an unexpected and startling
sense Is this true of the girls of our
country? Why? Because they are
daily and hourly being brought into
direct contact with its malign intlu-
enee.
We may shut our eyes to the fact,
but II is true nevertheless and n mat
ter of common knowledge that the
girls, our girls, are being led into these
places
The discussion of the saloon IN rela-
ton to the girl is In reality discus
sion of the saloon In Its relation to the
entire human family. The girl is the
-tslathar IN the woman. What the girl
Is the woman will be. SOW the seeds
Of vice in the girl and they will ripen
In the woman.
No fountain can rise higher than its
source The womanhood of a country
determines the character of the coun-
try to large degree, The history of
the downfall of ancient Rome and
Greece Is the history of the downfall
of Its women degenerate mother
cannot under ordinary conditions give
birth TO II noble sou,
As Il nation II behooves US to keep
the source of our nations life clean
and pure.
The girl is not only the future moth
er, but before she reaches this state
she stands In vital relation to the
young manhood of the country, over
which she exercises an Unreasonable
influence Could the girls but realize
1t, the future Of the young men of their
acquaintance may to quite an extent
be nodded by their own fair hands.
We hear much of what man will do
for womans smile but | would that
all could realize what man will do
for n woman's frown. Many n fair
young boy has taken the glass which
was the seed of his ruin from the hands
of beautiful girl.
or all sad things 1t seems to me there
is none more sad than that of the social
glass in the home-under the sacred
name of hospitality, from the hands Of
those we love receiving the glass which
may SOW Tie seed of heartache- broken
homes and possibly a drunkard's grave.
Yet this is being done every day in the
homes of our land.
Our souls turn In despair from such Il
picture. Where is the remedy for this
dreadful condition of affairs?
The only place where the question
can be irreyocably settled is in the
home. the place where the woman
| dominates.
The home circles which mothers ere
ate can be such fountains OF purity and
knowledge to growing boys and girls
that they may never lack strength to
meet the temptations Of life.