Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-05
AT CALVARY CHURCH
TENNYsoN SMITH TEMPERANCE
MEETING LAST EVENING.

Tennyson Smith. assisted by Rev. DR.
Greene. the pastor OF the church, and Rev.
j. b. Clayton OF the Peoples Mission. csn-
dnued last evening In Calvary Baptist
Church the series Of meetings In aid Of
temperance reform. which were inaugurated
last Monday. DR.. Greene welcomed the au-
dience to his church. expressed his earnest
sympathy with the cause OF temperance and
regretted his inability on account Of urgent
duties to take active part In the exercises
Mr.. Smith was presented by Rev. Mr.. Clay
ton and opened his lecture by deprecating
the charge Of extravaganza of speech which
from certain sources, he says, he has con-
tinually to meet. There are two sides to
every question. the inside and the outside.
he added. and he was frequently accused
OF extravagant talk by the liquor element
because on that issue he was earnestly In
favor OF the outsfde--fOr the sal0onkeeper
Men, he argued, should not only have opfn-
ions. but convictions. and be guided by
them for the right In great moral Issue
such as that involved in the movement
The lecturer gave amusing account OF
q trial of alcohol" held recently In the
city of Des Moines. Iowa, in which the de-
Tense. always ready with excuses and ex-
placed on the stand a supposed expert
who claimed that the evil arose primarily
not from the use of alcohol but from uric
acid, radio-activity and other like causes
Spacious. false, unspeakably cruel the
speaker exclaimed Giving "reminiscences
of his work in New England. and partfcu-
farly among the wretchedly poor in certain
Connecticut towns. Mr.. Smith related some
temperance crusader, John b. Cough, Who
succeeded in inducing the people of q
number Of New England towns to vote the
liquor sellers from their midst
Poverty and Injustice.
Particular stress was Laid upon the pow
erty and injustice suffered by little chill
dren In all lands by reason of the saloon
evil and the speaker emphasized the neces-
-sity for removing the convenient evil OF the
saloon.
Stories of the brewers parade In Birming-
ham, England, which. it was stated, was
made gruesome spectacle by the presehce
Immediately following of scores OF ili-clau'
half-starved children bearing banner In.
scribed, ''Our fathers support this parade; .
the labor professions in Australia, ana OF
the Newcastle (Pa.) saioonkeeper who USED
the national flag as trade mark above q
beer barrrerl received attention. The Biz
mingham brewers parade has never Deeh
repeated, it was explained, and the PENN
sylvania saloonkeeper was forced TO re-
move the flag from the beer barrel.
The lecturer closed with an appeal that
the people OF the District, for patriotism
sake, urge Congress by mighty pet1tions
to legislate liquor out of the city. Taking
IN his hanu a small U1nteu ola teS hae'
which he said 10000 Christian Endeav-
orers had marched under at Baltimore,
Mr. Smith led and the audience, rising,
Joined in the singing of America
A meeting is to be held at Trinity Nj. II.
Church, 9Th and c streets southeast, at
7:45 O'Clock this evening, the subject or
the lecture being up With the Drunkard
and Down With the Saloon" The COM
mittee announces that John c. Daley will
act as sheriff at the Belasco Theater Trial
of Alcohol" Saturday evening, with Mr..
Williamson as counsel for the defense, and
that the meeting Sunday evening will be
held in the First Presbyterian Church, John
Marshall place