Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-06-07
DRINK MEANS FAILURE.

One or JDe stan WrlJerS OF Une Now
York Evening Journal, whose matter
appears in all of the Hearst papers in
different parts of the country, is known
as Beatrice Fairfax. She conducts a
semi editorial department addressed
largely to youngs people. In recent
number of the Journal the article be-
low appears in the department. The
tone is so markedly different from
some of the matter which has appear
ed in similar departments of other pa
pers as to make its publication nota-
Bile, while the matter itself merits re-
production.
The average young man starts out on
his career with fighting chance of
success.
But he must work and work hard if
he wishes to attain it. He can't go at
it in halfhearted way, working hard
one day and neglecting business the
next.
There are great many things he
can't afford and the chief of these is
drink.
Dring leads him into thousand and
one extravagances that he would not
dream of in his sober senses.
There is so much competition in ev-
cry line of business nowadays that a
man must be keenly alert every NOM
emit if he would succeed.
1t stands to reason that the man
with the drink befuddled brain is
bound to go to the wall.
Nobody sympathizes with him, but
every one pities him.
1t seems such a wicked shame that
a man should SO deliberately ruin his
life. He probably meant to do such
wonderful things when he first started.
With his brave young head held high
and his soul fired with ambition, he
felt he would conquer nations. And
instead, drink has conquered him.
When young man begins to drink
he goes about with lot of merry COM
panions. They think they are having
a very good time; they laugh great
deal and do many foolish, ridiculous
things that would seem exceedingly
silly to them were they sober.
People laugh at them, and they feel
they are men of the world, and are
rather proud of themselves than other
wise.
They have no idea of becoming
confirmed drunkards; their only idea
is to have little fun. But, alas by
the time the fun" stage is past the
habit is too firmly acquired to be cast
aside.
Drink is an octopus with hundred
tentacles thrust out to hold it's victims.
No one laughs at the young man
now. He has become failure and a
bore, and the world has no use for fail
ures and bores.
The people who have loved him best
never laughed.
For every man in the world who
drinks some woman's heart aches.
1t may be mother or sister or q
sweetheart, later wife.
The young man who drinks has nc
right to ask girl to marry him.
He often wins her under promise of
reform. but if the girl is wise she waits
until the reformation has become an
accomplished fact.
Not one man in thousand would
marry a woman addicted to drink.
Why, then, should woman risk her
happiness by marrying a man who
drinksf
The word drink spells failure-fail-
ure in business, in love, in friends, in
everything that goes to make life hap
Ply.
On one side the young man and his
curse, the whiskey bottle, stand alone,
deserted; and on the other side, DELHI
erately pushed away from him by his
own hand, stand success family,
friends, love.
And every man can of his own free
will choose which side to stand on if
he makes his choice in the beginning.
But if he waits until the whiskey
has the upper hand the battle will be
long and bitter.