The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-25
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MY BROTHERS. KEEPER.
How One Little Girl Exerted a strong
Influence for Good.

Have you received the invitation
to my party?"
Yes; the postman brought 1t TINS
noon. They are very pretty invita-
tions. but what do those two queer
looking letters in the corner mean
THAT is my secret for the girls TO
guess; but if you will promise never
to tell-not even one girl Will tell
you!"
"Promised; now tell me what It. P
stands for?"
at means Temperance Party. l am
not going to have anything to drink
or eat that has alcohol in it!
And YOU have invited Cora Brown,
Annie Clifton, and Barbara Ross; you
know every one of those girls have
wine on their tables every day! what
will they. think of a party without
wine or punch?"
"They need not come again If they
do not enjoy this one; but l thlnK
there is no danger of their not enjoy
ing themselves at my IT. p party! l
am going to have the most delicious
lemonade made of oranges, lemons
pineapple and apollinaris water-far
better than wine or punch! Anyway,
have made up my mind shall
never, as long as l live, have anything
at my parties that may harm others
mo branded candies or cake, sup
pose, will be allowed"
mo indeed; mother is going TO
make part of the candy and cake and
we shall buy only those kinds Whlch
we know are free from liquors. The
caterer has been warned and he is to
use fresh strawberries in making the
cream. Then we are to have the dear
est little cakes iced with white, and
my own initials on the top OF each in
red candy letters-I can hardly wait
for the day to GOMEZ"
"But do not see what harm there
would be in having punch or even
cider!"
There is alcohol in them. And
mother says when you drink alcohol
it creates thirst las it burns up the
| liquids in the body, and more alcohol
is demanded), and the habit of drink
| ing is easily formed
81 believe you are right in refusing
to have any harmful drink; if anyone
, were to learn to drink at your
party" ''-l
but they never will; for they never
will have the chance! / have deter
mined never to use, as a beverage,
anything that contains alcohol, and
that l will never place it before others.
Mother told me about boy who went
to a party where they had wine; he
had never tasted it before; but he
| liked it so much he drank it every
chance he had till he became drunk
ard How can the girl who gave him
that first glass, at her birthday party,
ever forgive herself"
"Just the other day heard young
lady ask young man to smoke!"
THAT is another thing l am never
going to do, when l am grown up, to
ask a man to smoke; or encourage
him to do so. Mother says we are our
brothers keeper-that the things we
do and say lead others in the wrong
or right way. mean that my T. P.
| shall lead those who attend in the
! right way"
by the way, you did not tell me
what fsvors you are going to have"
THAT is another part of my secret
promise not to tell?"
''Never a word!"
Il am going to have white ribbon
badges with tiny silver pin in each
for all those who wilr promise not to
use wine, cider, punch or any alco-
holic drink when they give their par
ties"
Suppose they are not all willing
to take that pledge?"
"Oh, have some red ribbon badges
for all who will not take the white;
but hope all will wish the white"
Il promise you l will never use any
thing that will lead another astray at
my parties. Why can we not form a
society and call it The White Ribbon
Band""
"And for our motto I Am MY Broth
er's Keeper! Let us do it at the par
ty!"-Elbertine Robertson, in Presby-
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