The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
NO TRUMPET TO
BOOM THEIR ACTS,
SAYS ONE WOMAN
Wife of lronbOund Liquor Dealer
Defends Men in the
Business.
GLASS HOUSE OCCUPANTS
AMONG STONE THROWERS
Power for Good Should Not Be
Measured by Occupation,
Mother Points Out.
BY ADELINE STANLEY cARRIcK.


The majority of saloonkeepers do
more to aid the church than the aver
3 hustle hustle everyday business
man, positively declared Mrs. John r.
Johnston, of 236 Magazine street, the
wife of a well-known saloonkeeper of
the %Ironbound district, in discussing
the speech made by the Rev. Charles
Stelzle at the home publicity meeting
in the First Presbyterian Church last
Monday night.
Mrs. Johnston added that the giving
on The part of the saloonkceDers was
unostentatious; that they did not Drag
to the world of their gifts. "They are
more connected with philanthropic
work than the people who sneer at
them imagine she said with a smile.
ut has become a custom with our
charitable institutions to send mission
aries at regular intervals to the sa-
looms. They are seldom turned away
without being given some aid, which
is always given with a good will. Thou
sands of unfortunates are aided by the
men who sell liquor when no one else
will help them"
"What do you think of the popular
impression regarding the bringing up
of saloonkeepers' children?" l asked,
and, quick as a wink, she replied, 81
am a mother of a child of IS years, who
has attended Sunday school for the
past six years, having missed but two
Sundays in all that time. This goes to
show, l think, that I, and all of the
many hundreds of salooukeepers' wives
in the city, bring up our children as
carefully n guard them as well as
ever are the children of others.
Sunday School Testimonials.
my little girl has received several
added, proudly. "I will show them to
you, If you like. Perhaps it will make
others look at US in a different light
THAT was a pretty good sermon of
MI. Stelzle's, was it not?', suggested. /.
Mrs. Johnston is a bright. interesting
womanA and it was a pleasure to hear
her talk. F ...t ~,.r..
MIR, Stelzle is fair-minded, and his
sermon was heartily appreciated by
hundreds of saloonkeepers and their
families. 1t is easy for people to say
that the saloon men are not up to the
standard, but the people who talk that
way are generally those who in time of
need seek help first from those very
saloonkeepers."
Defends Her Husband.
Mrs. Johnston gave a quick turn up
and down the room.
I'D like to say" she then announced.
that / am also a member of a church
attend the services frequently, Civ
ing such contributions as my position
affords"
do you not think it a little bit ridi-
culcus for men who sell meat, or gro
ceries, or hardware, to consider them
selves superior to men who sell liquor?'
l asked her, I'M with a positive little
toss of her head, she replied: "Decid-
eddy. ~Sa1oonkeepers are Just as hne,
Z think as much of their families. and
have just as high standing as any other
men. True, there are a few bad saloon
keepers, but there are just as many bad
butchers, or srocers. or keepers of
hardware stores.
'sThey think because we keep saloons
we do not know how to take care of ouI
children" she cried derisively. Its
ridiculous"
The way in which Mrs. Johnston said
r we htGp GfiOOlio 0N OfO
of her loyalty 60 her ideas of right.
Minister'S Views Right.
1t seems to me that she and Mr..
Sickle are right. ones power for good
should not be measured by ones occu-
ration. If people feel that the saloon
keepers are not up to the standard by
which they judge themselves they a V
no right to accept their money FOR
charitable or other purposes.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Johnston are lie
long residents of the %Ironbound dis
trict. Mrs. Johnston being born in the
house they now occupy at 235 Magazine
street, and she is prominently identi-
fed with church n social life of the
section. She is president of the Ladies
Auxiliary of the Twelfth Ward Ger.
man-English School, which has just
moved into a fine new building. and is