Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-19
In Women's World.

With astonishing rapfdity the fight
against the sale of Intoxicating liquor
Is sweeping over the country, says the
September Delineator. IN the south,
state after state has enacted laws alb
solutely closing all the saloons within
as borders. After Jan. /, 1909. there
VIII not be legal saloon in Georgia.
labama, Mississippi or Oklahoma
i North Carolina may also be dry by
that time; half of South Carolina a
large part of Florida, all but four cities
4 IN Tennessee, and nearly all of Ken
lucky are IN the same situation, Vir-
\ GINA, Maryland and Delaware are
i moving in the same direction. Ohio is
tending toward state prohibition, Indi-
ana has taken steps toward It, and each
new election sees more townships in
] Illinois shifted to the dry" column. In
4 other states the struggle is not yet 50
| successful, but already half the people
! ana two-thirds Of the territory of the
| United States are embraced in the now
rapidly growing prohibition districts
IN this struggle women have taken Il
| remarkable part. and they are reaping
u remarka BILE reward This IS new
form Of campaign, and it is different
| There has been little or no hysterical
agitation, but rather prosaic compari-
| son of figures to show how much bet
ter off the dry states are than the wet
And the women, to whom prohibition
means Infinitely more than to the men,
have furnished what excitement was
necessary by locking about the polls
serving temperance drinks to the 'Vot-
ers. and endeaNoring to convince them
that vote. against the saloon is a
vote for the home, and perhaps, most of
all, for the clean administration Of the
public schools They have had to pre-
sent figures, too. Saloon men have
shown.
To Dye Carpets--Prepare a lot
of strong, boiling dye in bolt
er or other receptacle that will
hold all you VIII need so that the color
VIII be exactly the same. With this fill
pet on an old floor, and sprinkle it
evenly with the hot liquid Then take
a stiff, scrubby broom and scrub the
color well into the carpet; leave it for
several days to dry. Do not hang on
"a line unless nearly dry, as the color
will spread unevenly. You may use II
vacant room in the house, protecting |
the baseboards With heavy paper, since,
If the carpet is Il thick one, it will not |
soak through. Or it can be dyed on the
grass, as light showers will not injure
it.
The great mother-heart of Americas /
good women has responded nobly to the
appeal OF the homeless child. With ii
have responded the hearts of the happy
children of loving parents--offering,
in their sympathy for the little broth
ers and sisters whose stories have been
tolc, their playthings, their money, and
q share in their most precious posses
sions-their mothers love!
Among the letters that come daily to
The Delineator office. there is almost
sure to be one in a childish hand,
sometimes printed letter by letter upon
Wofully crooked lines drawn by chubby
fingers. breathing in every abored eff
fort the tenderness and sympathy Of L
a loving heart Want a little brother
or sister! This is the cry of the little
one. And, through The Deineator, the
appeal has been answered.
Tony and I'riez found their new
homes through the plea of a boy and
girl who wanted brothers; Marion
went to II little girl who needed a sis
ter: while Jacks foster brothers as
sure us that they would not take a
hundred dollars for him.
There is pathos about the home
with but one child that is akin to the
tragedy Of the home that is childless.
And the child who is alone feels 1t
keenly. The plea. Il want brother"
has opened way for hundreds of home
less little ones.
II the pipe Of your kitchen sink be-
comes clogged, place your hand over
the drain, being careful to hold the
sides of the hand and tips of the finc-
elrs firmly on the sink. Allow water to
the depth of one inch to run into the
sink, then raise and lower the palm Of,
the hand until you think the impede
ment has been removed After this
pour quart Of scaldng water and
soda down the pipe. TITS will carry
away any waste that remains