The Detroit times., 1908-08-25
MY ARM TOO LAME
FOR SALOON
SMASHING
REFcRMeR SAYS DAYS or Vio-
LENT cRusAoINo ARE OVER
VISITS CONSUMES AND BE-
RATES CROWD OF DRINKERS.

Carrie Nations hatchet is reduced
to toy OF gilt with rhinestone set
ting now.
No. more will the ferocious advocate
OF total prohibition destroy mirrors or
smash whisky bottles. The days OF
violent crusading are al an end for
this jealous old woman whose name
has become a household word I'm the
country.
My arm is lame now" she explain
ed sadly. Ii has neuritis and can
not even use IL To write
Il am not going to do any more
smashing. The saloon is Just an et,
feet. 1 am going after the cause now
the vicious laws that allow The Sd
loon To exist"
The new crusading methods were
shown Monday night when Mrs. Ma
ton, who arrived In Detroit during the
afternoon, showed her way into VIII
liam H. Considine's saloon on Monroe'
ave, and harangiied a crowd there on
the evils OF intemperance. =. w.
Mason. chairman pr the Oaklanj eouu.
~ Prohibition committee, which has
brought Mrs. Nation here for cam
paign against the blind pigs Of Oak
land lonnly," Mas her escort, LIT he
was sOon lost in The crowd
Go hemes You're drunk" she told
the men who stood at the bar Bud
Hite. the colored porter. was reared
out OF his wits by her sudden advance
on him. but she only gave him 4
severe lecture
Your mother never meant Tou 70
do that" she told the bartender who
was drawing beer"
Then Mrs Nation inspected the
nude pictures which ornament the
restaurant portion OF the place. Her
comment was severe enough "a have
made the artists ears burn.
The business OF shaking thirst never
stopped while she was in the place
and there was no violence shown by
or toward Mrs. Nation although some
boys set up jeeriag boots.
After leaving Considine's, Carrie
made tracks for the Library Park
hotel, with curious crowd at her
heels. BY the time she reached the
hosiery her followers had increased
10 the proportions OF small army. all
anxious for peep at the famous
Ratchet wielder. At the entrance she
paused and, by way OF saying good
night, delivered little temperance
speech, in which she urged her hear
ers TO vote the Prohibition ticket from
president down, IL they would have
their country.
Carrie a Prophecies.
II is as prophecies sent Of God
that Carrie Nation regards herself
now. This Is the text on which she
bases her claim.
Behold, the Lord hath mighty
and strong one, which. as tenn
pest Of hail, and destroying
storm, as flood Of mighty wa
tiers OVERLOOKING, shall cast down
to the earth with the hand. The
crown of pride, the drunkards OF
Ephrair,. shall be trodden under
feet"
Seen apart from her work, Mrs. Ma
ton is a fine, motherly OLD woman
Her voice is harsh in denunciation.
but soft with pleasant southern ac-
cent when she is talking quietly Al
though she is energy itself when
aroused, her manner is kindness IT.
self when she is not talking OF the
evils of drink.
Yet. when she speaks Of her mission,
a transformation comes over the
woman The faded look yanishes
frem- faee-and- she- speaks-&ith
animation and pride.
II come to fulfill prophecy" she de-
clares. People expected reform from
the political parties. They failed.
Then God Almighty picked up a wom-
an that hadn't even a ballet and used
her to open the eyes OF the people TO
the curse that was-on- them. One
woman whose home had been ruined
by drink smashed the bars that were
run in defiance of law and maze OF
the drink question mighty issue.
Two thousand years ago this was
prophesied and now is comes true.
Have | any hope of success for the
Prohibition cause ] reckon | have.
We may not elect this president but
we surely will the next. Our vote VIII
be SO big that will open the eyes
OF the American people"
Mrs. Nation has become a profess
sional lecturer now for the cause
which she champions and almost all
her time is taken up in speaking In
in iail 33 times, the longest period
being 81 days. and has paid INES
amounting 10 as high as $500. Now
she pays fines no longer allowing the
Pruhtbtttonist party 10 pay Them.
She hates the Republican party as
the one responsible for the present
government.
THE man who hands the shotgun
to another is meaner Than the one
who does the shooting" she asserts.
The Republican party is behind the
ga loonkeeper. IL gives him permit
to 20 Into business Before went
-Karsas- Twas Republican, Then
I became Prohibitionist. | could
never he anything else. | am an
Abraham Lincoln Republican though.
He never drank OF used tobacco
The evils OF the present age shock
her.
This is a naked age" she says.
we see the nakedness OF women all
around. This Salome dance is just
like the rest The round dance was
invented By the devil. How old IL is
+ don't know. The devil has been
here iurrg time.
When Mrs Nation came in at the
Michigan Central station. Monday.
she made short speech there on the
evil of drink
a man has no right to injure him
SET and his progeny by drinking. she
dec1aimed. II believe In thoroughbred
human stock as well as thoroughbred
cattle"
II is several months since Mrs. Ma
ton has been In Jail.
"A long time" she calls IT,
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