The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-27

possibly os the experience of the Win Man:
 Who hath woe?
 Who hath contentions.
 Who hath complaining?
 Who hath wounds without causesf Who hath redness of eye?
 They that tarry long at wine;
 They that SC to seek the mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine
 When 1t Is red.
 When it. sparkleth in the cup.
 When 1t .goeth down smoothly:
 At the last 1t biteth like c serpent. And stingeth like an adder. Thine eyes shall behold strange things. And thine heart, shall utter perverse things. Yea. thou shall be as he that Iieth down in the midst of the sea. l, Or as he that iieth upon the top of . They have stricken me.
 And I was not hurt;
 They have beaten me; .z. es6 And felt 1t not. When shall awake? z4 I will seek 1t yet again" step in advance of this hnere em- phasis upon Solomons 'ifcontroyertible | drink is to quote present day instances to the same effect. These may be drawn from each days newspaper, or from personal observation. In truth however. society has advanced 50 far With respect to the use of intoxicants that there is no dispute upon the point that drunkenness is an evil and to be shunned. The place and power of the horrible example has been overesti-
 
 The men who see most of the evil ef- rects Of strong drink are the men who are least moved thereby-the drunk ards themselves and the saloon-keep- CTS.
 Some Rainbows.
 broader and more modern concep- ton Of the theme deals with the pres- ent status of the temperance progress. A. DOW pr promise spans the whole norIAon. temperance victories are ever recurring and the foremost politi- cal news of the day. Whichever way one turps within the sphere of leeisla- tion' ne finds the temperance issue the engrossing subject before lawmakers It is good to realize. after all the years Of seemingly hopeless campaign ing. that today the Issue Is suuarely joined between temperance and intesp-, perance. The liquor traffic is literai- AJ A'6AeAA6 TUT ltH ilI0.
 The modern Christian man is now getting into his head the notion that temperance is not alone something to De wept for and prayed for, but 1t is a tangible political result for which he may get out and work These modern local option crusades, and the other rorms Of anti-salooA Legislation. have been the means of enlisting a whole army of good citizens in practical political. work. This debt society owes to the temperance cause; 1t has intro duced a great company of the best type of citizens into the realm of prac- tical politics. As never before. men are learning how to bring into effect their ideals of good government.
 The Twentieth Century Man.
 This is the day of the apotheosis of manhood. All considerations stand aside for the coming man. It is in order that the man may emerge that tnnumerable reforms are being press- ed to victory. This new conception of the worth and place of manhood is the real secret of many of the reform laws that have lately gone on to the statute books Of governments. Such epochai [ events as the international congress upon the opium question, which is now sitting in Shanghai. may be traced directly to the new apprehension of the worth or the character of men in every part of the earth.
 It has become the settled conviction of the worlds leaders that strong drink Is one of the greatest obstacles to the progress of manhood. The social eff. ficiency. Industrial efficiency, and political efficiency of the man is hin. dered by the unrestrained use of apJ tratfic in strong drink. Dr. Samuel c smith. in his book. "The Industrial conflict. points out that during the seventies "fn England in three years of