Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-23

more. yes twice the sum that would
Keep their families u food and cloth
Ing Some are actually being kept
Boy the ward, while the father spends
The greater part of his wages for drink
0r has 40 stolen from him while iu the
saloon. Others Z know where the moth
er is washing every day in the Week
while the father is a prosperous farm
or 300 the summer time and spends an
Zoo the saloon in the winter SUu oth-
ers are barely making living with
the s.rictcst economy on the part of
the WIFE,
"Oh ] could tell you many horrify-
ing things of which YOU who have
peace aud love iu your homes know
nothing
BITTER REPENTANCE.
81 could take my own life and
startle You with what I have had 90
endure every day month and year.
for the past ~ years but 70 would
take up TOO much OF your time lf
you have the least doubt call ana see
me sometime when convenient ana ]
can cen YOU my experience with drink
and can take you to dozens of homes
where the surroundings will almost
tell the story
you might think IL Us my own fault
Maybe % was in the FIRST place when
/ took this step before / was out OF
my teens but / have sincerely and Sore
De- repcutcd and Nor years have been
striving Co right the wrong by living
nearer 10 my God. doing his viii, keep
ing his commandments and striving %
teach my children the same.
win not my debt of disobedience
soon be paid? Am I 20 suffer always
Us there no one to help me. Surely the
Lord is merciful and viii soon hear nay
prayers by putting into the hearts OF
YOU mon OF the legislature the desire
90 do your duty. 10 stand by true prin-
ciple and vote for a law that viii help
TO bring sunshine and hope into the
hearts OF many a wife and mother.
You might say but II win not help
the old drinker. the confirmed drunk
ard.
TT win IL the officers Of the law viii
ever do their duty and not be- moral
towards
PLEADS FOR HER BOY.
1T may not TO the fullest extent
Keep an old drinker from drink en-
tirely. but II the saloons are done
away with he will have NO place 10
go 10 and spend his money On gambling
and treating others. And the law II
passed Will surely save the drunkarda
boys What mothers heart viii not
hIetk 1T hlttI years OF tNllNW WIN a.
drunken husband she sees her boy go
over the same awful route!
Il plead with YOU dear senator, tn
the name OF my boy 90 help save, not
only him but hundreds Of others from
going this route I know you are
tender hearted man and I believe that
you viii do what Is right I trust You,
'rhe saloons must EO How can ~
Savior come IN these temples OF Satan
are not done away wlth2 The Lord
says He win cut His work short in
righteousness. You are one Of HF
servants 10 help His righteous pur-
poses.
Il think IN this bin there should be
an allotment OF just so much whisky
20 enter the state for medicinal pur-
poses, N there must be any AT all, and
that distributed 20 each drug store pro
rata, and then only one drug store IN
each town TO handle b.. II some such
provision Is not made an the saloons
will turn into drug stores
"May the Lord bless and help you 90
do the right And may every mothers
heart have cause 10 rejoice and praise
you and your fellow workers IN the
near future IS the prayer of a mother"