Arizona republican., 1910-06-10
IDA CATHERINE HILBERS
 WINS MEDAL IN CONTEST
Eleven YearOld Girl Presents Best
 Essay in w. C. T. U. Contest.

The w. C. T. l.. silver medal essay
 contest. between the winners of con
 testants under fifteen years old who
 had previously won cash prizes of sl
 each, was held last night in the w
 C. T. U. building. under the chair
 manship of D. Littlejohn. A very good
 audience of women had assembled
 and a Splendid program of vocal and
 instrumental music was also given
 The subject of all the essays was
 Temperance" that term embracing also gambling and the use of profani- ty and tobacco. none of which are recognized by those who would be temperate in the sense the term is used in this instance There were four contestants, only one of whom read her own essay and that was Mamie Chappell The other contest ants were Miss Irwin whose essay was read by Miss Ottis Banks as Miss Irwin could not attend. and Ida Cath erine Hilbers and Leonard Hfbers who are both sick of typhoid fever Their essays were read by Mir Little john. The judges decided in favor of Ida 1ilbers. aged II years, and the silver medal was awarded to her She chose under the general head of tenn perance. as a specific title for her es- say, the subject. -Four Curses to Mankind" Her essay is reproduced as follows:
 -Four curses to mankind viz: To- bacco. swearing. whiskey and gam bling A man who respects his own body will never carry the abnomina- ble stuff in his pockets It is mean and makes a person weak at the heart and nervous.
 Tobacco affects the nerves in any way it is used, whether smoked or chewed. It is hard on the teeth and gives them a dirty color that can not be washed off It can not be found in the divine or secular law, that man use tobacco
 Tt is poisonous to the body: the habit once formed can not be broken up. It burns the tissues of the body: 1t muddles the brain. It is good for nothing only to powder up and put in hens nests to keep mites. lice and other vermin out
 Swearing is venemous. Iikening q boys heart to a nest of vipers, and every time he swears one of them sticks his head out It is wicked. violating the divine law There is nothing that sends a thrill of horror through some Christian man or wo- mans heart more than to listen to the vile epithets hurled upon one of Gods innocent children by some hor- rid. cursing brute of humanity
 As for our part, We can not see why any person will call on the Divine Maker to curse anyone But we do find where God says he blesses the children. Cursing never made a balky horse go. nor a fast one go slower Neither will it make the sun shine or the rain fall
 ''Whiskey is one of the greatest evils that beset mankind once the appetite is formed then the victim has a hard taskmaster to serve. He will resort to almost anything to obtain the fiery fluid which slowly con- sumes all that is good within him. l Many man that might be a blessing here on earth has been dragged down | to the lowest depths of degradation l by this horrid monster. whisKey. It | blears the eyes. clogs the circulation, | burns the tissues of the body, forms | a fatty substance in the heart, mud | dies the brain. It causes a person To | lose all shame and every good and 1 rcble purpose. It will even cause him | to cease to love and care for his fam ly
 Gambling ought to be called the | copartner of whiskey. for we gencr- ally find them travelling together and | lbiding under the same roof. The | Good Book says. Man shal! earn his bread by the sweat of his brow But |
 rt by cheating soma one for it as he gambler does, who sits in the shade or sleeps all day. and as night | advances then the gambler goes forth -o his den, seeking to cheat some one If his money or property. Something 1f value.
 Who are gamblers associates? Not he Godly. nor the intellectual gambler shuns these kinds of folks | He boasts that he wants no pious 'olks around him. Now I warn you ,ll to let chance games and gambling ilone"