Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-12

slip quietly up to a person from behind
and without a word, plunge knife in
his back. Sometimes a life has been
sacrificed for the sake of a few pence
and again and again tho court trials
have brought out the fnct that the
apache has killed for no other reason
than desire to shed blood These
degenerates are not of one sex Tho
women apnchcs are as savage and un-
merclful toward their victims as the
mon. All of them carry weapons, gen.
orally long knife. and when aroused
TO frenzy they arc the most barbar-
Gus creatures that a civilized country
over harbored.
Ihe great doctor. Prof. Haven. saws
IL Is useless TO struggle against thnt
dread disease. tuberculosis unless one
gets under control the abuse OF alcohol
Alcoholic drinks. he states emphatical-
~. arc responsible for a large per-
centage of tubercular disease
Guizot. the great French historian. in
speaking of the condition of Franco be-
tween the years liS3-l659, said IL WIS n
period of decay and OF n new n,Irth-a
time for reforming itself and setting It.
self In order" This observation IS most
applicable to tho present day. Tho
whole thinking class of this great coun
Try has hraced itself for a long and de-
termined fight against alcoholism and
already its efforts are meeting with
some success, but the task Is a great
one and 1t will require heroic efforts
ere the new birth can be hoped for
FIGHT FOR TEMPERANCE.
Tho National league against alcohol
Of which NJ Voisin IS the president
has been Instrumental in brIno,no
about gradual reform, slow as ali
COLOSSAL movements are bound To be
but still IL is making sure headway in
It's pAS undertaking. The league doee
not advocate teetotallsm, 1t only sur-
gests using wine. ibeer and cider in
moderation. but for spirits and aperitifs
u enforceS total abstinence This or
San1Zatlon has opened temperance cafcs
in different sections of Paris and also
IN many of the other cities In France.
At the apcrltif hour. tea. coffee or hot
wine Is served Reading rooms have
also been established in different quar-
ters and antl-alcoholic club rooms
where the daily papers, magazines and
books are proV,ded-and In connection
with these libraries there are p,-nna-
Sums for the use of everyone The
aim of these readingrooms is to entice
the worklngman to spend his aperitIf
hour at theso places. On each visit of
n workman an illustrated card Is given
him. No matter how often the subject
differs 1t always shows the laborer who
mostains from alcohol az happy, healthy
and prosperous while underneath ia Tho
object lesson, usually poverty stricken
workman IL htdeouS spectacle-thc vic
tim of drink AS an inducement for
tho people to patronize these club
rooms prizes are offered for the return
of certain number OF these illustrated
cards. New clothing, household uten-
sils and even furniture are given in
exchange for them.
WORK IN SCHOOLS.
Then great work is being done in the
schools. 1t is by the present generation
of children, who are being instructed in
the abuses of alcohol and the terrible
of over indulgence that ,
the future stamping out OF the green
plague Is expected to be accomplished
These children have entered Into the
movement with ali the energy and en-.
thusiasm of youth.
France az a nation uses more nb- |
sinthe than all the rest OF the world |
put together. Statistics show that last |
year 5000. 600 gallons were consumed by |
the French people alone. Several times
q heavy tax on the liquor has been
proposed thus putting It beyond the
reach of the poorer classes. but as yet
no serious steps have been tasen TO
make 1t n law.
]. H. DUVAL.