Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-02-01

for her old age. Then he came in con-
tact with alcohol. He imbibed and
before our very eyes shriveled up
morally and intellectually. Today he
can be identified among the criminals
in the precipitate as iabby-fac
profaned bloat pacing to and fro in a
murders cell. A murder which he
committed during drunken delirium.
But why look at this theme from this
odd figurative emmence? Let US walk
right out into the world and observe the
actual conditions of today. There is
the prison full of criminals seventy. five
per cent of whom were precipitated
into that dark depth by alcoholic drinks.
There is the brothel where many are
reveling in that first stage, the stage of
hilarity and excessive gaiety. There is
the idiot, the maniac, and the loathsome
sot all reality. Daily right in our
midst we see that ever providing
monster Alcohol leaping upon bright
promising youths, eating away their
health, virtue, and intelligence, then
with demoniacal chuckle fiinging the
charred wrecks into prison cells, insane
asylums, and graves. In the homes of
these victims are left mothers, fathers,
sisters and brothers struggling with a
sorrow that bristles with sharp thorns
of shame which sink deep into the
broken hearts. In Chicago few days
ago report was made on dance halls
by Chief Probation Officer Henry Lynch
in which occurred the following nota-
tions: Standard hall, North Clark
street, near Lawrence avenue Girls
seated on mems laps drinking beer. T"
Viking temple, Sheffield avenue and
School street-Bar right off the dance
floor with door wide open" Monroe
hall, Monroe and Sangamon streets -
Hall connected with bar. Men and
women sat at tables drinking" Now
we can see in part why that old dancing
master sat down and wrote. From the
Ball Room to He'll" Most of his life
had been spent in the dance hall and he
knew what he was talking about. Let
me close by giving the stiff, irrefutable
statement of one expert Edward Bun
nell Phelps, who made scientific study
of the mortality of alcohol in this
country for the year of 1908. Accord
ing to his report sc, 900 happy lives were
snutfed out by Alcohol during 1908.
81, 900 good citizens destroyed. $4,000
homes in sorrow. $1,000 mothers or
wives sobbing in shame and grief. Is
there any wonder that there is an
Anti Saloon Lacquer" God he with
them in their fight. We mention these
reports only to show that there does
exist very subtle thread leading from
the dance to the lowest depth to which
human beings can sink.
Mr.. Albert Paul and Miss Bertha
Rowland came from over the drifts and
far away Tuesday, January %, and
were united in the holy bonds of matri
mony at the Evangelical parsonage in
Audubon, Rev. G. III. Schlesselman
officiating. This young couple halls
from Adair. The bride is the daughter
of Rufus Rowland and wife and is well
known in east Audubon county, where
the Howlands resided previous to NOV,
ing to Adair. They were accompanied
in their delight flight over the snow by
Thomas Eagen and wife. of Greeley to
whose home they repaired after the
ceremony for a brief visit Mrs. Thomas
Eagen and the bride are sisters. The
groom came as pleasant stranger to
these parts and made very good inn
preston. The good wishes of the Re
publican will follow this happy pair