The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-29
STAGGERING BLOW
STRUCK AT CAIRO
SOCIETY BY L0AR
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goods. The poor man rs arrested,
placed in Jail. written up in papers
as a thief and a base migrate, the
goods returned 10 the rich man VINO
now has his goods and the poor
mans wages. In morals they ara
equals.
A family lives down the street, 4
friends is visiting them. some neigh
bors come in. They have no piano,
no books. they have been deprived
of education 10 the extent that they
are unable to entertain their friends
in the higher class OF entertainment
so decide to play cards as that IS
about all they know how to do. The
Kitchen table is c'eared. they put M
five or ten cents around Just 10
make ii interesting and send out for
bucket OF beer. After several
rounds they begin TO fee rich and
don't know they haven't a right to.
They laugh. talk loud, become bois-
ferrous and are reported TO the POI
dumped in charged with drunken
ness and gambling. written up ana
named in the papers and cry goes
up. oh how corrupt TO allow such
things things TO disgrace our city
and keep the better class OF people
from coming here and making this
their home. Just up the street in a
ing friend, neighbors are invited in
and they have music. literature and
all il takes TO make a complete
home, but prefer the entertainment
OF the underworld, they surround
the tab c. produce Their family bible
which is deck. put up fifty cents
around to make il interesting, send
to the basement for the case OF the
brand put up in brown bottles with
ont the skunky taste but with the
skunky efiect ali the same. They go
the rounds until the furniture starts
TO cutting circles. They are Just
Jolly and hilarious. some feet a little
indisposed so a cab is called and
takes them home. the affair is re-
ported in the paper as one OF the
most bri liant pre- lenten affairs Of
the season and Mrs. Debauch won
the prize. Let a man take a lady TO
one of our saloons, SIT down and p ay
cards, drink and dance. meet mar
ried men, mingle freely and thesold
society danes Will start scandal
that will make the air blue. But let
same man can take girl 10 club
or a lodge where they drink, dance.
play cards, meet marriea men whose
wives arc always at nome. for they
are above such a resort lust 20 in
tine side room there is the tabe.
touch the button. in comes the bar
tender with exactly the same KIND
of dope that they secure at the sa-
DON.
But this Is select company. Yes
and as soon as your boy acqai. es the
drink habit or becomes a profession-
al gambler ne will be kicked out.
And as soon as your girl mas been
disgraced and fallen out she win 20
Then they will se'ect someone else's
boy and CIR that Is pure and inno-
cent. Some OF YOU mothers Will be
surprised when your own daughter
Is brought home drunk Every poor
drunkard. every fallen woman and
degraded gambler was once pure
and select, these are the influences
that brought them TO the bottom. Go
into this class OF society and YOU
Will find hypocricy and corruption
knee deep They think they are go
ing TO heaven or at least they Will
not 20 TO he'll. No they will hardly
reach he'll in my estimation, they
are morally so low that il will take
. ladder as long as Jacobs which
rested on earth while the top reach
ed heaven to get them up as TAR as
hell. There is an effort being put
forth TO clean up the city OF gamb-
ling at the bottom but the police
viii have an endless job as long as
the top continues TO pour in their
steady stream OF outcasts. / visit
the lai regularly and have seen
and talked to easily 100 persons in
jail io- gambling but they. are all
poor people. not rich society