Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-12

experienced II, AMI Summontng all
the courage II was possible for me 90
command as q patriotic. God fearing
woman | replied with scarcely n qua.
yer in my voice. though my heart was
fairly broken in twain: We give yuu
George. our eldest son. He Is willing
to goa Drawer n I'd better boy never
lived. Send him to the front and II
he falls in the defense OF his Goun.
try's flag then husband and | will be
ready to kiss the second one, dear
Vernon. and say. Go Till your broth
er's place and fight tor home and na-
tive land.
A native land blessed with homes
like this one is rich beyond measure
and has heritage for which her citi.
Zens should feel proud. The hope OF
the American Republic today lies In
the homelife of the people. II Is that
which decides national destiny. II -
more sacred than church or school, DC
is the very foundation of civic and
social stability, From its firesides
come the men who are to govern the
nation, and the women who are 10
shape our destiny Every need s0e
| patriotism, every throb OF human sym.
patty, every devoted act Of religion
all these are terminated and fostered
in the cradle Of the home-be u Ger
so humble, there's no place like home.
Whatever, therefore. mars IFS peace.
disturbs its harmony, disintegrates It's
influence, plackens its good namessis
a menace to national wellbeing and
ought to be denounced and outlawed.
There is no question in politics 70 fnf
mind like this. which lifts itself up
above every other question and be-
lcomes paramount. mean the onelfk
garding the preservation and conser.
walton OF the American home. II our
government fails in this 1t fails h al
else. The home life OF its citizenship
decides national destiny.
This being so, is 1t not true that
the liquor traffic is the greatest dis
turber and destroyer of American
homes today? Take the government
statistics on infartile mortality, and
twha. Is the terrible showing7 Sixty
thousand little children under two
Years Of age die annually In the Unit
ed States because Of alcoholic pa
rents. Take the same official statis-
tics on domestic relations and what
/ do you find? In black and white II IL
! recorded that So per cent Of all eases
of marital trouble throughout the
/ United States Is due to Intoxicating
drink. or the 1000 cases Of domestic
infidefity occurring last year in the
city of New York, the superintendent
Of the bureau tells q New York Sun
reporter that alcohol was Responsible
for more cases than any other two
causes put together, and in an edit0.
rial recently appearing In Golfers
! Weekly is this one sentence which
hits John Barleyeorn right between
the eyes:
/ I'VE never, even in our more sober
moments, had any doubt of the re-.
markable experiments in self-goyern-
/ ment now In progress on this contF
nent, but OF all things which disturb
us most frequently, none Is SO menac.
iTr as the phenomena that, with Al
the facts about alcohol now so well
known to us. we should continue TO
permit II to disturb the peace and de-
stroy the character Of the homes.
/ For the sake, then, OF the millions
of American homes whose peace and
prosperity are disturbed and destroy
! ed by the traffic in liquor, for the sake
llof the great multitude Of wives anu
mothers whose hearts are broken and
/ lives Swallowed by the same curse and
! for the sake of the many thousands
upon thousands Of boys and girls de-
rnied their right to good, fair chance
to live and make good, because OF
this same dire evil / plead for the
overthrow OF this gigantic vice and
! the determination of the power OF
strong drink.
Mid pleasures and palaces though
| we may roam,
Be it ever 50 humble, there's no place
like home"