Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-25

the albumen of the white of an egg is
as well known to cooks as chemists
II is turned into leathery substance.
/ The brain supplied with rough and
ragged corpuscles. and a fluid much
/ like leather in its appearance. shows tn.
results Immediately. Shakespeare
makes Cassie say III "Othello'': "Oh. that
men should put an enemy in their
mouths To steal away their brains"
Brains are still there. but The blood
poured into them is of quality $"
poor that they find themselves in the
position of an engine fed with Stag in
stead of coal.
What is the world doing for the weak
brother No man knows ordinarily lust
who he is or where he is Who can tell
of the thousands of graduates from
: our educa tional institutions This year
whlch ten years from now will he
classified as weak or strong? DO YOU
| know that superb looking man sitting
opposite us said one of the guests at
a public banquet. oh. yes was The
answer. Il know him. he is a Very dis
tlngulShed writer. But do YOU know
hun we'll enough. was the next aues-
ton. ito take away his wine glasses"
on, no. was the reply, IL don't know
him wei enough for that" Then look
out, said his friend: and before The
dinner was over ii was evident there
was great need for every one to look
out. Nobody can remove the glass or
the bottle of the dipsomaniac. but 1t is
possible to make II difficult for him to
procure alcohol in public places
Two-thirds OF the District is ALREADY
under practical prohibition \ navy
yard. war college. an army post 4
church, school. 4 group of homes ar.
quite sufficient to eXpel saloons as 81
lently and irresistiblY as light eNpe1s
darkness. Give the saloon all il ask
and our churches and homes and schools
viii be wrecked as if q mine had eN-
ploded beneath transportation 50
practical that it is its own best ad-
vocate. States that have tried ii recon-
mend ii to others that have not yet in
troduced it. The richest state. pc.
capita, in our Union is not New York
but North Dakota. The state in
which prosperity is most widely diff
fused is not Pennsylvania. but Kansas
both these states are dry. Colorado
has lately made the venture of prohib i-
ton. encouraged by the experience Of
its neiehbor, Kansas. Complete and ir
retrivea BILE ruin WAS predicted. but the
results have been quite the reverse.
Our personal relations to the weak
brother and the wine question may be
not unlike Pauls. If there is a warm
spot in our hearts for the weak broth
er: if we are touched with a feeling OF
his deficiencies; if We believe that III.
strong ought to bear the infrmities of
the weak: if when he stumbles and falls
we are hurt; if when he loses his way
in the thick forests of life we involun
tafliy MT our VOICES 10 tell MN Nhtlf
the path lies; if when he battles with
the waves. though he may have gone
out in a leaky boat, against our pro
test, we find it altogether impossible
to stand on the shore content with
merely wringing our hands and crying
for help. but are pulled into the waves
by his desperate need-then we shall
feel with Paul, that there are times
when our own pleasure and profit must
be sacrificed for the weak brothers
safety and for the salvation of his
soul