The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-16
MRS. ATKINS GUEST
At RECEPTION BY
TEMPERANCE FORCES
To Speak Informally to White
Eibboners; Busy Day Yester-
day, Beginning With Talk to
Soldiers at Mobilization Camp.

Mrs. Florence Ewell Atkins. a ma
.tluuul lecturer Of the Womcu~ ChriN
linn Temperance Union. who - ia
the city in the interest of the move
ment Tor statewide prohibitions. Will
speak at q meeting at the Young
Mems Christian Association this ai
,eruoon
Mrs Atkins made three speeches
here Yesterday. She spoke at ,
O'Clock m the morning To nm audience
of national g~uardsmen AZ the casp
y NJ. g. \, at the Presbyterian
church at n o'clock II al the Meth
odist Episcopal church. South. In the
evening
The Methods passed a resolution
endorsing prohibition Of the use %.
fu%udstuffs in IN, manufacture of In
toXi,auts.
To tho soldiers Mrs, Atkins said,
in part
To dy,aN liquor is To let the beast
Ia your soul iousc. II b. generally
supposed hat man is possessed OF
brain, and woman is POSSESSED uf
mere instinct. Yet woman's instinct
tina, YARNS her that liquor harms her
thN'N 'AN" &c AANAN ~ hFA VI AlAs NhhN
mans Drain. hat DecOmes dun aud
inactive when affected by a drink.
The government has not protected
you, mas not protected the mothers
of the country from the destructive
agencies ~ the liquor traffic. Yet
now Nou are going forth 10 protect a
great nation. And We mothers are
giving yuu for the cause. BE brave.
BE true Co the mothers aud fathers
at home resisting temptation
The -ojde checrcd when chap
lain Couk paid "A tribute to Mrs At
kins ana her work. Miss Grace VIM
trey sans. 4 Love the l.. : A..
Al the Presbi terrain church Mrs.
Atkins reviewed the struggles of the
W. e. r. T.. IN the past tifty years.
she said. 10 part.
THE ln-olent advice OF "a Saloon
keeper boz tho early days ut the move
mcnt Go run home and take care of
the children has been well needed
by the white r%Ibbuncrs. We have
taken ear" 81 thy children sU We'll
that nov our sons are voting 90 pat
the saloons out OF business The
mothers uf the ". g. r e.. realile
hat the greatest blcssiug ON earth is
children They would lINv 90 have
pathway made safe for childish feet
when they step outside the home.
We mothers who have raised decent
SONS nave done ~. no lN m help 90
the government bat IN spite ot the
government that maintains pitfalls "a
dortuuE u.I som Nov We have sven
our sons tu ught IuT the government.
we husc attended 60 their raising
So well that they are mtking state
after stat. free from saloons ana
safe tor children. And 10 any Of us
women can So Out little ni, To- chiEh
up the holes in a defensive ..l that
b. being huildcd around the country
to keep pa the destructive tide of
liquor. We are glad tu do % Tor our
children sake Tor America
In her address It the Central ANo-
nue. Methodist church Mrs, Atkins
said she deplured the Inconsistency
~ the governmental power that
would demand petty economic IA
households when hat same power
sanctioned the Use of billions 10 bush
els of grain yearly IN manufacture of
lntpNicauj- that destroyed the man
hood aud efficiency of the nation.
She rid culed the statement attrib-
uted to saloon men hat more liquor