New-York tribune., 1918-04-28

therefore feel special tests of char
acter. Hence, the value of Y. M.
.. AS, Knights of Columbus and
other agencies. Hence the import
ance of tackling abuses like those
Which have been crushed with such
characteristic vigor in PHILADELPHIA.
AS long as one saloon or public
house continues open anywhere,
some men will find the liquor too
strong for their heads.
But, when left London the rail
road stations were absolutely pick
eted with friendly guides who di
rected soldiers to canteens where,
day and night, patriotic women have
Tor years now served tea and coffee
and food, without remuneration for
themselves in many instances. In
CIR industries there has been a com,
plete revolution on what YOU have
taught us to call welfare lines.
Where girls are employed they have
dining rooms, and what is not less
important, chaperons. Responsible
women inspectors constantly watch
what goes on and pounce upon anv
foreman or official who seeks to press
improper attentions on a girl in his
department. Americans who onlv
see Charing Cross in London, where
soldiers on leave are taking their
best girl to the theatre and dinner.
get a false impression of what is
gclng on. Britain as a whole is
not spending every evening that
way. The man will go off to the
trench. The girl will return to
other clothes and lathe. What
they have been enjoying is the one
happy hour between dangerous sep
arations. The theatre is camoufage
for farewell Faces smile to hide
heart funerals.
Again, hours of opening public
houses have been cut down to one
half in Scotland and one third in
England and Wales. These hours
apply to clubs. For the "of" sale
OF spirits, hours are even shorter.
No credit is allowed, nor treating,
nor ''long pulls" Spirits are diluted
and "the bona fde traveller" has
disappeared. Hawking of liquor and
canvassing for liquor orders are for
bidden. In England and Wales,
saloons-to use your term-are
closed for eighteen and one-half
hours cut Of the twenty-four. In
Wales and Scotland, Sunday closing
is absolute.
The State Takes
Over Carlisle Trade
Finally ! come to the much dis
cussed experiment on the Carlisle
area. Immense numbers of mu
n;t'on workers flooded the district
and great housing scheme de-
veloped at Gretna, of romantic
fame. Convictions for drunkenness
,ose from 78 to 710, and these were
largely due to navvies, or rough,
unskilled laborers. The Rev. G.
Bramwcll Evens thus describes
what, as a resident, he saw:
"Scenes of the most nauseating
ana degrading character became a
common occurrence. Men fought like
beasts; fierce fights ragged around
| the doors of the publio-houses. The
diminished police force was unable
to cope with the situation. Almost
every alley was Uttered with pros
trate drunken men. The main
lam"
Ny own friends in the ncishbor-
hood told me that people were NOV
ing away TO escape these scenes.
The state took over 500 square
miles with war population Of 14O,-
600. In Carlisle itself, which was
first handled, four breweries and
1870 public houses were bought out.
Two breweries were closed down.
with a. public houses, and all
grocers' licenses to sell intoxicants
that fatal expedient inuugurated
by Mr.. Gladstone--were cancelled.
For the whole area, up to August.
1917, &C on-licenscs and l8 ofr-li-
censes had been suppressed. A
"spiritless" Saturday over wide
area reduced arrests for drunken
ness from 220 to II, over 20 weeks,
and 7 of the latter we're on st.
Patrick's Day. All liquor advertise
rlents have been stopped. Surviving
public houses are stripped of their
gaudy skyboards. Internal struc-