El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-23
PREDICTS j. s.
DRY BY 1878
DR.. Landrith Tells Soldiers
the Country's Theirs
Upon Return.

when you men get back from
| France, whatever there is here will
be yours. to do what you please with
| But unless the war stops within the
next six months, you viii find a new
America in one important respect-it
will be a nation OF "drys,' and so dry
that the Sahara desert will seem like
a watering place for summer vaca-
tionists, in comparison"
with this double shot DR.. Ira D.
Landrith, Of Nashville. Tenn. a for
mer Texas cowboy, and famed as a re-
form orator. captured a big bunch Of
about 1900 Fort Bliss men at army
''T' 124 Monday night For so min
utes Dr. Landrith kept the men in
vociferous good humor. and by his
clever sallies. brought roars Of glee
and applause from his khaki auditors
while he pictured the vital part which
the nation wide temperance and pro-
hibitiOn movement was playing in the
Tightening up OF every efficiency
screw in the machinery of Uncle Sans
war battering ram, and pointed out
how the welfare of the soldiers had
been a tremendous factor in precipi-
tating the anti-liquor avalanche Of the
past few months.
Soldiers Setting the Pace.
While DR.. Dandrith explained that
he was touring the camps Of the coun-
try as the joint representative Of the
the army and navy, and of the Y. n.
G A war work council. he told the
men at Fort Bliss that he was out Of
a job so far as the first part of his
duties were concerned
For" he asserted. THE men of
Americas fighting forces are abso-
lutely the finest brand OF manhood.
physical, mental and moral. that the
world has ever seen It's you who are
setting the pace for the rest Of US
these days And because the people
believe that they have told their rep
resentatives at Washington that II
ten mile dry zone is good for the SOL
der boys. a 5000 mile zone is Just as
good and whole lot more needed for
the IS percent Of stay at homes The
funeral Of John Barleycorn Is set for
1920. and there viii not be mourner
among the patriotic citizens OF this
land when the hearse goes by.
Best of America In Il.
God pity the kaiser when Americas
sober millions face his boche in the
front line trenches. It's all nonsense
for man to think that our army
should be composed Of the riffraff Of
the cities. or wheeze that any sort at all
is good enough for cannon fodder
The supreme fact OF this war Is that
the brains and the Drawn of the best
Of our best see in the fight we are
entering. the noblest and the greatest
call that ever challenged clean. high
minded men-and il is just these men
who are answering the demand. and
are directing our plans and prepare
tons
No More Tyranny.
The message Of the war to every
self respecting man is exactly the
same as It is for all the nations OF the
earth-Tf I am going to be in the
world. hereafter I am going to boss
myself. and no outside tyranny of
habit or appetite Is going TO dictate
TO me what I shall think or do"
DR.. Landrith concluded with q plain.
straight forward plea TO the men to
as frankly espouse the cause Of Chris
tian, chivalrous. living, as they had
the service of the Stars and Stripes.
scarcelv a singIa man in the irnmense