The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-07-09

I'm ,b,. back yard IL a working woman
..,,,.cc IN th, poorest quarter of Ger
tain western city stands a statue ~
Kacchus that has suffered GTicN"nN hu-
,,niatiors The marble is from F'crrAF'"
and the sculptnr mad" an exact copy "'
,ho y,unr god Of wine that stands III
,b vatican museum. RaCChuS Is most
l,c%oul.rul: has arms and legs max" h''''
for grace and NIE"r. run hr"thc[ !"
\rnln there * laughter issuing A'''''
III. Inn. rs ne stands. with his out
sire, he'd hand and ms Gp'u''''" '"
,.rcc,,nr The sun and pouring forth graft
,ud,. for purpl" clusters ana 'h' w.
w,n, hrcwcd III nailrc's Vintage. hu'
30 ,r,,hrrwoman loves TO humIlatc
B,crhus. Sh" has l"d n clothes line
around his beautiful neck. Sh" hangs
,,.cr his rnCr aid socks brought ny h"r ny
some workingm"u Ia wash. Sh' covers
his arms with unsc"mly garments Nm
makes the god Of win" Er"tcSdu" anu
contcmptIhlc How low IS Rac"huS ia!l"h.
The children Of tn" alley greet hIhl WIN
. iccrs II is ms Appnll" w"r" dcIra'rd :h'"
n Stabl" hoy. - =,
Tho story ur Encrhu>' fall - fun II
/ instruction. SOM" years AK" " "'a"hE
! distillrr who also owned half score 81
saloons built n splendid hnus" "n tn"
best aycnu" in IN" city. t'n" any nc
gave 4 houScwarmlnE for some friends.
! Now it happened that when ON" ~ inc
quests who wa a win" merchant. was
. ,oLinp leave Of his host. h." mad" tho
observation tina, tho owner ought |" set
nm q, statue Of Eacrhus IN IN" front
! ward sine, tho god OF wine had buiit his
house. That word was enough. the
, Jislillcr had his lawyer writ" 10 tl"r-
cncc and soon BaCChuS. carved from
. marble as white as snow. was sent over
: from Italy, and SGT up in the distIll'r
/ from ward. Eut there Is II law IN IN"
, nature Of th!nE that seems TO WORK
. against man who d"gradrs his Fellows
by FEEDING their passions. The dlSNll'i
/ became his own best customer. and sec
! ond only ~ their father were MS three
! son. now become young men. soon
mortgages wcr" placed on IT," disti!l"ry
! ono by on" tho owner lost his saloons
| the Older son abscondrd with some OF his
! fathers money. and soon died IN a
! southern city. the second died III de-
haucn. he third son fol- and WAS killed.
| lust after the saloonkccp"r himself had
passed AVA. Then came the sheriff 10
/ levy on all The goods IN tho house. At
/ fifty years Of age tn" distillcrs VIII"
, found herself turned out of doors broken
; hearted. alone. frerdlcss and in poverty.
! For yours she had known That at the
bottom uf the cup Of liquor there was
| SOM: hing that bites like a serpent and
| stings Ike an adder. But when the Of
flcrr and creditor :>old her husband s
gcods. in addition To her own personal
possessions. they loft her the statue OF
Z RarchuS.
when. finally settled in tho little
! house. she had begun TO earn her living
! as :; washrrwuman. Sh" remembered the
object Of her hate. Sh" took her Last
few dollars and had BuCChuS set up IN
her back yard. chat every day Sh" might
humIlia;c him. She filings sock. drI9'
ping with dirty water, IN RaCchus' face
She wraps sogEy garments around ms
arms With dirty linen she stopped the
laughter on his lips. BaCchus is humili'
atcd to tho lowest. Helpless the god
that promised pleasure and brought
pain. The woman was right: she judg'
I'd righteous judgment. For Bacchus
sowcd lies and deceit, and made her hus'
hand. her sons and herself reap poverty
chagrin, misery and hcartbreak.