The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11
CITIZENS Of DE s lake NOW
WORkINC'0N GREAT PLANS
FOR CHAUTAUQUA SEASON

who went out and worked for prohi-
bition and fought for it and won it,
put on our coats, sat down and went
to sleep having said, "We have won
our battle" The other bunch did
not do that. They said, eve have
two billion dollars to spend fighting
this law and making it of none eff
feet" What has happered? We
have not had the kind of enforcement
we can be proud of. If there had
been in the nation there might have
been in this state and community.
II was told the other day that
Devils Lake is afloat on "The old
green river" of booze. l almost be-
lieve it. Since announced this SER
mon last week many have called me
up and have given me information
that is almost unbelievable. Some of
it am going to lay before you now
and some later in this series Of SER
mons. Here is one: In this city IF
homes and churches one thousand
quarts of booze were shipped in as
necessary supplement to what Is
made here to celebrate the birth of
Jesus Christ the Saviour of the
World. At the same hour that a
few Of you were worshiping in your
churches Christmas day five boys of
high school age came out of one of
the pool halls, two of them staggering
in the attempt to carry the other
three. That is the kind Of thing
that is riling me up, if you want to
put it that way.
"What do you think Of number
of prominent men that get in such a
delightful condition that it appears
seemly to hitch up a Jap and drive
him around the municipal Christmas
tree in maudlin war dance where
any youngster ten, twelve, fourteen
years Of age can see and admire
them. One merchant said, II guess
I'll have to chop that tree down be-
fore New Years, lest some think they
got their booze from me-" Are you
proud Of that kind Of thing?
"Go to some Of the public dances
and count the youngsters there that
are intoxicated. Yet you cannot
blame them, they are only following
the example set them by their par
ents, fathers and mothers, both.
"A man said to me, ut used to be
that when my wife had party with
number Of her friends she would
take glass Of ginger ale and put a
teaspoon Of whiskey in it. Now she
reverses the ingredients" He was
sore because they were using up his
supply of good booze. These are not
things to laugh at, they are things
to cry over.
Gone night the parents of high
school girl went out for the evening.
Their daughter had "party" and she
and her friends drank up all the fam
/ lily wine. Mother was Mortified but
let me say to you that you have no
right to talk about people who brew
''mule" when you, in your own house
make blackberry and apricot and
dandelion wine with more kick in it
than the "mule" has. You have no
right to do so. Start cleaning up at
home.
After one of the dances group of
our young people got together and
put on party" Il announced par
ty in the church here Thursday night
but it will be a different kind of a
party). You cannot blame the
youngsters. They are only follow
ing in the footsteps of father and
mother.
"There are some things I cannot
understand. When this kind of a
wave hit the community where liv.
ed before 1 came to Devils Lake,
said to one man there, man prom.
inent politically and socially in that
city, II cannot see where you gel
any fun when you and your wife and
your friends get together in the eve.
ming and get half stewed and sit
around ON each others laps "petting'
each other and generally making
fools of each other" Do you know
what he said? Cease, how in -
did you find out about it." You can.
iOt hCcP IIlot hlHu VI CNlng dark
could say that same thing to quite
a few men l know right here in Dew.
| lis Lake.
!. "Now, friends, what kind of mar
is it that enjoys seeing a woman
: drunk? 1t doesn't take many drinks
to wipe all the sweet womanliness of
her face. l cannot see how mar
lean stand it to see his wife get drunk
I want to say, as l stand here before
God, that when l with the whitet
hair of old age sit in my arm chai1
before the fire and muse of the pas
! there will be pictures that l shal
love to cherish. l shall cherish tn,
, picture of my wife with my kiddie
= about her knees; shall love the pic
ture of her as she nestled our first
!, born at her breast; l shell cherisl
!, many intimate pictures of our lif
!, as We have builded up our home an,
have walked through life together