Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16

tempted to put what is left into the machine
and usually leaves it there because his
chances of winning are about equal to those
said of rich man getting into heaven. But
when he does win, back he goes to spend it
at the bar. The house can't lose whatever
happens.
81 got my inspiration from Carrie Ma
ton" Mrs. Browning explained. And
though we must rest on our laurels here,
at least for time because they won't let
us into any of the other joints. feel as if
her spirit were carrying on for U.s."
Something perhaps more material than
spirit certainly did carry on, saying 1t
with bricks. About a. m. the night after
Mary and her mother had created such
Juror, brick sailed through the plate glass
window of the Glass Bar and slightly dam
aged the bar itself In those same small
hours a similar missile crashed through the
living room window Of a tavern keeper who
considers this token of disapproval of his
tavern in the basement. There are no
fingerprints on either brick but this does
not implcate the spirits because the bricks
are of the rough type that usually do not show
prints
Because a man maintains a gambling
machine does not make IL legal to smash
his windows as the window smasher will
illegal war the gambler suffers under
serious disadvantage.
The police may never be able 70 detect
the window-smasher but everyone knows that
they can locate and destroy every gambling
machine in town if they really wish, and that
is exactly what they will be forced to do. If
the publicity is kept up long enough. 1t was
not the damage in money by Carrie Nations
Ratchet which made her a power but the at
tention she attracted
"As child saw my father throw away
his savings in the gambling halls of Mis-
souri, and Illinois, said Mrs. Browning,
land I had the fever too, but suppressed
it on account of what l knew it had done
to my father. My two older girls were all
right, marrying early and happily and then
saw it coming out in Mary.
Mary is one of the prettiest girls in
Fort Madison and of course there were al
ways plenty of boys, crazy to take her any
place that might interest her. You can't
be too strict with a girl like that-her
beauty gives her to much power. So she
got into the glamour of these places and
for a while thought it was the life. Though
she was a bright girl in high school, good
at dressmaling and likes to write, she was
soon off on the wrong foot.
Two divorces at her age is a sample
of it. She was drinking too. though will
say that she never drank to excess But you
can't begin so young and stay in that wretched
atmosphere too long, without going all wrong
someday"
One thing that led to the modern Carrie
Nation campaign, according to Mrs. Brown
ing was an incident that happened a few
nights earlier at the Glass Bar Mite Club
Mary was involved in an alteration at
the tavern" Mrs. Browning said, "and the
police were called"
No charges were filed at that time. but
Mary admitted that she had become angry
while at the tavern. Without going into
details, she said that the incident had good
deal to do with starting things"
Il struck with Carrie Nations weapon and
If l get the same help she did there soon
won't be any more of these mechanical nickel
stealers in this town." said Mrs. Browning.
Anyhow I can trust the night clubs not 10
let Mary into any of their places for a long
time and that is something"