Ceredo advance. [volume], January 13, 1915, Image 3

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(Conducted by the National Woman'*
Christian Temperance Union.)
FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT.
\.kiy iUSV. JOSKl’U HtNUI CHOOKKH.)
Let us see how the liquor trade
works out as a business proposition in
a small village of 3,000 people (count
ing the tributary country folk), with
tour saloons. As the average per cap
ita expenditure for drink in the United
States is over twenty dollars a year,
on that basis this village would spend
$60,000 annually ior liquor. But. to be
conservative, we will cut this in two
and make it $30,000. That sum, very
large for so small a community, we
mhy set down as the charge against
the saloons. The business gains from
them ate practically as follows: Fbr
licenses, $1,000 ($250 being the aver
age village fee); for rent (the keeper*
living above their bar-rooms), $2,600;
for household expenses of four fami
lies. $4,u00 (a very high estimate);
making $7,500^ the amount of money
which the business spends in the town
—a very liberal calculation That Is.
for every four dollars paid over the
bar, only one comes back to the finan
cial Interests of the community. An
outgo of four dollar* and income of
one dollar. Surely, not much profit In
that!
Or to put the matter in another way:
Fbr every four dollars that goes into
sny one of those saloons, three dollars
never comes out again to do business in
that town; the grocer on one side loses
a dollar's trade, the market on the oth
er Fide loses a dollar's trade, and the
• merchant across the street also loses
a dollar’s trade for every hour through
out the year!
GROWTH OF BEACH RESORT.
According to the last census. I<ong
Beach, Cal., is the fastest growing city
In the United States. In 1902 the
population was approximately 2,000;
In 1910 It was nearly 20,000—a C86
per cent Increase. Today Its popula
tion is reckoned at 45,000. Long
Beach is one oX the youngest tourist
resorts In southern California and has
been "dry” many years. "Other coast
cities are as favorably located as to
climate, environment, and proximity
to Ix)s Angeles,” says Mayor Wheal
ton, ‘and Long Beach is larger than
any of them, Its banks and bank clear
ings and assessed valuation of prop
erty far surpassing them.'' The prohi
bition of the liquor trafllc, he declares,
has contributed more than anything
else to this phenomenal growth and
prosperity, 50 per cent of the popula
tion coming there, he !>elleves, b^
cause it is a saloonless town.
PUBLIC SENTIMENT MAKERS.
Two visitors in Milwaukee, in at
tendance at a home missionary con
vention, went on a tour of inspection
of the Schlitz Brewing company’s
plant, relates the Union Signal, in
the course of their tour, one of them
casually inquired of the man who was
escorting them, "Has the work the
women (meaning the W. C. T. TJ.)
have been doing at all affected your
business?” For answer the man
pointed out of the window to a group
of vacant buildings. “See them—not a
wheel of machinery moving Once we
worked seven days and seven nights a
week—now we have reduced it to
three.”
OPPOSITION TO LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
This from a Pennsylvania hotel
keeper, who for four years was secre
tary of the Philadelphia Liquor Deal
ers’ association and should know
whereof he speaks:
"Liquor men who say that all this
agitation is being created by temper
ance cranks are not awake. The oppo
sition comps from many men who have
liquore in their cellars; it comes from
the big corporations who are making
this fight on economic grounds; it
comes from big merchants—they them
selves may drink and many of them
do, hut they don’t wont their em
ployees to drink.”
NOURISHMENT IN BEER.
It is now possible to demonstrate
with mathematical certainty that, so
far as enriching the blood Is con
cerned, the flour that will He on the
point of a knife affords more nourish
ment than four measures of the best
Bavarian beer; and that Anybody who
drinks a measure of beer dally would
thus imbibe in one year about as
much nourishment as is contained in
a pound of bread — Baron Justus von
I.iebeg, in Chemlsche Briefe.
CHANCE8 OF MODERATION.
I weigh my words when I say that
the man who habitually uses alcohol
in so-called moderate quantities- the
man who "takes It every day, but
never was drunk in his life"—has,
other things being equal, a substan
tially smaller chance of standing the
strain.—Sir Arthur Chance, noted Brit
ish surgeon.
A GOOD POINT.
The plea for compensation made by
the llqnor traffic, says a prohibition
journal, loses Its force In face of Its
own statement that prohibition does
not prohibit, for If this be true Its
property should be enhanced by rea
son of the Increasing consumption.
WHO PAYS DRINK BILL?
John P. I^ennon, treasurer of the
American Federation of lAbor, says
that 70 per cent of the drink bill of
the United States is contributed by
Abe American laboring man.
I_Dancing Frock of Taffeta and Lace
NET-TOP laces over foundation
skirts of taffeta silk are so excel
lent for making dancing frocks that
the girl who is devoted to dancing can
not make a better choice of materials.
The Luffeta is just crisp enough and
the lace has just body enough to keep
a dancing gown from becoming
crushed and ’“sleazy-looklng." and taf
feta seems somehow especially well
suited to youthful wearers. It is an
unpretentious material with a shining
surface which looks particularly well
under laces.
The Quaker, or shadow lacos. if se
lected in the right patterns, look just
as well as the net laces and are a lit
tle less In price. All of them are
reasonable enough.
A very fine model for a party gown
Is shown in the picture. The uuder
skir» of taffeta Is cut full enough for
dancing, with a slight flare. There
is a full ruche of the taffeta box-plaited
about the bottom. Three flounces of
lace are set on the skirt with only
moderate fullness. There is a narrow
box-plaiting of taffeta at the head of
each one of the two lower flounces.
The upper flounce terminates iu the
waist line.
In the very simple draped bodice,
the taffeta silk Is draped over the lace
underbodice, reversing the order of
things In the skirt. The laee extends
beyond the silk, forming a short sleeve
drapery for the arms and a chemisette
at the front of the bodice. The bodice
and skirt are joined at the waist line.
A very wide girdle and sash Is made
of the tulTeta. It is laid in folds about
the waist and extends from just be
low the bust to a few inches beldw the
normal waist line. It is kept in shape
with stays tacked to the front, sides
and back, on the underside. The ends
cross at the right and are brought,
down below the waist at the back,
where the sash is finished with two
big loons without ends.
For the too slender girl an under
bodice of plain net with long sleeves,
or one of chiffon, may be added to
this dress. Sleeves and gulmpe of chif
fon over net nre still better, and the
arm may be made to look much more
plump by shirring chiffon over a net
foundation.
The uodel is better adapted to slen
der young girls than to others, and to
the tall *igure It Is most becoming.
Waved and Unwaved Coiffures
NUT all of the new coiffures are
waved and curled, but those that
are no* are rare enough to prove the
rule that the new*modes favor wave*
and curls about ninety-nine times out '
of a hundred Moth types arc shown In
the illustration, and both are beauti
ful, but the waved coiffure Is far '
more becoming to the av» rage woman.
A very smart and elegant arrange
ment of waved and curled hair Is
shown In the figure at the right For
she who Is not the possessor of much \
hair It Is an Ideal coiffure. To dress
It, the hair Is waved all around the
head and combed forward while the
back hair la combed tip to the crown,
twisted In a light coll and drawn
throtigh ari opening In a light support
or pad that Is pinned to place The
back hair Is then spread and pinned
over the support
The waved hair is parted at one side
and brought hark to the coll, where
the ends are either curled or pinned
under. If the hair will not curl sue- i
cessfully or Is very short, the small,
soft curls may Le bought ready to pin
In. They are very light and naturally ;
curly, and are used In many ways In
the new styles They are pinned down
with invisible wire pins, making s
fascinating finish along one side of
the coll.
At the left s coiffure <* pictured
suited to the woman who has plenty
of hair If it is short and thin she
will have to help out Its length with
a switch, hut If it is long and thick
no extra hair will he needed. The
curious fact is that ha!r dressei.4 pre
fer scantier locks helped out ullh ar
qulred pieces, to very abundant natu
ral tresses
In this coiffure the hack hair is
arranged in a French twist, which is
spread out so that It looks soft, and
pinned to place with small shell pins j
The front hair is '•fluffed" and I
combed back in a pompadour, with the ’
ends pinned under the coll Ft is then
parted in a very shallow part at '.he
front and fastened with Invisible pins j
in pretty, soft waves about the fare. '
For the young woman with regular I
features It is a delightful style, show
ing ofr the abut dance of her own hair
to the very bent advantage.
JULIA EOTTOMLEY.
Smart Ha.iSi.crchiefs.
Colored handkerchiefs are be|j,g
used. Made in line Mi.« n to match the
costume. If tin* color ij light, to go
with dark gown* the handkerchiefs
must be vivid, such as red, orange,
gr.*en or purple They are made of an
requisite quality of linen and hand
hemstitched, the hems being about a
quarter of an Inch wide The mono
gram Is embroidered in a darker shads
tbaa tbs har.dk* rchief
ON ANVIL OF GOD
Those Who Would Do His Work
Must First Be Thoroughly
Tested.
When war breaks out in a country it
means that forges and armories will be
ringing all day with the clash of ateel
as the necessary weapons are prepared
for use. Steel blades will be heated In
the llame. plunged In the icy flood and
then beaten hard to make them firm
and pliable, and to give them the keen
edge and "temper.** without which
they cannot become effective instru
ments of offense aud defense They
must be made tough aud sharp by
successive tests of Are. wntor and
force, ere they can help to win the
Aght.
God has occasions w-hen he reveals
himself as "the Lord strong and
mighty, the Lord mighty In battle,”
and he calls for men to "come to the
help of the Lord against the mighty.”
His weapons are living men and wom
en tested and tried in the forge of God.
In "the furnace of affliction’' they are
heated to the white heat of purity and
power, in the icy flood of sorrow, sep
aration and isolation they are chilled
through and through, and then on the
anvil of God they are placed for many
a heavy stroke, and are beaten to an
edge By fire, water and anvil he tests
and tries them again and again, until
the hard will is fused and pliable and
peln becomes a privilege and Joy.
Then, strong, keen and "tempered”
through and through, they are ready
for his work
God Wants Only Those Trlsd.
The trouble with so many is theli
' temper," in more than one sense of
the word. Against the furious on
slaught of the enemy and his hosts
and the crying needs and evils of
these last days, God will trust no un
tested. untempored blade. When ho
goes forth to war he uses none but
souls beaten long on the anvils of pain
and yearning—living swords which are
also "two-edged, piercing and llvldlng
asunder” anything and everything
when wielded by his omnipotent hand.
If you are willing for the process,
namely, "conformity to the Image” of
Jesus Christ and "the fellowship of
his sufferings," you. too, may be his
"helper In the wur." I Chron. 12:1, R. V.
"Is there not a warfare to man on
earth?" Job 7:1, R V.—"Shall your
brethren go to wnr. and shall y© sit
here?" Num. 32:6, This warfare Is a
spiritual one. "against principalities,
against powers, against the rules of
the darkness of this world, and against
hosts of wicked spirits In heavenly
places " Kph. 6:12, R. V. The process,
In other words, means the forgo, the
furnace, the flood and the anvil.
Does this explain the Lord's dealings
with you Just now? Are you on tho
anvil, going through fire and water,
beaten, bruised, on edge? Have you
often prayed; "Remove thy stroke
away from me: I am consumed by the
blow of thine hand " f’s. 39:10.
Need for Patience.
Your aspiration is real and interne,
but your soul stretch is straining Its
capacity. You want to attain to the
Master’s image by leaps and bounds
without the necessary process; but
spiritual capacity takes on expansion
only under pressure Lie still, there
fore, wait patiently, and ho will be
able more uulckly and more thorough
ly to gain the end he has in view.
The process completed will mean a
pure, strong, pliable, keen, “tempered."
victorious weapon for the use of the
pierced hand, either In the hidden,
mighty work of prayer and interces
sion, or in the more public, but not
more effective sphere of service.
In thy strong hand I lav m« down.
So shall the work he done;
For who ran work so wondrousty
* As the Almighty One?
MAY SAVE, THOUGH IT HURTS
Telling Unwelcome Truth* Not Al
ways Pleasant, Yet It May Be
One’s Duty to Do It.
Truth that is unpleasant Is none the
Jess true. A minister was speaking
to parents on their responsibility for
the ealvation of their children. He
spoke with the unspnrlnglfran ness of
tho gospel Itself as he unhesitatingly
declared to his parent listeners that
unless the child—after coming to the
age of responsibility—believes on the
Lord Jesus Thrlst as Savior, that
child will not he with the parents be
fore the Tathpr In heaven. Ho went
on to say that this Is truth that a
great many people do not like to hear.
He even added that those whom he
was addressing did not like to hear It.
"Hut,” said he, 'Td rather stand here
and tell you something that you don’t
like to hear, than stand up there and
faco the charge that T did not tell you
all that I should have told you.”
Truth that hurts may be truth that
savea.— Sunday School Times
His Voles.
Ilia voice was not In the great wind
nor In the earthquake, hut In the
"sound of stillness." We hear the
noise of rumbling, the voire of birds,
and other voices of nature, the voices
of man and selfish ambition. How
hard It Is to get down to that point
where wo hear the voice which tho
sheep always know! He not content
until you have beard that voice —
John R. Mott.
Tba origin of your duties la in Ood.
The definition of your duties la found
In hfa law. The progressive discovery
snd the application of his law Is the
*ask of humanity.—Mazzlnl
1
PLAYED DOTH WAYS.
Down at a aouthe.u racecourse,
which I shall designate no more than
to say that It's u place where you
can lose your money lit the winter
time, I took a young lady out to the
track and she Insist»*d on placing a
bet on a hors**. She wouldn't even
•*»t me help her *»n IL
The horse did worse thun to come
In last. He turned around aud ruu
the other way. 1 said:
"Well, you lose your bet The
horse you had your money on la run
ning the wroug way!"
She gurgled with satisfied glee.
"Shows that a woman’s Instinct
cant go wrong." she answered tri
umphantly. "I played him both way*!"
■—Cincinnati Plain Dealer.
Exceptional.
Mr. Bore—1 don’t see why people
keep diaries, do you?
Miss 1 yen ore—Why. to write down
their thoughts, keep a record of their
affairs and—
Mr. Boro (Interrupting her)—But
that’s all foolishness I can keep
(hose In my head.
Miss lyenore—That’s a very’ good
w-ay; but, then, not everybody has the
room!—Judge.
None Needed.
"What do you mean," suhl an irate
guest at a Kansas hotel, "by sending
me to a room with no curtains on the
windows faring the streets?”
’Dot vsr all rlghd," replied the
landlord, "dor glnss vas so dirdy dut
no gurtains vare needed."
Suffering Certain.
The heroes of the European con
flict are as nothing now to what they
will be w-hen the cold European win
ter sets In."
"Do you menn to tell me those High
landers dress that way In the winter,
too ?’’
LEAVES HIM SOMETHING.
Mrs A—Do you go through your
husband’s pockets every night?
Mrs. H—No; about one night a week
1 fool him.
Political Uncertainty.
The ntati-smiin tak«*N exceeding cere
To kerp hla fence* in repali:
Kor though he haa a great renown,
lie ran't toll when they'll tumble down.
Anxious Solicitude.
“My uncle you met tho other day
at our houan Is an anthropologist.*'
“You don't nay! Is be taking treat
ment for It?"
Paw Knows Everything.
Willie—Paw, what is an open ques
tion?
Paw—"Who has a corkscrew?" my
son.
_ __
Blow to a Landlubber.
"He asked me to go for a trip in
his yacht.**
"Yes?"
"I had visions of champagne to
drink, the best of food and sumptuous
surroundings."
"Yes?"
"And I discovered thut the darned
little tub didn’t even have a roof oo
It*”
Newly Discovered Talents.
“Of course,. I shrieked when I
thought there was a burglar In the
house," said young Mrs. Torklns.
“What did your husband do?*’
"Charley ?.v>ked at me with deep
reproach and «»ked why I couldn't
holler that way once In a while wbeo
the home team needed a h#>o«t **
What Jarred Him.
Mrs, Clayton (at the opera* The
opera seems to he boring you terribly,
Paul. Why. you look absolutely dis
gusted '
Mr. Clayton tan efficiency expert)—
The opera's all right. Kmma hut that
tool conductor Is msking hundreds of
HUrerewsary motions' Puck
Skeptical.
"Now, as to this terrible gaa gun the
Prench are using—**
"I fear It Is a hot air gun.”
"Operated by hot air. you mean?”
"No. a product for the most part of
•imagination.’’
Appropriate Name.
"The bicycle la .daying quite a part
Jn the preaent war Rodleu of soldiers
.ia« then..
"What do they cull themselves, the
Mud Guards?—Boston Evening 7ran
ee rip.
TIME WILL TELL.
First Farmer—I toll you, Hlnus
Sklnnem had a lot of summer board
era down tew his place this year.
Were they rich?
Second Farmer—Well, they wag
afore they came to board with Hi
ram.
A Happy Crem
Tlu» K<>ds upon Olympus
Wero always feeling prime
Ami never knew the smloese
Of working overtime.
A Muffled Disappointment.
"Darling,” whispered the a stoat
suitor, "I lay my fortune at your feat.**
“Your fortune?” she repllod In pur
prlne, "I didn’t know you had one.”
"Well, it Isn’t much of a fortunsw
but It will look large beside those th»y
feot.”
Averape Small Town.
City Man—What makes rents so
high hero?
Villager—This Is an Incorporated
town.
’’Things don’t look very metropolis
tan."
”No-o, but the taxes are.”
That Would Interest Them.
"I hardly know what eort of a
speech to make before an audience of
woman voters,” declared the portly
stateman.
"Hotter arrange to Illustrate a few
new tango Btops,” suggested bis ad
viser.
'Twas Ever Thus.
Wile—1 can road you like 1 can this
book, Adolphus.
Husband—Why don’t yon, then?
You skip what you don’t like ta m
book and linger over It In me.—Puck.
Sad Memories.
Guest In Northern Hotel—Hern,
waiter, take away that mint sauce!
Another at Adjoining Table— What’n
the matter with that fellow?
Third—1 guess he's from Virginia.
Prepared.
“My dear boy, I think the rate at
which you drive your motor car Is
shocking?"
"That’s all right, auntie; 1 always
use a shock absorber.”
Progress.
Hicks- Lhd yon get that raise of
salary you usked for?
Wicks—No. but 1 have got some*
thing now to refer baek to the next
time I usk.
"On With the Dance.”
*T hear you have taken op the dauo
Ing craze.”
"Yes. I got so worried I kept walk*
ing the floor anyhow and I thoughs f
might as well do It to musle.”
VERY MUCH So!
Vtaltor -Ho tbt* town In atrongly op
pnae«J lo corporal punislimeBt?
Walter Yes. air. Why, lulnter. day
don't even let ua serve whipped creaaa.
A Hint.
WMIr yos are flirting wMb »ur<vaa
Aim! making pluM In nab II.
de*ae othrr rh«p whu himi leas.
Map ruah right up and grab ft
Melancholy More Appropriate.
Photographer — look plea* a at,
please*
Hittor -Croat Broil, maa, I deal
want to look pleaaant' I am lolng
to aond this picture to my wife who
baa been for a year out to Oallforala.
Of Course fthe Would.
Why la J i in peon bo rad all tha
UMf
l He aaya bo docwn i know what to
do with bimaotf "
~Umph' H* ought ib gat a vtfa
tfba d t»U maa."