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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1917
If you have a friend, test him
if he is real, elin* to him if |t
means your
very lite. v
Temptation may be strong in
its allurement but the peaeh that
•will fall without plucking is
rather too mellow for practical
purposes.
Washington, Lafayette, Pu
laski, Barry, Paul Jones, Franz
Sigel: behold them, Americans
all, in spirit and in thought,
though tracing their lineage to as
jnanv different lauds.
If you are a real man,
or
even
a mere gentleman, do not forget
to raise your hat when passing
a Catholic Church. You are then
in the presence of your greatest
Benefactor.
A certain educator is quoted
to the effect that he would shoot
his wife and children were the
Kaiser to capture America. Is
I
this cheap advertising for sensa
Itional notoriety, or .is it but a
wtoken of a diseased mind. In
Vither case its moral elevation
\vould entitle it to a place in the
life history of some Hottentot
moron.
Out of the depths do they cry,
the poor souls who are now real
izing the awfulness of even a so
called slight fault. Perhaps the
friend whose hand you held in
death, whose last feeble words
you received as a priceless treas
ure of love, perhaps even he is at
this moment expiating some long
forgotten venial offense. Will
you refuse him the solace of a
prayer, of an aspiration?
All over the world people are
dying at every minute of the day,
says The Almanac of the Sacred
Heart. It is estimated that 150,000
souls pass to their judgment dur
ing each twenty-four hours. That
is an average of 100 souls every
minute. Some undoubtedly are in
dire need of grace at that awful
moment. Lovers of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus should often retiect
on the truth that grace is surely
given in answer to prayer, and be
induced to pray for those in their
agony.
The discovery of America cost
a little more than $7,000, at least
so say some documents that were
found in the archives of Genoa
recently. These documents give
the value of Columbus' first tleet
as $:J,000. The great admiral was
paid a salary of $300 a year, the
two captains who accompanied
him received a salary of $200 each,
and the members of the crew were
paid at the rate of $2.50 a month
each. From this it can be seen
that it did not lake much money
to find this glorious land, but like
other things, the upkeep these
davs is tremendous.
One rotten apple will spoil a
barrel of apples, and one bad
example may demoralize a com
munity, observes the Catholic
Mirror. You notice we say "will"
in the one ease and "may" in the
other. One rotten apple will spoil
hsrrel, hei-anse in apples the
evil.# In man there is. God has
planted Ilis grace in the souls of
men so that they can resist evil if
they try. That is why a bad
example may corrupt a communi
ty. If you are one of a com
munity, and realize that yon are
subject to a bad influence, fight
it with all the strength that is in
yon. You can fight it, and that's
where you have natural advantage
over the apple, which succumbs
because it can't resist. You can
resist. Don't be an appfirt
I' fwt!
V1 "st n., "gpua
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The October 22 number of the
Catholic Mind is made up of two
papers which those interested in
apologetics will find very valu
able. In "Joan of Arc's 'Catholic
Persecutors' Terrenee J. Con
nolly, S. J., examines the mislead
ing notions of the Church's atti
tude to the Maid'of Orleans which
a widely exhibited photo-play
gave the public during the past
year. The other article in the
number is a discerning apprecia
tion, by John C. Reville, S. J., of
"James Balmes," the great
Spanish Catholic apologist of the
early half of the nineteenth cen
taury.
A priest was once annoyed ty
people talking and giggling in
church. He paused, looked at the
disturbers and said, "I am always
afraid to expose those who mis
behave, for this reason: Some
years ago, as I was preaching, a
young man who sat before me was
laughing, talking and making un
couth grimaces. I paused and ad
ministered a severe rebuke. After
the services a gentleman said to
me, 'Father, you have made a
great mistake. That young man
whom you reproved is an idiot.'
Since than I have always been
afraid to reprove those who mis
behave in church lest I should re
peat the mistake and reproach
another idiot." During the rest
of the service there was good or
4er.
MISSIONS AND COLLEGES.
Within the past few7 years the
cause of our Catholic missions
has been presented from many
angles. The great Catholic organi
zation, The Society for the Propa
gation of the Faith, has extended
its beneficent work into hitherto
imtravelled channels. Through
the zeal and energy of its promot
ers the sympathetic encourage
ment of the Hierarchy has been
enlisted. Local branches of the
Society have been organized far
and wide. The parochial unit
seeks to specialize the work by
reaching every individual. The
systematic plan on wThich this
work is conducted is already en
suring* it a large and merited
measure of success. Already
America is awakening to the debt
of gratitude which she owes to so
many pious Catholics of other
countries who aided so nobly in
laying the foundation in this
country of that glorious structure,
the American Church, which is
our pride and our possession to
day.
Missionary enthusiasm has
opened up a new avenue of ex
ploration. That busy hive of
zealous activity located at Tech
ny, 111., has inaugurated a new
movement to reach hitherto un
tapped sources of useful action.
The first number of the Student
Mission Crusade is at hand. It
presents a plan of organization
among students in our Catholic
colleges to promote the welfare
of our Catholic missions. That
the movement is a laudable and
business-like proposition, destined
to throw immense support to the
missions, is beyond a doubt. As
an example of what can be
achieved along this line it is in
teresting to read an article by the
Rev. Joseph Husslein, S. J., which
appeared in America.
Father Husslein traces the char
acter of the Protestant Student
Volunteer movement which began
in 1882, in the University 6f Cam
bridge, England. Thirty years
after the first conference of Amer
ican and Canadian students, in
1885, 'the Student Volunteer
movement had extended to 1,500
educational institutions of every
class in the two countries. In less
than this time it had actually
placed in the mission field 6,490
students and had girdled the
globe with its army of volunteers.
If such results haw been achieved
by the Protestant Volunteer
movement, there is no reason to
doubt of the ultimate success of
such a work in our Catholic col
leges by whomsoever it may be
inaugurated.
LONG WINTER EVENINGS.
One of the problems that eon
front many persons, especially in
this northern elime, is how to
spend their winter evenings. Var
ious forms of amusement are im
provised and body and mind are
given gentle relaxation. One
method, howeverr,.whicb
ia
usu­
ally neglected would tend to work
a vast improvement in many
ways in the minds of both young
and old. It seems to be an estab
lished fact that many of our Cath
olic people do not read enough.
They have ilie history of their
owttrctt, ncr -uwtrnM^—tmr
wonderful careers of so many of
her members, an unsurpassed rec
ord of heroic achievement. This
record constitutes a veritable
mine, a never-ending source of
mental improvement. A consist
ent eonrse of reading carried on
through the winter months will
instruct and elevate the mind. It
will tend to bring forth a fuller
appreciation of the beantv and
the grandeur of modern civiliza
tion wlieii seen through the eyes
of Chriatiaratj Which has pro-
|fTy
dueed the modern world of won
ders. Difficulties will be cleared
away, faith will be explained and
grasped more strongly, and the
average Catholic will take a
brighter and a broader outlook
upon life and upon his own relig
ion. A .writer in the Magnificat
gives an interesting idea of what
may be gleaned from Catholic
reading:
Some authorities contend that
any effort to tea eh a lesson or con
vey a moral by means of litera
ture mars its perfection as a work
of art if apparent it certainly
endangers its popularity. Yet
that is the allotted task of the
itholie writer. Through a me
dium of entertainment, he must
teach, inspire, and strengthen.
There is eyery need of this.
Many Catholics habitually at
tend an early Mass and hear only
the briefest'of sermons. They are
not, as a rule, readers of books—
least of allj of books of devotion
yet, now as ever "spiritual read
ing is the oil for the lamp of
prayer." If the heart is to be
touched by visions of beauty and
the soul stirred by deeds of sac
rifice and heroism, if idealism and
devotion and piety are* not to die
out in the rush of modern life and
the blighting influence of modern
materialism, people must have
good reading of some sort.
And wrhat of those who are far
from a church and consequently
hear Mass but seldom? Catholic
reading means most to them. It
must take the place of the com
panionship of other Catholics, of
the inspiration of good example,
of sermons and beautiful cere
monies, of even the Sacraments
themselves.
WEAKENING MARRIAGE
BONDS.
One of the commandments of
God which has been continuously
assailed by the perversity of man
is the injunction: "What God has
joined together let no man put
asunder." Established for the
highest and holiest purpose in the
order of nature and of the divine
plan, marriage has ever been at
tacked by those who wTould per
vert the laws of the Most High.
The saered bond which unites
man and woman,, be they Chris
tians or pagans, bears upon it
the impress of Nature's approval
as well as. the sanction of God
Himself. Springing from a com
mon stock, our first parents, the
human race wTas destined by God
to extend its ramifications in
countless directions.
Marriage has both a subjective
as well as an objective purpose.
It is intended to promote the
moral and spiritual well-being of
those who enter its sacred pre
cincts. For the few, this welfare
is attainable in the siiTgle state
for the majority, it follows nat
urally from the conditions of
wedded life. This welfare is pro
moted only hen certain rules
and requirements are observed.
Disregard the underlying prin
ciples of this state, tamper with
the sacred bonds which unite two
persons, refuse compliance with
the obligations which this state
entails, and the subjective nature
of marriage both as a contract
and as a sacrament will quickly
be impaired.
The well-being of the human
race as a wThole depends upon the
successful attainment of the ob
jective nature of marriage. This
objective nature includes the per
petuation, both numerical and
moral, of the race. One of the
conditions necessary for its suc
cessful achievement is the per*
manency of the marriage tie. No
where else, perhaps, in the realm
of Nature is the violation of her
laws so effectively and so thor
oughly punished as is the ease
where the sacred nature of mar
riage is disregarded.
Recently, a movement was in-1 they
augurated in England which pro
posed to make "marriage a three
year contract." Sir Arthur Co
nan Doyle, the novelist, is cred
ited with being one of the lead
ers of this neo-paganism. If it
be true that Sir Arthur his al
lowed himself to be allied with
such a cause, it is Jaut one more
proof that highly specialized tal
ents in one line frequently expose
their owner to ridicule and com
passion when he applies these
gifts in a foreign field.
Aside from the Christian aspect
of marriage as a sacrament, the
very nature of this institution
makes it imperative that perma
nency he one of its salient fea
tures. Human beings, the units
of the race, have a right not only
to be born but also to be reared
and nurtured, to be guided, edu
cwwrtt nnu protected. THIS
tTiree
vear absurdity, if allowed to be
come effective, would be one step
worse than the present preva
lence of divorce. The automatic
release, after a three years' trial,
would not only wreck the pros
peet of population increase, but
would also tend to hold the mar
riage state but a trifle above those
depths which we are warned
should never even be mentioned.
The lack of stability in the
home% the ease with which divorce
or aneh a trial-faree can shatter
j#
.THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, NOVEMBER 3j 191?
the marriage bonds, are known to
all students of history as the un
derlying cause of ancient Roman
decadence. Looking around us at
home, writers and thinkers con
tinually point to the fact that the
old so-called American stock in
the East is fast dying out, while
the humbler and more vigorous
blood imported from foreign
shores is fast taking its place. The
result of *such a state of things,
even from the natural and the
economic standpoint, is every
where showing itself.. In many
sections of the country the so
called native stock has been so
cut up and dwarfed by the en
tanglements of divorce and other
allied evils, that foreign elements
in their midst
HOW
fHE ABSOLUTE LEVEL.
Rational life presents two great
contrasts: Identity and variety.
Identity of origin and of destiny,
variety of intervening activities:
these are the phenomena of human
life. Creation and generation
mark the beginning of every ra
tional being death forms the ab
solute level for all. Both be
ginning and end are above and
beyond individual control. Free
will comes into play with the
dawn of the exercise of reason.
From that moment the human
creature enters the field of ra
tional desires and aims, of strug
gle against adversity, of ambition
for the acquisition of some
tawdry toy.
The game of life is played in a
multitude of ways. Rules there
are, fixed and clearly defined
regulations known to all. Few,
however, play the game according
to standard. The light of reason
points the way unmistakably
Christianity adds strength of pur
pose, together with reward or
punishment as the inevitable
guerdon, the uneseapahle crown of
individual effort.
The wiser and saner portion of
humanity looks ever toward the
absolute level upon which all men
one day will meet. These human
beings barken to the voice, the in
ward monitor, of conscience. They
behold afar off that vast plain
across whose marshy reaches they
must travel until they pass
through the dark portal of Death.
The thought of the futility of
earthly baubles stimulates them to
high endeavor and to noble
achievement, each in his own
sphere. The nobility of purpose,
the purity of intention, the single
ness of aim it is which gives worth
to their struggles towards the
ultimate goal. Success for them
is not measured by human stand
ards alone it is based upon the
thorough fulfilment of the Law.
The Great Day will disclose their
victories despite the sneers of the
inflated majority.
The farce of life is presented
by those all-knowing wiseacres—
Christian and pagan—who place
their ambitions and their hopes in
things that pass. They are much
excited and bestirred by the
frivolities of life as they know it.
Pleasure, wealth, honor, power,
position loom up before their
jaundiced gaze as the beckoning
siren that destroys while she
allures. They may not wade
through seas of blood to a throne
do often clamber over
broken hearts, over blasted lives,
the rights of others to some
coveted position. Self-centered
and oozing selfishness at every
step, they strive to attain their
object at the cost of battered faith
and- shattered charity. Dishon
esty, prevarication and jealousy
are their ordinary trench tools
the cave-in that smothers them
and snaps out the light on their
worthless lives is of their own
making. Diminutive, puppet-like
Attilas, they are the scourge of
God as far as their hypocritical
pretenses will carry them.
The portal of Death will yawn
wide and joyous to receive those
whom the gods have made mad
with unhallowed nectar. Death
will smile in ghastly fashion to
WpIcottip fViocn who VO p!?.CO'I
self before their God. Scarcely
has their little aet come to a close,
when the curtain will be rung
down, and they will step into the
outer darkness of earthly oblivion
and final retribution. Happy thev
who have ever held fast to the
vision of eternity. Fortunate
those who have not only kept the
faith, bnt clung close to the Law.
The absolute level will show them
at their true stature, towering
mightily above the shrivelled
pigmies dwarfed and seared by
the enervating iotee* of earthly
ftretf ?.
V."JT .'•
possess the
reins of power. This is but the
inevitable result of tampering
with the marriage bond. From
the Christian or the Catholic
viewpoint, the evils of divorce
and of trial marriage are among
those sins which are constantly
crying to heaven for vengeance.
Is it too much to hazard'the con
jecture that this evil may be one
of the causes which have deter
mined an all-wise Providence to
purify the world by the present
conflagration which is striking
down millions of human beings,
by branding countless numbers
with suffering, and chastening the
spirit of others
IN AID OF THE SOLDIERS
WHAT ENGLISH CATHOLICS DO
FOR THEIR SOLDIERS—ASSIST
ANCE THAT CATHOLICS CAN
GIVE FOR SPIRITUAL, SOCIAL
AND BODILY WELFARE OF EN
LISTED'MEN.
In a little booklet, "How to Help
Catholic Soldiers," issued but recently
by the Catholic Social Guild of Eng
land, Rev. Charles Plater, S. J., well
known for his excellent contributions
to Catholic social work, gives us a,
most interesting and stimulating sur
vey of what English Catholics are do
ing for the :own in the army. The
long list of activities and agencies at
work to make war less unsafe for the
faith and morals of the English boys
makes very edifying and good reading,
observes an exchange.
We find that there are societies
having for their object the securing of
suitable opportunities for the boys of
hearing Mass, going to confession and
communion and of practicing their re
ligion without hindrance. Other forces
are engaged in safeguarding them
from the social evil, from drink and
bad companions. Others again are de
voting time »and energy to supplying
the needs of spiritual aids and objects
of devotion, good reading and recrea
tion. The work being done here by
the Knights of Columbus is done in
England and in France by the Catho
dic Huts Council, formed by repre
sentatives of a great number of Cath
olic societies.
In this connection, as is pointed
out, it is well to note, that Catholic
societies in the towns where soldiers
are quartered can be of great
assistance in caring for the spiritual
and bodily welfare of the soldiers, a
useful hint for our societies in our
own country.
Other small chapters deal with hos
pital visitation, securing employment
and recreation for the convalescent.
So too retreats have been held for
those coming and those going from
and to war. During 1916 sixteen such
retreats were held with notable re
sults. Catholic nurses form a special
guild and, according to the account
given, render notable spiritual aid.
Then there is the Catholic soldiers'
PRINTING IN ICELAND
FIRST PRINTING PRESS WAS ES
TABLISHED BY CATHOLIC BISH
OP SACRED) AND SECULAR
WORKS WERE PRODUCED.
The Linotype Bulletin for August,
1S17, contains an interesting sidelight
on the art of printing in the New
World. The article is from the pen
of an Icelandic scholar, Mr. Arent
Claessen. He writes:
The first printing office in Iceland
was established in 1530. Its founder
was the last Roman Catholic Bishop
there, Jon Arason. His typographer
was a Swedish priest, whose name
was Jon Matthiasson. The printing
office was erected at Holar, in Hjalta
dal, in the north of Iceland. Here it
remained until 1534, when tbe Rev.
Jon Matthiasson became priest at
Briedabolsstad, in Vesturhop, in Hun
avatns County, where he took the
printing press with him. There the
printing office was also superintended
by the bishop.
The only book that is known for
certain to have been printed at Holar
is the "Breviarium Nidrosiense," in
1534. At Breidabolsstad the service
book for Roman Catholic priests was
printed for the first time, and for a
long period most of the books printed
there were of a sacred character.
Later some books on jurisprudence,
as well as the old sagas, were also
printed there.
For a period of 322 years, from 1530
to 1852, there was only- one printing
office in the country. During that
time there were two dioceses in Ice
land, the printing office being, rior the
most of the period the property of one
of them.
The printing office enjoyed its most
flourishing period during the lifetime
of Bishop Gudbrandur Thorlaksson of
Holar. He was born in 1542 and died
in 1627, having been bishop for fifty
six years. He was the most prominent
and ablest promoter of the art of
printing in Iceland, purchasing,
among other things, a new printing
press. He translated the Bible into
Icelandic, and had it printed in a
most elaborate edition, with pictures,
in 1584. He himself engraved the il
lustrations and ornaments for that edi
tion, carving in wood being one of his
hobbies. He caused eighty-five differ
ent works to be printed, many of
which were voluminous'books on the
ological, philological, arithmetical and
geological subjects, as well as poetry.
In 1844 the printing office was trans
ferred to Reykjavik, becoming then
the property of the government, under
the name of Landsprentsmidja, i. e.,
government printing office. Up to
the time it waa moved to Reykjavik
it had been provisionally established
at different points in the country,
among other places for some years
at the farm Hlidarendi, in Flotsklid,
so well known from the old Icelandic
saga, the "Njala," this being the farm
where lived the renowned saga hero
Gunnar of Hlidarenda.
Seven Pounds Limit
CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR SOLDIERS
IN FRANCE MUST BE LIGHT.
Christmas -resents and other gifts
from home for American soldiers in
France must be restricted to parcels?
of not more than seven pounds each.
The postoffice department announced
that it had been informed by the
American postal authorities in France
that under the arrangements with the
French railways the French postal
service is una Me to carry in the par
cel post pa'Ksg** in excess of sev^n
it*
correspondence guild which can' show
a very creditable record of 4,000 cases
of putting Catholic soldiers, sick or
disabled prisoners in touch with their
relatives and friends. In the care for
prisoners of war the English Catho
lics are co-operating with the British
Red Cross.
Father Plater adds a great many
timely suggestions on such topics as
"Insurance and Pensions," pointing
out how Catholics can secure these
aids "Employment and Aftercare,"
suggesting ways and means for work
in this direction "Hospitality and
Home Visiting "Blind Soldiers
"Social Life and Recreation." In this
regard we cannot but quote the sug
gestive words of the reverend author,
for they contain a very useful hint for
our own work in the days to come.
"Another vast problem," he writes,
"calling for careful consideration of
the Catholic body, will arise after the
war, and we should begin to think
about it at once. The men discharged
from the army and returned to their
parishes will feel the abrupt change
from army life to home life. They
will want to meet other men who have
been in the army, with whom they can
talk over the past. They will be crav
ing for the spacious cheerfulness of
the canteen and recreation hut, with
its movement and noise. Are we to
leave these habits to find their outlet
in the public house or the non-Catho
lic institute? It is a gjeat chance of
developing our Catholic men's clubs
but they will have to be made more
attractive than they have sometimes
been in the past. No parish, after the
war, should be without a club of this
sort."
Finally the Soldiers and Sailors Re
quiem fund, which provides for a last
ing endowment in the form of a
church built to commemorate the
Catholic dead and to provide a per
petual memorial for them in daily
Masses to be said for their eternal re
pose, suggests to us one form of spir
itual charity we must not overlook.
We, though not yet in so acute a
form, are face to face with a multi
tude of problems arising from the care
of the soldiers of our own faith. It
will be well for us if we are broad
minded and generous enough, to learn
from those who "have attempted and
done much in this field.
LIBERTY LOAN BONDS
PURCHASERS MAY PAY FOR THEM
IN FULL OR IN INSTALL
MENTS.
A purchaser May pay in full for his
Liberty Loan Bonds at the time of
making his application or, if he so
prefers, he can take advantage of the
installment plan and pay two per cent
on application, eighteen per cent on
November 15, 1917, forty per cent on
December 15, 1917, and the remaining
forty per cent on January 15, 1918.
•Although so far as the government
is concerned the purchase price for
the bonds must be paid as above,
nearly every bank in thf coun
try will make arrangements by which
Liberty Loan Bonds can be paid on an
installment plan providing for weekly
or monthly payments, and a great
many employers will make the same
arrangement for their employes.
Payment can be made to the treas
ury department or to any one of the
Federal Reserve banks, but purchas
ers are urged to make their payments
to the banks or other agencies with
whom they placed their subscriptions.
DRAFTED
They've chosen you, s.on, for the work
to do,
Ton are pf^ed for tbe foremost
line,
To follow your country's flag afar,
To battle for every stripe and
star,
To conquer for yours and mine
Sons of a land of blood true blue',
Out of the many, the one is you—
They've chosen you, son.
They've chosen you, sdn, that your
name may stand
2b the opoch that yoti will write
That never again the world may
know,
The heartless- hand and the cruel
blow
Of a ruthless monarch's might
Tliat never again, a helpless land
A tyrant pitiless need withstand,
They've chosen yon, son.
They've chosen you, son, from tbe
flower of youth
To herald a lasting peace
To prove to the world that the aid
we give
Is proffered that justice and right
may live,
And despotic power must cease
That up from the bloodstained sod
the truth
Must spring, eternally born, foresooth,
They've eboeen yon, safe.
They've chosen you, son, yoiffe the
one they ask
.To battle a foreign foe
fjo a distant strand mid tbe bell
of war,
Ton are the one who must bear
afar
Onr
banner, that all may know
T$at we gii'4 ss? to the rtabteous
task—
TV
mask—
They've chosen yon, son.
—ffmiowR. Host, in Clto^iand Ltadtr.
Iiternational Federation
The three-day session of the Execu
tive Board of the International Fed
eration, Catholic Associations, closed
on October 11, in Cincinnati, Ohio,
The entire day was spent making
plans for the next convention that i«
to be held Octobw 1 -'0, i *.
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DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
TEMPERANCE AND THJE ARiyjV.
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General John F. O'Ryan, comman
der of the National Guard of New
York, who fearlessly blazed the "bone
dry" trail for soldiers, by last year
putting his 20,000 New York troops on
the Rio Grande "on the water wagon,"
wiping out drunkenness and lawless
ness from his division has been com
missioned by President Wilson and
the Senate as Major General of the
United States Army.
Major General O'Ryan will take -a
"bone-dry" division of 37,000 men to
France. In an address just issued to
every man, from brigadier-general
down to private, General O'Ryan says:
"You are about to engage actively
in war, the greatest "vvar in the world's
history. The majority of the soldiers
of the division are young men. Their
future careers are to be affected
mightily by what they do and how
they act during the period of the war.
Right among your comrades in the
ranks of the division today are future
leaders in public life—governors,
mayors, ministers, financiers, manu
facturers, educators, and great sol
diers.
"In all probability there are some
whose lives will be complete failures.
In which group do you propose to be?
Have you thought of this?
"Efficiency cannot exist if we are to
permit 'booze' in any form in our mil
itary machine. Alcohol, whether you
call it beer, wine, whisky, or by any
other name, is a breeder of inefficiency.
While it affects men differently, the
results are the same, in that all af
fected by it cease for the time to be
normal. Some become forgetful,
other quarrelsome some become
noisy, some get sick, some sleepy
others have their passions greatly
stimulated.
"When you stop to consider the thou
sands in a division, do you not see how
vital to efficiency is the elimination
of liquor? If one officer or man is
permitted to use liquor, then others
will claim the right to do so. How can
a division of troops be ever ready—
ever up on the bit to drive ahead or
thrust back the enemy drive—if
through the presence of this insidious
evil some soldiers forget their orders
or become noisy when silence is es
sential, fall asleep when every faculty
should be alert, or are absent from
their posts?"
ALCOHOL PREPAREDN6S8.
"Preparedness impossible wittHiat
alcohol" is the flaring "ad" going
the rounds in the papers. How true
this is! Alcohol prepares, as recent
statistics show, for the penitentiary,
the poorhouse and the insane asylum.
It prepares for many a war between
countless husbands and wives. It
prepares loving hearts for hate, and
happy homes for hunger. No war,
either for the defence of'the country,
the home, or the individual, was ever
prepared for by the manufacture of
drink. It is bullets and not bottles,
not beer but brawn and brains, not
drink but drill that prepare a nation
for the conflict. Less staggering
and more kneeling is required today.
vToy-Makers
and the Cause.
The Swiss, who are famous toy
makers, have used their natural
cleverness along this line in behalf
of the temperance cause. For in
stance, to show how large a percent
age of crime is due to alcohol, a rep
resentation of one of the prisons Is
given with little doll inmates, first
the actual number, and then the
number which would be left if all the
alcohol-inspired criminals were re
moved. An experiment tried on Cer
tain regiments to show whether or
not they could march better after
taking beer, is represented graphical
ly, so that the answer is plain at a
glance. These Illustrations of facts
favorable to temperance are always
certain of interest at exhibitions.
Whisky in Patent Medicines.
Representative Meeker of Missouri
has called the attention of Congress
to the fact that there are 746 patent
medicines listed in the Internal
Revenue Bureau as containing alco
hol. Many of these preparations
contain from 16 to 50% of alcohol.
There are 14 which contain from 50
to- 91% of alcohol. One Jamaica
ginger, made in Pennsylvania, con
tains 93.50%.
"I don't see how any informed man
could continue to abolish beers and
light wines, and legislate in favor of
patent medicines, when one of the
latter has 93% alcohol, 20 times as
much as beer," said Mr. Meeker.
"One 'Bone Liniment' manufac*
tured in Michigan contains 87% alco
hol. On the bottle are instructions
as to how much a mother should put
into milk for the baby.' You will not.
wonder where alcoholism is coming
from this country."
—Sacred Html Mevttw.
Mi BOOZE FEW ARRESTS.
During recent strike troubles in
Kansas City, Mo., police commission
ers closed the saloons in the West
Bottoms, on the state line between
Missouri and Kansas. The mayor of
the Kansas side, Mr. Mendenhali, re
quested that as iong as there was any
danger of trouble the places be kept
closed. He said he doubtefl if there
would have been any trouble at all
except for the saloons.
During the three days of tbe prohi
bition the Kansa* side noHc# doek+t
was lighter than at any similar period
for three years. With no bom#* ob
tainable on the border, there were few
arrests on the Kansas side. Six bone
dry law violator* taken from Kansas
trains were foand to be non-residents
of the state.
Although the vfrious and criminal
character of the border saloons has
been pointed out from time to time
the police commissioners eontinn* ft
license these places.
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