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Without Resort to Law
By DONALD ALLEN
Copyright, igio, by AnooUud Liurary Preis
"Com nnd put In your vacation
with mo. House In the country, hake.
piflh. Golf. Mighty good-looking girl
only eighty rods away. Cupid. Moon
light, etc."
So ex-Judge Gorman wrote to Ills
ocpbcw, Phil Walker, Just before col
lege vacation. The judge was a bach
elor sixty years old, who had bought
a manor house on retiring from the
bench. He was alone except for his
servants, and Phil was his favorite
nephew.
judge Gorman had caught only n
brief glimpse of Alleen Travers as
stie crossed the lawn of her mother's
grounds next door. Any lawyer could
have made a case of false pretenses
out of that letter, but Phil Walker
replied that he would be happy to
come. Miss Alleen Travers was just
two weeks ahead of him on vacation.
She had got home and settled down
for the summer before he was due.
When at borne she was the man
about the house. She could handle
saw or hammer, and when the lawn
mower got but of kilter she had a
way of fixing; It up Instead of sending
It off to town to be tinkered at. She
reached home on this occasion to And
thnt many things needed her atten
tion, and among them was the glazing
of a pane of glass In the kitchen win
dow. This was left to the last, but
on the day her mother and little sis
ter went away to be gone 'till night
the cook was Informed:
"Now, then, If James got that pane
of glass and some putty, we will Ox
that window. We shall need the step
ladder." It's the easiest thing In the world
for a smart and good-looking girl to
putty In a pane of glass. She first
takes out any fragments of the old
pane. Then she mounts to the top of
a stepladdor and has the cook hold
"It's the Easiest Thing In the World."
It while she cuts away the old putty.
Then the new pane Is set in and made
fast. Miss Alleen set out to accom
plish this task.
Mid-afternoon came along while she
was still working. So did Phil Walker.
He was walking out from town for
exercise. He didn't know what bouse
his uncle lived In, and he decided that
the sensible thing to do was to make
Inquiries. He rang the bell at the
Travis' mansion, and as he rang be
wondered If that "mighty good-looking
girl'! lived there.
No answer. Ho thought he beard
voices at the rear of the bouse. The
sensible thing to do was to go around
and find the owners. He found them.
. Miss Alleen was standing on the
crest of the stepladder, sleeves rolled
up, old skirt on, and bareheaded and
her hair tousled and flying about.
That's the way a glazier glares.
The cook was banging to the stop
ladder like grim death and throwing
out a suggestion now and then, and
the stage setting was ready when the
young college man appeared. There
was a yell from the cook! There was
an exclamation from the mistress.
There was roar from the family
dog, who has been held back until this
moment to complete a dramatic situ
ation! The cook let go. The stepladder
wabbled. Hiss Alleen came down. Mr.
Walker stepped backward, and it
seemed to the dog as it the three
people were all mixed up for a mo
ment. Then he took after the one
who fled, nipped him and chased him
otr the grounds and down the road,
.where ax-Judge Gorman, standing at
his gate, threw up his arms and
called out:
"What villain tuu darvd to set a
dog on my favorite nephew i - Tall me
Noise All Right When Necessary.
New York's crusade against unnec
essary nolie has reached the chauf
faur. The college we honored many,
many years ago with our preaenoe,
ihoasted a glee elub (query, why gleef)
which waa aooustomed at times to go
shout the town late at night and alng
under the windows of some of the
more popular young ladles. One night
we were unbosoming ourselves In a
most restrained manner of "Stars of
the Summer Night. Where Tonder Ivy
Creeps," or something like that, when
the town marshal came up and In a
voice of frightful authority said:
"Boys, you'll have to quit making
this noise. There's no damn necessity
tor If
Of course, w know he was right
and w slunk away,
Man Who Must Net Criticise. .
' "Don't you think It foolish for a
teountry no richer than Brasll to buy
la lU.BOO.OOO battleshlpt"
"I'm not In a position to be critical.
Tot Is, I just bought an automobile,
imyislf.-
his name that I may give him seven
kinds of law!"
Phil thought he understood the case,
nnd when he got his breath he trlod
to explain. It was a case of natural
cause and effort. Let any young man
discover a girl puttying In a pane of
glass from the top of a stepladder,
with the family cook braced to pre
vnt a wabble, and the family dog
dozing in the sunshine, and exclama
tions, falls nnd bites must follow. It's
like the stock market when a report
Is circulated that John Doe is dead
it creates a flurry He held no one
to blamo.
"Say, boy," replied the uncle when
the story had been told, "that girl on
the stepladder must have been the
one I wrote you about. I am ufrald
you have dished your case right In
the beginning."
"I can call and apologize."
N"And make another mistake? Never!
You see, she's mighty good-looking."
"I I guess so. I Just got one
glimpse, and then she came sailing."
"And she's n sylph."
"She flew like one."
"And sue didn't have her hair done
up and her Sunday clothes on, and
you didn't see ber in the parlor and
have a formal introduction. Then
then, you all tumbled around together
and the dog bit you, and the cook
probably swore, and taken all to
gether it will require all the legal tal
ents I possess to win your case."
"But what case am I going to win
or lose, air?" was asked.
"Why the mighty good-looking girl
Miss Travers the girl on the step
ladder. I have it all mapped out. I
shall give you this place and then
board with you after marriage. Right
bandy to ber mother's, you know. Pbbs
back and forth across the dewy grass.
One phonograph answers for both
houses. Birds Blng to both at the
same time. No separate thunder show
ers needed. Hod it down pat, my boy,
and then you had to go wandering
around to the back yard and making
discoveries. Lands, can I ever con
vince that girl that you hadn't stood
there for ten minutes before the cook
yelled out!"
Mr. Phil Walker was contrite
enough that day, but on the next be
stood on his dignity. What business
had a girl, good looking or not, to
turn glazier? What business had the
family cook to let go of that wabbly
stepladder? What business had that
old dog to bite him? All the injury
was on his part. Miss Travers was
not the only person to be considered,
and he wanted her to understand it.
His uncle saw how things were with
him and didn't interfere. Ten days
passed very quiet days. The glass
was in and the putty all used up; the
stepladder was laid away, and the dog
was at rest!
Then the college man ached for ex
ercise. There was an old dead tree
on the shores of the luke at the back
end of the ground. He would re
move It.
He took the saw and went forth.
Hat off, coat and vest off, shirt sleeves
rolled up, he mounted Into the top of
the tree to cut away a limb. Nothing
startled him. Ho simply slipped and
caught his foot in a crotch, and there
he was, hanging head downward and
yelling for help. He had been yelling
for five minutes when be beard foot
steps on the grass and some one lifted
up his bead and shoulders until he
could get a grasp with his bands. Then
that some one softly said:
"Pleaso don't set your dog on me
for it!"
That "mighty good-looking girl" had
been rowing on the lake and witnessed
the accident just as she landed. She
was gone before the tree-climber could
descend.
"Say, boy, your case Is won, and
that without resort to law," exclaimed
the uncle as he rubbed his hands in
glee. "You discover ber she discov
ers you. Two discoveries, with the
cook and the dog left out She can't
call and thank you for discovering
her, because she was on top of a step
ladder, but you must call and thank
her because you were hanging head
downward from a tree. See the dif
ference? Why, boy, your case le won
without the jury leaving their seats.
Prettiest affair I ever handled."
Mr. Phil Walker called and ex
plained all about that tree and sev
eral other things, and there were
blushes and smiles and laughter, and
a game of croquet on the lawn. And,
later on, Judge Gorman was called,
upon for bis bouse as . a wedding
present.
It's Natural.
"He knows all the best people In
town."
"Why doesn't he associate with
them, then?"
"They know him."
Her Single Contribution.
The single New York landlady I have
met can give points in economy to
the legion of the London sisterhood,"
said the Englishwoman. "I have rooms
in an apartment with a woman who
serves my breakfast and luncheon In
my own room."
"When the first meal was brought in
I noticed one toothpick lying on the
tray beside the teapot I Imagined
that it hat) been dropped there by mis
take and took It off.
"At lunch time another toothpick
lay In the snlfaame place. Out of cu
riosity I kept it, too. Since then every
meal served has been garnished with
a toothpick, laid with as rigid a
regard for form as (ho forks and
spoons.
"Wonder ovor that economical and
unusual method of supplying tooth
ploks has prevented my giving prop,
er attention to New York's other, and
now doubt, greater marvels."
It takes a man to whom somebody
lends an automobile for the after
noon to look while riding In it a if he
owaed 49,
Mints
If
For Hostess
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS
for Those Planning Seasonable
Entertainments
A Charming Porch Party. .
This delightful affair was given on
the porch of a lovely country homo,
but It may be just as successfully car
ried out Indoors and at any season of
the year. There were about 20 guests,
each asked to bring her work. The
porch was decorated entirely with gar
den flowers thnt are so plentiful and
brilliant at this time. After an hour
of lively chatter, with needle and
thread, crochet hcok nnd knitting, the
htass appeared nnd announced a
"so-in" contest. Slips of pnper and
small green pencils were passed with
the explanation that each answer be
gan "So" as tho first letters. The
questions and answers follow:
A wise mnn of nm-lpnt times Solnmon.
That which one volue slnRS Solo.
A necessary Ultchcn compound Soap.
What the twentieth century Hying ma
chine lioulcl do Hoar.
To steep In liquid Soak.
Serious Bober.
A nickname Sobriquet.
Church members enjoy this sociable
communism-Socialism.
A mixture and un explanation Solu
tion. Popular with the summer girl Soda.
A church socloty Sodality.
A seat built for two or more Sofa.
To dwell for a time Sojourn.
A note In music Sol.
A name for tho sun Sol.
Pertaining to a light giver Solar.
What an article always Is, If bought
Sold.
Metallic cement Solder.
A man of war Soldier.
Nearest the floor Sole.
Incorrectness of language Solecism.
Alone In the world Sole.
A flat fish Sole.
What a tramp docs at the door So
licits. A tune for an Instrument Sonata,
Giving forth sound Sonorous.
Painful Sore.
Species, kind Sort.
Seed-sprinkler Sower.
After 20 minutes the "key" was
read; then the hostess said: "Having
finished 'Soing,' there would be a
Garden competition," and she passed
'another set of papers, with these ques
tions: 1. We are a practical family, neither
sod nor sentimental, yet we never fail to
mako everyone shed tears.
2. We are noted for our heads; if one
of our family falls to have one of good
shape he Is regarded as of llttlo worth.
8. We are great travelers; we wear a
green uniform and our flesh Is cool and
crisp.
4. Our dress is pink, but later we
wear brown.
5. We wear purple dresses above tho
ground and white below.
6. Our leaves are crisp and curled, but
our hearts are creamy gold.
7. Sometimes large, sometimes small, a
gold heart with a rough exterior.
8. I am snow white nnd when good to
cat don a silken plume.
I). I h.ivo many little round companions
In our narrow green house.
10. I blush rod because my name Is a,
term of reproach.
11. Wo are fumed for our heads, but
they must be snow white.
12. Of shades of red nnd yellow) once
thought poisonous, now thousht mellow.
13. Thick Is our stalk but tender our
crop.
14. Our family name Is of the past
tonne, yot we are on every table of to
day. 15. Sturdy are we, yot not allowed to
live In the sunlight.
10. Some of tin are crooked all around,,
others onlv In the neck.
17. We live in brlsht red houses an
hove hot tempo.
THE KF.T.
1. Onion. 10. Hcct.
2. Cabbage. 11. Cauliflower.
3. Cucumber. 12. Tomntoes.
4. Potnto. 13. Asparagus.
B. Turnip. 14. Bean.
6. lettuce. is. Celery.
7. Pumpkin. in. Squash.
8. Corn. 17. Pepper.
9. Peas.
The prizes were the most realistic
vegetables cabbage, corn and Irish
potatoes, which were candy boxes
filled with bon-bons In shape of corn
kernels, wee carrots, etc. The re
freshments consisted of dollclous salad
In green pepper cases, cucumber sand
wiches, olives and salted nuts with
coffee.
MADAME MEttRI.
IN foquD
Many three-quarter Bleevcs, built en
tirely of puffs, are seen in out-of-door
gowns.
Fine cloths In dull blue and rose
tints are in demand for dressy after
noon frocks.
Turbans are rising in height and
also showing the narrow effect at the
crown apex.
Narrow ostrich bands edge many of
the new wrapt) and add an extremely
smart touch.
Beaver is to have a great season in
millinery, if early importations count
for anything.
There are some uncertain predic
tions that the short waistline will
come In again.
The correct and suitable shoe for a
black satin tailor made Is the black
suede or undressed kid.
CHILDREN'S DRESSES
fbv
i2&
ITTLE girl's party frock of
white batiste with hand
run tucks snd Valen
ciennes lace. Sash and hair
bow of light blue satin rJb-
mon, and slippers to match. Lingerie
coat of sheer white handkerchief linen
and Una English embroidery over a
slip of pink China silk. Hat of linen,
lace, blue ribbon and wee pink rose'
buds completes costume small girl will
be proud of.
THE MANIA FOR STORING
Many Women Keep for Years Things
That Are of Absolutely No Use
Whateevr.
Why, oh, why, will women keep for
years Impossible things, that no one
will ever want and that do nothing
but accumulate dust and microbes, for
the sheer joy of keeping them?
Old Magazines and newspapers, bric-a-brac,
deservedly obsolete "orna
ments," clothes and parts of clothes
they all lie together! in some obscure
Ftceroom or closet or box, with no
purpose. in life except to make still
heavier the twice-yearly houseclean-
lng. '
One wonders sometimes If the own
ers are simply too stingy to give away
the glvable things and throw the rest
into the dust heap. Hut no; they are
pnly the victims of that procrastination
that cannot bear to do the most neces
sary thing now and lets maters slide
for years and years Instead.
Storerooms were made to store pos
sessions for a season; closets to hold
olothlng, boxes to contain the tempo
rary and the useful. By all means, If
you are one of these unfortunate slaves
to the "keeping" habit, get rid of the
trash you have been saving and start
life aagtn with a clean record and a
lightened heart.
For you will find that your reliefs nd
freedom from cars will mean really
that to you.
Hints for Old Ladles.
For actual street wear some very
pretty bonnet forms are coming in, but
the preferred bead covering continues
to be a close-fitting toque or turban
of conservative height and trimming.
At the same time the darker Persian
silks and lawns are drawn upon for
many quaint shapes, over which the
figured material is draped, shirred or
molded. Hats of this sort snd those
of dark shot tulle constitute ths larger
part of tho carriage and garden hats
which city millinors are sending to
the fashionable watering places. Usu
ally they are solf-trlmmed. Harper's
Bazar. There is a noticeable tendency to
g4t away from tb's kimono sleeves and
to substitute puffed sleeves.
Social Conditions
. in Large Cities
DTREV.CEORGEW.McDANlEL,D.D.
Pallor of Flnt Baptltt Church
Richmond, V.
3C5
Toxt: f. overs of pleasure) moro than
lovers of Ond.
1 wish there were tio occasion for
this sermon. There are many sensi
tive pouls whom Us plain language
mny offend. Thoy do not believe that
such subjects belong properly to pul
pit treatment. However, I speak be
cause my conscience blda me. This
service Ih the discharge of a painful
duty. "Do I seek to pinnae men? If
1 yet p! aie men, 1 should not bo the
servant of Christ. The churrii mem
bers of our city In their attitude to
ward moral conditions may 1m grouped
in four classes. First, those who do
not know. Thry are good people, who
attend church. They know nothing of
the sin and shame of tho city streets.
Where ignorance is bliss it Is folly to
be wise. Second, those who know,
but do not rare. They have no sense
of personal responsibility, since they
are not participants in the wrong.
Their chief concern Is in taking rpre
of self. Third, thono who know, but
say they cannot change conditions.
Sin has always exlBted nnd always
will. The scarlet woman has been In
the world since the days or Solomon.
It Is useless to attempt to purify city
life and Improve social conditions.
Whoever mnkes the effort in strlUlr.fi
his head against n stone wall. Fourth,
those who know conditions, feel their
responsibility as citizens and Chris
tians and endeavor to remedy the ex
isting conditions. They may not like
the crack of my rifle, but nevertheless,
I am determined to take the shot.
With this In view I, accompanied
by an officer In citizen's clothes, took
two walks down Broad street and saw
sights which I blush to mention. The
first was on Thursday night, the first
clear night after about ten days of
rain. They had come out like tho in
sects from under bark and sod, with
tho first return of the spring sun.
They swarmed tho streets until It was
difficult and, In some reBpects, dan
gerous to walk. Girls resorted to tho
buck parlors of Italian confectlonartes,
where they sat in suggestive positions
to welcome and tempt whoever might
enter therein. An older girl, on evil
bent, led her little sister on her peril
ous mission. Others whose lives dis
graced the name of woman stood on
corners or marched brazenly down the
street. Boys In knee trousers and
girls in short dresses w-ere out In the
darkness of the night, when they
Bhould have been at home. Mashers
followed girls from block to block and
around corner after corner, and led
them down dark alleys. All of this
and' more I saw. "Twas enough. to
make the head heavy and the heart
sick.
On the second night wo visited the
moving pictures. I saw nothing ob
jectionable per se In the pictures. A
minister was present, and they would
be guilty of no impropriety. All class
es and conditions were in attendance.
A dude, dressed In Prlnco Albert, a
bloated faced sport and a weasley half
fed man were there, who bought tick
ets in rotation and entered one after
the other. Little children under ten
and haggled old women with bent
forms were there. What have you to
gay about these shows? Two things:
First, they prove the text and demon
strate that the Amorican people are
lovers of pleasure more than lovers
of God. On two blocks on lirond street
hist Friday night more people saw the
moving pictures than assembled In
seventy of the eighty white churches
of this city. They lined the block nnd
backed up on the side street waiting
for admission and yet we sny this Is a
Christian city. Would that It were,
but many of the churcn members love
tho places of pleasure more than the
house of God. They aro too tired to
attend the church on Sunday evening,
but can parade the streets and stand
for a long time and spend hours see
ing moving pictures and vaudeville
after a hard day's work. Oh, con
sistency, thou art a Jewel!
Passing from the places of pleasure,
we saw young girls, whose mothers
thought thoy were in no harm, enter
ing automobiles and going on joy
rides with young men who meant no
good. One of the most demoralizing
agencies in Richmond Is the automo
bile of the son of the rich. If you
want to ruin your son, get him an au
tomobile. Not more than one out of
ten can own a machine without neg
lecting his business or Injuring his
morals. If the numbers of the ma
chines that ride slowly along Broad
street to entice young girls coming
from the plays, or stand on Mayo and
Fat Franklin streets after the mid
night hours, were published In the
daily papers, they would strike many
hoarts with consternation, and arouse
the rich to the danger of tbelr sons.
If our papers want something sensa
tional call tbelr attention to this field
of Investigation. ,
, It Is not pleasant for one to speak
so plainly about the deplorable condi
tions In the city that we love, but to
koep silent is a sin. To submit with
out a protest Is to stifle conscience
and betray a trust. We boast of our
ity as a cburchgolng, well governed
town. The conditions which I saw
convince ms that Richmond Is an ap
ple orchard without but rotting at the
core. The social impurity and moral
degradation are indescribable and un
speakable. As the city grows In size,
It grows In wickedness. Can we check
this evllT If not, we are to go the
wav of other cities.
On the Ball Ground.
There Is no reason why tbo boy and
young man on the baseball ground
cannot be a Christian and lead an ex
emplary life. The church, shop, bank
and office should stand for one and
the same thing. Bishop J. H. Vincent,
Methodist, Indianapolis.
Future Progress.
Our future progrops must be spirit
ucl. Physically we have done the best
and lntellectja'ly we havo made our
giants:. - Man Is i yet being made, and
ho hat the tools of his perfection.
Rev. C. J. Harris, Unlversallst, Atlanta.
DOCTORS ALTER THEIR VIEWS
TEMPERANCE
LESSON
Sunday Scbool Ltiioi for Sept. 25, 1910
Specially Arranged (or Thli Papar
Where Moderation Was Permitted
Few Years Ago Total Abstinence
Now Recommended.
The bishop of Durham said recently
in a public sermon:
"We find now the constant nnd
agreement of doctors on the subject
of alcohol to a vast degree going In a
direction opposite to that which they
took in 1S59. Then their opinion might
be summed up thus:
" 'A little wine or beer or a very
moderate amount of spirits Is good for
most people, but there are some who
can do without it, and some who would
be much better without It.
"Their opinion sumtni d up now
would be something like this:
" Tor the vast majority of the hu
man race nothing of the kind Is the
best rule; there are a few exceptions
for whom It is either good or gives
no harm..' "
It has been many years Rlnce those
who spoke of the dangers lurking In
the use of alcohol were scoffed at nsj
ignorant and prejudiced, nnd they
were told: "Hear what the doctors
say In favor of alccuol as both food
and medicine."
Some of the doctors took it upon
themselves to cover with abuse nil
those who favored abstinence, espe
cially among their own number. Some
regarded a physician as being un
scientific If he did not order It. Some
of us laymen remember well how heat
ed some of the doctors became In
their condemnation of the "fanatics,"
as they stigmatized those who urged
abstinence.
Now a great change has come and
It is indicated in such statements as
the following:
Dr. Howard A. Kelley, of Johns Hop
kins hospital, Baltimore, at the Wash
ington meeting of the American So
ciety for the Study of Alcohol and
Other Drug Habits, speaking, "as a
physician with 32 years' experience,"
said:
"1 began my practise in private life
by prescribing alcohol in its various
forms as an easily diffusible stimulant
In cases of periodic weakness. In low
fevers, and exhaustion, in accordance
with the common custom of a genera
tion ago. . . . My experience has
told me that the effect is temporary,
evanescent; that the drug (fur such
It Is) does no real good, and that a
dangerous habit Is thus easily endan
dered which may be most difficult to
eradicate, a habit that may utterly
ruin the patient's body, soul, and
spirit."
Dr. W. H. Waugh, editor of Clinical
Medicine, Chicago, said in a paper
read at the same meeting: "Person
ally I stand ready to use alcohol any
time when 1 believe it to be to the
best interests of my patients, but I do
not know a solitary use or a solitary
case occurring in the widest ranga ol
medicine practise In which alcohol i?
the best remedy thut can be applied."
Concerning the use of alcohol in
pneumoiilu, Dr. A. A. Hill says: "I
rely on digitalis, strychnine, careful
feeding, nnd absolute rest, but always
refuse nt the critical period when the
overburdened and dilated right heart
has almost reached the breaking point,
to help my patient over the precipice
by prescribing the so-called .stimulant
thut must often by it3 paralyzing ef
fect on tho cardiac nerves take away
li's last chance of recovery. 'Lobar
pneumonia, cardiac failure' so runs
the usual certificate, and the cause of
the cardiac failure In 13 cases out of
101), is ulcohol."
Dr. Stlllc, a German health officer,
replied recently to a brother practi
tioner who had said that an abstaining
physiclun has no right to Impose his
views upon his patient and deny him
alcoholic drinks, when he needs them
to relieve depression. Dr. Stille said
that only a very small purl of the al
cohol consumed can be said to afford
pleasure In any true sense, and that
is so infinitesimal compared with the
misery it cuuses that he should con
sider himself inexcusable if be did not
do all In his power to combat alcohol.
He thinks thut if any one is not con
vinced of the general Injurlouness of
alcohol it can only bo because he has
not made a sufficient study of the sub
ject. A book on "Vitul Economy; or How
to Conserve Your Strength," by John
H. Clark, M. D., Just ppubllshed In
London (1909), contains this state
ment: "The doctor Is certainly responsible
for a large share of the drinking cus
toms of the present day. He gives
Indiscriminate or indefinite advice 'to
take a little whisky with lunch and
dinner,' or burgundy, or claret or port,
as the case may be, and the patient
Is pretty certain to carry out the pre
scription In all probability to the end
of his days."
Drunkenness and Divorce.
United States census returns show
that drunkenness figured as a direct
snd contributing cause in 19 per cent,
of all divorces from 1887 to 1906 in
the United States. According to the
census figures, liquor was the sole
cause of divorce In 13,616 cases, and
the cause In combination with some
other in 17,765 cases. In addition to
this, there were 130.287 In which
drunkness was an Indirect or contribu
tory cause.
Marvelous Speed of Ostrich.
When terrified an ostrich will travel
at tho rate of twenty-five nillos an
hour.
Good Drink In Tropical Climate.
A favorite drink iu the South Sea
Islands is made of a mixture of llmei
and oranges.
City's Many Servants.
New York city la a liberal employer.
It nays 132 a minute to its servants.
I.EPSON TEXT. Onlatlans 5:15-18.
Memory verses, 22, 23.
(KiUJEN 'J EXT. -if wc IIvf In the
Spirit let us also walk In tho Spirit."-
Unl. 6:25.
Suggsstion and Practical Thought.
The adventure with Apollyon tbo
great drugon that fought against Bun
yan'ii Pilgrim, In order to prevent hlrn
from reaching the Holy City smbol
Ized a heavenly character, a heaven of
eternal life, an eurth transformed into
heaven.
In the lesBon appointed we have a
characterization of Apollyon, "tho
foul Il;iid," "a monster hi ie us tn be
hold, clothed with scales, with wings
like a dragon, feet like a bear, and a
mouth like a lion," amid fire and
sino!e, throwing "flaming darts as
thick as hull."
Some years npo, in un article in the
New York Journal, John L. Sjlllvan
said: "Remember, young man, that It
you couldn't lick John L. Suilivaa, you
can't lick the xhing thnt Is Btronger
than be is. Leave whisky alone."
Sullivan was not the kind of man frort.
whom one expects moral leaching, but
when tho great fighter admits that
whisky defeuted him and took him
Into captivity, he becomes an object
lesson for every young man.
With the newspapers and reporters.
The Golden Ruk thut Is the spirit
which wants to do to others as we
would have them do to us. the spirit
thut will moke sacrifices in order to
know how to help others enlisted the
newspapers and the reporters on it
side.
There can be no Inspiration without
information. Hence the teacher and
class should be constantly collecting
temperance material. A month before
the temperance lesson she should ' be
directed to say to' her class, "I want
you all to clip from the papers every
article of news concerning the effect
of the saloon or drink Paste these on
a strip of cloth, and we will see who
ha3 the longest strip on Temperance
Sunday."
Once In the New Century Teacher
there was an article entitled, "Their
Exhibits." It told how a teacher asked
her scholars to look about during tho
week for proofs of the evils wrought
by the liquor habit. There were some
rather unique "exhibits;" one boy
brought his bicycle tire that had been
cut by a drunken man; others told
stories of what they had seen.
This same plan could be utilized for
a general exercise on Temperance
Sunday. For a first attempt, special
arrangements would probably have to
be made with Individuals or with
teachers In order to insure definite re
ports or "exhibits." To carry the plan
to perfection, tho superintendent or a
committee should confer with those
who are to furnish the object lesson,
and see that they are ready to go to
the platform and able to do their part
clearly and completely, see that they
are fully provided with materials, and
that suitable arrangament of the plat
form Is made. A question or two by
the superintendent may be effective In.
bringing out the point to be empha
sized. "It la reported in the public press
that President Taft had turned his
back on moderate drinking. At a lit
tle dinner ut Hot Springs, Va., he not
only turned his wine-glass down, but
said In response to a query, 'Yes, and
It is going to stay turned down; I am
not going to drink anything again,
ever.' "
In his early life Lincoln was ab
stemious but not a total abstainer, but
ho was a keen observer of tho effects
of it.fxlcatlng bevf rages among his
early companions. Very shortly after
his remcval to Springfield In 1837, he
Joined a Total Abstinence society.
Seventeen of the presidents of tho
I'nlted Stutos signed the following
declaration:
"Being satisfied from observation
and experience, as well as from medi
cal testimony, that ardent spirit, as a
drSik, Is not only needless, but hurt
ful, and that the entire disuse of it
would tend to promote the health, the
virtue, and happiness of the com
munity, we hereby express our con
viction that should the citizens of the
United States, and especially the
young men. discontinue entirely the
use of It they would not only promote
their own personal benefit, but the
good of our country and the world."
"A Pennsylvania lady tells that
when General Harrison was running
for the presidency he stopped at the
old Washington house In Chester for
dinner. After dinner was served. It
was noticed thnt the general pledged
his toast In water, and one of the gen
tlemen from New York, tn offering an
other, said. 'General, will you not fa
vor me by drinking a glass of wlner
The general refused la a very gentle
manly manner. Again he was urged
to join In a glass of wine. This was
too much. He rose from the table, his
tall form erect and in the most digni
fied manner replied: 'Gentlemen. I
have refused twice to partake of tho
wine-cup. That should bsve been
sufficient. I made a resolve when I
started In life that I would avoid
strong drink, and I have never bro
ken it.'"
The boys and girls ran join the
Golden Rule in a series of very In
teresting adventures with the doctors,
medical societies and laboratories,
where from these friends they may
obtain ammunition for their warfare
against Intemperance.
The Loyal Temperance leaguo ami
the Knights of King Arthur (which Is
the largest fraternity of church boys
tn the world, with 1.400 castles and
35.000 members) and other kindred
organizations can do heroic work.
Twenty-three hundred years ago,
the question arose whether the A the-'
nlans should grant Demosthenes tho
honor of a crown. He "had fled from
battle, and his counsels, though heroic,
brought tho city to ruin. Demos
thenos' tpeoch is the masterpiece of
11 eloquence. Of the accusation by ,
Aescblues it Is praise enough to say
that It stands second enly to that. In
It Aescbint s warns the Athenians that
in granting crowns they Judged thorn
selves and were forming the chnrao
ters of their children. ,