lt" ' r J 3ydAlAJUE0 IU1KLLLE ILLUSTRATIONS COPYRIGHT 1908 by THE ASSOCIATED .SimClAY MAGAZINES COPYRIGHT igog by THE B0BB3 - MERRILL COMPAQ i 8YNOPSI3. ' fount dl Roslnl, the If nllnn ambas sador. Is at dinner with diplomats when a messenger summons liliri t the l.-msy, where a beautiful young woman iiks fur a ticket to tin) embassy tiaii. Tnc ticket In iiihiIm out In the name of Miss Isabel Thiirne. t'hlcf Cnmpliell of In.' ieerel service, ami Mr. Gnnim, his ) til detective, nre warned thin a plot Is brewing In Washington, nnd (Irltnm goes In i be state Imll for Infurmatlon. HI at-t-i.ilon In culled to Miss Isabel Thorne, ul.o with tier companion, disappears. A el.ot In heard npd tSenor Alvarez of the Mi ran limit Km. la fniiml wnumleil. (iilmm In unsured Miss Thorne did It; he lsits her, dcmntidlng knowledge of tlm HIT. Or. unil arrests I'ietro I'elrozlnnl. Minn Tln'rne visits an old bomh-inaker uml they IHi'ijhh a wonilerful expi'ilnnnt. Fifty tlioimnnd dollars In stolen from the office nf fl'-nor Rodriguez, the minister from Venezuela, and while detectives are In vestigating tlm robbery Miss Thorne ap wars an a ruest of the leKallon. (irlnim nfiioe-H her of tho theft; the money In restored, hut a new tnyMlery neeurH In ti e disappearance, of Monsieur Hoissegur t!m 1' rem-n ambassador. I'.luslve miss Thorne reappears, heurlng a letier which rln i i'i Hint the ambassador has been kld ri it i ' - I and demand I iu( ranHoni. The am liiHHnilor return and attain strangely dis appear!. CHAPTER XIV. (Continued.) "Tho house 1b two blocks west, along that direct there," he explained, urn! he Indicated an Intersecting thor oughfare Just ahead. "It la number nlneto'-seven. Five minutes after we enter you will drive up In front of the door and wait. If we don't return la fifteen minutes come In after us!" "Do you anticipate danger?" Miss Thorne queried quickly. "If I bad anticipated danger," re plied Mr. Grimm, "I should not have permitted you to come with me." They entered the house number ninety-seven with a key which Mr., Grimm produced, and a minute or so later walked into a room where three men were sitting. One of them was of a coarse, repulsive type, large and heavy; another rather dapper, of su perficial polish, evidently a foreigner, and the third the third was Ambassa dor Holssegur! "Gx)d morning, gentlemen!" Mr. Grimm greeted them, then ceremoni ously: "Monsieur BolsSegur, your car riage Is at the door." The three men. came to their feet Instantly, and one of them he of the heavy face drew a revolver. Mr. (i rim in faced him placidly. "Do you know what would happen to you If you killed me?" he Inquired, pleasantly. "You wouldn't live three nilntites. Do you Imagine I came In here blindly? There are a dozen men guarding the entrances to the house a pistol shot would bring them in. Put down that gun!" Eyes challenged eyes for one long tense Instant, and the man carefully luld the weapon on the table. Mr. Grimm strolled over and picked It up, after which he glanced Inquiringly at the other man the ambassador's sec ond guard. "And you are the gentleman, I dare Bay, who mado the necessary trips to the ambassador's house, probably using his latch key?" he remarked In terrogatively. "First for tho letters to be signed, Mid again for the ciga rettes?" There was no answer and Mr. Grimm turned questlonlngly to Mon sieur Ilolssegur, silent, white of face, motionless. "Yes, Monsieur." the ambassador hurst out suddenly. His eyes were fixed unwaveringly on Miss Thome. "And your escape, Monsieur?" con tinued Mr. Grimm. "I did escape. Monsieur, last JilKht," tho ambassador explained, "lnit they knew it Immediately they pursued me Into my own house, these and another and dragged me iwk nere! Mon Dleu, t'cMt Monsieur, "That's all that's necessarv." re marked Mr. Grimm. "You are free to Ko now." "Hut there are others," Monsieur I'olsscgur Interposed desperately, two more somewhere below, and they not allow they will attack!" Mr. Grimm's Unless eyes narrowed ' Rhtly and he turned to Miss Thorne. hllu wns a little white, but he saw enough In her face to satisfy him. I shall escort Monsieur Dolssegur ' his carrlnge, Mi88 Thorne." he said, ra inly. ..Tn0Be n,en w,u remaIn henj 'nl I return. Take the revolver. If '"ler of them so much as wags his ad-shoot! Tou are not-not afraid?" Afraid'" 8m'led falntly' Bm DOt Mr. Grlmra and the ambaBsador on t n the 8,nlr9' and "t the on , door. Mr. Grimm was Just turn- ahovl n'er the h0U8e whe trom raHCa.r muffle1' venomous ens Bht! He to the Tl ornR,n8 ,VP' tW0 at a tln- Miss a if , Waf leanlnK nnln8t the wall f'ut tl revo,ver la7 her Mom r 'n a fnr coneT of the foX Wd Tn: and the clatter of stopg echoed through the house. fired 'I6 them loapcd at ra and I to. she gasped la explanation. "He . out I'm-I'm not hurt." revolver nnP,ed q,."Ck,y- plcked the dv In. f . Wade as " t foow the her fooUteP- Mr. Grimm stopped "Let fh0""1'1 matter" he Quietly. l"e- them irn" trni,.!-,. :.'""u ",lr wnue, Sa-iiiM. ..... 1 Dad creamed of such ve rn a "B as thl" 1 Bhou,d never " consented to allow you-" f"r one rnVand" Bhe Interrupted, and reS "V?' her outstretched hand j.lur?'d D hl arm- "The ambassa- U'l'menfeC"Wo8af,, rMP0Dd1 Mr. hlm . Two 01 my men are with CHAPTER XV. Master . n ine Woman j . ''''vln "uu 8CBrlca out. los nrf . unl'ernen over their cof VV llhrt -I v. tUl' . uu me Dtuerray eves by M.G.KsrtlrvKii- flashed some subtle message to the French ambassador, who, after an In stant, nodded comprchendlngly, then resumed his conversation. As he left tho room a few minutes later he no ticed that Mr. Grimm had Joined a group of automanlncB of which. Mr. Cadwallader wns the enthusiastic cen ter. He spoke to his hostess, the wife of the minister from Portugal, for a mi.ment, then went to Miss Thorna and dropped Into a sent beside her. She greeted him with a snillo and wns still smiling as she tulked. "I bellevo. Monsieur," she suld In French, "you sent a code messago to the cable office this afternoon?" Ills eyes questioned hers quickly. "And please benr In mind that we probably are being watched as we talk." she went on pleasantly. "Mr. Grimm Is the man to be afraid of. Smile don't look so serious!" Sho laughed outright. "Yea, I sent a code message," he re plied. "It wns your resignation?" "Yes" "Well, It wnsn't sent, of course," she Informed him, and her eyes were sparkling as If something amusing had been said. "One of my agents stopped It. I may add that It will not be sent." The ambassudor's eyes grew steely, then blank ngaln. "Mademoiselle, what am I to under stand from that?" he demanded. "You are to understand that I am nbsolute master of the situation In Washington at this moment," she re plied positively. The smile on her lips and the tone of her voice were strangely at variance. "From the be ginning I let you understand that ul timately you would receive your In structions from Paris; now I know they will reach you by cable tomor- "Nothing Can Stop row. Within a week the compact will be signed. Whether you approve of It or not It will be signed for your country by a special envoy whose au thority Is greater than yours his Highness, the Prince Benedetto d'Abruzzl." "Has he reached Washington?'' "He la In Washington. He has been here for some time, Incognito." She was silent a moment "You neve been a source of danger to our plans," she added. "If It had not been for an accident you would still have been comfortably kept out In Alexandria where Mr. Grimm and I found you. Please remember. Monsieur, that we will accomplish what we set out to do. Nothing can stop us nothing." At Just about the same moment the name of Prlnco d'Abruzzl had been used In the dining-room, but In a dif ferent connection. Mr. Cadwallader was reciting some Incident of an auto mobile trip In Italy when he had been connected with the British embassy there. "The prince was driving," he said, "and one of the best I ever saw. Cork ing chap, the prince; democratic, you know, and all that sort of thing. He was one scion of royalty who didn't mind soiling his hands by diving In under a car and fixing It himself. At that time he was Inclined to be wild that waa eight or nine years ago but they say now he has settled down to work, and Is one of the real diplo matic powers of Italy. I haven't seen him for a half dozen years." "How old a man Is he?" asked Mr. Grimm carelessly. "Thirty-five, thirty-eight, perhape; I don't know," replied Mr. Cadwalla der. "It's odd, you know, the number of princes and blue-bloods and all that ort of thing one can find knocking about In Italy and Germany and Spain. One never hears of half of them. I never had heard of the Prince d'Abruz zl until I went to Italy, and I've heard Jolly well little of him since, except Indirectly." Mr. Cadwallader lapsed Into silence as he sat staring at a large group I ( photograph which was framed on wall of the dining-room. "Isn't that the royal family of Italy?" he asked. He rose and went over to It. "Iiy Jove, It Is, and here Is the prince In tho group. The plo tore was taken, I should say, about the time I knew him." Mr. Grimm strolled over Idly and stood for n long time staring nt the photograph. "Ho can drive a motor, you know," said Mr. Cadwallader, admlrlugly. "And Italy Is tho plaeo to drive them. They forget to make any speed lawi over there, and If a chap gets In your way and you knock him silly they arrest him for obstructing traffic, you know. Over here If a chap really starts to go any place In a hurry soino bally Idiot holds him up." "Have you ever been held up?" quel lod Mr. Grimm. "No, but I expect to be every day,' was the reply. "Ive got a new motor, you know, and I've never been ablo to see how fnst It Is. The other eve ning I ran up to Baltimore with It In an hour and thirty-seven minutes from Alexandria to Druid Hill Park, and that's bettor than forty miles. I never did let the motor out, you know, be cause, we ran In the dark most of the way." Mr. Grimm was still gazing at the photograph. "Did you go alone?" he asked. "There's no fun motoring a'one, you know. Sonorila Kodrlguez was with me. Charming girl, what?" A little while later Mr. Grimm saun tered out Into the drawing-room and mado his way toward Miss Thorne and the French ambassador. Mon1 sleur Kolssegur rose, and offered hU hand cordlully. "I hope, Monsieur," said Mr. Grimm, "that you are no worso off for your your unploannnt experience?" "Not at all, thanks to you." was the reply. "I have Just thanked Mlsi Thorne for her part In the affair. and" "I'm glad to have been of service," Interrupted Mr. Grimm lightly. The ambassador bowed ceremoni ously and moved away. Mr. Grimm dropped Into the seat he had JuBt left. "You've left the legation, haven't you?" he asked. "You drove me out," she laughed. "Drove you out?" be repeated. "Drove you out?" "Why, It was not only uncomforta ble, but It was rather conspicuous be cause of the constant espionage ot Us Nothing." your Mr. Dlalr and your Mr. Johnson and your Mr. Hastings," she explained, still laughing. "So I have moved to the Hotel HUllard." Mr. Grimm was twisting the seal ring on his little finger. "I'm Borry if I made It uncomforta bio for you," he apologized. "You see it's necessary to " "No explanation," Miss Thorne In terrupted. "I understand." "I'm glad you do," he replied seri ously. "How long do you Intend to remain In the city?" "Itcally I don't know two, three, four weeks, perhaps. Why?" "I was Just wondering." Scnorlta Rodriguez came toward them. "We're going to play bridge," she said, "and we need you, Isabel, to make the four. Come. I hate to take her away, Mr. Grimm." Mr. Grimm and Miss Thorne rose together. For on instant her slim white hand rested on Mr. Grimm's sleeve and she stared Into his eyes un derstandlngly with a little of melan choly In her own. They left Mr. Grimm there. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Little Willie Again. "Pa!" came little Willie's voice from the darkness of the nursery. Pa gave a bad Imitation of a snore. He was tired and did not wish to be disturbed. "Pa!" came the little voice again. "What Is It. Willie 7" replied his fa ther, sleepily. "Turn In here; I want to est yon sumpln'," said the little voice. So pa rose up from his downy and, putting on his bath-robe and slippers, marched into the nursery. "Well, what Is It now?" he askad. "Say, pa," said little Willie. "If you was to feed the cow on soap would ehe give shaving cream?" Harper's Weekly. Seaport Far From Sea. Antwerp, one of the world's four largest ports, Is 63 miles from the tea. I For the Hostess j "Can" Shower. At a Jolly affair given for a bride who hnd lived in the town all her life, and was a great favorite, the hostess asked each guest to bring a "enn" of something for an emergency shelf. Then she gave this "can" con test, reading the questions, each one keeping account of the number an swored. 1. ThniiKh this ran Is a can. you nil will auree. The can 1 termed thus, becaudo It hull! tea. I. This lonu. narrow enn holds o precious a stock, That oft you will find It has more than ona lock. 1 The most wicked can. tlio' unfo from police. KhoulJ you nenreh for Its heart you will tlnd It In Kreasu. 4. This ran Is a can Hint delimits you and mo, It always Is "open," and llkowlso Is free. I. Where breenes blow, and surges roll, Willi nw-slllntc form and manner proud. This ran It triumph rides the waves, Tho sHlor's llvlnir and his. shroud. 9. Hero's a ran which, bear In mind, I.Ives on others of Its Rind. 7. They 3ry empty cans will produce the most noise. Tint If properly filled, this wilt startle the boys. 8. Most cans are hardly fit to eat, Yet you'll Ilka this kind, nice and sweet. 9. Thiwnltx or the glee or the bold and martini strain. Each one, as his favorite, Indorses: Tint for those who prefer oratorio style This can sweetest music discourses. 10. Now who would elect In a can to re side. Tet this as a shelter Is known far and wide. It. A can of most sagarlous mind, 'Ti "frugal, prudent, shrewd," you'll Hnd. 11 That a horse should use cans seems Indeed strange to say. Yet If pressed to have one, lio'd not utter a nay. 13. To put cans In poems no one Is In clined, Yet cans of this sort In some poems you'll find. 14. In tubs and In hanrels men have ven tured from land. And In cans of this kind, so I under stand. 15. Now here Is a can that Is yellow and round. T would sem little prized, for It stows on the ground. KKY. 9. Cantata. 10. Canopy. 11. Canny. 12. Canter. 13. Canto. 14. Canoe. 15. Cantaloupe. 1. Canister. 1 Canal. 3. Candle. 4. Candid, t. Canvas. (. Cannibal 7. Cannon. 8. Candy. Dressing THE gown on the left Is a pretty gown of cream Vlyella, cut Magyar and trimmed with col lar uuu cutis oi turquoise v i- yella; the right front Is taken over to the left side, where fastening Is formed by buttons covered In blue. A girdle draws tho gown In at waist. Materials required: Five yards Vl yella 33 Inches wide, 1 yard blue for trimming, 9 buttons. A real kimono, In style, Is tho sec ond. It Is made up In Japanese cot- f Wf in foquc The vogue of fuschlu has but little abated. Above all others, the season's fab ric Is voile. Square and round neck bodices are equally popular. Fashionable are royal purple para sols with while Bilk linings. Sailor collars of satin or silk are now veiled with black or white chif fon, i Satin and velveteen are predicted as the leaders In suit material for the rail Nothing seems to diminish the popu larity of the collarless bodice or gown. A novel and pretty conceit from Paris Is colored sashes and shoes to natch. Irregular shapes and plenty of un urled ostrich plumes mark the latest arge Hats as a rule. 30 Musical Entertainment. After the meeting of a musical club tho hostess had this little diversion: One played the melody of the follow ing songs, the titles Lolng unan nounced. "Stnr Spangled riannor," "Marching Through Georgia," "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean," "Ilattle Hymn of the Republic," "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp," "Hall Columbia," "Home Sweet Home," "Yankee Doodle," "When Johnnie Comes Marching Homo Again," "Auld Lang Syne," "America." The guests wrote down the names opposite the numbers, the pianist Bay ing as Bhe played, "No. 2," etc. After each piece the hostess held up an ob ject which Illustrated a term used In music, for Instance, "Time," was a small clock; "measure," a yardstick; "key," a door key; "flats," two-Hat-Irons; "lines," a pair of nursery lines; "sharps," a carving set; "tie," a gen tleman's tie; "bars," small clothes bars; "staff," a cane; "a whole note," a dollar; "a half-note," a half dol lar; "a quarter-note," a silver quarter. The Ice cream was In shape of mu sical Instruments and the bonbons were In small pianos, violins, etc. "Ship" Contest. For a guest going abroad, the hos tess had this contest, giving the ques tions at the tablo: What ship has no soft berths? Hard ship. What do Quakers prefer? Friendship. What ship requires tho best men? Sea manship. What ship should saints sail In? Wor ship. What ship held only twelve persons? Ariostleshlp. What ship should always protect Its passengers? Citizenship. What ship should right Itself even when capslxed? Clerkship. This stilp Is possessed of every "fac ulty"? I'rofessorshlp. Is looking for a mate? Courtship. Always has a house under It?" Senator ship. What ship Is always fastened to a peer? lordship. Always managed by more than one per son? Partnership. What ship Is made for one of Its own hands? Stewardship. What ship Is never overloaded? States manshlp. MADAME MERRI. Their prominence In the coronation celebration has brought rich oriental fabrics again to the fore. Gowns ton crepe, edged down front and cn sleeves by bands of sateen of the same color as design on crepe. A sash draws the gown in at the waist, and Is loosely knotted at the left side ot I front, where ends are left hanging, Materials required: Seven yards cotton crepe 28 Inches wide, 1 Va yards sateen. Sweet peas in their delicate pink, blue, lavender and pink shades are Ideal for the afternoon hats. The Kimono Cape. The kimono cape is to bo noticed among the latest fashlous, and a most attractive fashion It Is, giving the daintiest of finish to the one-piece gown of linen or pongee. These two materials are for the moment the most desirable, but Just as In the other model this can serve for next winter In cloth or velvet or In velvet with fur. It Is smart, It Is novel, and most becoming, and surely there Is nothing more that could be desired. It Is very charming mado up In cerise tussor with facings of a darker satin and with pipings of the satin, and It affords an excellent opportunity for good color combinations or contrasts. 'Harper's Dazar. Chamois Trimmings. An odd but beautiful evening gown Is of chamois-colored tullo, with em broideries worked on real chamois leather In Japanese style with floss silks. The designs are chrysanthe mums in lovely shades of yellow, gray and drab, and here and there a dragon worked In silver thread. OCe 3JO WASTE OF F WAR Hy Rev. Samuel M. Dick Putor of Virtei M- E. Church, Mioorspolil 0 330 IKXT.-And he will Judge between the nations and will decide concerning many peoples; Hhd they shall beat their swords Into plowshares, end their spear Into pruning hooks; naiion shall not lift up sword against nation, tieithur shall lln--y luarn war un inore.-l.sulali 2;4. This prophecy Is beginning to reach Its fulfillment. When the awful cost In life and treasure Is reckoned with, It Is astonishing that sensible civil ized men should ever resort to wa to settle any question. There la nu Other reason apart from Its destruc tive character why war should not be resorted to. It never settles any question. The best It can do is to restate it and put It In another form Take for Illustration the Civil war In this country. Did It settle the race question? Did It settle the Blavery problem? Not by any menus, but If the amount of money that war cost us during Its progress and for pen: lions since, had been expended among the colored K'opl of this nation for Industrial education and other civil izing agencies that race today would have been further advanced In the scale of progressive peoples than will 600 yenrs from today under the present circumstances. Llirlsts kingdom does not come by the sword. It Is within you. Tho patriotism of war rules the world with the sword. The patriotism of peace rules the world with nn Idea. The ono Is spectacular and' wins Instanta neous applause; the other Is quiet. moves unseen and Us marks aro seen only In generations. One Is like a derrick. It moves the mass of Iron by force applied In one place; other Is like a sunbeam, It moves the mass of Iron by the unseen ex pansion of Its molecules. Tho maintenance of peace by pre paredness for war Is out of harmony with the gospel, with reason, with ethics, with economics and with com mon sense, and any Institution that is out of harmony with all theso things should be discontinued. The prophet says the nations shnll not only settle down to the great Industries of peace but that they ahull not learn war any morn. As long as peace Is main talned by overwhelming navies the nations are learning war and the prog ress of the world Is chocked. Given national Jeolousy, hatred, prepared ness for war and any trifle Is suffi cient to produce war. Given national fraternity, great prosperity on the part ot the people and no armament and no problem Is sufficiently grave to produce war, The loglo of preserving peace by Increasing the navies of the world would finally leave the world power In the bands of one nation. It would only be a matter of time when all nations but one would become bank rupt. The foolishness of Increasing arma ment Is seen In the experience of our own peaceful republic. For the eight years preceding the Spanish war, our appropriations for the army were little less than $24,000,000 per annum. and for the navy a little over $27,000,- 000 per annum. For the eight years preceding 1911 the appropriations for the array sprang to $83,000,000 per an num,' and for the navy to more than $102,000,000. We are now spending for army, navy and pensions the enor mous sum of $470,000,000, or 72 per cent, of the entire revenue of the United States. If this Increase alone In the army and navy were turned toward the Industries which make a nation rich and happy, It would en able and maintain an Industrial and agricultural experiment station In every county In the United States and give It more than $50,000 per annum for Its work. What would this mean to the people? Ijist year our farm products of nil kinds were valued at more than $4,700,000,000. With an experiment stntlon conducted as Min nesota Is conducting her work among the farmers In every county, wlih $50,000 per annum to operate It, the agricultural products of this country could easily be doubled, and with Its doubling every other industry would keep pace. As It Is now, we are spending at least $125,000,000 annual ly on our amny and navy more than Is necessary for reasonable na tional policing, and thereby , losing annually more than $4,000,000,000 which we might have If we followed tho law of gospel and common sense and used the amount of money to de velop the resources of the country that we are now fooling away on war measures and getting absolutely nothing for It How long, oh how long, will this wickedness and nonsense continue? The Crown for the Faithful. Tho virtue of fidelity Is not condi tioned by great opportunities and re sponslbllltles. It has nothing to do with splendor of circumstances. It needs no broad arena, no crowd of spectators. "He that Is faithful In that which Is least Is faithful also In much." Tho humblest task is to be done as unto God. Our gift, our tal ent, muy bo Insignificant, but It Is to be used, not burled. What the world calla success Is often the shipwreck of the bouI. The dominion of God's world la tho blessing of those who are "faithful In a very little." "faith ful unto death." The crown Is not for success, not for genius, not for position, not for grentness, but for faithfulness. Life's work and warfare are to test and train our fidelity. Abiding In Christ. Abiding In Jesus Is nothing but the giving up of one's self to be ruled and taught and led, and so resting In the arms of everlasting love. Blessed rest! The fruit and the foetaate and the fellowship of God's own rest! found of them who thus come to Jesus to abide In him. It Is the peace of God, the great calm of the eternal world, that passeth all understanding, that keeps the heart and mind. With this grace secured, we have strength for every duty, courage for every struggle, a blessing in every cross, and the Joy ot life eternal In death It self. Rev. Andrew Murray. POVERTY NOT DRINK CAUSE Prominent Writers Retard Temper ance Movement by Theories Du agnosia Is False and Harmful. Some prominent writers on social science have serloiiHly retarded th temperance movement by teaching; Hint poverty, lnutcad of being the re sult of the uVInk habit, Is more often the cause of Intemperance. They claim that many people drlng because they are poor; they are not poor sim ply because they drink. They point to the human wrecks In the low sa loon, nnd tell us that those persons are driven thero by their miserable condition to drown the woea of want In the cup. They ulso teli us that tho family In tho hovel or dingy tenement Is In distress not primarily through. Intemperance, but that tho parent have been led to drink by their pov erty. The problem Is complex, and no single explanation will til all cases. Kut this theory advanced by some so cial scientists Is, In tho main, griev ously false nnd exceedingly harmful to tho cause of genuine temperance, writes Joseph H. Covoker In the Na tional Advocate. These writers have) mistaken tho late and Incidental con dition of these lives for the real cause, which lies farther hack and Is radic ally different. It Is often true, tht later on in life people resort to drink to drown their misery; at this late stage they do drink because poor. Hut this Is not the wholo story, nor is It tho important part of the story. When, however, we go back to early life, when we touch the formative period and the determining factor, wo find that the young man did not begin to drink because poor. He first drank because It was tho custom, because ho enjoyed the companionship and exhil arationperhaps to gratify an appe tite, though this probably playa a smaller part than Is generally sup posed. Probably nlnety-nlno In every hundred of those who become drunk ars start the habit without any ref erence whntever tg financial condi tions. It Is only late In life, when want has overtaken them, that they drink because tbey are poor. The appeal to life at this point la decisive. If any one will visit tho places where young men congregato to drink liquor he will realize at onco the obvious fact that practically none of these persons are there becauso they are poor. They are not even there simply because drinking la tho cheapest form of amusement Tho time will come when some will con tinue to drink becauso In want; but even here the poverty Is only the In cidental factor, and at this stage moro result than real cause. A person with wldo acquaintance among the poor and the Intemperate would have to search a long time to find an Indi vidual who began to drink solely be cause destitute. There are such, but they are very rare. Rut those who are poor because they drink crowd upon us nt every corner. Again, let any one Investigate the history ot tho score of drunkards whom he may know. Probably not In a single caso did poverty have anything to do with the beginning of tho habit Still again, how many cases have any of us known where loss of fortune has driven men to Intemperance? Very few Indeed. Hut we do know very many lnstnnces where too much money has made young men drunk ards, who long afterward probably drank becauso poor, although their poverty really came as a direct result of using liquor. Theso social scientists stop short with the wreckage late In life, but they fall to go back to the real cause; their diagnosis Is false and harmful. The drunken parents do today send out for liquor to drown the woes of poverty. Speaking superficially you may say that they drink because they are poor. Rut when we go Into the llfo history and look back far enough and penetrate deep enough whnt we really find Is this: Originally It was not poverty that led them to the drink habit but It was long-continued In temperance that hns brought them to this sad condition. The score of work men lining tho bar of the obscure sa loon ore not there becauso poor, not because tkey have no other enjoy- mcnts In life; many others who aro poorer and who have fewer pleasures are not there. A determining factor largely Influential In causing their presence there Is the ancient super stition thnt liquor Is a life giver a superstition which sclenco has shown to bo utterly false. Whllo It Is not true that poverty of things Is the chief source of Intemperance, it Is true that "poverty of llfo" largely causes the drink habit. Recovery Almost Impossible. "The first and most seductive peril, nnd the dectroyer of most young men Is the drinking of liquor. I am no temperance lecturer in disguise, but a mnn who knows and tells you what observation has proved to him; and I say to you that you are more likely to fall In your career from acquiring the hnblt of drinking liquor than from any or all other temptations likely to assail you. "You may yield to almost any other temptation and may reform may brace up, and. If not recover lost ground, at least remain In the race and secure and malntalu a respectable position. "Hut from failure caused by tho drink hnblt recovery Is almost Impos sible. I have known but few excep tions to the ml." Andrew Carnegie. Agent of Oegreneracy. Whisky is one of the few agencies of degeneracy we have left Opium Is controlled; cocatn la banned; cam bllng Is prohibited among the poor: bigamy Isn't popular; lynching Is ta booedwhy, scarcely anything re mains to give the young man diver sion from the cares ot business, to tho advantage of his rivals!
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