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By VICTOR ROUSSEAU
t'By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director o
the Sunday School Course of the Mood
Bible Institute, Chicago.)
(Copyright, Hit, WesUrn Newspspsr Union.)
(Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)
THE PATH OF PATRIOTISM
(Copyright by W. C Chapman)
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THE DEEP SE
CHAPTER VIII Continued.
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' "Now, my plan is this: We must
leave the airlock one by one, with
father a light weight of metal on our
Sleet, calculated to enuble us to walk,
jand yet not to keep us down. We
shall then simply climb the slopes of
Fair Island under the water."
I "I think It Is the only feasible plan,
Sir," said Da vies briskly.
"How do you feel about it, Ida?"
asked Donald in a low tone.
1 Ida put her hand Into his. "I ana
ready to do anything you wish, Don
ald, dear," she answered.
Til answer for the lady with my
wn life, sir," said Clouts heartily.
"Then we're decided," said Douuld.
Now, follow me In slnglo file, hands
ton the shoulders of the one in front
of you. All ready?"
lie led the way through the dark
ness, down tho ladder at the base of
the conning tower toward tho storage
room In which the diving apparatus
was kept. Then he lit a candlo.
! The Slebert apparatus possesses the
Writ of simplicity. Donald, as he
adjusted it on each with the aid of
Davles, did not think it necessary to
explain the mechanism. It consisted,
first, of a waterproof uniform, then of
a glass mask and copper cylinder, the
Jitter covering the upper part of the
body and fastening about the shoul
ders. It contained a supply of com
ircssed oxygen for several hours. The
carbonic acid exhaled passed into a
receptacle containing caustic soda,
which purified It, thus liberating the
oxygen, whllo the nitrogen could be
inhuled over and over again.
There was also a slnglo sleeve at
tached by wires to a little storage bat
tery worn on the neck, in which, when
the apparatus had been properly ad
justed, a small electric light could be
made to burn by the pressure of a
button.
They waited a moment while Ida
put on the waterproof uniform; then
'all followed suit. Donald and Davles
Pressed themselves after Clouts, and
Attached the weights about the feet
of each and to their own. Finally,
when all were in readiness, Donald
snuffed the candle and lit his electric
v5amp, w hich was Inclosed In a specially
devised glass, calculated to resist a
great pressure.
Each of the party was now sealed
irora all sound. They saw each other's
jfaces very dimly through the glass
Wsks.
: Donald Indicated to Davles that he
jwas to bring up the rear, his hands
(upon the shoulders of Sam Clouts in
jfront of him. lie placed Ida in front
fef Clouts, and, raising her hands, put
'them upon his own shoulders, himself
leading the procession.
He made his way Into the conning
tower again. lie opened the Inner
chamber of the airlock, admitting Ida
'and himself, and closed It again. lie
jknew that Clouts and Davles could
take care of themselves.
I The nlrlock, built to be used for
escape In just such an emergency, was
Want for one temporary tenant alone.
But two could Just manage to squeeze
In, and Ida could not huve undertaken
,the plunge alone.
I They were breathing the stored oxy
jen within the copper cylinders. They
were safe for the present. The transit
jwas not especially perilous In Itself,
Stmt there were dangers to face the
possibility of being too heavily weight
ed and sinking Into the ooze; that of
being too light and losing balance.
These had to be met
i Through the glass mask Donnld saw
Ida's face. She was composed, and, in
Isplte of the distorting medium, he was
sure that he saw a look of trustful
love in her eyes.
i lie started the compressed-air appa
ratus to keep the sea water out of the
llock, and opened tho outer door. They
'looked Into the nothingness of the
cean bottom. The wall of inky water
was hardly llluinluod by the faint light
that shono from their sleeve-lamps.
! Donald pressed Ida's hand. He felt
Iter fingers flutter in his. She under
stood what she was to do. She placed
her head and shoulders wlthffl the
aperture.
. Donald raised her feet and pushed
er into the sea. lie saw the night of
water swallow her.
And, choking down his fears, he
plunged in after her.
CHAPTER IX.
; On tne Sea Floor.
' He struggled for balance as the sea
.depths enveloped him. lie groped
)n the water as In a fog. The swirl of
bubbling air from the oxygen appara
tus In the lock carried him some dis
tance from the submarine, and then
he felt himself sinking.
He sank very slowly, and as he sank
lie groped for Ida. lie could not find
her. The submarine bad disappeared
completely.
He waded to and fro clumsily. He
was like a dead man who wakes In an
uninhabited purgatory of desolation.
There was nothing anywhere noth
ing. Only the yielding water, at which
his fingers clutched fruitlessly.
He began to walk for six paces in
very direction, calculating that in this
way he could bound a parallelogram
and return to his starting point. Out
he saw nothing, and he did not know
that he had returned to the place from
fwhlch he bad set out
LHe started wildly backward, beltev
g that the submarine lay behind him.
a he walked, dragging his Weight like
convict's chain and ball, "suddenly
,th outlines of the F6S appeared be
fore him.
I He reullzed that she was lying with
,her bow higher than her stern. At
once be grasped the situation. She
had sunk with her bow toward land,
and from this end, therefore, he must
start on the ascent of Fair Island's
subterranean base.
And this discovery renewed his cour
age. Of course, the others were en
deavoring to make the ascent, while
he had gono floundering in the wrong
direction, downward toward the heart
of the crater.
He made his way parallel with the
submarine's bow, keeping well within
sight of the elusive craft, which would
dlsuppenr inomtrL,y before his eytj
and suddenly appear again, nlmot
within arm's reach. Suddenly be
stopped. He stnred at the oozy floor,
Ills light had cast his shadow In front
of him.
Rut that was Impossible.
It was no shadow. It was a flat
tened man, a dwarfish figure, ridicu
lously mlsproportloned, resembling an
imago seen In a curved mirror. It ap
proached slowly and uncertainly. For
a moment Donald felt his heart stand
still with fear. It was a nightmare
figure, terror Incarnate. A little glow
flashed from its arm. They drew to
gether. They stood looking at each other,
peering through their thick masks.
But in that vague medium recognition
was impossible.
Donald saw only the blurred fea
tures behind the thick glass that cov
ered the face, distorted and twisted
by the refraction. Ho surmised that
it was not Davles. Davles could have
made himself known by any of a num
ber of symbols of the seaman's free
masonry. But then, it could not be
Clouts either.
He caught at the figure's hand and
raised it to his sleeve-light It was
a woman's hand It was Ida's.
They knew each other. Donald took
her Angers In his, and together they
started on the ascent.
To his horror, Donald perceived that
the water was becoming opaque.
It presaged the appearance of the
sea monsters. They were In this lair,
and this substanco was no food, no
plankton that those - devils pushed
forth before tbem like a veil, but a
material designed to shield them from
the filtering sunlight.
Donald grasped Ida's hand and
fought his way through the clinging
mass. As he swung his free arm,
upraised, It struck against a rocky
barrier overhead. The ooze underfoot
had yielded to solid rock.
He thrust out bis arms on either
side, and still found rock. He realized
He Struggled for Balance as the Sea
Depths Enveloped Him.
that they were no longer ascending
the mountain, but had struck a cave.
Donald stood still, reflecting. Did
Ida understand? There was no way
In which to tell her.
He was about to retrace his steps
when he perceived, a long distance In
front of him, a tluy glimmer of light.
At first he hoped that It was daylight
But that was impossible.
Ida raised her hand and pointed.
She, too, had seen it and had placed
the same interpretation upon it
At every step the light grew clearer.
It was not stationary, but swung-to
and fro slowly from side to side, ris
ing and falling, yet seeming to retreat
slowly as they advanced. Donald
strained his eyes through the mask,
expecting every moment to see the
form of one of his comrades.
The light stood still immediately In
front of them, upon a level with Don
ald's eyes. lie leaned forward, put
out his hnnd toward it
Suddenly Ida leaped backward,
dragging hlra violently with her. There
was a sense of sound, or vibration,
rather, like the closing of a trap's
Jaws. They seemed to snap together
hardly a foot from Donald's head.
And he saw suddenly, as If it had at
that moment only become risible, the
shadowy form of some vast monster
lurking within the recesses of the cave.
It was one of the. giant forms of
deep-sea life, perhaps holding the same
relationship toward the sea beasts as
tigers do toward men. It might have
followed the swarm when they as
sembled in the submarine crater, pre
paratory to tbelr emigration south
ward. It was not one of the monsters that
bad attacked the boat for Donald
could discern a fishlike body and a
huge head with gleaming eyes, and a
pair of hinged Jaws that gaped wide
as If to search for the prey that bad
eluded them.
The light was a phosphorescent lure
used by the creature to draw its vic
tims within the cavern In which It
lurked. The sluggish monster re
mained quiescent, and again the lure
appeared, dangling between the Jaws
from the snout above them.
Donald pushed Ida before him and
fled out of the cave until be trod upon
the ocean ooze again. And they con
tlnued to crawl at the bottom of . the
sen, two helpless human creatures, un
bellcvably helpless, while around them
the fierce, predatory swarms sought
their diurnal food.
Donald had found the slope of the
Island when tho water began to grow
thick again.
Presently a piiowphorescent patch
appeared In the distance. It became
less hazy, It seemed to concentrate.
The ocean suddenly became like trans
parent Jelly.
And, facing him, Donald saw the
outline of one of the sea monsters,
visible now and horribly magnified.
The eyes opened upon his own. They
were not currantlike in that medium,
but expanded to the full, great orbs
like sunflowers that glowered on their
prospective prey, larger than the eyes
of any beast created since leviathan
and behemoth.
However, tho creature made no move
toward hlra aj Donald, almost para
lyzed, remained confronting It. no
saw the gorilla form, with its short,
budding limbs, the trunk of gorilla's
thickness, the narrow flippers, and the
triangular head.
He felt as some primeval man might
have done when he looked into the
face of the mastodon.
The creature did not pursue him,
but stood, swaying gently, dreadfully
human. Donald snatched at Ida and
tried to run. He tripped and fell.
He dragged himself to his feet again.
He became aware of a barrier between
the monster and himself, which had,
perhaps, saved them. He had stumbled
upon a spiny substance, a cornllold
growth that proved to be the outpost
of a submarine forest It was a field
of crlnolds, the yellow lilies of the sea.
Beautiful plants with branching
arms, they bent and swayed before
Donald's eyes as they drew in the mi
nute forms of life on which they sub
sisted. They were vegetable octopods,
carnivorous Scavengers of the deep,
which feasted on the small fish that
they entangled in their waving
branches, and drew by the ciliary
movements of the lining of their ten
tacles toward the central stomach.
Donald saw one of the waving arms
sweep down toward him. He tore at
it with his fingers. To his surprise,
the brittle branch broke loose and
settled slowly In the ooze, there to be
come the embryo of a plant From
every quarter the tentacles, ns If ap
prized of their presence, came swoop
ing slowly toward them.
Donald saw Ida grasped In their
clinging clutch. Madly he tore at the
graceful, shrinking forms, until he had
cloven a wide swath before him, and
the arms, balked and baffled of their
prey, withdrew.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
NIAGARA KEEPS ARMIES WELL
Chlorine, Used In Water, Kills the
Germs of Disease, Yet Leaves
the Drinker Untouched.
In the trenches of Europe there
must be pure water, lest epidemic dis
ease sweep over them, destroying more
than the shells, shrapnel and machine
guns of the enemy ; and Niagara comes
forward with chlorine, or an allied
product, which kills tho germs of dls-
easo, yet leaves the drinker un
touched. In the simplest forms, the process of
breaking up salt and gutting command
of the qualities of the two elements In
it consists of dissolving about one part
of common salt In eight parts of water
and passing a given current of elec
tricity through it The resultant fluid
Is a great bleacher and disinfectant.
A gallon of It will kill all the germs in
a day's drinking water of a city like
Washington,
A thousand American cities sterilize
their water with these products . of
Niagara, which have done more than
any other agency in the hands of the
sanitarians to wipe out water-borne
epidemics. In the hospitals of France
and England they form the active part
of mixtures used to sterilize the
wounds of the soldiers. National
Geographic Magazine.
Argentine's Wheat Crop.
Reports from tho Argentine state
that weather conditions are ideal for
the growth of wheat The official pre-.
Umlnary estimate Is for a crop of 240,
000,000 bushels. The large crop of
1015-10 was 173,000,000 bushels, and
tho average for the five preceding
years was 140,000,000 bushels. Domes
tic requirements are about 70,000,000
bushels. The large crop now growing
will be available some time after Janu
ary 1 if transportation is furnished.
The Argentine oats crops Is estimat
ed at 88,000,000 bushels, or 12,000,000
bushels more than the crop of 1015, of
which 67,000,000 bushels were exported.
No Time for Debate.
"Jlbbes is the kind of fellow who
never makes a move without first ask
ing hlmsqlf whether or not It will be
good for bis health." "I saw blm Jump
six feet In the air yesterday to dodgt
an automobile. Inatlnct probably told
him what was good for his health,
without bis stopping to debate the mat
ter." To Keep Pipes of Furnace Clean.
In order to recover small articles
dropped through the floor register
grating of a hot-air hentlng system
without the necessity of removing a
section of the pipe, mesh gratings may
be fitted Into place. No. 6 gauge wire
mesh may be used In pieces Just large
enough to fit into the metal box be
low the register.
Women'
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Evening Frocks Obey War Orders
We ore under orders as to evening
gowns; the edict Is that they must be
simple. This is dlctutcd by good taste
in deference to the mood of the public.
Designers are not expected to sit down
In dull apathy and do nothing as long
as war lasts, and on the other hand,
they must not seem to forget the
grim business that occupies so much
of tho world. The evening gown ap
pears not to have suffered from this
restraint In bclug gay. Designers hnve
exercised so much cleverness with tho
means at hand that there is room for
thoughtfulncss.
Velvet Is greatly favored for one-
piece frocks that do duty for eve
ning and extend their usefulness to
daytime wenr by the addition of a
gulmpo of lace or embroidered net, or
en underbodlce with long sleeves of
satin. This type of dress meets with
the readiest approval. '
The evening gown, pure and simple,
Is developed in the usual materials,
of crepe georgette, crepe-de-chine, net
lace, light-colored satin and mettallc
tissues. Chlffun velvet, In more or less
liberal quantities. Is used with all these,
In combinations that add dignity to
the evening frock. It Is surprising
bow little of it can be made to go
o far, like tho little- touches of fur
Adaptable and
The aptitude for wearing clothes
In the right way has more to do with
successful dressing than the style of
the clothes themselves. American
women hnve earned a reputation for a
fine sense of Btyle and fitness that
Is a "sense of clothes." Tcrhnps this
Is the reason they have taken so kind
ly to the capes and flat scarfs of fur
that hnve proved, by a long way, the
most popular furs of the season. These
flnt neck pieces are adaptable and
cusy to adjust
Furs that may be worn either to
muffle up the throat and shoulders,
over warm coats out of doors, or to be
thrown about the shoulders indoors,
rould not fall to please. Whether any
Inquisitive draft of air finds Its way to
thinly clad shoulders cr not, the fur
piece Is a most becoming guard against
It. At concerts nnd club meetings,
dances and restaurant dinners, coats
are discarded but the fur neck piece
lees Its duty and does It nobly. It
Hands by the bodice or blouse of
crepe, makes the uncovered throat
plausible nnd tones up whatever cos
Vne It happens to be worn with.
At the center of the group of fur
pieces shown in the picture, the shape
most popular In capes appears. This
Plaid Wool Supersedes Gingham.
Plaid wool frocks are replacing the
plaid ginghams which were so popular
Inst summer. The plaid wool costume
has the same pleasing goyety and in
formality, but is, of couse, moro suit
able for a winter temperature. These
plaid frocks are made with exceeding
ilmpllclty; n surplice bodice finished
with a long roll collar of white pique
or wash satin nnd narrow, turned-bnek
cuffs to match, and a skirt hanging
Mrnlght at buck and front, with sad
dJcbag side drapery over tho hips.
that spell luxury in all sorts of gar
ments. It is their power of sugges
tion that give velvet and fur their
valuo In toning up fabrics. .
In the pretty frock pictured an un
derbodlce of net with sleeves of net
top lace and corsage of silver tissue,
Is veiled with crepe georgette. The
skirt of the georgette Is worn over an
underskirt of satin. Any of the fash
ionable light colors will look well In
this design and silver tissue Is made
In changeable effect with all of them,
so that the metallic corsage bears out
the color scheme. It will be noticed
that the skirt Is longer than Is usual ;
this and the peculiar sleeves, small at
the top and flaring widely to the
wrists, give the .design novelty and
dash.
To brighten up the dark colored
frocks for evening and for wear with
other dark frocks, strands of bright
colored beads have a special value.'
They are' selected to emphasize
touches of'color that appear elsewhere
In the costume, or to redeem one-color
dark frocks from soraberness. Chi
nese beads are proving the tnost In
teresting, but strands mnde to order
for special frocks draw their inspira
tion from many sources.
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Popular Furs
stylo is made up In all the soft flat
furs as mole, ermine, seal, kolinsky,
squirrel nnd mink. In He picture it
Is developed In chinchilla. The cape
Is lined with soft gray messallne satin
and ties are mJe of the satin fin
ished with a ball end band of fur at
the ends. It has a straight band of
fur, without the white stripe that ap
pears In the cape, for a collar. Very
often two kinds of r appear in these
capes.
The enpe at the right is of Hudson
seal with shawl collar of ermine with
out tho black points ar tall tip that
are shown in the muff. This cape Is
full enough to ripple a little and Is
longer at the front and back than over
the arms. It is lined with soft dark
brown satin.
All kinds of fur are used for the
flat scarfs that are wide enough to
form capes for the shoulders. They
are usunlly about a yard and a half
long and are sometimes discovered to
have pockets Inconspicuously placed
In each end. Just what they are there
for Is to be solved by each woman for
herself.
Sometimes the skirt Is plaited, with
wide box plait panels aj front and
back, narrow sash of the plnld stuff,
faced with bright-colored silk that
echoes the dominant color in the plaid,
adds an attractive touch to such a
frock.
A Spring Forecast
ainghniu silk frocks are to be quite
the rage the coming spring. They are
to hnve full gathered skirts and snug,
well-fitting bodices coming well down
below the aormal walstUae,
LESSON FOR JANUARY 13
JESU3 BEGINS HIS WORK.
LESSON TEXT Mark 1:12-22.
GOLDEN TEXT-Repent ye, and benevl
In the Gospel. ,
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL KOI
FEACHERS Matt. 4:1-11; 8:18-22; Luke
1-13 : 9:67-62; Heb. 4:14-16; Acts :l-; Johl
I.M-38.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Jesus chooses foul
helpers.
MEMORY VERSE-Come ye after me.
Mark 1:17.
INTERMEDIATE TOPIC - Overcome
Umptntlon.
MEMORY VERSE-I Cor. 16:13.
SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC-IIow Jo
sjs faced his task.
I. Introduction (vv. 12,13). Mark do
votes little or no attention to thecnrlj
Incidents of the life of Jesus, nnd onlj
Buggests the events Immediately fol
lowing his baptism. Indeed, for tin
record of the Temptation and the Ser
mon on the Mount, we have to look tc
the other Gospel writers. In tench
Ing the lesson we must not, however
overlook making some reference U
these two outstanding events In thi
life of our Lord.
II. John the Baptlzer (vv. 14, 15)
This section not only disposes of Joht
ns having been put Into prison, bul
Immediately plunges Jesus Into hit
public ministry. Jesus' entry lnt
Galileo was a part of his connection
with John, Inasmuch as he withdrew
himself to that pluce (See John 4:1-3)
and made Capernaum his headquar
ters (Matt. 4 :13). The message hen
recorded as proclaimed by Jesus wai
the Identical summons which John tlx
Baptlzer had uttered. Jesus speuki
of this new kingdom ns being nlrcadj
come, referring, of course, to his owt
person nnd ministry, but In Its actual
establishment It was not really "al
hand" until he shed his blood upon tin
cross nnd the Holy Spirit descended on
the day of Pentecost, when there wai
opened the fountain for sin and un-
cleanliness for the world at large.
III. His Helpers Called, (vv. 10-20),
In this record, we hnve the call oi
four of his helpers: Simon, Andrefl
his brother, Jumcs and John hll
brother, the latter being the sons oi
Zebcdcc. Luke tells us (5:3) thai
Jesus was teaching. Those called
were certainly nt work nnd God al
ways issues his call to those wbosi
time and effort ore being occupied
even though perhaps for selfish pup
poses. There Is no pluce for an Idle)
In the spiritual kingdom. This call
wns to "come ye nfter me" (v. 17),
the purpose being that they might be
come "fishers of men." Notice he be.
gnn upon the common, familiar groun
of fishing, something mutually nnfl
thoroughly understood, und led then
from that to a spiritual truth. In thll
we see a good pedngoglcnl hint and t
wise suggestion to the preacher nn
teacher, viz., that we must begin t
tench our lessons through the medium
of past experience nnd of present In
terests. Simon (Luke 5 :o) appears U
have been a doubter when Jesurf
railed him. Nevertheless, he was wllV
Ing to try Christ at least once, nnd si
nt his word, he let down the net Th(
evidence of obedience Is found In versi
10, nnd Matthew (4:S) also Luke (Ql
11) tells us that when they left thcli
nets, "they left nil."
IV. His Helpers Trained (vv. 21
On 'Tim moult nf tltla nnll trno tatxt
M. Ut V if Ul W US, . II 1 11 UU J V,
'. 21) that as they went Into the clt)
they entered Into the synagogue,
where Jesus tnught them. The In fen
once, of course, is plain. Whenevel
God calls n man Into his kingdom, li
begins at once to tench him the du
ties nnd responsibilities of the king
doni. Notice that In becoming flshert
of men, then began close at home
Brother sought brother. This was no)
the first time that Jesus had called
these brothers. (See John 1:40, 41),
In the call, as nccorded by St. John,
we are led to believe that John (th4
nnmentloncd disciple) first sought an
Interview with Christ. The question
of harmonizing the various calls whlcb
Jesus gave to his disciples Is an In.
foresting one and one which has given
rise to a good deal of discussion. The
one recorded In tho first chapter oi
John occurred In Judca; this one oc
curred In Galilee. As to whether thlf
Is the one recorded In the fifth chap
ter of Luke, there seems to be a gon
oral opinion that It Is not the same,
though wo can with profit compnr
the two callings In teaching this les
son. The probabilities are that ther
were three calls: First, tho one re
corded In John 1:35:42; second, thai
one recorded In Matthew 4:18:22; nnd
tho third nnd last wns that which oc
curred Just before their appointment
to become apostles, the one recorded
In Luke five.
Conclusion. When Jesus faced his
grent task, he did not face It alone. II
had first of nil the npproval of God
the Father. He also had the annolnt-
Ing of God the Holy Spirit nnd he
called In the co-operntlon nnd help oi
huninn agents. Jesus met his tempta
tion and his tnsks not In his own
strength, but In the strength of the
Spirit of God. At the same time be
ing God, he called to his side those
who In turn were to become fishers ol
men, leaders of others. His call to
these disciples was three-fold; (a),
to dlsclpleship, namely, they were to
become learners; (b), to fellowship,
for they wer to enter Into end hvo a
part of his toll, tasks, temptations and
sorrows (Phil. 3:10) ; and (c), to serv
ice. They were to go out as his am
bassadors and representatives. Th
world always demnnds the busy man.
The fact that these men had hired
servants indicates their position in
life. Jesus called to be his dlsclplci
men who were busy with the common
Onlly tasks, but who with prompt obe
dience left those tnsks to learn of him
and who then went out to turn the
world upside down.
It Is the Path of Prohibition (Excerpt
From Address of Miss Anna Gordon,
President National W. C. T. U, Be
fore the Forty-fourth Annual Con
vention of That Organization Held
In Washington, D. C, December 2-7,
1917). j
We praise Ood for the prohibition
victories rising Phoenlxllke from wnr'a
awful gloom and overwhelming anxi
ety. Listen to the patriotic prohibit
tlon roll of 1017:
Prohibition for the District of Co
lumbia ; prohibition for Indluna ; prohi
bition for Utah;. prohibition for New
Hampshire; prohibition for Now Mex
ico ; prohibition for Alaska ; prohibition
for Porto Itlco.
A decade ago four white prohibition
states glenmed on our map of the Unit
ed States ; today there are 27, and tho
District of Columbia, Alaska and Porto
Rico. At the 1018 general election we
expect Minnesota, Missouri, Florida,
Wyoming, Kentucky, Cullfornla, Texas
and Nevada to bring us within one of
the 30 whose legislatures should be
safely counted upon to ratify tho pro
hibition amendment to the national
Constitution.
"Thestockarguments of the liquor
trade have no value today. Great
titles have adopted prohibition with no
Jlsturbance to bunks, groceries, real
estate or hotels, except on the right
side of the ledger. Unprecedented
prosperity has silenced the liquor
men's prophecy of "miles of empty
stores and decreased bank deposits."
Increased population and additional
throngs of summer tourists have for
ever quieted the liquor men's groan
lhat "summer travelers and prospec
tive home seekers ovoid prohibition
:entcrs." Even the circus performers
prefer dry to liquor localities on the
plain proposition of larger profits. Tho
nation today needs the able-bodied
men who make nnd sell liquor. Use
ful and constructive Jobs ere awaiting
those who by the coming of prohibition
ivould be "thrown out of employment."
Hundreds of avenues of urgent work
oeckon the seller of distilled liquors
and the men engaged in the brewing
and vinous trades.
'
To the liquor dealers the defeat of
suffrage always means a victory for
their interests. The trado expends
thousands of dollurs each year In pro
moting publicity ngnlnst votes for
women. "Woman suffrage In New
York state," predicted one widely dis
tributed circular of the liquor trade,
''would kill the malted Industry of the
United States." Woman suffrage In
the Umpire state has arrived I The
malted Industry must go I
The pathway of prohibition for many
years bus run parallel with the path
way of woman suffrage. Today brave
women who have blazed the way for
suffrage or prohibition are Jubilant as
together they press forward on tho
orond highway of Christian citizenship
and exalted patriotism.
Total abstinence and prohibition can
ooth be recommended to the American
people as articles not "made In Ger
many." It Is true that In the years
agone the kaiser, desiring to maintain
autocracy nnd conquer tho world, ad
vised his nnval cadets to abstain from
alcohol. But the chapter of horrors
fumlllar to readers of war news proves
that German officers nnd men demor
alized by drink have committed un
speaknble crimes against womanhood
and childhood the blackest page In
the world's history of Inhumanity. The
kaiser ought to have long and serious
thoughts concerning his prophecy thtif
"the. nation which takes the smallest
quantity of alcohol will win tho battles
Df the future." Autocracy nnd alcohol
rtill both be overthrown. Democracy
and sobriety will win.
The liquor men are establishing n
new battle line of defense In the "beer
and wine to be substituted for brandy
and whisky." Let us keep the lssuo
clear. "Camouflage" Is well understood
by the W. C. T. U. For years the
liquor men obscured the Issue and
deceived the very elect Today, how
ever, the American people have no illu
sions nbout alcohol. The light of sci
entific truth Is shining. Alcohol Is a
poison, beer Is an alcoholic drink. Its
manufacture destroys valuublo grain.
Patriotism the safeguarding of this
and other nations demands prohibi
tion of the manufacture and sale of
beer,
The man who Indulges In whisky
has a "rye" face, and all his actions
turn awry.
t
During the war prohibition agitation
In congress working men of the coun
try were grossly misrepresented by
the nntlprohlbltlon petition signed by,
2,000,000 men presented to President
Wilson. In many prohibition states
federations of labor declare they never
wish to return to the saloon system.
An analysis of the signatures to tho
petition would - doubtless show tho
names of brewers, distillers, saloon
men and their down-and-out victims
largely In evidence. Such men do not
properly represent the labor Interests
of the United States.
8ING A SONG OF DOLLARS.
Sing a song of dollars
Spent In buying booze,
Children home a starving
Mother has no shoes.
Sing a song of dollars
Spent In manly way,
Everybody happy
All the livelong day.
i' . -Good Government
WOUNDS DO NOT HEAL.
I dread the task of operating, on a
drinker. Sir William Paget, M. D.
-Sr Wll