THE ABOLITION OF VODKA in 



consumed the fiery liquor, while men used it in 

 quantities almost unbelievable. The peasants are 

 now more prosperous than ever before the war, and 

 this is attributed to the saving of the large sums 

 formerly spent for vodka. 



Madame La Marquise, now faithfully serving 

 the Red Cross Mission, in an article recently pub- 

 lished by the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, said: 



One of the transformations that have been work- 

 ing to make Russia an interesting study for other 

 peoples deserves universal cognizance. When the 

 Czar's ukase forbidding future use of the Muscovite 

 whisky vodka, was put in force la marquise attended 

 in state to see the execution of the preliminary step 

 to the "water wagon. ' 



At a given hour all the casks of vodka stored in 

 Suwalki were taken to a neighboring hill, where a 

 formal ceremonial inaugurated the end of the demon. 

 The enormous casks were "stove in,' : the liquor 

 coursed down the hillside in torrents; the regretful 

 topers, as a last tribute, flung themselves prone on the 

 ground and swigged till they were insensible. When 

 they could take no more, they rolled in the stream 

 on the ground. Obviously the Czar realized what he 

 was doing when he ventured to cut off by a stroke of 

 the pen the cup that doesn't cheer but bestializes, as 

 the sequel proves, for the Russian economists are 

 cheering the empire with the incredible word that the 



