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lives we put brakes on our words and actions in 

 order to become refined ; but alcohol makes us un- 

 stable and away the fool in us goes without brake 

 or balance, revealing the secret man in blasphemy, 

 vile wit and brutal instincts. It is up to us of the 

 Twentieth Century to put down the drink habit 

 which has cursed the world so long and thus put 

 a quietus on the long train of deviltries which have 

 followed it. Now that " the better half " of the 

 people are getting their rights or approaching 

 them, I have faith that this one of the two hardest 

 problems will soon find a nation-wide solution ; for 

 no woman wants a drunken or a drinking husband 

 and no lady likes a man's feet under her table who 

 stands on his rights and forgets his duties. 



The latest, if not the last, of the great problems 

 which we of this generation must face is War. All 

 the hideousness and ruin of wholesale murder has 

 been revealed. Our consciences have been en- 

 lightened and what was once bravery, patriotism, 

 powder-religion, as well as what was good cheer 

 and wine smartness, have become heinous sins. 

 Sobriety and peace are twin brothers. We may 

 ignore the light and sear our consciences and when 

 opposed fight back. " Whom the gods destroy 

 they first make mad." We are in the midst of 



