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before the rest of the neighborhood, but I 

 rather enjoyed it; and I remember thinking 

 what a pity it was that folks could not go 

 about all day in night dresses — that is, when 

 the temperature is up to 80 or 85 ; and it 

 also occurred to me that many of us would 

 accomplish very much more if we were un- 

 hampered by fashion and clothing we do 

 not need. We do not know at present just 



how much better off we should be. I can 

 not tell exactly, by looking at the picture; 

 but my impression is that some of the pu- 

 pils ( ? ) are well along in years. My good 

 friends who run hand cultivators out in 

 the fields, would it not be a luxury to be 

 permitted to dress like that chap holding 

 tli8 cultivator on the right hand of the pic- 

 ture? 



Temperance 



ANOTHER STRAW WHICH SHOWS WHICH WAY 

 THE WIND IS blowing; SALOONS BAN- 

 ISHED FROM THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE. 



We clip the following from the Union 

 Signal: 



A SALOONLESS ZONE; NO SALOON LICENSES TO BE 



ISSUED IN THE CANAL ZONE AFTER JULY 1, 1913. 



BY ABBIE B. HILLERMAN, 



National W. C. T. TJ. Representative 

 in Canal Zone. 



At a meeting of the Isthmian Canal Commission- 

 ers held April 24, 1913, the following resolution was 

 adopted: "Resolved, That no license for the sale of 

 intoxicating liquors in the Canal Zone be granted by 

 the Commission for any period beginning on or after 

 July 1, 1913." During the present fiscal year there 

 were five Canal Zone settlements where saloons were 

 permitted ; namely, New Gatune, Gorgona, Matachin, 

 Empire, and Culebra. Thirty-eight licenses were 

 granted in these places last year. The proximity of 

 Empire to Camp Otis made it advisable to stop 

 granting licenses there, and the same reason applies 

 to Culebra, according to the Canal Record, another 

 argument against the canteen in the army. 



The highest number of licenses issued at any time 

 was sixty-three in 1908 and 1909. At the present 

 time there are thirty-five. A license fee of $100 per 

 month was required; and for the period of six years 

 during the operation of this system the sum of 

 $326,200 has been received from this source by the 

 government, represented by the Isthmian Canal Com- 

 missioners. This only shows the financial side. The 

 toll of blighted manhood and ruined characters which 

 has been collected by the rum traffic is appalling. 

 Three great American breweries are there. 



We are thankful that there will be one exception 

 at least to the statement that " The American saloon 

 follows the American flag." With the eyes of the 

 world centered upon this strip of land which is so 

 soon to be the great ocean highway of nations, this 

 action is most opportune. We believe that the thou- 

 sands of pages of temperance literature sent to this 

 section by the National W. C. T. U., together with 

 the influence of temperance sentiment at home, has 

 had some part in this victory. It is certainly in 

 harmony with the views and actions of the President 

 of the United States and his cabinet. 



May the Lord be praised for the above. 

 And it is my impression that the W. C. T. 

 U. has had much to do Avith bringing about 

 this happy result ; and thank the Lord, also, 

 for a President whose life and character 

 are in harmony with the above. 



The crowning engineering achievement of 

 the world can not afford to be handicapped 

 just at its completion by the presence of the 

 saloon business and the liquor-traffic. 



THE MILLENNIUM COMING THROUGH OUR 

 GREAT RAILWAYS. 



May be the above heading is pretty 

 strong; but our great railway companies 

 are at least having something to do with it. 

 See page 234 of our issue for May 1. Then 

 read the following letter. 



Mr. A. I. Root: — In the May 1st issue of Glean- 

 ings you quote a letter issued by a railroad claim 

 agent to their employees, and ask some one to send 

 you the name of the road. I am glad to say this 

 letter was sent out by Mr. C. W. Egan, claim agent 

 for the B. & O. R. R., Baltimore, Md. The B. & O., 

 besides being the first road in this country, was the 

 first to issue an order forbidding their employees 

 drinking intoxicating liquors or frequenting places 

 where they are sold, either while on or off duty. I 

 am glad to see most of the railroads are requiring 

 the same from their employees now. 



I have been employed by this company for about 

 fifteen years as telegraph operator, and am located 

 at present near the historic town of Harper's Ferry, 

 W. Va. I enjoy your Home talks very much, and 

 hope you may live to keep up the good work for 

 many more years. 



Keller, w". V., May 29. W. F. Andes. 



Hurrah for the B. & 0. Railway Co.! 

 " Long may they wave " ! 



CIGARETTES AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. 



We clip the following from the South 

 Dakota Farmer: * 



Agents of the New York Factory Inspection Com- 

 mission have made the discovery that many thou- 

 sands of hiigh-grade cigarettes are made in tenement 

 houses among which contagious diseases are found. 

 The woman of the house employs odd moments be- 

 tween housework and caring for sick children in 

 rolling these " coffin nails," licking them with her 

 tongue to hold the paper together. 



This disclosure may not suggest any thing to the. 

 youth and their elders who smoke cigarettes, but it 

 ought to. 



And once more let me ask why the Health 

 Commission of the United States, while 

 waging war on pernicious and habit-form- 

 ing drugs, does not turn its attention (and 

 guns) toward cigarettes and the whole cig- 

 arette business. Is there not reason for it 

 aside from what is referred to in the above 

 clipping. Making idiots of our boys is per- 

 haps even worse than sending them to their 

 coffins through contagion. 



