SEPTEMBER 1, 1913 



627 



Temper ance 



" CREATING AX APPETITE.-" 



I want you to take a look at the picture 

 of that boy on page 564 of our issue for 

 August 1. May be you think our boys are 

 not very often taught to drink. If so, look 

 at the following, which I clip from the 

 A merican A flvcoice : 



SCHOOL-CHILDREN DRUNK.! 



Yes, in our land of light and protection for the 

 home ! 



Read the details in this bit of item from the daily 

 press. It -n-as printed at the bottom of an out-of-the- 

 vay column : 



81 PUPILS GET DBUNK; PASSAIC SCHOOL REPORT 

 SHOCKS OFFICIALS. 



Passaic, N. J., July 13. — Mayor George N. Seger, 

 of Passaic, received the annual report of Truant 

 Officer Herman "Weber yesterday. Casually he ran 

 liis eye down the list of absentees, the list of sick, 

 until he came to a line near the bottom of the page. 

 Then he leaped from his chair and rang the bell 

 violently. 



" Send for Mr. Weber at once to explain this," 

 he fairly gasped. " I never heard of such a thing! " 



The line of the report that had excited the mayor 

 reads as follows: "Total number of school-children 

 intoxicated during the year, 81." 



Mr. Weber, when he appeared, explained that all 

 these childi-en had come to school, at one time or 

 another, drowsy and inattentive, some of them bois- 

 terous and quarrelsome, and each case investigated 

 had established the fact that they were under the 

 influence of liquor. 



The mayor has issued orders that in the future 

 each case of intoxication among school-children shall 

 be made the subject of a special report and a care- 

 ful investigation. Among other facts to be noted are 

 the nationality and social standing of the parents, 

 and, if possible, whether the child was given the 

 intoxicant at home. 



Of course, we do not know how many 

 pupils there were in that school; but dur- 

 ing- the year there were 81 that got drunk. 

 Without question these children Avere taught 

 to drink just that the gTeedy liquor-dealers 

 might get their nickels. Notwithstanding- 

 such reports as this, the licjuor power has 

 got its hellish grasp so firmly on the affairs 

 of our government that all the good people 

 in all the whole wide world, up to the pres- 

 ent time, have been totally unable to break 

 its clutches on our administration. 



(;0D S KINGDOM COMING ; THE WAY IN WHICH 



WOMEN ARE VOTING IN ILLINOIS TO 



BANISH AND KEEP OUT THE 



SALOON. 



We coi:)y the following from the Union 

 Signal because it shows in detail how the 

 women went to work, and what they accom- 

 plished in one Illinois city : 



ILLINOIS -WOMEN VOTE ON THE SALOON PROPOSITION. 

 ETTA ROOT EDWARDS, 



Vice-president lUinois W. C. T. V. 

 The first test in Illinois of women's sentiment re- 

 garding saloons was made in Benton, July 22. Ben- 

 ton, a city of about 5000 people, is the county-seat 

 uf Franklin County. It has had no saloons for five 

 years. This spring, under the commission form of 

 government, a license ordinance was introduced. 



The vote stood three for and three against. The 

 mayor referred the matter to the people. So the bal- 

 lot read, " Shall the ordinance for licensing dram- 

 shops be passed ? " 



The Women's Christian Temperance Union as- 

 sumed the responsibility of getting the women to the 

 polls. Mrs. Mary Hart, wife of former County Judge 

 Hart, was made chairman of the central committee. 

 She chose one woman from each ward to act with 

 her in polling the city. The local president, Mrs. 

 Hudgins, then called for volunteers to make a house- 

 to-house canvass, and fifty-six women responded. 

 Each ward was divided into sections, and two wom- 

 en were assigned to each section. A day was decid- 

 ed upon for a whirlwind canvass, and practically 

 every home in the city was visited that day. The 

 canvassers took with them sample ballots from which 

 they showed the women how to vote ; some good lit- 

 erature, which they left in the home, and a note- 

 book in which was recorded the name and addi-ess 

 of each voter, how she would vote, and when to call 

 for her. These facts were tabulated, and the names 

 arranged alphabetically on separate sheets, ready 

 for use on election day. 



The day came. The committee was at the polls 

 lialf an hour before the time for opening. The first 

 woman who voted was Mrs. Margaret Martin, seven- 

 ty-seven years old, and for fifty years a resident of 

 Benton. Ten automobiles had been gratuitously plac- 

 ed at the disposal of the committee. 



The chivalry of the splendid men of Benton can 

 not be excelled. Ministers, lawyers, business men, 

 city and county officials, clerks and judges, vied with 

 each other in acts of courtesy and kindness. 



What was the result ? Four hundred and twenty- 

 two women voted. Four hundred and eight of them 

 voted against the saloon. The total vote was 836, 

 and the dry majority was 526. 



Judge Hart said, " I have been here for twenty- 

 five years, and I have never seen things so quiet 

 and orderly on election day." 



Benton's sweeping victory has sent a thrill of con- 

 fidence into the hearts of good people throughout 

 this entire section. 



There you have it, friends. If you are 

 working and praying to have your town, 

 county, or State dry, and to keep it dry, 

 are you willing to take the time and trouble, 

 to work as did those devoted women? 



TAKING THE BABY TO THE POLLS TO VOTE; 



AND ALSO TAKING THE BABY WHEN A 



WOMAN IS CALLED ON TO SIT ON 



JURY. 



We copy the following also, at length, 

 from the Union Signal, because it foreshad- 

 ows so well the " good time coming." Our 

 readers will remember that I mentioned 

 taking the babies to meeting in the Grand 

 Traverse region in Jlichigan. 



WHO WILL TAKE CARE OF THE BABY? 



Mrs. Sena Hartzell, National Organizer and Lecturer 

 Once upon a time the question was asked with 

 bated breath, " Who'll take care of the baby when 

 tlie mother goes to vote?" That question has been 

 answered and exemplified. If no other plan offers, 

 she takes it to the polls with her. Now the question 

 is, '^^^lat would the mother of an infant do if she 

 were called upon to serve on a jury ? At Mitchell, 

 Oregon, a village sixty miles from a raib-oad, nest- 

 ling in a beautiful valley, surrounded bj' towering 

 peaks, where is located a thiiving W. C. T. U., the 

 question was admirably answered. 



