1904 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



139 



The man who stands over them, and should 

 keep watch, draws his pay and — docs fiofh- 

 itii^'. The policemen do still worse. They 

 get paj' from the city for enforcing- the law, 

 and then get })iore pay from the whisky- 

 sellers for not enforcing the law. How 

 shall we train up the rising- generation so 

 as to have a better class — a more honest 

 and God-fearing set of men and women, for 

 the women are also responsible? 



Now, this is a solemn and serious ques- 

 tion. In God's name I ask you to answer 

 me — answer me while you are thinking of 

 the future welfare of your own boys and 

 girls. Will sending them to the theaters, 

 or helping them to attend theaters, make 

 them }nore godly and upright?* Something 

 comes in here that is not exactly in the line 

 of theater-going; but it comes so near it, 

 however, that 1 am going- to give it as a fit- 

 ting windup to this Home talk. It came to 

 us in tract torm. 



A SCATHING INDICTMENT, BY REV. S. B. ALDERSON. 



At a mass meeting in the Second Presbyterian 

 Church ot Port-smouth, O , on a recent sabbath after- 

 noon, HI the presence of over two huiuired men a 

 converted gambler and ex-.saljon keeper made the fol- 

 lowing statement, which has created a prolound im- 

 pression, and I herewith transmit it to your paper, 

 that It may do good in a wider sphere: 



'■ I have been in tt e s..loon hnsniess, with a gam- 

 bling-room ai tached, for the last iouryears.and claim to 

 kuovv sou.ething about what I am going to tell \ ou. I 

 do not believe that the gambling den is nearly so dan- 

 gerous, nor doe= it do any thing like the same amount 

 ot haim, as the social card party in the home. 1 give 

 this as my reason : In the gainiiling room the windows 

 are closed light the curia ns are pulled down; every 

 thing is conaucied .-ecreily for tear of detection, and 

 none but gamblers, as a rule, enter there ; while in the 

 parlor ali have a cess to thcr game children are per- 

 mittt-d lo watch it, youi g people are invited to partake 

 ill it. it IS made attractive and alluiing by giving 

 piizes, serving refreshments, and adding high social 

 enjoyments l-or my part \ never could see the differ- 

 ence between playing for a piece <f silver molded in 

 the shape of money and sil.er molded in the shape of 

 a cup or a thimble. The principle is ihe same; and 

 whenever prop riy changes hands over the luck of 

 cards, no matter how small is ih value of the prize, I 

 believe it is gambling Peihaps you have never 

 thought of it; but where do all the gamblers come 

 fiom.' They are not taught in ihe gambling dens. A 

 ' gieener,' unless he is a fool, nevi r tiiter.s a gambling- 

 hell because he knows that he will i e fleectd out of 

 every thing he possesses in less than fifteen minutes. 

 He has learned -oniewliere el.-e before he sets foot in- 

 side of such a pla^e. Whtn he has played in the par 

 lor, in the social game of the home, and has become 

 proficient enough to win prizes among his fiiends the 

 next step with him is to seek out the gambling-room, 

 for he has learned, and now counts upon his proficien- 

 cy to hold his own. 



" The saloon men and gimblers chuckle and smile 

 when they read in the pai eis of the parlor gam' s giv- 

 en by the ladies, for they know that, alter awhile, 

 these' same men will becjine the patrons of their lousi- 

 ness 1 .say, ' hen, the pari ,r g irae is the college « here 

 gamblers are made and educated. In the name of 

 God, men, stop this business in your homes. Burn up 

 your decks and wash your hands. The otht-r day I 

 overheard two ladies tilknig on th e street, one said : 

 ' I am going to have a card party and am going to the 

 store to get a pack of cards. Which are the best kind 



* After the above wa'=; in type T found the following 

 in a later copy of the Sunday School Times : 



The following letter from a Chicago imstor, received just 

 as this issue is closing, is of I irai-ly s.guiticai.ce : " The Iro- 

 quois Theater horror has ^,hilkeu our city as it is --eldoin 

 stirred by any iuti-rest. The theater quest ion, morally con- 

 sidered, has become a living question with hutidreds of 

 Christian peoide who f n quent such places. Several have 

 intimated to me that they should never go again-iiot sohly 

 through fear, but through an awakened conscience. Not 

 only in Chicago, but the country ov. r, the hour is ripe for 

 gentle and tactful dealing with theater-going Christians." 



to get?' The other replied, 'Get the Angel card. It 

 has an angel on the back.' 



'Think." said he, -'of dragging the pure angels of 

 heaven into this infernal busiiit.ss." 



After he had tak' u his seat another ex gambler, who 

 led the men's meeting in the Second Presbyterian 

 chutch the following sabbath, arose and said: "1 en- 

 dor.se every woid which the brother be'ore me has 

 just uttered. I was a gambler. I learned to play 

 cards not in thesilion not in my own home, but in 

 the homes of my young ft iends who invited me to play 

 with them and taught me how." 



I send jon tht se testimonials, hoping that you can 

 use them, and th^t God will sound through them a 

 note of warning to caid placing Christians. A num- 

 ber of men went home trom that aiternoon meeting 

 and set up a new rule in ihtir families, that never 

 should another game be plaj ed inside their house; 

 that thtir parlors should not become kindergartens 

 for training young gambleis. 



Tobacco, Cigareites, etc. 



TOB.\CCO AND CIGAKKTTES IN THE UNITED 

 SrATkS. 



Friend Root:— The c\ ppiug inc'osed shows such an 

 enormous annual increase of the consumption of ci- 

 gars an<l cigareiies that 1 want lo call your attention 

 lo it a^aiii -nearly 9 per cent of cigars and over In per 

 cent ot cigarettes. Does tne memtjership of all the 

 chir^hes iiic ease any thing near as la-t? And is 

 there any thing done uy lliem to speak of to combat 

 thetvil.'' uiie of the churches here has had two SuC- 

 c ssive pastors that have u.^-ed toliacco, aud one of 

 them has had to enter a saloon and take his two bojs 

 by the collar to biiiig tnciii out. <*i-^ 



1 think some, as 1 read our reform paper, that the 

 tobacco-user need not wouder that his sons are drunk- 

 ards or Ills daughters prostitutes. That, 1 know, is 

 putting it lotner stiong; but somethuig is needed. 

 Kv en inoie Dowics would be welcome, so tar as t jbacco 

 is concerned. To get rid of tobacco 1 would be willing 

 to put up with a large — veiy laige-amount of super- 

 stition. D. CUMMIMS. 



Couneaut, O., Dec. 12. 



Below is the clipping referred to : 



ABE WE SMOKING TOO MDCH? 



The tobacco bill of the American people has grown 

 to an eiiornious size. The people oi tne country use 

 more tobacco and snuff every jear. While the men 

 spend moie money on tobacco tne women are doing a 

 larger bus utss with snuff than ever before. There 

 were 81U.ljoi.t)39 pounds oi to acco and 18,840,7^7 pounds 

 of snuff withdrawn ir m warehouses lor consumption 

 during the last fiscal year, not couuiing 8,315,217 

 pounds withdrawn for export, making a total of the 

 two articles of ii37 810, (iU3 pounds used, ugainst 3'28,4bl,- 

 i'i'6 pounds in the preceding fiscal >ear. 



A total of 7,78/, 451, 10-* cigars was withdrawn for smok- 

 ing, an increase of b79, 137, ISl over the preceding year. 

 Ci^aicttes smoked during the last fiscal year uum- 

 be ed 3,251883,330, an increase of 357,213,403 over the 

 year belore. 



There were 26.42,3 cigar and 517 cigarette factories in 

 operation Virginia manufactured 4t)0, 702, 3 il cigars, 

 us.ug 4,U96,t02 pounds ot loiacco North Caro.ina 

 makes comparatively lew cigars, putting most of her 

 mauuiaciure into plug and other tobaccos North 

 Carolina for instance, us d only lst),'251 pounds of to- 

 bacco in cigars, and made only 9 423 0>ti cigars. 



New Jeiscy piodi.Cid more snuff than any other 

 State, the total being 5.5'>3,3J3 pounds, ueaily one-third 

 ot all that was used. — Washington .bVar. 



Of course, the question arises, " Are the 

 figures given above true?" As the period- 

 ical quoted comes from Washington, the 

 seat ol guvernment, I presume it is author- 

 ity. We hdve not copied the whole article 

 as given by the Washington Star, but there 

 is no evidence in it that the writer was 

 feeling troubled about it. He simply gave 

 the facts and- figures, without comment. 

 My impression was that cigarettes were on 

 the decrease ; and, if 1 remember correctly. 



