1904 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1169 



Christian work, seemed downhearted and 

 discouraged. She said everybody was will- 

 ing to assent that cigarettes ought to be 

 banished, but they were not ready to do any 

 thing particularly. She rejoiced to know 

 that the heads of great factories as well as 

 railroad lines decline to employ a man who 

 uses cigarettes; but that when it came to 

 legislation there seemed to be a general be- 

 lief that, where great factories are making 

 money, and paying a big lot of taxes, they 

 could not very well be interfered with. 

 Now to go back to that newspaper extract: 



It is not at all surprising that the use of 

 alcohol is influencing the literature of the 

 day. If there is any thing that the liquor- 

 business is not influencing, I should be glad to 

 know it. The W. C. T. U. has been instru- 

 mental in introducing text-books through- 

 out the United States, warning the children 

 against the evils of intoxicants. But we 

 were informed at the convention that the 

 liquor-dealers are making vehement protests 

 against these same school text-books; and 

 they have got some men who stand pretty 

 well up, to agree to help them in getting 

 these books out of the schools. They claim 

 it is out of place, etc. Now, if the schools 

 of our land are not the place to warn our 

 children against intemperance, where in the 

 world is the place? 



May be I am finding a good deal of fault 

 with this land of ours and of what is going 

 on; but I am not by any means unmindful of 

 the glorious things that are being done, and 

 of the good men we have in high office. It 

 was my good friend Miss Gaston who wrote 

 our President, and received a letter saying 

 he had never used tobacco in anyway, shape, 

 or manner, and that it was very unlikely he 

 ever would use it.* No wonder he takes 

 such a stand as this when we take a glimpse 

 of that bright family of a goodly number 

 that is growing up around him. I have just 

 seen a brief statement in one of the dailies 

 that President Roosevelt has already ex- 

 pressed his disapproval of letting the brew- 

 ers carry beer into the Indian Territory. 

 May God guide and give our President cour- 

 age and wisdom to stand his ground. 



In our last issue I told you of the business 

 of a "procurer." He is employed to get 

 hold of young women who get off the trains 

 in the great cities unattended. I am glad 

 to tell you that the Y. W. C. A. has estab- 

 lished itself so well in the depots of nearly 

 all of our large cities that they have a com- 

 petent woman to look after unattended girls. 

 I have met members of this organization in 

 different cities, and have thanked God for 

 the work they are doing. In this connec- 



* This matter came about, so Miss Gaston told me, 

 something this way: Mrs. Carrie Nation was denounc- 

 ing the grown-up men who set an example before the 

 boys of using cigarettes; and in her vehement reckless 

 way she declai-ed that President Roosevelt was a user 

 of cigarettes. Several remonstrated at this, and finally 

 Mrs. " Carrie " said, " If you will prove to me that Pres- 

 ident Roosevelt does not use cigarettes I will donate $50 

 to your anti-cigarette crusade." I asked Miss Gaston if 

 Mrs. Nation turned over the money as agreed when she 

 found out she was mistaken. She replied it had not as 

 yet been forthcoming. 



tion I should make a great mistake if I 

 should fail to mention Miss Helen Gould and 

 the grand work she is doing for her fellow 

 men and women. May God be praised for 

 at least one woman who has great wealth 

 and is using it for the purpose of lifting up 

 and protecting her sisters. 



In the opening of my talk I complained a 

 little about Harper's Magazine as it used to 

 be in my boyhood. I am now going to say 

 something in favor of the Harper publica- 

 tions. It was one of my happy surprises 

 when I found the following in Harper's 

 Weekly : 



The standard of manners among smokers seems to be 

 low. The men who bring lighted cigars into street-cars 

 and the cars of the elevated railroad, the men who 

 ci-owd the back platform of surface-cars and smoke in 

 the face of every passenger who crowds past them to 

 get on or off, clearly and scandalously disregard the 

 rights of others. They are usually men who, judging 

 from their outward appearance, ought to know better. 

 But they don't seem to know better. They don't seem 

 to appreciate that their behavior is an imposition on 

 public patience. These street-car smokers ought not to 

 be tolerated, and we hope that an inclination recently 

 disclosed by the health authorities and the railroad 

 officers to get after them will bear prompt and effectual 

 fruit. 



There are fit places for tobacco-smoke, cigarettes, 

 and cigar-stumps. Out of place they are all offensive. 

 To smoke in the street is inexpedient at best. To carry 

 a lighted cigar into any house, into any shop, elevator, 

 waiting-room, or vehicle is bad manners, ranging in de- 

 gree, according to circumstances, from inconsiderate- 

 ness up to boorishness. Women, as a rule, don't smoke, 

 and careful consideration for their wishes as to tobacco 

 should always be shown by smokers while in their 

 company. 



If every magazine in our land would give 

 place to a similar editorial it might do more 

 good than anybody can ever measure; and if 

 every one who reads our current magazines 

 would send a nice little note to the editor, 

 protesting against the stories that even in- 

 directly encourage vice and intemperance, I 

 think we might soon have some stories just 

 as interesting at the same time that they up- 

 hold "righteousness" and discourage "in- 

 iquity." 



SELLING "secrets;" OR, "HOW TO DO 

 THINGS " FOR A SUM OF MONEY. 



Our older readers will remember how pro- 

 nounced and decided I have always been 

 against this practice. First, whoever gets 

 a dollar or more for any secret ought to fur- 

 nish a decent-sized book according to the 

 amount of money charged. If he does not 

 do this, and sends only a few directions 

 printed on a single slip of paper, the recipi- 

 ent could copy it for his neighbors, or, bet- 

 ter still, have it published for the benefit of 

 all. Of course the vender sometimes ex- 

 acts a promise not to divulge the secret; 

 but I would always object to making any 

 promise not to divulge what would be of 

 benefit to my fellow-man. Now, I want to 

 give you an illustration from a transaction 

 from real life. In several of our automo- 

 bile journals we have the following: 



DON'T THROW those worn-out tires away; none so 

 bad but that can be fixed at small cost. A revelation. 

 Write to-day. P. B. Fellwock, Evansville, Ind. 



After reading the above I recalled I had 

 two ' ' played - out ' ' automobile tires that 



