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Show DEMON BEER SUFFERS DEFEAT BY PRETTY GIRLS h NEW YORK. Jan. 7. Pretty girls i I bearing palls of steaming coffee for th men engaged in the excavating work I for a new railway terminal in Forty- 'l second .street have disclosed a new 'J method of temperance work in this 1 city. Ever since the work began stu dents and faculty of the Bible Teachers' Training- school near by have had their attention distracted from 'their studies by the sight of the laborers getting in line promptly at the stroke of 13 o'clock and starting for beer. There are numerous nu-merous saloons and two breweries near by. so temptations were plentiful. A crusade against the liquor sellers In the shape of speeches was discussed dis-cussed and quickly put aside as useless and the .students set themselves to devise de-vise some more efficient form of fortifying forti-fying the men against temptation to quaff beer. Someone suggested a sub; stltute and - coffee . was chosen. Great quantities, steaming hot, were carried among the workmen as they quit for lunch and a great falling oft In the patronage pa-tronage of the saloons and breweries in She neighborhood has resulted. The faculty and students express much gratification over the success of the vtrture. |