Show GOOD HABIT SOCIETY Its Beginning and the Work It Is Especteol to Perform in the World The WorldS Good JHabJt society is an unique organization which had its origin ori-gin in Chicago a poor peddler being the moving cause It seems that a fruit peddler took up his station 4t the noon hour beside the doors of a publjoschool house with intent to exchange his wares for pennies pen-nies he parted with his fruit to be sure but as the children seized it without with-out so much as bjc your permission and when he in turn expressed his opinion opin-ion forcibly upon this highway robbery Jhe boys fell upon him and despitefully used him tearing his clothes This was the beginning of the Good Habit society or the incident which led io its formation There are no fees nor dues connected I with the society The officers president presi-dent vice president and secretarygive their services for the love of the cause they willingly undertake to organize ee of charge Good Habit societies in ahy paVt of the land and the boys and girls becoming members as said before be-fore doadot incur any pecuniary pbli SationyThey simply pledge them 3r > lvesr as folloAvs I resblve God helping me to treat Avith kindness those about me including includ-ing dumb rvnimals To use no bad language lan-guage neither to lie nor steal to abstain ab-stain from alcohol as a beverage and tobacco and opium in any form and gambling in any form and Avill favor arbitration 4 i Taking this resolution makes one a I ft ll fledged member I 1 y The prptty badge which Is given to I ach one is a knot of narrow red white and blue ribbon which it Is intended I shall always be AVom > The Good Habit society does not interfere in-terfere with other organizations but rather completes them The vice president at large and cor rfcsponding secretary Mrs E Broofrins PrepUce who is now in New YOrlceS1 tahlishing branches of the society is idmirably adapted for the work to which she has given her life says that the hopes in time to see the Worlds i I i Good Habit society intioduced into ev I i cry public school Sunday school and t I mission school j I find everywhere that it is the long i felt want and so many great and good interested men and women have become ed that we hope great things We believe in the formation of character char-acter as being far more profitable than the reformation each member is urged to lend his influence to Christianizing VheAvorld and to try to follow out in a practical way the teachings of Christ If one visits the public nayground Seventh aAenue and Thirtyseventh street New York the attendants as vels as maqy boys and girls will be found Avearms the badge of the Good Order society I I I DIANA CROSSWAYS |