Show A HUMAN DOCUMENT ENT TO ALL JOLLY GOOD FELLOWS Good habits habits of ot Industry conscientiousness thoughtfulness method and f formed by a young joung man are a t fortune rt or of accuracy punctuality o ones once y fl themselves e wrought in the very fibers of 1 his s sy being they t y become e a part t of himself and Insure his success as no outward help can possibly do On OTt the other hand bad habits though quickly acquired hang forever on the wheels of enterprise enterprise enterprise enter enter- prise and obstruct and defeat all progress to the ruin and shame of then their victim William William Matthews I IS I'S S I 5 S fl S C. C p S 5 5 5 S 55 S tS J JS sS s S S g 5 5 S 5 S S r 0 t tr r For He Was a Jolly Good Fellow From Bank Cashier t 16 to the Gutter By PAUL MINER Possibly you know him once he stood on a high pedestal of respectability today respectability today he is ii a derelict of lost hope You lou perhaps have noticed him staggering staggering staggering stag stag- gering U dily ungracefully from side to side on the street I Hungry broke destitute and drunk pitiable indeed is his is helplessness Ask him hm the primary primary cause of ht hi his misfortune his downfall fall his bis Is reply will willbe willbe willbe be Drink You Tou know this this this' man well You Tou watched him rise and fall tall You knew him when he held a It position of trust trustin in a leading financial institution You Ton also remember when he faithfully filled rUled other positions of trust and responsibility He was beloved beloyed by all while his standard of citizenship was his most valuable asset Occasionally when hen asked to come come Inand in inand and have something h he would accept He felt so confident of his own strength to resist if he ho so willed that sometimes he would say ay I I feel sorry for a a. man TV who ho has not the stamina of i iI ie purpose e to resist taking the second drink I Today we know that defender of the I limited drink creed ns as a a. blear eyed i iI I drunkard drunkard His Ills countenance is fearful t to look upon for there is seen depicted I the worst passions of our common nature na lla- na- na I ture In this poor wretch we see a 11 half starved half frozen helpless hopeless i victim of the come comein in in and take some something something I thing habit S His descent was not rapid but slowly slow Mow I ly b yet surely he descended descended- the social scale On reaching the bottom tt runs rung a of the e ladder d h his erstwhile r h l convivial friends as might be expected no longer sought his company company Boon companions no longer say lay Come in and take something The poor wretch the subject of this tirade against strong drink now spends his i days and nights in saloons waiting ever waiting for or someone to say Everybody roll ran up its it's my treat Social ostracism for the drunkard meant social ostracism for this hIs family An unjust condition to visit the sins of the head of ot the family upon innocent inno Inno- cent wife cent wife and progeny but such a condition condition con con- exists exists- and even society Is powerless to remedy it It You Know Him You know well wen the subject of ot this sketch Some ome who read this have perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps expostulated argued reasoned with the poor poor- drunkard hoping with kind words to help reclaim him lie He will acknowledge that he has no claim dalm to the world will admit that he has wasted his his' life lifes life's s opportunities The shabby hat pulled down over his his head head the blue and bloated face faca the fringe at the edge of ot his worn orn clothing the holes in his shoes all speak of ml misery mery err dejection suffering poverty pov r and destitution He lie may be found in the bread line again in any shelter he can find ind eventually eventually he will willbe willbe be seen sitting In a saloon chair dead stark dead lIe He was a failure be because because because be- be cause of drink He lacked racked character the stamina to resist hence the tragedy y yas as a finale But for drink he today today would be JI a factor in the world of use His family would be enjoying those associations which education and natural refinement entitles them to In Inthis Inthis Inthis this case and there are thousands of ot similar ones drink stultified and degraded de do- graded the paternal head and his fall means a lower social plane for those dependent pon him There are those those- who will sneer at such warnings yet forsooth the foregoing portrays a chapter in the life Ufe of one who formerly h held ld high rank among you jou ou and whose fate Is la predicted in line with usual happenings in such casesI cases I not only appeal to the Inebriate to take warning by bv the foregoing foregoing fore fore- going but more earnestly still I appeal to the young oung man about to make his debut on lifes life's stage of action No 1 argument can be consistently ad advanced advanced advanced ad- ad in behalf of strong drink It Itis Itis Itis is a pestilence which yearly sweeps thousands into premature premature- graves I The foregoing little sketch is true every word of It and it could I be entitled From i rom Bank Cashier to the Gutter I |