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Show H CRACKERS AND CHEESE AND MORALITY. M Thank heaven for the inspiration with which B the councilmen connected who drafted the ordl- m nance prohibiting the distribution of crackers H and cheese atl the bars of our beautiful city. H Thert is no question that in the fortnight H since the ordinance went into effect the moral H tone of the community has been raised percepti- H bly and that the saloon men are obeying to the Hf letter the edict of the council is proven as much Hj by the looks of some of the hungry-looking coun- H cilmen as anything else. H Statements of leading physicians conclusively H bear witness to the fact that crackers and cheese H are bad for anyone, and there are many other H evidences that in some communities where the H habit has taken a firm hold on the inhabitants, H the result has been detrimental to the general H industry of the community at large; for the av- 1 erage man who stuffs (himself with crackers and m clieeso is not capable of thinking so clearly and H as a result becomes lazy and does not accom- M pllsh as much work in a week as one crackerless H and cheeselcss man can do in a day. Of course, M this would not affect most of the councilmen. The measure, however, is not in great favor H with most housewives in medium circumstances, H for previous to the passing of the ordinance when B their better halves could stall around and pick M. up enough to hold them together until night, they H now go home to eat, putting an additional bur- M den on the woman behind the rolling pin, and H adding to her troubles now already pressed to H the limit by the wheat king and the potato fl farmer. B But the moral tone has been raised. |