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Show I PURITY AND TEMPERANCE Theme of Lulu Shepard at R. S. Mall Wednesday Evening. It was an eloquent and forceful lecture lec-ture presented Wednesday evening at the Kelief Society hall in this city by Mrs. Lulu Lovelaod Shepard, the noted temperance advocate. Rarely does the Gunnison publis enjoy an opportunity of listening to such charm of eloquence in delivery of oratory as this lady gave, direct from the heart The leotnrs was given under the auspices aus-pices of the local W. C. T, TJ., President Presi-dent Grace Chrislenson conducting Mrs. Shepard first told of h6r wide experience in the reform lecture field, she having covered 25,000 miles of travel ovar America in course of her work, only thirty days being spent at home during last year. The lecturer then dwelt upon the effects of vice and how to remedy evil. workers should begin now, thinking out men who are known for reliability aud will stand out firmly for .prohibiten, .prohibi-ten, not alone during the campaign but when seated in the legislative halls as well. The lecture was listened to with rapt attention and should have mt t a packed house, which in all probabili ty would have been the case wiih proper sort of advertising -the newspaper news-paper medim, and not the awfully chslked up boards nailed to trees after af-ter the back country fashion. She point d to tie powe-fu! attribute of iove us the panacea most wantiug to bring about the reform desired, ''We may wipe out the saloon," she slid, "but we will still have the devil to fight." Gambling, Sabbath breaking, impurity, im-purity, afid the liquor question were tho : four great evils, with the sa'oon as their breeder, that needed to be overoome for the world'e betterment. The first named 'had slain its thousands thous-ands and robbed its tens of thous auds." To the excuse that the Bible gave no specific reference to gambling gambl-ing she retorted with' Apostle Paul's teachiug : ''LSve worketh no evil to hia neighbor." ' Card playing is ab implement of the saloon, no, of the home. Through this evil women are becoming gamblers as much as men and she deprecated this custom so prevaleut at the home Bocials. From observation she was conversant conver-sant with the fact that impuriry rages over the land and is too often caused by the fathsr'a indifference and want of mother's love. She portrayed sorrowful sor-rowful pictures of victims to ihid neglect neg-lect which had come under her observation- by the thou'saids and imbued her with an intense love for the work of uplifting fallen girls aud boys. We need more mothers consecrated to this cause. Sabbath breaking was-an attendant evil aud called for earnest reform also. Mrs. Shepard's concluding message w:as directed against the liquor traffic. Said ahe didn't hate the saloon keeper, keep-er, for, someday, he'll get right, but as a rule they are vicious and their business drags victims by the millions to degredation. She denounced in strong terms town officials who see no w :y of maint lining rule only at the expeuee of the ruined souls of our boys. "I want to tell you," she pleaded, "a liquor saloon can't be reformed. It goes hand in hand with the brothel and as nertaiuly le:ids un der the quiet shade of night to ultimate ulti-mate loss of honor." j S be vigorously advised against delay de-lay in selecting candidates to serve in the next legislature. The lemperance |