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Show Temperaiwc Vfctes" (Conflu'te.i hy ths NntlonAl Woman's Christian Tempernm-c I nlon.) INTEMPERANCE IN EUROPE. One of the prize publicity methods) of the brewery and wine interests la to contrnst the amount of drunkenness In one of our prohibition stntes, usually usual-ly Maine, with the amount of drunkenness drunk-enness in the wine-drinking countries of Fraoce nnd Italy In nn attempt to- show the superiority of the latter In the matter of sobriety. So far from being correct, the statesmen of Prance and Itnly hnve long recognized Intemperance Intem-perance ns one of the most serious ells with which they have to contend. In 101U the Italian premier. Hon. Lugl I.U7zattl, Introduced n bill Into the Italian parliament providing measures for the reduction of Intemperance, and presented n grent mass of evidence' showing thnt deaths from nleohollsn In Itnly nre rnpidly Increasing, while the general death rate Is falling.. PrAf. t'esure I.omhroso, the world-renowned alienist, recently deceased, published In the Archive dl Pslchlatrln of which he was the editor, n stirring appeal from Doctor Antnnlnl, superintendent of one of the lnrgest insane asylums In Italy, In which he Raid : "The Hospitals Hospi-tals and Insane nsylums nre filled with alcoholic patients; consumption promoted pro-moted by alcoholic degeneracy rnges; pellngrn Joins itself with alcoholic poisoning; poi-soning; crime Is becoming more frequent fre-quent among the young; the suicides are legion ; the people are growing steadily weaker nnd more morally degenerate." de-generate." To this appeal, Lombroso-added Lombroso-added his Indorsement, with n demand for stringent legislation. At the Milan International CongrVss on Alcoholism. 1018, prominent Italian delegates spoke strongly of the growing evlla caused by alcohol. Hon. II. K. Pnlcl-onl, Pnlcl-onl, Italian secretary of state, reported report-ed (lint dentbs from alcoholism hnve nenrly trebled since 18S9. Against official of-ficial declarations like these the arguments argu-ments of brewers nnd wlnemen and their supporters have no weight MUN8TERBURG ON 8ALOON. The lute Prof. Hugo Munsterbnrg of Harvard, recognized authority in Amerlcn on German ideals, gave to ' the public In 1007 this opinion of the saloon : "There la nothing more degrading nnd no more atrocious Insult to civilized civil-ized life than the American saloon. It has poisoned the social atmosphere for the masses; In It the workingmnn squanders his savings, and the healthy mnn devastates his energies nnd becomes be-comes a wreck. Political corruption Irradiates from the saloon into the whole public life nnd a thousand ways lend from the saloon to the- penitentiary. peniten-tiary. It Is n blessed movement which now turns with overwhelming energy against the horrors of this evil and source of Infection. Jhere may be disagreements dis-agreements as to the best ways and means, disagreement whether strict prohibition or education towards temperance tem-perance Is the more reliable method meth-od ; but there Is no disagreement as to the fact that the saloon has to be wiped out, nnd the day seems nenr Indeed when thanks to women the fight against the saloon will be taken, up In almost every state." 8ECOND EMANCIPATION. In high moments Abrnhnm Lincoln dronmed of the coming of the hour when In all the land there should be found no slnve, nnd ho lived to see the dream come true, and with his own good hand he unlocked the bar that held n race captive. But that was not all his drentn. He dreamed of the coming of a day when In nil the land, the land he loved, and for which he gave bis life, there should be found no drunkurd mude by government sanction. He died and did not see that half of his great dreum realized, but bis countrymen do not forget, nor shnll they until In the high empire of a mighty power they commission another an-other man from the selfsame room In the capltol at Washington to write the emancipation of the land from the liquor truffle. Ex. Gov. J. Frank llanly of Indiana. MARKSMAN8HIP. In Sweden three corporals and three privates were used In a test to determine deter-mine the effect of alcohol upon precision. pre-cision. During the duys of the first test the men were entirely ubstnlulng, while during the secoud series of tests they were allowed two-thirds of a wineglass of brandy u short time before be-fore the tiring and nn cquul amount of alcohol In punch on the evening before. In the quick-firing tests, on the alcohol (lays, they hit the target on tin' average only three times out of ; .') shots, but on the abstinent days tho , average mis gfl and 'J(5 bits. The nun were iound to be similarly affected by alcohol during tests for endurance of sustained firing. NO DRINKERS NEED APPLY. 3 The Wlnton Motor Cur company employs em-ploys about l,iiO(J men In Cleveland, O., ! and almost us many In other cities. A i rule burring drinking employees bus been In force ever since the fuetory opened. "We do not allow any mun to enter our plant with liquor on his breath or to drink nt uny time, If we know It," " nays Mr. Wlnton, founder und president presi-dent of the company. "No well regulated plant can afford to 'employ men who drink. Men who use liquor cannot be at their besL" |