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Show Tenperance Vfctes" (Conducted by the National Womag's Christian Temperance Union.) ,,1 SIGN OF THE TIMES. We are saying good-hy to the perambulating per-ambulating saloon. The rapid dlsnp-pcurnnce dlsnp-pcurnnce during 11)16 of alcohdllc liquors from the dining cars of many of the great trunsportntlon systems 1b one of the high lights of the temper- r mice reform. Dry states and "Rule G" are the cause of this totul ubsti- m nence advance. mf Dining car chefs ' and waiters on transcontinental express trains are often more familiar with the growth of prohibition territory thun nre some of their liquor Imbibing patrons. A humorous cartoon colloquy (New York Hernld) Is an Illustration In point "Can I have n highball on this train?" queries the thirsty truveler as he takes a sent In the dining cur. "No, sir," replies the itffuhle waiter, "we are crossing u dry state, sir. Be patient, pa-tient, for In a few moments we will be across the line." The waiter soon up-prouched up-prouched with the highball, saying, "Here's your drink, sir. We ore now In a wet state. Hurry up! He cautious! cau-tious! We are getting near another stnte line." The passenger Is fatally deliberate. To his dismay the waiter returns and curries off the drink with the remark, "Give me thut drink quick. You nre too slow! We ure aguln In a dry stute." From Address of Miss Anna A. Gordon Before the Nutlonal W. C. T. U. Convention. 1 " ' PROHIBITION FANATIC8. The men who administer the grent railroad systems of the country, the heads of Industrial corporations, the managers of baseball teams, the truln-?rs truln-?rs of prize-fighters and football Mpiuds, and many others to be found in unexpected pluces, whom time would full us to mention these nre 'the whirling dervishes of prohibition funntlclsm," says Hev. Matt. S. Hughes in bis new book, "The Logic of Prohl-tiltion." Prohl-tiltion." "The genuine families are these people who, In Increasing numbers, num-bers, for various reasons, Insist that men shull not drink under such penalties pen-alties us they are able to visit upon them. They are," he says, "leagues In udvunce of all the crunks who vote to abolish the trufllc. These latter ure only risking that the state forbid the distiller and brewer to manufacture manufac-ture and the saloonkeeper and bartender barten-der to sell ; the reul fanutlcs Issue orders or-ders to American citizens prohibiting the drinking of liquor." There Is funntlclsm, fun-ntlclsm, too, Mr. Hughes points out among the crowned heuds and the wur generals of Kurope. And "there are some fanatical prohibitionists of the extreme type even among the saloonkeepers saloon-keepers that is to say, they will not ullow their bartenders to drink." FOREIGN VOTE NOT WET. The percentage of foreign-born votes In some of the cities which have voted themselves dry Is both Interesting und significant Note the following: Native Foreign Born Horn Pet. Pet, Hock ford. 111 52.7 47.3 Duluth. Minn 41. S 68.7 Superior, Wis 46.7 53.3 .nun. . Mass 49.1 50.9 Cambridge, Mass 61.6 48.4 Note further the percentage In four wet cities of Pennsylvania : Native Foreign Born Hern Pet. Pot. l.:itic:ister 8.l 10.1) Heading 84.4 15.6 Wllliamsport 87 5 12.6 York 93.8 6.2 MODERATE DRINKING. Professor Durlg, n famous mountnln climber, conducted experiments upon himself, climbing In each case 8,000 feet to the top of Mt. Hllkencrat In the Alps. He recorded the height climbed, his personal weight und that Of his puck, und curried Instruments to measure exactly the bodily energy put forth, the amount of muscle work done, and the length of time requlrinl. On certain days he took alcoholic drink equivalent to two glusses of beer, and found that, while his Instruments showed thut he expended 15 per cent more energy thnn on the dnys of abstinence, ab-stinence, he took 21.7 per cent longer to reach the top of the mouutuln. CAU8E OF RETREAT. Speaking recently In London, Ont, before the Cunudlan club, Lfl Haronne Hoard, whose home Is In the Maine district of France, told of her escape from her chateau Just before the Germans Ger-mans seized It for their commander's headquarters, and added: "How did It happen the Germans were obliged to retreat when so near Paris? One explanation Is that the tinny was In the champugne district and the urtny wus literally dead drunk. We had evidence of this when we got buck. I saw ut least 10,000 champugne bottles In my own grounds." WHY WE LEGISLATE. a "People say thut you can't make peo- j- pie good by legislation," said Dr. 'binies F. Aketl In one of his logical und telling speeches lu the California dry campaign. "We don't expect to vf make people good by legislation. We shall DO satisfied If we can prevent tho other fellow from making them bud. The thing for us to do when we have renehed final conviction is to trunslnto that conviction Into legislation. We must build our conviction Into Hie na-sive masonry of legislation for future fu-ture generations." i |