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Show IRS. KULH TALKS 01 IEIPERAICE A small hut attentive crowd heard Mrs. Marv E. Kulh, vice president of tho W. C. T. "U. of Illinois, deliver a very interesting address on tho tom-potance tom-potance question at the Methodist church last night, Mrs. Kulh was introduced by Mrs. Lulu Shopard of Salt Lake City, who is well known m this city as a speaker speak-er on temperance subjects. Tho Illinois Illi-nois woman chose as her subject "Tho Gieatest Problem In the World" and talked for moro than an hour on the work and achievements of the temperance tem-perance society which she represents. Mrs. Kuhl is a clear, comprehensive talker, and her hearers never for a moment lost interest in her message. She told of a recent trip to Europe which she had made, and told of the changing conditions in Germany In tho domain of tho kaiser, where In many minds it Is thought that beer is drunk with the same ease and frequency fre-quency as water is In America, Mrs. Kulh declared that the cause of tom-porance tom-porance Is gaining a most remarkable headway. She said that many of the leading men of tho Teuton empire are taking i up the fight of temperance and aro discouraging tho use of beer as a beverage. Tho beer habit is losing ground oven In its supposed home, according to tho Illinois speaker. Mrs. Kulh spoke particularly of the young- k er people of Germany giving up and discouraging the uso of alcoholic ( liquors as a beverage. Tho tempcr- R ancc workors from this country who Q arc working In Gormany, she said, are i' meeting with many encouragemeuts, and many temperance societies aro being formed in Emporor Wlljlam's country, which arc doing efTcctlvo work. , r -t Mrs. Kulh revidwcd'the,teiui)Qra'nce' situation in America and vowed that the sentiment against tho saloon was " growlug all over the country, the saloon sa-loon being prohibited in moro and moFe territory. She predicted that Attain . a comparatively 3hort time uiorcvtf-ould bo no licensed saloons in ! ii!?J .c?"ntr- Shevtoldiof th,o work - whidh 'the W. 0. Ti Uin'hcr horn state and of the fights which arc still being fought there In tho cause of temperance. Throughout her cntlro address she viewed things in a most optimistic light. She said that one of tho most encouraging features of tho work. In which she is engaged is tho general awakening of the young people peo-ple to see the great need of temperance. temper-ance. This afternoon Mrs. Kulh will talk in tho church parlors and will also make a short address to the students of the Weber academy. She delivered a short talk to the students of tho high school yesterday afternoon. As a very pleasing part of the program pro-gram last night Miss Rosamond Laird sang "Victory," the national song of tho W. C T. IX Miss Laird's rondi tlon of this "battle song" was a real treat to the audience. |