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Show I THE DRUNK OF TODAY. A news report says a drunl.cn man set fire to a mattress in the school for the deal in Ogden. Puring a period of prohibition, the item seems g offer proof to the effect that prohibition does not prohibit, and yet it proves the contrary. Six years ago, if every ease of drunkenness had been reported, the daily press would have been given over almost entirely lo that one subject. Today the antics of an intoxicated individual afford subject matter for extended comment. Walking the streets of Ogden, one seldom sees a reeling, staggering stag-gering person. There is no loud, offensive language; no outpouring of besotted men at 0 o'clock at night, or at any other time. I Liquor is to be had and occasionally quiet little parlies are ) held where a bottle or t,wo js opened, but so far as the general pub-1 lie is concerned, especially the young people, the signs of a demoralizing; demoral-izing; traffic in strong drink have disappeared, and only those who go out in search of the befuddling poison come in contact with the evil. The boys and gjrls of tender years scarcely know anything of the iiagt abuses of liquor. They have seen no debauches and they have not been tempted. This is the most satisfying feature of the reformation which came with the closing .of the doors to rum. |