Show petition against alcohol and 1 turn tho World rt woman temperance union hae sent out the following petition for alio protection of atie homo ad to the governments of alio world hillers Hit lers abid we your although belonging to alio physically weaker aex aro barong of heart to love our homes our native land and the family of nations we know bilat clear brains ind pure hearts make honest lives and happy homes and tant by those tho nation s prosper and the time ia brought nearer when the world shall bo at peare we know that indulgence in alcohol and opium and in other vices which dif graco our social life makes misery for all the world and moat oi all tor ua and for our child ran Wo know that stimulants and opiates anro aou under legal guarantees which malo the governments in the traffic by accepting ae revenue a por oi and wo know abamo that they are often forced by treaty upon cither ignorant or tin the moral A vico 1111 r sk afe wo have no power to prevent these great iniquities beneath which the whole world groans but you have a to redeem he lionor of alio nations ry indefensible complicity we there toro come with united voices of representative women of every land bee cechin you to raise the standard of the law to that of christian morals to away alie safeguards and sanctions 0 the state from alie drink and the opium trade and to protect our homes ly the total pro of these clursea of civilization throughout all the territory over which your extends it tint every individual and woman who greater security for the homo against alio saloon will hin alio nuovo petition now circulated in the different churches of OB den this petition will bo one of the noteworthy exhibits of womans faith and work at ready twelve miles ot names of represent taivo women of all nations have been secured praying for protection from the twin curses of civilization alco liol and opium |