Show gave up six millions to against his own copyright 1903 by burus brown london dec 29 there Is a good looking middle aged broad should ered man livine in a modest cottage in the heart of londona Lon dons who ought to be immortalized some day in a story book it would need no rearrangement ran gement of the acts to build out of his life a romance as unexpected as the story of the millionaire brewers daughter who was the heroine of sir walter novel all sorts and conditions of men like that fascinating young lady frank charrington was heir to brew cry millions like her he has chosen to live among the humble east side folk and again like her be has established a big institution or the benefit of his neighbors put charrington goes pe sant one better by busying himself with fighting the source of his own income thirty years ago the young man was learning the business at his fathers vast brewery in mile end one of the toughest parts of london the brewery was and is today one of the largest establishments of its kind in the world it had piled up millions for the elder charrington and a large share of these millions was to have passed on to tho son when bo in turn took charge of the business DR RAINS FORDS CONVERT it was a famous american clergyman the rev dr W S raynsford of st georges church new york who was responsible for a dramatic change in the affairs of the charrington family the young brewer happened to spend a continental holiday with the new york divine and as a result of their long talks became much interested in the temperance question when he came back to london he was proceeding with dr raynsford one night to a mission hall in the purlieus purlie us of when outside a saloon bis attention was attracted by a wretched looking woman with two barefooted children at her skirts i the woman appeared to be sorely troubled said mr charrington in telling the stary and I 1 inquired what way the he told me that her husband was inside the place anaf that she and her children were starving at that moment a burly fellow fame reeling ou tand without the lightest warning knocked the woman lown knocked him blown and as goonas he chali recover ho rana facts a pair of drunken legs could fearry 1 1 I looked up to bee to whom this particular house belonged and without much astonishment I 1 saw brilliantly illuminated charrington head aco s pure ales I 1 said to myself it what I 1 have just seen is only one instance of what brewery Is capable of doing in one house what misery and degradation they must produce with their houses or more all over london 1 I proceeded to the mission hall with my new york friend and swore that night that my name should never again be associated with the liquor traffic I 1 went to the brewery the next day and communicated my views to my father and I 1 have never stood inside the gates of that brewery since CUT OUT OF of coarse there was a tremendous scene with the elder charrington and when the startled old brewer died not long after it was discovered that he had disinherited ats son to the tune of most of which went to another brother who carries on the business to this day luckily for this zealous young man his mother had left him a goodly heritage consisting partly of shares in the F X tabo I 1 a temperance against nis blasi brewery these he converted into other securities and applied immediately on leaving the brewery to the work of rescuing drunkards and outcasts of mile end and and no man could have denounced more courageously tho products of the family establishment in wile end road on the occasion of a school board election said mr charrington the brewers and distillers combined against the temperance party A meeting was held in a local hall the platform was packed with the heads of the brewery interests one of the speakers after explaining bis position expressed a hope that after the election something should be done for the destitute children of the east end this opportunity must not be lost said I 1 to myself I 1 stood up amid roars of disapproval from those on the platform who knew me well and from a section of the audience who were unacquainted with my personality after a little silence t told the speaker that it was he and men of hla cladd my own family included who were responsible for the misery and destitution he referred to asked to make my way to the platform my progress was somewhat by halt a dozen fat publicans public ans but after one or two of them had come in contact with my fists my passage was made easy after I 1 bad addressed the meeting the majority of the working people who came to howl applauded my efforts and the brewers who had hitherto been supreme in the constituency were defeated at the polls HIS BIG temperance HALL charrington had the audacity finally to put up a huge building which la known as the great assembly hall almost next door fathers brewery here in spite opposition from supporters of the liquor traffic he has carried on his campaign until he has now mado a record of nights in starting this mission house was to provide a counter attraction to the neighboring sa loona where hear good music topics and play games without buying drinks the nail cost charrington Charr inston and a few sympathetic friends in tho venture hoewaa supported by earl ataw such heading lights in the movement as tho countess ot lady henry somerset the rev F B mayer and the late C H spurgeon have pleaded for temperance within its walls lady henry somerset now famous as au enemy of alcohol admits that she got I 1 her first inspiration to become a temperance worker while sitting silently and unobserved in the body ot the great hall listening to mr charrington and hta friends when charrington Charrin gion started in on his campaign he was subjected to much ridicule how much are you making out of your new job was a frequent query to which the answer invariably was that his bit of blue ribbon was costing him about a year his meetings have been broken up occasionally sio nally and although ho Is a man ot powerful physique he has had to run for his life more than once he has however succeeded in breaking down much of the prejudice against efm and although brewery still flourishes frank mission work flourishes too there are members on the roll and on an average 2500 pledges are granted I 1 each year the total expense to mr charrington being about a year HOME FOR DRUNKEN NOBLEMEN encouraged by such results the former brewer Is now launching forth on a scheme that is quite as remarkable as anything in his career he has bought for a novel purpose the whole of the hitherto neglected osea island in that deep bay on the essex coast called blackwater it Is close to the famous town of brightlingsea whence have come most of the various shamrock crews and captains and near to the beautiful yacht Val treya in which an eccentric american millionaire has lived at anchor for fifteen years with steam always up and crew always ready for a journey that Is never made this island which cost mr charrington Is to be turned into a retreat for aristocratic drunkards work has been begun already on a luxurious inebriates hotel or home and bungalows and houses are to be built for the use of those who want to live by themselves at the present rate of progress it Is thought that the asland will be ready for business la less than a year only a part of the island will be built upon the rest Is to remain in its natural state there will be a village green and village pub but it is needless to say that intoxicating drink will be strictly excluded my idea Is this explained mr charrington 1 I want to provide a place for inebriates where there Is less feeling of restraint than there is at present such homes are restricted to tour walls here there will be four miles with fishing golfing boating and delightful walks for the patients there wall practically be no restriction except that which Is mady by the fact that the mainland is a mile distant only those closely identified with bo caubo of temperance can conceive the number of well to do people who are ready to take ad vantage of such an isolated place I 1 have been having applications for years from members of the nobility asking me it I 1 could recommend them to any such retreat it was these continued inquiries that gave me the idea of osea island aft er the place la properly fixed up I 1 think any habitual drunkard ii find that be Is living in a perfect paradise away from tho temptations that had mado him hitherto anything but a desirable citizen AN ISLAND MENAGERIE the home will be under the superintendence ot a physician and it will differ from other institutions of the kind inasmuch as it alu be open to both sexes A gueci feature 0 the scheme Is that mr charrington la going to try his hand at acclimatization by way of attraction for those who live on the island he is going to breed parrots cockatoos cocka toos and other alien birds that have shown they can thrive in the english climate cages will be dispensed with and they will bo allowed the same freedom as the patients it Is not expected that they will even be asked to take the pledge seals and australian swans will gambol in specially constructed lakes and a kangaroo has been introduced already and left freeto disport himself over tho island guests however hb wever will bring their own snakes arid pink elephants mr charrington says he tears to contemplate the future of england it something Is not done to make tho nation more sober it the englishman ho says could be mado to spend more on education and less on beer we would not be faced with such revola flonary proposals as protection look at the south african war the eol diera were not able to egand the fatigue because their bodies as well altheir as their minds were undermined with drink before they left the cradle the ex brewers little cottano Is it a squalid neighborhood within a few hundred yards of the brewery that has cost him BO much energy to denounce during tho last thirty years he Is unmarried and although be caa somewhat modified his ideas now at one time he thought ho should cut himself away entirely from the outer world and lead a life ot dellal up to the date of bis leaving the brewery he was sot a total abstainer but being a mero youth he remarks it must not be implied that I 1 was a brunkard run kard while ha abhors strong drink he likes his pipe and keeps the best brand of cigars for his friends and those who may have to call upon him from time to time CURTIS BROWN OP THE CHEAT CT I 1 washa tab CHAI wano iian |