Show now DOES IT LOOK I In connection with legislative effort in Massachusetts to restrict the sale of t liquor it is mentioned that cultured Boston Bos-ton has one saloon to 158 inhabitants while Lawrence has one saloon to 141 inhabitants in-habitants This statistical declaration seems to indicate that the people of the nub and the town of Lawrence are possessed of an exceedingly robust appe 1 tite or of a thirst which water and other mUd bevera beverages es cannot slake The Mas S5Cl1uetth bouscof representatives c to consider the seems hasr maller in this light and 4 1 H taken action to start an era oi reform statean L which it hopes the state Ben ii Iii1 ate and governor vill in their turn give a hearty boost The reform in question consists of a reduction of the number of saloons by the passage of a law which will prevent the existence of more than one to 500 inhabitants in I any locality Such a law might not reduce re-duce the amount of liquur consumed ml under its presumably beneficent workings there would be fewer standing I advertisements of the appetite or thirst of the populace for spirituous beverages But while dwelling on this pleasing prospect pros-pect the Massachusetts reformers should not overlook the fact that the increased number of people around each one of the reduced number of drinkingplaces might be something of a drawback to the per fectness of the picture |