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          Rum; ruin; racket!

 At first she 〃moral suasion〃 tried;
 But lawless men mere 〃talk〃 deride:
 'Twas then she seized her household ax
 And for enforcing law by acts;
          Found nought to match it。

 The work thus wrought with zeal discreet;
 Has saved that town from rum complete;
 Proving that woman's moral force
 Like man's; is held; as last resource;
          By sword or hatchet。

 And following up that dauntless raid;
 The nation welcomes her crusade;
 All o'er the land; pure women charmed;
 Are eager forming; each one armed
          With glittering hatchets。

 Talk of 〃defenders of the nation!〃
 Woman's slight arm sends consternation
 'Mong its worst foes; on social fields;
 Worse than the 〃Mauser;〃 when she wields
          The 〃smashing〃 hatchet。

 Mahommed sought by arts refined;
 To raise his standard o'er mankind;
 But found success for aye denied;
 Until at length he boldly tried
          The battle…hatchet。

 When soon his power imperial; shone
 O'er countless tribes; in widening zone;
 And wine was banished from the board
 Of Moslem millions; by the sword
          And victor's hatchet。

 So may it be with this great nation;
 When woman tests her high vocation;
 Persuasion proves a futile power
 To quell the joints; but quick they cower
          At the whirling hatchets。

 True chivalry must come again;
 And men; more noble; but less vain;
 Responding to its modern sense;
 Guard woman; while in self…defense
          She plies her hatchet。

 When honor bright appeals to men
 〃The weak confounds the mighty;〃 then
 Side doors and slot…machines must close
 And such games hide; when women pose
          With sharpened hatchets。

 'Else are men brutes; and all their pride
 And gallant valor; they must hide
 In coward shirking。 This shameful end
 They must accept; or else defend
          The 〃home…guard〃 hatchet。

 'Tis woman's crucial; fateful hour;
 Her fine soul's test; 'gainst man's coarse power。
 In war; she can not be man's peer;
 But for home's weal; all men sincere
          Bow to her hatchet。

 Man's 〃Vigilance〃 is oft condoned;
 When Vice and Crime has been enthroned。
 Shall women then; be more to blame;
 When she In Virtue's sacred name
          Raises her hatchet?

 'Tis she must grasp the nation's prize
 A pure; proud home; earth's paradise。
 The joints must go; but; never till
 Woman exerts her potent will
          And holy hatchet。

 As men; once slaves; their freedom gained
 By force; and power at length attained;
 So; cultured brains and force combined;
 Shall mark the sphere of womankind
          And surely reach it。

 In valor; more Joan d'Arc's are needed;
 Woman's high social power's conceded;
 But she herself; must blaze the path
 To public morals; by her own worth
 And 〃Little Hatchet。〃
               C。 BUTLER…ANDREWS。



Dr。 Howard Russell told in his address at Kokomo; Sunday; March
24; how when Mrs。 Nation was on her way from Topeka to Peoria
recently; a passenger on the same train came into the car where she
was and sang a song of his own composition。 He was evidently a farmer
with a large stock of mother…wit。 He was lame; and limped into the
car; and hopped up and down while he sang。 A great deal of merry
enthusiasm was aroused; and the car; packed full of people; expressed
their appreciation by round after round of applause。 It is evident that
Mrs。 Nation is quite popular in that part of the country。

The song is as follows:

 Hurrah; Samantha; Mrs。 Nation is in town!
 So get on your bonnet and your Sunday…meeting gown。
 Oh; I am so blamed excited I am hopping up and down;
 Hurrah; Samantha; Carrie Nation is in town!

 Get you ready; we are going to the city;
     Where the 〃Home Defenders〃 are all feeling gay;
 And the mothers all exclaiming; 〃Its a pity
     That Carrie Nation does not come here every day。〃

 I want to hear that mirror…smashing music;
 And to look in Mrs。 Nation's blessed face;
 And to see the saloon men all cavorting
     With that hatchet bringing sadness to their face。

 Hurrah; Samantha; Mrs。 Nation is in town!
 So wear your brightest bonnet and your alapaca gown。
 Oh; I am so jubilated I'm a…hopping up and down;
 Hurrah! hurrah! Samantha; Mrs。 Nation is in town。

OUTCAST。

(Found in manuscript among the personal effects of a prostitute; 22
years of age; who died in the Commercial Hospital; Cincinnati; O。)

 Once I was pure as the snow; but I fell;
     Fell like the snowflakes from heaven to hell;
 Fell to be trampled as filth on the street
 Fell to be scoffed; to be spit on and beat;
     Pleadingcursingdreading to die;
 Selling my soul to whoever would buy;
     Dealing in shame for a morsel of bread;
 Hating the living and fearing the dead。
     Merciful God; have I fallen so low?
 And yet I was once like the beautiful snow。

 Once I was fair as the beautiful snow;
     With an eye like a crystal; a heart like its glow;
 Once I was loved for my innocent grace
     Flattered and sought for the charms of my face!
     Fathers;mothers;sisters;all;
 God and myself have I lost by my fall;
     The veriest wretch that goes shivering by;
 Will make a wide sweep lest I wander too nigh;
 For all that in on or above me I know;
 There is nothing so pure as the beautiful snow。

 How strange it should be that this beautiful snow
     Should fall on a sinner with nowhere to go!
 How strange it should be when the night comes again;
     If the snow and the ice struck my desperate brain。
     Fainting;freezing;dying alone;
 Too wicked for prayer; too weak for a moan;
     To be heard in the streets of the crazy town;
 Gone mad in the joy of the snow coming down;
     To be and to die in my terrible woe;
 With a bed and shroud of the beautiful snow。

 Helpless and foul as the trampled snow
     Sinner; despair not! Christ stoopeth low
 To rescue the soul that is lost in sin;
     And raise it to life and enjoyment again。
     Groaningbleedingdying for thee
 The crucified hung on the cursed tree;
     His accent of mercy fell soft on thine ear;
 〃Is there mercy for me? Will He heed my weak prayer?〃
     O; God! in the stream that for sinners did flow;
 Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow。

THE LIPS THAT TOUCH LIQUOR MUST
NEVER TOUCH MINE。

 You are coming to woo me; but not as of yore;
 For I hastened to welcome your ring at the door;
 For I trusted that he; who stood waiting for me then;
 Was the brightest; the noblest; the truest of men。

 Your lips on my own when they printed 〃Farewell;〃
 Had never been soiled by the 〃Beverage of Hell;〃
 But they come to me now with the bacchanal sign;
 And the lips that touch liquor must never touch mine。

 I think of that night; in the garden alone;
 When whispering you told me your heart was my own;
 That your love in the future should faithfully be;
 Unshared by another; kept only for me。

 Oh sweet to my soul is the memory still;
 Of the lips that met mine when they murmured 〃I will;〃
 But now to their pleasure no more I incline;
 For the lips that touch liquor must never touch mine。

 O; John! How it crushed me when first in your face;
 The pen of the 〃Rum Fiend〃 had written 〃Disgrace;〃
 And turned me in silence and tears from that breath;
 All poisoned and foul from the chalice of death。

 It shattered the hopes I had cherished to last;
 It darkened the future and clouded the past;
 It shattered my Idol and ruined the shrine;
 For the lips that touch liquor must never touch mine。

 I loved you; O! dearer than language can tell;
 And you saw it; you proved it; you knew it too well;
 But the man of my love was far other than he
 Who now from the 〃tap room〃 came reeling to me。

 In manhood and honor; so noble and right;
 His heart was so true and his genius so bright;
 And his Soul was unstained; unpolluted by wine;
 But the lips that touch liquor must never touch mine。

 You promised reform; but I trusted in vain;
 Your pledge was but made to be broken again;
 And the lover so false to his promises now;
 Will not as a husband be true to his vow。

 The word must be spoken that bids you depart;
 Though the effort to speak it would shatter my heart;
 Though in silence with blighted affections I pine;
 Yet the lips that touch liquor must never touch mine。

 If one spark in your bosom of virtue remain;
 Go fan it with prayer; till it kindle again;
 Resolved; 〃God helping;〃 in future to be
 From wine and its follies unshackled and free。

 And when you have conquered this foe of your Soul;
 In manhood and honor beyond its control;
 This heart will again beat responsive to thine;
 And the lips that touch liquor must never touch mine。
                              Unknown。


WAR AMONG THE POETS。

From the Royal Arch News; the warhorse of the booze hoodlums;
the snapdragon of the jungle; the siren of Hades。

〃The Lips that Touch Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine;〃 so sings
Miss Cora Vere; who writes jingle for the Anti…Saloon press; and this is
the reply that the R。 A。 News would make:

 The lips that touch liquor don't hanker to touch
 The lips of a maiden like younot much!
 If a mannot a mi

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