. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . ERS. tain town in Massachusetts every drain-shop but one Ladbeen broken up, and the ladies determined that that oneshould exist no longer. About one hundred and fifty ofthem joined together and formed themselves into committees of twelve. They went to the liquor-sellers shop, and one talked ten min-utes, and anothertwenty, and an-other half anhour, and so on,and all twelvegave him a thor-ough-going tem-perance they weregone, the poorfellow 1 ookedvery he, Thatsabout the tough-est morningswork Ive hadfor some tim
. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . ERS. tain town in Massachusetts every drain-shop but one Ladbeen broken up, and the ladies determined that that oneshould exist no longer. About one hundred and fifty ofthem joined together and formed themselves into committees of twelve. They went to the liquor-sellers shop, and one talked ten min-utes, and anothertwenty, and an-other half anhour, and so on,and all twelvegave him a thor-ough-going tem-perance they weregone, the poorfellow 1 ookedvery he, Thatsabout the tough-est morningswork Ive hadfor some time;I dont under-stand it. But,however, theyll find they can t move me. yon know. Thenext day a second committee came in ; each one talked tohim, and when all were gone the poor fellow said, Thatsworse than it was yesterday: theyre coming thicker andfaster; but Im standing on my rights, they cant moveme. The next day a third committee came; he saw theywere all different ladies, and he said, Hold on a minute;how many are there of you? Why, there are twelve. YOURE comixi; again, ake YOU? FAITH IN WOMANS INFLUENCE. 535 of us. We are the third committee ; there are twelve com-mittees, and when we have all visited you, we 11 begin on. If a man is to die, let him die in peace. Yourecoming again, are you? Well if youll give it up, I he broke up his establishment. Now I do not mentionthis to show particularly that the ladies have strong conver-sational powers largely developed, but that they have perse-verance. We want them to engage in tills movement. I believe ifthe ladies of this country should declare, I will neitherdrink nor present intoxicating liquor as a beverage fromthis time forth, the drinking customs would fall into dis-repute in six months. I tell you it is the women whocan regulate and control the social customs of the coun-try. It is of 110 use for some young men to say: I dontcare what the women think; you do, you do; you can-not help it. It is unnatur
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