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"Everything or nothing with us, Baldwin. Humor s. fat old mam and out cards with her. I'll make you a bet on the side, too, that 1 fleece the pants off you."

Baldwin reached for s. deck (mm the table drawer beside him, handling the cards with the loose easy fingers of one accustomed to their shape and feel and alldg, "Don't you girls go getting my old gaming blood up."

"I'll play you a showdown for your 801d tooth," boomed the Char. lottenbillfl.

He threwl back his head and quffawed. Here was g woman!

CONTESTS

Dvllnie Crane, 46f - llth St. L, Medicine Hat, Aits.; Peter A. Ba.- llbl. Box 480, Hanover, Ont; Belle Wolllord, Gil N. Harold Sh, Fort William, Ont-t Wm. G. O'Toole, 084 Ross St, Peterboro, Onto: Gordon Moliendrluls, Mil Aberdeen Sh, Vancouver, 3.0.: Rene Psplilon, 2005 Blvd. Benoit. Quebec City, P-Qq Gwendolyn Singer, N. Noel Road, Hants County, N. 5.; Mes- Jorle McGregor, B. B. No. l, Pich- borne, Ont; Jim lttheringtnn, Hill

"Haven't one-in my mouth, fat irli"

g"well then, for the gold tooth you're going to have if your wife persists in soft delicious grub that slithers down past the ivory gates without giving the grinders a chance to work."

"Don't he an idiot, John," called Leonora through the library door.‘ "Those bold. badland girls will! fleece you‘ out of rope-trick money before you can say Jack Robinson." Her voice, big, mOiA-iiic and m. grier than she knew, was her first strategic error of the evening, be- cause at its challenge zest ap- peared in the face of her husband as he squared his heavy frontage before the card table.

For years afterward Kitty was to describe this scene of cutting of the cards as it took place be- tlveen Charlotte Ames and John

Street, Fergus, Ont.; Mary Steph- ens, Box 867, Chatsworth, Ont; Paul Wiatow, 8M Ashiand Ave., London, Ont; Marlene-Akerlund, Box 261, Unity, Basin; Bose Jack- son, ‘f1 Daley Ave., Dong Branch, Ont; George Turnbuii, 21B Prince St, W. Saint John, N.B.: loan Llghtheart, 115 Belvidere Avon Hamilton, Ont; Be ‘ Clutton, 211% Talbot St, Iondon, Ont“: Helen C. Bothwoll, ILB. No. 2, Bsyfleld, Ont: lnonard Oleynick, 170 Heisnsdale Ave., Winnipeg. Man.

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They hung, Baldwin, the Char- lottenburg, Kitty, Sierra, silently over the tbale, their breathing and

the lighted dome of chandelier pouring down. . "Ready, girls," said Baldwin,

persiflage gone from his voice and an old and almost extant expres-

Baldwin, that evening alter the dinner that had introduced Oliver Plow as s, residing member oi the} house in Murray Hill, and during: which he, who was to influence that house so profoundly, had not' uttered thirty words.

For years Kitty was to describe John Baldwin of Silvertown, tl-elo‘ ker, cowpuncher, miner, sltting' there his old instincts raised and alive. This was no longer the man to make good (as they suspected he had in the past) any losses of the occasion. This was the old gambling John Baldwin out to heat the pants off an adversary.

Charlottenburg had stumbled into a man's nest! "Understand, Baldwin? We're cutting for five thousand dollars! High wins."

"Five thousand and fifty is what your mate here said."

“Well, if you're going to be chicken feed about it, make‘ it five thousand and fifty dollars end seventy-two cents! The exact amount of our bank balance, isn't it, Kit?"

"Oil, Charlottenburg - those darned little odd numbers do such things to our bank balance!" _

"Hush! What I intend to do is double our balance, not lose it. Let's toss a coin to see who will make the big cut for five thous- and and fifty dollars. Got a quar- ter. Baldwin? Give me. What say? Heads, I cut first."

"Shoot."

Bang went table top."

"Tails. I out first," said Bald-

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"Ready!"

He lifted one third of the un- shuffled deck lightly, with the delicacy of a woman, slanting the revealed card just enough to show.

“Queen of hearts. You're cer- tainly making it easy for your fat friend, aren't you!" The tiny padded hand of the Charlotten- burg shot out immediately then, scrambling up the cards, shuffling and spanking them down again.

"Ace of diamonds! Charlotten- burg, you've topped himl"

"Well, I'll be darned. kit's we're in the money, How much is twice flve thousand and,fifty dollars and seventy-two cents?"

"I don't know in figures, dar- ling. but it adds up to heaven."

"To me it adds up to —er—a—— ten thousand one hundred and one dollar and forty-four cents, Right, host?"

"Right."

“Your word is as good as your I.O.U., Baldwin, but I much pre- fer your immediate check to either."

l-le slapped himself against the chest and began to laugh uproar!- ously as he leached for his foun- tain pen.

"You new women." he snorted. "I wouldn't marry one of you for a, gift, but you're good company."

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Study 0ourse—1949

BUNNY. ocronss ma, um. LESSON muss: (Senior)

ALCOHOL AND esuavlous.

In the last lesson, we pointed out briefly the .effect of alcohol upon the “clever forebrsin." You wlll remember that this is the part of the brain that enables us to behave like human beings. It is the seat of the conscience, and makes possible ihe- development of culture. Because it is the last part of the brain to be developed, it is particularly sentitive to al- cohol, and is the first part of the brain to feel its effect, The alcohol reaches it first.

We have seen how alcohol im- pairs the power of judgment. 1t is only natural to ‘suspect that this would also involve the power of self-judgment, or self-criticism, and that suspicion is correct. One of the devastating things about alcohol is ‘that it is a deceiver. It makes the drinker feel better, when he is really worse; feef more competent when he is really less, and feel up- lifted when he is really depressed. That is why so many drinkers find it hard to believe that alco- hol is not a stimulant. "When I take a drink", they say, "1 do not feel depressed, quite the contrary." The difficulty lies in two different meanings of the word "depressed." In everyday speech, depression means being gloomy and sad, and the drinker certainly does not feel like that, (at least. not until "the morning after") But in scientific language, depression means a les- sening of the mental powers of attention, criticism, and judgment. While a feeling of ease and relaxa- tion does result, this is procured at the expense of ability and ef- ficiency. Alcohol makes a person feel that he is “given a lift" when he is really "let down."

Not only does alcohol in the brain make it impossible for the drinker to judge his ability pro- perly, but its impairment of self- crlticism also interferes with his self-control. The intoxicated per- son says and does things that would make him blush with shame were his conscience not dulled. For the "clever forebrain" has to

——ihe ability to say “No" when we are tempted to do wrong. When these vital nerve centres are numb- ed by alcohol, this power of inhi- bition is lessemd, moral standards lose their authority, and conduct gets out of control.

This accounts for the unusual and sometimes disgusting behav- iour of the intoxicated person. One debutante said, “The boys are never as nice after three drinks: they tend to be crude. They just revert to the primitive." And that is true. The image of God, in which man was created, is pushed into the background, and the ani- mal nature gains the ascendancy. Then any kind of conduct, from the merely annoying to the down-

right bestial, may be expected, as the following newspaper items testify.

"A youth was arrested at s.m., noisy outside s grill. Wanted to fight police. Broke sway from police and was re-arresied. Police said he had been drinking, but was not drunk."

“A 30-year-old husband cslbe home drunk, struck his three-year- oid son because mother and son had not waited to have supper with him. Mother grabbed son and husband attacked wife. who sp- peared in court bruised and with two black eyes. Crown Attorney said the young wife's face was beaten up worse than he had ever seen."

Such cases bring to mind an- other and related matter, the con- nection between alcohol and crime. Use of alcohol is often held re- sponsible for crime. Just what are the facts?

Premeditaied crime. (Cllm! which is planned in advance.) cannot usually be traced to liquor consumption. There are cases in which drink is used to build up the courage to carry out-criminal intentions, but more often profes- sional criminals make it a point not to drink before commencing s "job", in order that their senses may be alert and their muscles co- ordinated and responsive. However, evidence seems to point to the fact that much impul- slve, spur-of-the-moment crime is often committed under the influ- ence of alcohol. You see. alcohol often makes people aggressive, ready for a fight. 1t reduces their fear of punishment, impairs their judgment, and inflates their pride, ‘so that they are easily offended. ln such an explosive state. I P0P-

. ' son may yield to the urge of an

instinct which he was able to control when sober. ~

It is difficult to determine the exact percentage of crime which may be attributed to the use of intoxicating beverages. A person arrested for drunkenness tends to minimize the amount of his drink- lng, while a person arrested for other crimes, (such as reckless driving.) may magnify it in order to suggest that he was not respon- sible for his act. However, studies in Sing Sing prison indicate that

do with what we call "inhibition"'

at least one quarter of the inmates had been heavy drinkers.

There may be some who feel that all this talk of crude and criminal behaviour has no applica- tion to them. "l would never drink as much as that." they may say, "I only want to drink ‘moderately and socially, in the way that the liquor advertisements claim, and the mov- ies seem to indicate, is an aid to graceful living.

In reply to that kind of argu- ment, iet. me quote s few words front one who is neither a tom- perance worker nor a minister, but a newsplaper writer, Ed Sullivan. This is what he said, in the “Chi- cago Daily Times":

"I've heard a lot about men and women who can drink gracefully. As a Broadway columnist, i‘vo never met any of these remark- able people. People who are bores when they are sober are twice as boring when they are drunk. And a drunken girl is a new low in at- traction. When a girl is told she's a ‘good fellow’, she can consider herself thoroughly insulted, instead of feeling complimented."

You see, it doesn't take vely many drinks to influence behav- iour. “A couple of beers" may be enough. Once alcohol is in the sys- tem, it starts to work on the “clev- er forebrain", conscience is dead-en- ed, and the personality begins to change. No matter how you look at it, the drinking of alcoholic beverages cannot be successfully defended. It is the enemy of clear thinking, character, and conscience. it should have no place whatever in the life of one who is sacking to follow the Lord Jesus Christ.

QUESTIONS

1. In what sense is alcohol ade- ceiver?

2. What relation has alcohol to crime‘!

Pupils i2, l3, l4 years answer question 1. i5, l6, 1'! yrs. answer both.

NATIONAL TEMPERANCE

\ STUDY COURSE 1949

~ Lesson Three, October 16th (Junior)

YOU CAN'T BE TOO SURE By MARY l. MILNE

We all make the mistake at times of being too sure about how things will turn out. Even kings make this mistake. One such king lived long ago in Syria. l-lis namu was King Benhadad. He was a powerful king, who had as allies the kings of thirty-two neighbour- ing countries. Still he was not satisfied. To the south of him lay Samaria, whose king was named Ahab. King Bcnhadad decided that Samaria would be the next country he would invade and con- quer.

it all seemed so easy and Ben- hadad was so sure that he would have no trouble defeating Ahab. He had his armies camp around Allah's capital city. Then he sont messengers in to the city to tell

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Ahab:

"Your silver and gold are mine. Your wives and children are mine also."

Ahab was not easily frightened, but thought it wise to do as tho great Benbadad command -‘. “It shall be as you say, my lord. I am yours, and all that I have."

This agreeable reply of Ahab's made Benhadad think that Sam- aria was already his. The next day he again sent passengers in to the city. This time they carried an even more insolent message:

"At this time tomorrow I shall ,send my officers in to the city. They will search your palace and the palaces of your courtiers. whatever they see which pleases them, they will seize and carry off."

Ahab really did become angry now. He called his councillors to- gether snd asked their advice. They said, “Do not listen to what Benhaded says, and refuse to do as he demands." _

The messengers carried back this rbfusai to Benhded, who flew into a rage when he heard it, and shouted. "The gods kill me and worse if there is sufficient dust left in Samaria for each of my fol- lowers to have a handful."

When Ahab learned of Benha- dad's boast, he replied, “Let not him who putteth on his armour boast himself as he that iaketh it off;" or, in other words, "Don't be too sure. The battle isn't over yet.” Benhsdad was still so certain of victory that instead of planning and preparing for battle, he and his allied kings feasted and drank great quantities of liquor in their tents. The more he drank, the cieverer he thought he was, and the more sure he was of winning. lie did not realize that his brain had become very dull, and that lie could not think clearly or make wise plans. While he was very drunk he rdered his men to be- siele the c ty.

Things looked very bad for the beople within the city, but a Pro- phet of God appeared and fold Ahab not to be afraid, that God

would give him the victory in

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LIQUOR. ADVERTISING

Further, to _promotc the pro-

gressive befuddling of human speech the liquor interests are spending one million dollars s

year in advertising. They use radio talks to degrade home convers- aligns, one feature of liquor ad- vertising is the number of things unsold. The “Man of Distinction" advertisements never mention the unpleasant circumstances oi al- oaliiolio “droolingi, The pictures never show the "Men of Distinct- ion" stammering . their chins drip- ping with Saliva. They would never think of making a record- ing of the conversation of men of distinction when they roach the bottom of the bottle. These exponslvly lithographcd liquor advertlsomenis ignore the retard- ing, umbllng, confusing effects of drink upon human speech. There is inothing so potent as booze i0 turn polite conversation into loose talking.

Recently about 11:00 o'clock in ihe evening on Yonge Street in North Toronto a group of 40 people stood watching a televis- ion set ln a store window. Half of the spectators wore teen-aged boys. What a imalrvellous universe in which television is possible. Scientists with Magical power have discovcrcd God's. secrets. By the miracle of trlcvision a scene in Buffalo was transmitted a hun- dred miles away to Toronto. And

what was helm! shown? A brutal wrestling match and between acts a. creamzd nle Was adver-

tised. The mysteries of. God and the power of science were employ- ed to teach icon-age boys to drink alcohol and impair their ability for normal sprscll, What won't men do for money‘?

REV. A. L, LOVE Temperance Fedcrntlon Secret- ary at the Snskuclloulan Conven- ticn The Christian Church. he said, must awaken or dark days lie ahead. for evory province in the Dominion is almost drowned in liquor. and “'0 who should be aware of the subtle tactics of the liquor interests are lulled to sleep. Quoting figures from, his own Province of Ontario, he showed how vacant i-nts were bought to place liquor stores on. Hotels have been rc-clnssified and made into taverns and public houses, and more outlfL "qr liquor, which whzch can only nring a harvest or sorrow and suffering, and Sask- atchoyrnn ivculd soon face great- er demands. How long can the mounting liquor bills of $2,000,000 a day for cvory working day go 0n? he asked. liquor makes no contribution to the Christian way of life. Neitllcr does it build for health or happiness. Until the church is willing lo rise up in the power of the living Lord and put liquor out, we must work piece- meal, for only religion has a sol- ution to alcohol.

The W. C. T. U. was the first world union of women and it might wall be described in the Words of George MacDonald:

“Hold fast to God with one hand, Opening wide the other to your neighbor, That is religion."

THE PLEDGE

"I hereby promise, ‘God helping me, to abstain from all distilled, fermented, 'nnd malt liquors, in- cludln: beer, wine and cider as bcvcragc and to employ all means to discourage the use oi and traff- ic in the same."

order to teach the ambitious Ben- hadcd that He, alone, is All-pow- crful. Ahab did as the Prophet told him. He called up all his officers and men. More than 7,000 march- ed out of the city at noon.

Again Benhaded and the sliied kings were drinking in their tents. Even so early in the day. Benha- dad was so intoxicated that instead of leading his army against the men of Ahab, he ordered, "Wheth- er they come in peace or in war, take them all prisoners, alive."

But God can do wonderful things through evcn weak people if they put their trust in Him and follow His guidance. So the army of Sa- maria, with less than 8,000 men, defeated the army of Syria which numbered 127,000. Clear-headed and strong, they had no difficulty routing the larger army, whose men ivera in hopeless confusion as ihfiir drunken leaders shouted stu- pid orders.

As for the boastful Benhadad, he was glad enough to get away on horseback. You can be sure that when they reached a place of safety, he sioppcd and tried to understand what had happened io him and io his great army, How he must have wished he had been wise enough not to muddle his brain with alcohol! if he h d kept it clear, he might have been able to save his own army from de- struction. When next he was tempt- ed to go nn a drinking sprce, per- haps he remembered what King Ahab had said, "Let not him who putfcth on his armour boast him- self as he that iakcth it ofi." When a man drinks he leaves himself with no armour at all. -Refercnco, I Kings 20: 1-22.

QUESTIONS

l. What effect did the wine have on Bcnhadad? What was the re- suit?

2. Does liquor ever make people smarter? Why is it smart not to drink?

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bulbs in surety of the Spring-io- come-a few tulips to nod to us if we come to the house-cleaning then, and a daffodil or two to brighten up any gray beclouded day. We have a yearning to plant such things beneath a window — the “sink" one perhaps, where we find we are so often — so that