1930 The Saloon in the Home

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WHAT A THREE YEAR OLD BOY CAN DO J AMES M. c , ~f Horncastle, was three and one-half years of age when he became a teetotaler and though but a little child he seemed to understand all the ·principles of the Temperance Pledge for he became very anxious that others should abstain from intoxicating drinks and urged his parents to do so. To pacify the child they refrained from taking anything in his presence although not abstemious themselves. One day at the dinner table, his father unthinkingly took a draught of beer.