--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 22 number: 11 published: 1919-09 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: "Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, \"Mutual Work,\" *Improvement Era* 22, no. 11 (September 1919): 1007–1016." source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera22011unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera22011unse start_page: 1007 end_page: 1016 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1919-09) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera22011unse publication_year: 1919 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1919, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Mutual Work Prophecies and Promises of the Lord As Recorded in the Book of Doctrine and Covenants Study Course for Joint Senior M. I. A. Classes, 1919-20 LESSON I—INTRODUCTORY. The membership and activities of this class must not be permitted to interfere with those of the Senior classes. One of the chief aims of this division of our M. I. A. work will ever be to open a field of investigation for adult M. I. A. workers, wherein they can find material for thought and conversation of an "up-stair" or a higher type. The work for this year will be a consideration of the Prophecies and Promises of the Lord as recorded in the Doctrine and Covenants. The general aim of this year's work will be to establish fortification against any invasion of faith, by doubt concerning the divinity of the mis- sion of Joseph Smith, as a prophet, seer, revelator of the living God; to show that the Church established by the Lord through Joseph Smith can not fail; and that the faithful members of the Church have the Lord's word of honor as to their salvation, or rising above all their enemies. Each lesson will consider one or more prophecies and promises concerning some specific phase of Latter-day Saint life. Some Suggestions to Class Leaders Add to initial enrollment by public invitation and personal solicitation. Optimistically introduce each lesson in its turn. Make assignments for investigation and answering of questions. Call for individual reports of assignments; it is always discouraging to the student to have his prepara- tion slighted or forgotten by the class leader. Class leaders should answer only such questions as the class fails to answer. Keep discussion above the plane of disputations. Make courtesy the complement of all criticism. Encourage the habit of agreeably disagreeing. Make of each recitation a pedagogical picnic, where each one brings his portion, feasts and goes away hungry. Considerately remember justified absentees. Keep the chief point or aim of the lesson illuminated. Some Suggestions to Students Study each prophecy and promise with a view to getting a clear idea: (a) as to what the prophecy or promise is; (b) as to the time and place of making the prophecy and promise; (c) as to the conditions connected with the giving of the prophecy and promise; (d) as to whom the prophecy or promise was given; (e) as to the purpose of making the prophecy or prom- ise; (f) as to the value of the prophecy or promise; (g) as to any sup- plemental matter that may be related to the prophecy or promise. While it is important, when practicable, to follow those seven headings, 1008 IMPROVEMENT ERA in a study of Prophecy and Promise, the order may be varied, and other headings may be added. The memorizing of prophecy and promise will be of intrinsic value. It will furnish valuable memory exercise and add gems to your mind's content, thus equipping for Church service at home and abroad. The scriptural contest between Christ and Satan is illustrative of the value of one's mind being a ready reference as to prophecy and promise. In answering questions self review is of vital importance. Get the question clearly in mind, give some thought to your answer and, if prac- ticable, state the question to some other and submit your answer. Co-operation in study adds the social element, but better study alone than study with one on whom you are constantly depending. Remember that the value of your opinion depends on the facts and ex- periences that lie behind the opinion. In the class consistently insist that you have your share of the time, and observe the golden rule in regard to class mates. The Course of Eighteen Lessons Lesson I, Introductory. Lesson II, Acquaintance with the Book. Lesson HI, The Lord's Preface or Call of Attention. Lesson IV, Humility the Only Safeguard Against Humiliation. Lesson V, The Glory of Gospel Messenger Service. Lesson VI, Keeping Up Correspondence with the Lord. Lesson VII, The Day for Spiritual Activity. Lesson VIII, The Weekly Covenant. Lesson IX, Review. Lesson X, Investing with the Lord. Lesson XI, The Lower the Law the Less the Liberty, The Higher the Law the Greater the Liberty. Lesson XII, Physical Salvation. Lesson XIII, Increase of Intelligence. Lesson XIV, Crisis Conflicts. Lesson XV, Eternal Domesticity, I. Lesson XVI, Eternal Domesticity, II. Lesson XVII, Dominating versus Domineering. Lesson XVIII, Review. Questions and Problems 1. What is the general aim of the Advanced Senior Course? 2. Why is this course especially adapted to young married people? 3. Discuss the proposition: A class may be made signally success- ful with six members. 4. Why should the class leader answer only such questions as mem- bers are unable to answer? 5. What is meant by the habit of agreeably disagreeing? 6. Name the seven suggestive steps for study. 7. Discuss the proposition: Memorizing gems makes for mental alertness. 8. What are the advantages of submitting our conclusions to others for consideration? 9. What are the characteristics of "up-stair," or higher, conversation? 10. Wherein is a prophecy or a promise the Lord's word of honor? LESSON II.—AN ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BOOK 1. What is the Doctrine and Covenants? When and by whom was the first edition of the book compiled? 2. "At a general assembly held in Kirtland, August 7, 1835, the Book of Doctrine and Covenants was presented to the Church for its acceptance. MUTUAL WORK 1009 A committee, consisting of Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Oliver Cowdery, F G. Williams, (appointed in a general assembly September 24, 1834,) had previously been engaged in gathering and arranging the revelations and doctrines previously given, in a book, which now by unanimous vote, was approved and accepted as a law and rule of faith and practice to the — Church." Jenson's Historical Record, Vol. 6, p. 423. 3. When was the first edition issued? "Some of the early revelations, first published in the Book of Com- mandments, in 1833, were revised by the Prophet himself in the way of cor- — recting errors made by the scribes and publishers." Note by Roberts, History of the Church, vol. 1, p. 173. 4. The book is divided into three parts, give the names of each part? 5. Distinguish between a doctrine and a covenant. Compare the title of the book with the title of the second part of the book. 6. Into how many sections is part two divided? 7. How many sections are there in part three? 8. With what document does the volume close? 9. When were the seven lectures on faith, comprising the first part of the book, prepared? "During the month of January, 1835, Joseph was engaged in the school — of the elders, and preparing lectures on theology for publication." Jenson's Record, vol. 6, p. 48. 10. With what document does the volume close? Ten evidences of the following classes of revelations, prophecies and promises: To all the world. a. To the Church. b. c. To individuals. 11. What unconditional promise is made concerning the prophecies — and promises of the Doctrine and Covenants? Sec. 1:7-38. Commit para- graph 37 to memory. Find a conditional promise in Sec. 67. 12. Which paragraph in Sec. 1, makes the neglect of the Doctrine and Covenants a direct disregard of the Lord's request? Discuss the following: The possibility of a failure in any of the promises and prophecies in the Doctrine and Covenants may be consist- ently challenged, in the face of the fact that not one of them has yet failed. . What promise is made in Sec. 1, paragraph 38, concerning the relation- ship between the Almighty and his agents on earth? Discuss the unfailingness of the prophecies and promises in the Doc- literal fulfilment of trine and Covenants in the light of the evidences of the promises made in Sec. 2, the first revelation contained in the first com- pilation. See House of the Lord, by Talmage; also, Report, by President Heber J. Grant, made in June Conference, 1919. great purpose was behind the giving of the revelation contained What in the Doctrine and Covenants, Sec. 1, paragraph 17? What is the purpose and value of the testimony and challenge of the Lord, recorded in Sec. 67, paragraphs 1-9 inclusive? Who accepted the challenge to write a revelation, and how did he sue- McLellin as the wisest "After the foregoing was received, William E. sense, endeavored man, in his own estimation, having more learning than to write one of the least of the Lord's revelations but failed: it was an awful icsponsibility to write in the name of the Lord^-History of the Church, V ° the Do* To^hat ethical test did the Lord submit the revelations of trine and Covenants? (Sec. 68:8.) — 1010 IMPROVEMENT ERA Wherein are the doctrines of eternal progress and continuous revelation exemplified in the production of the book of Doctrine and Covenants? LESSON III.— THE LORD'S PREFACE OR CALL OF ATTENTION The revelation contained in Sec. 1 is declared by the Lord in paragraph 6 to be his preface to his book of Covenants and Commandments. It is an authoritative call of attention. It is a declaration of fundamental principles. It is an array of righteous accusations. Finally, it is a divine recognition of all revelations at the time it was given, and of all subsequent ones which might be added by the authority of the priesthood. For the time and place and conditions under which this revelation was given the student is referred to Roberts' note in History of the Church, Vol. I, page 222. "This special conference at Hiram, on November 1st, should receive larger notice. The number of copies in the edition of the Book of Com- mandments to be printed was considered; and the decision reached that ten thousand should be published. The conference lasted two days. In the afternoon of the first day of the conference, according to the minutes of the meeting, the preface to the Book of Commandments was "received by in- spiration." History of the Church, Vol. I, page 222. The scope of its address is remarkably wide, and while its purposes are many and mighty, its chief aim is to introduce and affirm as a compilation, the collection of revelations known as the Covenants and Commandments: to establish by divine declaration the genuineness and importance of the collection of revelations known as the Covenants and Commandments, and to redeclare the infallibility of the direct word of the Lord or the word of his authorized agents. As to its value, the preface is a call of attention to all the world that a new book of messages from God to man is to be presented to the world. It publishes a prospectus of the contents of the new volume, and it pleads with the seekers of salvation to search for truth in the new compilation of divine commandments. Interest in the lesson will be intensified, and knowledge of it in- creased, by careful reading of the Church history references given. The vital part of the entire lesson is the indispensability of the study of the revelations of the Lord to a complete Latter-day Saint life. Questions and Problems 1. What is the meaning of the word preface? 2. Discuss the proposition: The Doctrine and Covenants has the sole distinction of having a preface of direct divine authority. 3. Show a parallelism between the introduction by the Father of the Son in the sacred grove and the giving by the Lord of the preface to his book. 4. When and where was this preface given? 5. What were the conditions calling for the preface? 6. To whom is the preface a call? 7. State three evident purposes of the preface? 8. Wherein is the value of the Covenants and Commandments meas- ured by the preface? 9. In the light of recent events, what prophecy in the preface is of immeasurable value as proof of the divinity of Joseph Smith as a prophet? Relate the circumstances connected with the giving of the preface at Hiram, Portage county, Ohio, Nov. 1, 1831. MUTUAL WORK 10H Ask it at Your Monthly Meeting Have the representatives from your stake, who were in attendance at the lateM. I. A. June Conference, complied with the wishes of the General Board and made a report to you ab stake officers, of the proceedings of the conference? We trust that the spirit manifested at the various sessions has been communicated to the officers of your stake, and that you are carrying into effect the instructions there given. It is very important that the spirit and inspiration of the conference should be imparted as far as possible to all our workers. Scoring on the Slogan This subject demands special attention now. The slogan for this year i&: "We stand for spiritual growth through attendance at sacrament meet- ings." This should be advertised with all the vigor at your command. The scoring for attendance (one point for each M. I. A. member) at fast meetings will be counted from the first Sunday following the June conference, and provision for keeping record of the number attending these meetings should be made. The points scored should be reported at the first meeting in October. Attendance at Sunday school where the sacra- ment is administered does not count. The Campaign for 100,000 Membership The Y. M. M. I. A. should have at least 10% of the Church population for each ward in each stake enrolled as members; and the Y. L. M. I. A. should have an equal enrollment. As one means of attaining this end, at- tention is called to the circular of July 3 in the August Era, in relation to making a survey of the wards of your stake. When this is completed it v/ill form a foundation for a campaign to secure active members of your associations. An intensive campaign should be planned for the opening of the associations in October, which should be completed by January 1, 1920. Please notify the general office as soon as you have gone "over the lop," which means enrolled an active attendance of 10% of your ward population. Endorse the M. I. A. Slogans Michael Mauss, of Murray, Utah, writes: "I hail with delight and accept with all my heart, the slogans adopted by the Y. M. M. I. A. during the past five years, and say amen to the one proposed for 1919. Might I suggest that the next one to be presented shall read; 'We stand for State and National abolition of Tobacco, and pledge our hearty support to a movement to bring about such results by means of education and legisla- tion.' In my opinion, it would be to the everlasting honor and glory of the Y. M. M. I. A. to set the pace in Utah, in waging a fight against this terrible evil which is making shipwreck physically, morally, intellectually, and spiritually of many of its users. Count on me for support for such an undertaking." His letter is endorsed by Eugene Miller, president of the Cottonwood stake, who says: "The Presidency of the Cottonwood stake and the High Council, heartily endorse this suggestion." Junior Department Work Under problem 2, Convention Program: "Report of Survey of Junior Boys of the Stake, with Suggestions for Overcoming Delinquencies —Stake Chairman, Junior Department," the stake chairman of the Junior Com- 1012 IMPROVEMENT ERA i mittee will be prepared to report: 1. Number of boys in the stake be- tween the ages of 12 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18. 2. The number who are active in Scout work or M. I. A. work. 3. Number active in priesthood work. 4. The number who observe the Sabbath day. 5. The number who use tobacco in any form. In each case where there are delinquencies, submit a workable plan to overcome the delinquencies. The information for this report should be obtained through the ward chairman of the Junior Department, and compiled and presented by the stake chairman. It will require considerable work to obtain this informa- tion, but the information is of the utmost importance to the stake and ward officers who aim to do effective work in this department. Membership Campaign The intensive membership campaign should commence not later than October 1, and should be completed not later than October 31. The work for membership, however, should continue until January 1, 1920, when the membership report should be mailed to the general office. The aim is to secure in each ward an active membership in the Young Men's asso- ciation equal to not less than ten per cent of the Later-day Saint population of the ward, and as many more than this number as possible. By active members is meant enrolled members who are actually attending and taking part in the association work. This, we believe, is not a difficult task, and can be accomplished with a little systematic and earnest effort. Immedi- ately after October 31, a list of the active members should be forwarded to the general office in Salt Lake City, and a duplicate copy to the stake board. We are recommending a system of M. I. A. missionary work which should be commenced at once and is to be entirely a local M. I. A. mission- ary work, young men to be called by the bishop to labor for a definite pe- riod in his own ward in the interest of the young people of the ward. Many wards have already commenced this work and as results are reported to the general committee the information will be compiled and forwarded to all the wards in the Church. Thus we hope that a practical plan for local M. I. A. missionary work will develop from the actual experiences of the wards that are carrying on the work. We solicit suggestions, your earnest co-oper- ation and full reports of your efforts in this the most important of M. I. A. work. In giving definite instructions on how to do this work the General Board suggest the following very simple but definite plan: — When The work should be commenced immediately. — By Whom By the ward Organization and Membership Committee. What to do First — Call on the bishopric and select at least six ward M. I. A. missionaries. Have them called and set apart by the bishopric to act for one year. The Organization and Membership committee (with mem- ber of the stake committee, if possible) should call the ward missionaries together as soon as set apart and in co-operation with the bishopric should give instructions and supervise their work, and should hold from one to four meetings each month receiving reports and giving instructions assisted by the ward and stake authorities (both M. I. A. and Priesthood). Duties of the Local Y. M. M. I. A. Membership Missionaries 1.See that the instructions are carried out regarding the required lists of names for membership and missionary work. 2. Plan and commence a definite effort to carry out our slogan: "We Stand for Spiritual Growth Through Attendance at Sacrament Meetings." Keep a record of this work and its results. : :: : : : ^ MUTUAL WORK 1013 3. Plan for the Intensive Campaign for 50,000 Active Membership dur- ing October, as already announced. Take advantage of advertising, house to house canvass, the opening evening, public announcements, etc. 4. Most Important of all. Be humble and earnest; pray for the mis- sionary spirit, and let your special effort be to carry out, under spiritual guidance, the aim of our work: ^To assist every young man to complete living on the foundation of faith in God and his great latter-day work." Get into personal contact with young men wherever and whenever possible, and keep the above aim constantly before you in your conversation and as- sociation with them. 5. Much detail might be suggested in the way of dividing the ward into districts for pairs of missionaries to labor together, spending Sundays, unoccupied afternoons, and evenings, in the work, inviting other brethren to assist you. laboring with the parents and friends of boys, taking ad- vantage of the Scout movement, and every other possible means of carrying on your work. Y. M. M. I. A. Calendar— 1919-1920 For Junior, Advanced Junior, Senior and Advanced Senior Classes Where associations meet on Where associations meet on Tuesday Evenings: Sunday Evenings: October: October: 7. Opening Social 5. Joint Meeting 14. Lesson 1 7. Opening Social (Tuesday evening 21. Lesson 2. 12.Lesson 1 28. Lesson 3 19.Lesson 2 26. Lesson 3 November: 4. Lesson 4 November 11. Lesson 5 2. Joint Meeting 18. Lesson 6 9. Lesson 4 25. Open Evening 16. Lesson 5 23. Lesson 6 December 30. Testimony Meeting 2. Lesson 7 9. Lesson 8 December: 16. Testimony 9 7. Joint Meeting 23. Open Evening 14. Lesson 7 30. No meeting scheduled 21. Lesson 8 28. Lesson 9 January: 6. Lesson 10 January: 13. Lesson 11 4. Joint Meeting 20. Lesson 12 11. Lesson 10 27. Open Evening 18. Lesson 11 25. Testimony Meeting February 3. Lesson 13 February 10. Lesson 14 1. Joint Meeting 17. Lesson 15 8. Lesson 12 24. Open Evening 15. Lesson 13 22. Lesson 14 March 3. Lesson 16 March 10. Lesson 17 1. Joint Meeting 17. Lesson 18 8. Lesson 15 24. Testimony 15. Lesson 16 31. Open Evening 22. Lesson 17 29. Lesson 18. 1014 IMPROVEMENT ERA On the Pioneer Trail A "Father and Son's Outing" over the Pioneer Trail, was enjoyed during the week of July 24, beginning with the 21st and ending with the 24th. More than one hundred boys, their fathers, and M. I. A. scoutleaders parti- cipated. Members of the party were carried as far as Gogorza, in Parley's Canyon, in automobiles, hiking then through East canyon, to the mouth of Little Emigration canyon. Here they camped until Wednesday, July 23, when they hiked over Big Mountain to Camp Grant in Moun- tain Dell, at the foot of Little Mountain. A suitable program was carried out on Wednesday night, many additional citizens joining the company from Salt Lake City. Two trucks accompanied the ex- cursionistson Monday morning with food and bedding. The com- mittee in charge of the trip who went with the boys, included John : F. Bowman, Chairman; Dr. John H. Taylor, George J. Cannon, of the General Y. M. M. I. A. Board; Melvin J. Ballard, of the Council of the Twelve; Ray C. Cutler, of Salt Lake, C. H. Spencer, of Gran- ite, and A. Roy Heath, of Liberty stake. On Tuesday, Oscar A. Kirk- ham, City Scout Executive, and a party of scout men joined the Camp at Mouth of Little Emigration party. A number Canyon of Bee-Hive Girls, under direction of Mrs. Ruth May Fox and Miss Ann M. Cannon and others of the Young Ladies' Board, camped at Emigration canyon, near the home of George J. Cannon, on the 22nd and joined in the exer- cises at Little Mountain, which consisted of speeches, singing Pioneer hymns, selections from the Boy Scouts' band, and other features. Preparing the Meal A Message to Officers in Behalf of the Junior Department — Dear Brother: The Junior Committee of the General Board regret exceedingly its limited means of meeting personally with you to take up MUTUAL WORK 1015 die great but inspiring work among the Junior boys of the Church, but are hopeful that we may have your attention and co-operation through the me- dium of this letter. We are busy men; our own personal affairs press for attention; but we cannot satisfy our moral obligation to the trust we have accepted, nor render to the boyhood of our Church the unselfish service we profess to hold sacred, without following up the work set for us by the General Board of this great organization and touched upon at our recent splendid M. I. A. June convention. An official survey taken by the office of the Presiding Bishopric, discloses a status of the boys of our Church which no parent, no elder, no live, wide-awake thinker in our Church can afford to ignore. The figures show 23,000 boys to be without connection with Church activities, including the work of the Mutual Improvement Associations. This number is an army! These boys are sweeping rap- idly into manhood, either to be a factor of vitality in the Lord's work, or to be lost in indifference if not in unbelief. "What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own son?" Now for the remedy: Acampaign among the boyhood of the Church that will make such personal appeal to the boy that he will feel a new fel- lowship for the work of this splendid Association. This campaign requires that our hearts are and must continue to be in the work. It also requires: 1. Organization. 2. Program and course of study. 3. Recreation and Social Opportunity. Organization of a Junior Committee in every stake and in every ward of the Church should be perfected as soon as possible; that is: be- fore the beginning of the fall conventions the latter part of Aug- ust. In each stake one of the stake superintendency of the Y. M. M. I. A. should be the chairman of the Stake Junior Committee. Likewise a Junior Boy Committee should be appointed in every ward in the stake with a member of the presidency as chairman. With committees thus organized in the wards and stakes, when the fall conventions meet, the visiting Board member will give especial attention at the convention sessions to the program and recreation and social activities. We ask that you proceed at once to select these committees, both stake and ward, and report their names to the General Secretary, Moroni Snow, promptly. Please have in mind the best "boy men" you can get for these committees. This done and we may be sure of great results. Your brethren of the Junior Committee, Briant S. Hinckley, Chairman; Lyman R. Martineau, Vice Chairman; George J. Cannon, John F. Bowman, Nephi Anderson, B. F. Grant. Moroni Snow, General Secretary. Historic Meeting on Ensign Peak An impressive meeting was summit of Ensign Peak, Satur- held on the day evening, July 26, 1919, commemorating the exploration and naming of place the spot designated by President Brigham Young, in 1847, as "a good to raise an ensign." Itwas the fourth annual meeting held on the peak, under the auspices, of the Mutual Improvement associations of Ensign stake, and the second the foimal celebration of the exploration of the peak. It took the place of July meeting of the improvement associations. Over two hundred persons assembled around the flagpole on the summit, including many descendants tf the pioneers, and several direct descendants of the members of the orig- inal party which explored the peak. a Superintendent John D. Giles, of Ensign stake Y. M. M. I. A., pre- has labored to establish sided. He conceived the plan and for four years the celebration as a permanent annual event. Boy Scouts of Troop 51, 1016 IMPROVEMENT ERA Eleventh ward, led by Scoutmasters A. A. Johnson and Donald Cameron, conducted flag-raising exercises, followed by congregational singing of "America" and "Come, Come Ye Saints," led by Prof. Henry E. Giles, En- sign stake chorister. Elder Joseph Kimball, son of Heber C. Kimball, a member of the original Ensign peak exploring party offered prayer. Sister Laurinda Poulton Brewerton sang, beautifully, the favorite "Mormon" hymn, "O Ye Mountains High." Elder Andrew Jenson, assistant Church historian, recited the history of the coming of the Pioneers to the valley of ihe Great Salt Lake, and the events leading up to the exploration of Ensign Peak. The principal speaker was Brigadier-General Richard W. Young, president of Ensign stake. He took for his text the characteristics of the Pioneers, and paid high tribute to the men and women who crossed the trackless plains seeking religious freedom, and especially lauded the honesty and integrity evidenced in all their dealings. He urged his hearers to emulate these virtues and, like the pioneers, make their word as good as their bond. Ensign Peak, the speaker said, stood as the emblem of patriotism of the people of Utah, and of the Church. The closing song was the "Star Spangled Banner," and the benediction was pronounced by Elder A. H. Woodruff, son of Wilford Woodruff, the first member of the original exploring party to ascend the peak. At the '.•lose of the meeting those present viewed a gorgeous sunset across the Great Salt Lake and the nightfall over the city. How do You Stand on this Subject? President Joseph F. Smith once said to a friend who recognized a man passing up the street with a smoke in his mouth: "I would not take off my bat in greeting to any man with a pipe, cigar, or cigarette in his mouth." Queen Elizabeth, in early days, justly and unmistakenly, said of the to- bacco habit learned by the English from the American Indians: "Smoking is a demoralizing vice tending to reduce my subjects to the condition of those savages whose habits they imitate." The No-Tobacco Journal writes: "Our men, —about seventy-five per cent of them, are a generation of suckers, —pipe, cigar, and cigarette suckers, and they spend a lot of their time a sucking at them, too. That isn't a very elegant statement, but it is a truth, and one of which all true men ought to be ashamed." Further: "How would you like to have our women and girls, not only smoking the poisonous, stinking stuff, but chewing, slub- bering and spitting the stuff around while they are baking the pies and the cookies? Well, that will be the result, if a fight is not made against the designs of the tobacco interests."