DRINK OR TEMPERANCE?
A temperance orator was describing to his audience how his own life had been influenced by total abstinence.
“You know,” said he, “that I am chief of my department. Three years ago there were two men in our office who held positions superior to mine. One was dismissed through drunkenness; the other was led into crime, and is now serving a long term of imprisonment, and all through the influence of strong drink. Now, what I ask,” he cried, growing eloquent, “what has raised me to my present high position?”
“Drink!” was the vociferous but unexpected reply, which he received from a number of the audience.