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188 <strong>ISLAM</strong> VERSUS CHRISTIANITY<br />
social and political backbone of the country, who<br />
have admitted the cocktail and the "high ball"<br />
to personal favour, and who are undismayed by<br />
what they see around them, is larger than it<br />
was."<br />
This indictment of American Christian life is a<br />
heavy one ;<br />
but it has not been framed by a hostile<br />
judge in malice and it merely represents the bare<br />
truth as observed by a friendly fellow Christian across<br />
the Atlantic.<br />
The effect of prohibition upon the liquor business<br />
of America, as disclosed recently by a Chicago journal<br />
is far from satisfactory from the point of view of<br />
temperance. It is stated that apart altogether from<br />
the amounts which are being smuggled from overseas,<br />
100,000 gallons are daily carried across the border<br />
from Canada. In a single town on the border 25,000<br />
men are regularly engaged in smuggling. The same<br />
paper asserts that "boot legging" is now the greater<br />
industry in the United States.<br />
But looking to Christian Society, the first question<br />
that irresistibly comes to one's mind is "Whither<br />
Women ?* Here are but a few of the numerous<br />
occurrences that happen every day in Christian<br />
society for the information of Mr. Levonian, for<br />
every body except himself is supposed to be acqainted<br />
with them, we are of course ignoring such ordinary<br />
incidents appearance of Marlene Dietrich in full male<br />
attire, trousers, collar, necktie, a bowler and everything;<br />
or the ^ensatian that was caused in Australia
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