Page 6 Advertisements Column 1

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17131, 9 April 1919, Page 6

..-..■ h , I • I I Vote out the Drink—vote out the power that steals I The life of man —that dulls the joyous brain; I That smites the heart, so that it never feels The first fine love or ecstacy again I Vote out the Drink—vote out the power that steals The life of man—-that dulls the joyous* brain; That smites the heart, so that it never feels The first fine love or ecstacy again | Vote "but the Thing that dowers with disease, i | Within the womb, the little life asleep; J That, wakening, shall find not any ease, And, limping into life, lives but to weep. | Vote out the fear of children who must run, I . From the dull fury or the worse embrace; I Who wonder why the happy days are done I' When fchey could smile into a father's face. § Vote out the dread of wives who wait alone J; h For the wild step, the maudlin kiss, the blow;, 1 :.";'■■.:."■".: Or shrink beside the monster wildly thrown I Oa i?iarriage-bed whence love «went long ago. I - Vbte out the Snake coiled in the city heart, I That glides upon the simple, laughing boy I With the first fatal cup, and with tireless art, 1 Pursues him to the ending of his joy. I Vote out the tears of mothers who await A sons bright step and eager eyes agleam; I Who find a bully blundering at the gate, I And know their hope is but a dying dream. I Vote out the crimes that crimson from thecup^ I Vote out the madness and the slow despair; I The Suicide's dark anguish—giving up I Because the wine has made the world all bare. I Vote for the coming in of better thingsI Vote for the fatter life and love and home— I Vote for the Nation-Vote for the land that sings} I Vote for the health and happiness to come! 1