but this was thought to be _never failing_ in its virtue to
alleviate, if not to cure. Women in the last few years have been wiser
than the doctors, for while they looked only at alleviation of pain,
wives and mothers began to look beyond that, at the probable
acquirement of the taste for drink, and now this prescription is
becoming less frequent. Let the women of Canada banish this liquor
from their sideboards and kitchens, and from their medicine chests.
Let it be given as medicine, only as a last resort, and by the advice
of a careful physician. Let temperance papers be taken in the home,
that young and old may see and know all that is going on in the world
in relation to temperance. We have our political papers, our church
papers, our fashion magazines, let us have, too, our temperance
papers, books and magazines.

Encourage the children to become members of a Band of Hope, and, if
possible, go with them occasionally to their meetings, thus showing
your interest in their particular work.

We are glad to think the custom of supplying farm hands with beer is
not prevalent in this country, but there may be places here and there
where this has been customary. Here farmer's wives may provide a
substitute in oatmeal drink, cold tea or coffee. These are a few of
the many ways in which women may work for temperance in the home.

2. _In Society_--To exercise an influence for good it is not
necessary that we should always sit pledge books in hand, and talk on
the subject of temperance, but while this question occupies such a
large share of public attention as at the present time, there will be
few communities where it will not form one of the topics of
conversation. Then a quiet declaration of principles is the stand we