Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1917 — The Bar. [ARTICLE]

The Bar.

The saloon is sometimes called a 'Bar, that’s true. A Bar to heaven, a door to hell; whoever named it named it well. A Bar to manliness- and wealth; a door to want and broken health-. Bar to honor, pride and fame; a door to grief and sin and shame. A Bar to home, a Bar to pnaiyer, a door to darkness and despair. A Bar to -honored, useful -life; a door to ssws&essr, Tbrewing istrdfe: —A- Bar to all that’s true and brave, a -door to tears and aching hearts. A bar to heaven, a door to hell; ■ wh-wrcr named it, named it well. That s whiskey.