TEMPERANCE IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
MANY are the good-humored jokes which Mrs. Hayes' temperance principles call out. Says the Signal: “On the avenue leading up to the White House, at Washington, is a restaurant where liquor is sold. A sign is thrust out greeting the approaching visitor to the President with the warning, ‘Your last chance!’ As he returns from the White House he is met by the words on the reverse side, ‘Your first chance’ again! In consequence of her firm adherence to her faith, temperance has become fashionable in Washington, and liquor is rarely seen on the tables of the best people, insomuch that Mr. Augustus Sala says of the Americans: ‘A glass of ice water is usually the only drink with which they wash down their dinners. I actually am afraid to call for a glass of beer while dining at my hotel, lest I may be regarded as a drunkard.’ If all men had the same fear it would be well for our country.”