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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 1, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 5.

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Pitiful, Isn't It?

By Editor

THERE comes to us this morning, from a newspaper published in a beautiful city in California, a clipping containing discussions of a proposed ordinance which is before the city council to prohibit all forms of gambling. The city attorney defined what the state law meant by gambling. The question was asked, How about our local fashionable bridge clubs where the ladies and gentlemen play for prizes? The city attorney replied, “They would be pinched,” and he continued, “In fact every church in —— carries on raffles, grab-bags, and other gambling arrangements, and they would all be liable to arrest.” Consequently the ordinance was defeated, because the church element could not endure its restrictions. The letter containing the clipping wonders “if the churches all over the land are like the ones we have in this town.” We hope not.