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. TORCHLIGHT Xo. 35. DEATH OP A~DOBCAS SOCIETY. BATH OP A DORCAS- SOCIETY. MASTKHTON~CEARITIES SHOT UP FOB WANT OF WORK! Dorcas Societies are instituted to help tho woor. Helping tho poor is a very old hobit and a utj , pood one. The Pope doos his .part. I'ho King of Spain washes beggars' feet, anil slumming is tho sport of society ladies. The bulk of public nnd private charity in Christian lands is imineiiso. It is not very intelligent. It has ucßlcctcd'llio fence at the top of tho precipice, and hits been unscientific enough to place tho ambulance at the bottom. Charily has cultured pnrnsites. Tlio right sort of poor don't want charity. They want the fenco fixed up. On "111 Di.'ceuilwr we can fix it up once for all Wo can eliminate Dorcas Societies and givo six mouths' holiday to the benevolent. PROOF? Why, in Mnsteriou tliov hod a busy town Dorcas for years. Then No-Liconsc came. Dorcas work got very scant. At Inst the charitable Indies shut up shop! There wore no poor to sew for. They sent their stock of cloth and garments to Wellington orphanages mid wont out of business. ISN'T TJUT GOOD ENOUGH? The Liquor Trade creates Dorcas Socle, ties, but they don't join them The Littler Trado mate oilier men sln'll out for (ho wives «"(! children of (lie inebriates. Kill the Trade, and every man ran clotlio his own children, and self-respect comes with No-liiccnse. STRUCK OUT TITE TOP 1,1 NE, AM) GnT3 THE UOrTOM DOG A SHOW. KEEP TIIIS, AND LOOK OUT FOR No. 3fi.—Advt

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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1288, 17 November 1911, Page 6

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Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1288, 17 November 1911, Page 6

Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1288, 17 November 1911, Page 6

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