the products of nature and of art and industry, and to learn that abuse in eating or drinking is abuse of oneself and should be eschewed. But let us bring up men and women, not puppets that cannot stand erect without a prop. Indiana's Supreme Court Squelches Judge Artman's Political Decision. The big hullabaloo raised by the anti-alcoholists over the decision of Judge Artman of Indiana, declaring the license law of the state unconstitutional on the ground that the legislature could not license the liquor traffic owing to its inherently evil character, never made a great impression on the Growler. It was so manifestly a "freak" decision, so plainly the special plea of preju- dice, that I could not bring myself to believe it would ever hold water. The character of Judge Artman has since become clearer. He has been lecturing and pre- dicting the complete destruction of the liquor business. 88 Artmaris "Freak" Decision. He stands before us in the lime-light as a man utterly lacking the judicial temperament. The Supreme Court of the State of Indiana in the case of John W. Thompson in a prosecution for vio- lation of a city ordinance of Greencastle by keeping a saloon near the Big Four station, has come out plainly in support of the right of the state to license the liquor