The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-12-18
From the Chicago Tribune.I ]

FROM the GulcABo lTAuuue-l
CLEVELAND, o., Nov. 20.-The Wom-
ems National Temperance Convention
has just concluded its session. The
talk of the past two days would fill sew
eral volumes, but the record of actual
work done can be told in n column.
First, and mainly, there is
THE PLAN OF WORK,
Which is now sent out as a chart and
guide to the temperance women of the
country. 1t is as follows:
ORGANIZATION.
Since organization is the sun-glass
which brings to focus scattered infiu-
ence and effort, we urge the formation
of a Woman's Temperance Union in
every State, city, town, and village.
We will furnish a constitution for aux
iliaries, with all needed information, to
any lady applying to our Corresponding
Secretary.
MIXING PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
The evolution Of temperance ideas is
in this order: The people are Informed,
convinced, convicted, pledged. With
these facts in view, we urge, first, fire.
queut temperance mass-meetings; sec
ond, the careful circulation of temper
ance literature 10 the peoples homes
and in saloons; third, teaching the chill
dren of Sabbath schools and public
schools the ethics, chemistry, physiol-
ogy, and hygiene of total abstinence;
! fourth, offering prizes in these schools
| for essays OH different aspects of the sub
ject; fifth, placing a copy of the engrav-
/ ing known as the "Railroad to Ruin"
and similar pictures on the walls of
every schOol-room; sixth, organizing
/ temperance glee clubs of young people
to sing temperance doctrines into the
| peoples hearts as well as heads; seventh,
seeking permission to edit column in
the interests of temperance in every
newspaper in the land, and in all posi-
ble ways enlisting the press in this re-
form; eighth, endeavoring to secure
from pastors everywhere frequent tenn
perance sermons and special services in
connection with the weekly church
prayer-meeting and the Sabbath school
at intervals, if they be only quarterly;
ninth, preserving facts connected with
the general subject and with our work
in temperance serap-books, to be placed
in the hands of special officer ap-
pointed for this purpose.
JUVENILE TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES.
Under this section they urge at some
length the establishment of temperance
societies for the young.
THE PLEDGE.
II nobody would drink then nobody
could sell. First, we urge the circula-
ton of the total abstinence pledge as
fast and as far as facilities permit; life
signatures being sought, but names be-
T ing taken for any length of time, how
ever brief; second, we have special
pledge for women, inviting the instruc-
tion and pledging of themselves, thell
children, and, so far rs possible, thell
I households; banishing alcohol in all its
forms from the side-board and the
kitchen, and enjoining quiet, persistent
= work for temperance in their own socia
, societies; third, we earnestly recommend
, ladies to get permission to place |
pledge-bOok i'm every church and Sab
! bath school, where it shall be kept per
petually open i'm a convenient place, in
: dicated by motto placed above it; also
n that each member Of our Union keep al
autograph pledge-book on her parlo
table, and carry one in her pocket.
sACRAMESTAL WINE.
We strongly recommend our Unio
: everywhere to appoint a committee c
ladies in each church who shall seek
enlist the pastor and church officials /
; offering only unfermented wine at tn
communion table.
THE ANTI-TREAT LEAGUE.
: "Come LETT s take something together,
has been the keynote Of destruction
We are laboring for the organization {
=. League which shall enroll as member
those who, though not yet ready to sig
the pledge, are willing to refrain froT
& putting the bottle to their lips, by pledl
ing their honor that they will neither /
- treated nor treat.
,, TEMPERANCE CoFFEE-ROOMs.
II we would invite men TO forsake 81
looms, we must invite them to a bette
IS place, where they can find shelter, an
Ie food, and company. We would ope
small, neat cofIee-rooms, with reading
rooms attached, which the ladies migl
% supply with books and papers from the
le own homes and by solicited fund
lie whenever practicable. There shoul
n also be friendly inns connected, wit
which might be provided, for those will
q ing to compensate 10y their labor f
g. their food and lodging, a manufacturiu
y shop comprising various tables.
lie HOMES FOR INEBRIATE WOMEN.
These should be established i'm IL
To- cities, our Unions soliciting aid fro
% the State and municipal government
sr and from the general public for this pu
T. pose.
I'd THE REFORMED MEMS CLUBS
c. Recently projected in New Englan
will be powerful auxiliaries in o
work, and we urge the Women's Unio
to help establish them in every comm
Sc nifty.
ri BUREAU OF INFORMATION.
Dc AI-ood,, Ia, r,aanS of oorraSDoudano
:. our chain Of Unions has been a mediu
y, ,ll of communication between parents al
y their absent sons, by means of whi'
=. = the former in their homes have lent
y helping hand to the latter amid the
II temptations. We suggest careful 6
~ - tention to this important branch of o
II beneficent work.
an COUNTER ATTRACTIONS OF HOME.
lie Much has been said about our neg
ne gence in rendering our homes attracti
ut and our cuisine appetizing, and not
re ways without reason. We thereto
ly recommend that in our Unions essa
q. on the science and art of making hor
&? outwardly wholesome and attractive
D? read, books on the subject circulate
ry and all possible effort be made to secu
ar a more scientific attention to the pro
X ucts of the kitchen and higher 'esthe'
m standard for the parlor.
,? HOME MISSIONARY WORK.
K Private visitation of those who driI
1t and those who sell. We comtempla
es still further-our aim being to go IN
tn snirit of prayerful and helpful kindne'
OF aosPEL TEMPERANCE MEETINGS.
- We recommend our Unions to ho