The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-20
TEMPERANCE.


LIVELY MEETING OF THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE
INsTITUTE-REv. DIR. EsRAY ATTACKS THE
LADIES AND IS ROUGHLY HANDLED BY MRS.
CoNKLIN.
The large hall of Cooper Union fairly filed
yesterday afternoon by temperance people who had
come to enjoy the bill of fare provided for them by
the National Temperance Institute Mr. J. B. Gibbs
presided. and after the usual preliminary exer-
cises of religious character he addressed
the audience in explanation Of the alb
sence of Captain Paul Boyton and the Juvenile
Life Saving Corps. Mr.. Gibbs stated that Captain
Boyton had promised to be present at the meeting,
with the members Of the Volunteer Life Saving
Corps. On Saturday. however at eleven o'clock in
the forenoon. Captain Boyton announced to him that
he could not be present and said he would have so
stated in the newspapers.
SEVERE ON THE LADIES.
Rev. Mr.. Esray, of Brooklyn, then addressed the
audience. lIe said that women were the greatest
sufferers from the results of intemperance; but it
true that some of them deserved it. Women
like angels-fallen angels-who got into bad
scrapes. scolding, mean tretting wife was enough
to drive q man to rum or to water. Where home
not made pleasant there was an incentive
to seek false. pleasures elsewhere When
had a home in which he happy
lie had the anchor down for his safety from
strong drink. Men often drank to drown trouble,
though the worst thing to pour trouble
whiskey The speaker then went to discuss the
vi .mc o'a'e w. g, ior ane , 1i
to protect society here by legislation against intem
perance because more than in any other country in
the world our society depended on the individual.
MRS. CoNKLIN BECOMES EXCITED.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Esrays address Mrs. Conk-
lin in her seat to defend her against the i'm
% t d az az ur e saujd W.
saw that the men were the worse; that women were
not to be blamed as Mr. Esray had blamed them. and
.aa SUM W., e VIZ y. % ELL ~. ua W nay. Nv.
drink as men did?
Mrs. Conklin was getting excited and many in the
m r WIN groa. Ma ., dair pay hissea ner;
some gentleman then moved a resolution con.
doing with Mrs. Conklin for her unfortunate
perience but this only made matters worse, and the
lady rose Indignantly and said that her home was
the audience. She then made few more remarks
and sat down and the chairman asked the choir to
sing Blessed River;
Mr.. Charles 4. Gildersleeve spoke next. and said
some severe things about the rnmseliers as class.
He said that for the most part native were
OF Sessions for excise violations as having "bnii
coSnsensnces. and as having brutality stamped on
their visages
The President announced that S46 had been col
AMERICAN TEMPERANCE MOUNTAINEERING
LECTURE BY MR.. WILLIAM MASON EVANS.
After nraver nv the Rev Mr. Ke,lar William Mason
49,, =. ,,,--, ,. !,
Evans last evening deiivered lecture oefore tho
old American Temperance Union. of which
ho 4. ,resid.rt ert,t,cd "A,mo.t T,fo -
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1t was descriptive OF the wretohed life
of the confirmed incbriate. and the goodness of a
,ise ~ ter,neranco ue beicved with tbe moot tboA
- ~
we i've III deeds' not In years. ana ne was mere 10
show how true that sentiment was. He gave vivid
e.crnt,op NJ tho strandpg of sb,n m tho coast ~
~ ~ ee " f va 'A0 .'"'' "a
England. the perilous position OF the crew who were
clnging to the rigging and every moment expecting
a.. 10 su,,y,eroaa heroath tho sur,,rc ,v,vss r,tor
Vs. -e'-o $500 ~
the ieooat appeared and every man was saved TWAS
so with mankind. Intemperance was the stranded
sh,, and tewner.,co mo ,;f.ho.t ,vh;c, ,,w,v
was IN readiness 70 rescue the sinking drnnkayS