River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-03-08
Expenses for the year ending March I'd,


The above figures exhibit the finan-
cial interests of the WOmen'S Chris
tian Temperance Union, and its Free
Reading Room.
For the information of the citizens
of River Falls, as well as the salts
faction of the Union. we deem it nee
essary to present our interests, thereby
giving the public a clearer view OF
the operations of the Union, together
with the amount of actual labor re-
quired to sustain the Reading Room.
Many have asked-"Does it pay!
We have reason to believe that it does
pay, else the Union would not expeDd
as much time and labor for tie
maintenance of an institution that re-
qnires not only constant anxiety, but
personal sacrifice on the part of every
earnest member.
The interests of the Reading Room
have been watched with evident sat-
isfaction by a few of our citizens,
and, when questioned as to the advis-
ability Of relinquishing our efforts to
sustain the Room, in no instance
have we received an affirmative reply.
The attendance of readers at the
Room is above the average, as COM
pared with Reading Rooms in other
towns of equal size, and the majority
of its patrons are young people.
We earnestly invite the attention
of The citizens of River Falls to a
nearer acquaintance with the Reading
Room and its interests, and should
any fail to believe that it's effects are
wholesome and salutary, we shall be
glad to hear from them.
Neither can we neglect to make an
appeal to the Temperance men and
women of our town, who have formed
no alliance with the temperance or
CARNATIONS, that at present exist.
The Reading Room is sustained by
the w. C. T. Union, which comprises
at present but twenty-five regular
paying members, and If any pars0n is
in doubt as to the extent of the per-
sonal sacrifice before alluded to, nee
essary to perpetuate the existance of
such room, solely for. the good of
the public, they need but glance
through the preceding account, to
realize that there have been tired
hands and feet, that have rarely
ceased to respond to any call that in
yolyed the interests of the Free Read
ing Room.
we humbly acknowledge our ina
bility to sustain the room i'll any CON-
Portable manner, without the assls-
lance of the people of our town. In
fact. we should many times have been
coldly received at the Room had not
some of our friends donated the Union
an occasional cord of wood, for when
we now return most hearty thanks.
We are truly grateful for the varied
assistance that has sustained us IN
our past efforts, and it is with conf
dence in your sympathy for the cause
we espouse, borrowed from your
timely aid in the past, that we make
this appeal.
Are there not one hundred persons
willing to subscribe the small sum OF
one dollar per year, toward the sup
port of an institution in our midst, {
/ knowledge of whose existance alone
has tendency to lend an addii iona
luster to the refining influences OF oui
town?
Need | point to the evils by which
/ the young of our town are surround
4 cu. lil6 VI W illNii ~ Na'
ningly devised, and the continuance
| of which is dependent upon the PEG
/ pie of River Falls and vicinity.
There is an old adage, ''What i:
worth doing at all is worth doing
weIl.'' and, as Union we are anx
ious to better the results of the un
dertaking upon which we have fairly
entered.
Can we not Justly feel that our Free
Reading Room serves better pur
pose, and is more worthy of the sup
port of our citizens for all time. than
are the dozen degrading institutions
that are sprinkled throughout oul
towni
May we not, therefore, meet will
a hearty cooperation on the part OF
all classes who have faith in the re
fining influence of an organization
devoted to the best and highest inter
| ests of mankind.
TREASURER w. G. I. u.