St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-27
THE YOUNG WOMEN OF OUR LAND.
The Theme of the Globe-St. Louis
Letter from the National w. C.
m II Cnuvaufion
T. .. Convention.

Especial Correspondence of the GlObe.l
ST. LOUIS, Oct. pa propose in my letter
to-day to dwell upon the work being done by
the young ladies, or to use 8 term like bet
ter, the young women of our land, in their
effort to fight King Alcohol. Ii is only three
years since the first w. c. T. U. was or
ganized. At first they increased very slowly,
but they are rapidly growing in favor and
now number 49, Illinois during the past
year has organized twenty-one new unions,
making thirty-eight in all. Through the eff
fective labors of the superintendent, Penn
sylvania leads the states in the number OF
its unions, reporting forty societies, an in
crease of thirty-two since last year. The
Oil City union has Immortalized itself by
erecting beautiful water fountain, con-
spicuous from the cars as you pass through
the city. On its base is the following in
scription: dedicated to the material wants
of the young men and boys of Oil City, who
shall guide our destinies for a short period
of time and then pass away,
leaving the stamp of their individu-
atty to mould and fashion the
destimes of the coming generation" Our
Grand motto ''For God and Home, and
Native Land" and Y. W. C. T. U. of Oil
City," alao appear in clear lettering.
Mrs. Frances J. Barnes, of New York, the
National superintendent, tells us in her de-
lightfui report that during a recent visit to a
lonely country home, there was served as
the last course at breakfast each morning, a
silver salver heaped with fresh cut dewy
flowers, which the guests all joined in ar
ranging. Sitting amidst the latest reports
of the Young Women's Christian Temper
ance Unions, sent in by many states, we
feel as if the pleasant task had been assigned
US, with but this difference. Where we ar
range a boquet, you would ike 10 see the re-
suit; but if we give you chapter of statis-
! tics, you would pass by with averted eyes.
And so we will desist. 1t a recognized fact,
that never in the worlds history, has there
| been time when such demand was made
| upon young wOmen-such a call for them in
| the great field of temperance as to-day. In
fact it is only very recently that the world
awakened to the fact that our
young woman were of much account
outside of the school room or the home.
But such encouraging reports of their enter
prise, their energy and activity all along the
line of march, are coming to US from all
| quarters, that the most conservative must
| yield. Their opportunities are numberless,
their possibilities boundless. Their field is
| the home, the social and the educational
world. Their special work one OF proven
| ton, rather than cure, under three general
| headings. First, social influence; second,
| acquiring and disseminating temperance
knowledge; third, working for the children.
Our fashionable young ladies', from the
social custom of drinking wine and cham
payne, stand in great danger of becoming
Incorporate themselves, as well as form
| ing alliances with young men who are given
to the intoxicating cup, as do those in the
! lower walks of life-among the so-called
| poorer class, where the habit is formed from
| drinking beer. Thus the Y. W. Z. T. T.,
have two-fold mission right here: to win
society girls to total abstinence and to ex-
| tend a sisters hand of kindness to those less
| favored. The social world waits to be won
over to total abstinence by our young women,
and the temperance cause opens
| for them door into large
! place, where all their gifts and
graces can serve good and noble purposes.
Into their hands God has placed one of the
| grandest opportunities that was ever put be-
fore the young womanhood of any age or
nation. May God grant that they may find
|
Divine love in helping in this work, and at
last hear from the Master the grand COM
mendation, ''Well done.'' Another beauti-
full field of work where young women are
most successful, is that of Kitchen Gar
den" To train girls SO that they win be
come yirtuous women, and acquire such
habits of religious industry as will save them
! from ''eating the bread Of idleness.'' is one
OF the chief motives of this de partment of
work. The greatest foe to the home is liquor,
and yet it lies within the power Of mothers,
| wives and sisters to do much to destroy this
enemy. Orderly, cheerful homes, will Offset
the attractions of the saloon. To create
we'll regulated homes is certainly one object
of all 'Kitchen Gardens And lastly,
would say, let us insti into the soil God has
given us, viz: the impressibie hearts and
minds of the children the seed OF
pure, true thought, and the result
will be men ana women valiant
for the right. Use prompt, energetic, sys
tematized effort for the education of til,
children on the subject of alcoholic and mar
cotic stimulants. The need of the hour i,
instruction as to the dangers which threaten
such training as shall tit for life work, ant
thorough organization; a strength to those
who are in it, an attraction to such as need
it. The Youngest child in the public schools
may be taught the effects Of alcohol upon the
system, that he will forever after shun it as
poison forever at war with mans nature. Tt
quote our Miss Willard: 'You can begin il
your own home, in the lullaby song, the twi
light story, the family pledge with line upOI
line and precept upon precept, to gain YOU
little brothers and sisters to be total abstain
ers." On Sunday afternoon Miss ball
so wen known in st. Paul, holds mas
j meeting for the children in Pickwick theater
and Mrs. Barnes one for the young women
in one of the largest and most popula
churches of the city. And so the good worI
goes marching on.
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