West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-05-14
A w. C. T. q. ABROAD.
Meeting of the State Executive
Committee at Wheeling.
With Notes by The Way.

DEAR II KEENAN, TOlho. LII wv
dience toa,eall from our State Pres
ident, Miss A. Taylor, for a meet
ing of the w. c. T. U. Executive
Committee, to be held at Wheeling
Female College, your w. c. T. U.
amateur editor started abroad on
Thursday morning. Being a nov
ice in journalistic conventionali-
ties we shall proceed to note our
observations in our own fashion.
From Parkersburg a four hours
run on the reliable B. & o., with
our good fellowtownsman, Capt.
Neptune in command, brought US
to the Grafton depot, where we
spenta pleasant hour with Mrs.
M. M. Love, President of the Graf
ton Union, who came over to re-
joice with us over the encouraging
outlook for the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union of West Vir-
GINA.
Calling for ham sandwich,
(Which was mostly sandwich as
there was a noticeable dearth Of
ham) and a glass Of water to wash
it down, editors know of quail on
toast only by traditicn) we were
informed by the polite tender of
the lunch stand that the water
would not be prepared until IL
o'clock. You can imagine the eff
feet of this statement upon a thirs-
ty w. G. T. U. woman. We grave
ly inquired if they didn't keep wa
ter ON tap at all hours, and was
as gravely answered in the mega
tive.
At 4 80 in the afternoon, Miss
Taylor, with her 'coach-and-two'
cordially greeted us at the Wheel
ing depot and conveyed us to the
Female College, where with the
thermometer at 80 in the shade,
we found ourself vts a-vis with a
glowing CRATE. (This latter being
according to request made in a
letter written two days previous
while the cold rain made breathing
difficult to chronic asthmatic. J
WHEELING COLLEGE.
Wheeling College, standing on
one of Wheeling's many hills, els
beautiful for situation" and de-
lightful for occupancy. Its lofty,
airy rooms looking out upon LA
Belle Rivere," there is no need for
fleeing it's walls for cool breezes or
country views.
The tea table took us back TWEEN
ty years, to our own school life, as
we entered the dining hall and con-
tronted double file Of bright eyes
and fair faces, and the retrospect
was pleasanter than the present
ordeal, for the quick eye of trained
girlhood catches the slightest
breach of conventionalism, and the
court is memorable in its judy
ment.
THE YOUNG LADIES.
Without falling into the stale
platitudes of polite fattery, we
want to say honestly, that if the
quiet, easy grace of these young Ia
dies, in parlor, dining hall or chap
es, is the result of Miss Taylor's
training, West Virginia mothers
Iced not go beyond the borders of
their own State for the advantage
of cultivated young womanhood.
And we cannot doubt their worthy
President deserves the credit, since
one of that same group, conspicu-
Gus for her ease and grace, attract
ed our attention two years ago by
her shy bashfulness. This fair
young girlhood is West Virginia's
reserved force for God and Home
and Native Land,
PARKERsBURG AND THE HoNoRs.
During our stay the class honors
were awarded, and e Parkersburg
girl, the daughter of our w. G. T.
u. President, Mrs. R. l.. Kendall,
carried off the "frst honors," an
older sister being the successful
competitor one year ago. We may
be INDUCED in a pardonable pride
in our own-and we are sure the
w. CT. U. of West Virginia as
we'll as Parkersburg will rejoice
with us that Miss Blanch Kendall