The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-11-27

TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT..
EDITED BY THE wOSiEN7s CHRISTIAN TEN
PERANcE UNION.
Francis Murphy says: "The German
drinks his beer. the Frenchman his wine,
the Irishman his whisky, and the Yankee
everything
To the most intense satisfaction and de-
light of the W. G. 7. U. of the South. MISS
Willard was reelected President for the
coming year. She is acknowledged to be
queen of all hearts, y and the widest en-
thusiasm prevailed in the Convention
when the vote was announced.
DR. TALMAGE'S VOTE.
IT voted the st. John ticket, and never
in my life have cast ballot with 80 much
delight. Every ballot is prayer If prop
erly thrown. Of one thing am satisfied:
whichever party wins in this strife, GOD
and temperance are a long way ahead OF
either"
ssThe torchlight professions of the past
few weeks have been gorgeous with IAN
terms and regalia, and legends wise ana
otherwise. faces famous and notorious.
have been seen by the light..of lurid fires,
kindled to make them luminous for at
least once in national history shouts and
huzzas have paralyzed enthusiastic voices.
and thousands of dollars have been ex-
pended in way to give force to David's
wonderful declaration, "Surely every man
walketh in vain show" The Temper
ance Legions have had no professions save
those that went to the polls-but 0, what
pageant they might have organized At
the head, all the bloated, blear-eyed drunk
ards, one hundred thousand of them, carry
ing the banner, 1--WE are the real product
Of the perpetual resource" close behind
might come the quaint, furnishing, hollow
eyed woman-another hundred Thousand,
bearing the legend, IF you can give US no
sumptuary laws, you can at least give us
hread.' Then the little barefoot children,
ragged, nervous, idiotic, vicious, starving,
stealing drunkard's brood half a mil
lion more, holding high aloft the warning,
1--WE are to be Americas citizens and
rulers O, friends, countrymen, Ameri-
cans, would even such sight awaken you
| You sleep while facts and figures are thun
dered at you. You eat. drink and are
merry while the bell tolls off drunkard' $
death every six minutes of every twenty
four hours of every three hundred and
sixty-fiye days. Beware, O beware. lest
the last of Egypt's plaques shall be neces--
sary to soften your hard hearts, and to open
your willfully blind eyes. - Union Signal
FOR GOD AND HOME AND NATIVE LAND. i
| The st. Louis Globe Democrat, of Oct.
%, in speaking of the annual Convention
of the National w. G. I. u. which met
in that city during the last week of Oct,
says 1.-THE Importance Of this Convention
| is recognized by the Christian churches Of
| st. Louis. and everything will be done to
make the visit of the ladies agreeable and
memorable. The Baptists, Methodists,
Lutherans, Presbyterians and Congrega-
tionalists will each take turn in acting
as hosts for the delegates. The prominent
members of the w. G. T.. T., are repre-
sentatives of the best American families,
who engage in the temperance work from
patriotic and philanthropic impulses"
s'The delegates to the National Conyen-
| tion were handsomely entertained last
evening by Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. B. G..
| Allen at their home on Waverly Place.
guests and gaily decorated with flowers and
plants. Spiering's Band played choice
selections from the favorite operas in the
course of the evening. Each lady wore in
her button-hole the badge of the Union
a knot Of white satin ribbon
The first evening session of the Conven-
ton was held in Pickwick Theatre. There
was not standing room in the aisles, and
the gallery was packed to overlooking.
Hundreds, unable to gain admittance, re-
| turned to their homes Miss Willard COM
menced her address with the following
words:
Beloved Sisters OF the white Ribbon
Army Once more the magnetism of a
mighty thought, the compulsion Of pro-
found conviction draws us together. Were
I asked to define in asentence, the thought
and purpose Of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union, / would reply 1t is to
make the achole acorld HOMELIKE. Some
one has said that temperament is the
climate of the individual but home is
woman's climate. her vital breath, her
native air. A true woman carries home
with her everywhere. Its atmosphere sur.
rounds her; it's mirror is her face; its
music attunes her gentle voice it's longi-
tude may be reckoned from wherever you
happen to find her,
Miss Willard impressed upon the Con-
vention the Importance of the jurenile acork
and gave an Illustration to emphasize the
significance of this department. THE
Colorado potato bug was rayaging Amer.
lea and advancing upon Europe, when the
German minister of public instruction hit
upon an expedient which effectually pro
tected the Fatherland he had bronze imi-
tations of the baneful insect distributed
through all the public schools, with the
words kill them they take away oul
food" May ace be equally wise to set the
children at work killing off the worms OF
the still our food supply would then cease
to be prostituted to base uses, and our
country would be free ~ She closed her
beautiful address with these words "God
has set the w. G. T. g. for a grander con-
fession and defense Of the faith than we have
dreamed as yet; one which might bleach our
cheeks, perhaps, and make our hearts
heavy with fear, could we to-day know all
that it INVOLVES. But if we are true and
tender-hearted, hol ding fast the hand Of
Christ, we shall be equal to the emergen-
cies as they arise, no mattey how perilous
or great. Let me give you De Tocque
ville's words for a motto in 1884 Life is
s,Toroo,a.o o,/,i