Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-17
CITY AND DISTRICT.
wOMAN'S TEMPERANCE WORK.
Reports Made at the Quarterly Meeting
OF the w. &. II. U.-Hygiene and Tenn.
Perance-The Work Going ON Among
the Soldiers.

Yesterday afternoon and evening the quar-
terly meeting of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union of the District was held at
wesley chapel. The attendance was large.
ABOUT the platform were number of banners
with inscriptions as follows: alone the type
OF Heaven" Juvenile Sunday School Depart
the nation Coiored Peoples Depart;
hath The made of one blood Sold
ier's Temperance Union, Sd U. s. Artil.
iery: We fight all foes Of home," depart.
Of instruction for she is thy life." Hygiene and
Hereditary Departments: Your body is the
temple of the Holy Ghost" In the afternoon
Miss Lizzie Kessler was elected corresponding
secretary, vice Mrs. r. A. Hartwell, deceased.
HYGIENE AND TEMPERANCE.
AL the evening session Mrs. BOvee accepted
the chair and Mrs. Burris read the 10th Psalm
Rev. Richard Norris lead in prayer AS at the
OF delegates present, every branch in the Dis
trict, including the soldiers union, being repre-
sented. The lesson read by Mrs. Burris and the
prayer were each given a turn towards temper
ance. Mr.. Norris styled intemperance the
enemy OF religion and purged for the enlighten.
ment of the liquor seller or the moderate drink
ers and tipplers and the confirmed inebrates.
Mrs: Bovee read the report OF that section OF
hygiene. She said that there was a close rela
1000 will induce the stomach to crave some
thing stronger. She urged that all so-called
medicinal bitters be discarded, for analysis
shows that those examined contain alcohol
The rule should be "eat to live," not "live to
eat, and pure soul in a pure body" Many
cnlldren were now mOrtgaged to Satan by dis
slpated parents, and She recommended that the
branch unions pay more attention to these sub
jects.
WORK AMONG THE SOLDIERS.
Sergeant Patterson, of the Sd artillery, gave
In capital style a recitation and led the singing
with piano accompaniment. He read the report
of the soldiers work, of which Miss Chase is the
superintendent. This was to the effect that one
third of the garrison at Washington barracks
been little less than marvellous. The report
states that Gen. Gibson, Mrs. Gibson, and the
officers OF the post take great interest in the
work; that n fine hall has been opened by Gen
have interesting meetings. AT the Soldiers
home a society has been formed and the work
there Is endorsed by Gov. Hart, Major Ritten-
house and others. In this section the report
says such work was sadly needed, Tor in within
mile on the road to the home there are ~
liquor shops, some unlicensed. The report
spoke of the want of assistance to carry on the
work at Fort Myer, and the Navy yard asked
tor volunteers.
THE YOUNG LADIES' UNIONS
Miss Louisa Strobel read the report of the
Young Ladies' unions, in which she stated that
there were eight unions IN active work. A pa
per by Miss McDade on "What Young Women
Can Do" and a reading by Miss Strobel fol-
lowed. Resolutions were presented by Miss
Sadie White and adopted, heartily indOrsing
the recent action of DIR. G. b. Purvis in the
sage of a law forbiddng the sale of cigarettes
and liquors to children under the school
age, and Mrs. Chase, of Arkansas, adj
dressed the meeting ON the general outlook.