The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-27


winter. From there she proposes to
go to India and on to China and
Japan. Thence she goes to Europe
and from there she will cross the
Atlantic to her New England home.
She is fifty called, by our sisters
across the sea, "Our Round-the-
World Ambassador. Noble woman
would there were more like her!
Self-forgetful, self-sacrifcing, with
an answering faith she moves on.
Heaven must smile upon such grand
endeavor; and will guard and guide
her on her missionl In Now, 1884,
we met in the hall of the Y. M. G..
A. for the purpose of organization.
There were about forty ladies pres
ent. Mrs. Leavitt was appointed
TO the chair and Mrs. S. +. Bishop
secretary of the meeting. After
short season of devotion, Mrs. Lea
witt addressed the ladies upon tho
objects and methods Of the w. c.
L. U. of the United States; after
which she proceeded to business.
On motion of Mrs. Hiram Bing-
ham, seconded by Mrs. j. NJ.
Whitney, it was voted to organize a
Union. The pledge was passed, and
signed by thirty-three ladies'. A
committee for nominating officers
was appointed, viz: Mrs. j. NJ.
Cooke, Mrs. B. f. Dillingham;, and
Mrs. II. Bingham. After consulta-
lion the following names were pre-
sented: President, Mrs. j. NJ.
Whitney; Vice-Presidents, Mrs. f.
c. Oggel, Mrs. j. A. Cruzau, Mrs.
Geo. Wallace; Recording Secretary,
Mrs. R. j. Greene; Corresponding
Secretary, Mrs. E. Jordan; Treas
urer, Mrs. c. M. Hyde. By vote
of the ladies present these officers
were elected. The work of organ
ization was completed at Il suisse
quent meeting held on Dec. 18th, at
which u Constitution and Bylaws
were presented and adopted, 10y which
this organization should he governed.
We have the latter printed in
pamphlet form, and any one wish
ing copy will be welcome to one
ny applying to the president or Sec
rotary.
We have had thirteen meetings,
with an average attendance of 70
members. Twelve of these were
the regular monthly, and one u
special meeting. The first two were
held in the hall of the Y. NJ. G. a.,
the Others in the parlors. Besides
these we have had Il public meeting,
presided over by our president. The
programme was made up of music
and addresses. The principal adj
dress was by Pastor Cruzan, and
was exceedingly interesting and full
of thrilling anecdote. Statistics
were given by Rev. $. E. Bishop,
showing the comparative amount of
money expended for food and
alcoholic drinks, in the United
States. The figures were appalling
and in themselves temperance
lecture. Several gentlemen signed
the pledge rs honorary members,
and the meeting, on the whole, was
pleasant affair.
We have had two benefits. one
from lecture by Prof. Wayland /;
the other a half benefit from a
lecture by Major Dane; the net
profits of which will be given by our
treasurer.
Our monthly meetings are opened
by devotional exercises followed by
course of reading and discussion
upon the subject of temperance.
Usually a lady is appointed to pre-
pare paper giving n resume of a
scientific lecture by some eminent
M. ID. who has given much thought
and study to the effects of alcoholics
upon mind and body, viz: Car
penter, Richardson, Kerr and others.
AT the May meeting, our President
read an interesting paper, prepared
by herself, entitled, "The Temper
ance Reform-a History of the
Movement. At the request of
some of the members this article
was published in the .Soiurdoy
Press of June 9th, and will show
whether we have an intelligent idea
of the magnitude of the work we
have undertaken. But, it will be
asked, what has the society done
for the cause of Temperament In
this our initiative year great things
could not be expected of us. We
have not been simply learning our
duties, and the nature of the enemy
we propose to fight. We have de-
partments of work, each of which is
superintendent by IN efficient lady.
Mrs. f. II. McCully has charge of
press work and each week, since we
were fairly organized, has prepared
an article upon temperance for one
of our leading journals, the G"sette.