West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-09-02
Report of the General Work in
Maryland.

maryland.
By Mrs. Sarah w. Tudor, of Bal
timOre.
T. U. Inter State Conference, Jnly IA, 1885.
Dear Sisters and Friends:
Until very recently it was ex-
pected another should speak for
"My Maryland" and l must ask
your kind consideration while sub
hitting these few facts and remarks
SO hastily thrown together.
Dating to 1884, with fifty-one
Unions booked, we have only 900
paying mem ers. Eleven of these
Unions are in Baltimore city, the
remainder located in twelve coun-
ties. Some of these are in a weak
and feeble condition, finding the
way slow and tedious. A few are
lying dormant, sick, perhaps from
malaria amongst them, and are
resting in quiet inactivity; but,
thanks unto God, there are those
that are demonstrating their life by
their works, entering the various
avenues leading into twenty-five
departments.
DEPARTMENTS OF WORK.
Commencing with Hygiene-the
Preventive, we are considering
healthtul cookery, wholesome and
nutritious diet, free from the odors
of alcohol ventilation, with a copi-
Gus supply of Gods pure air and
sunlight, remembering, ALSO, not to
encroach upon the hours allotted
for Natures sweet restorer."
A Hobby Party" was held by a
young ladies' Union, Hygiene being
the hobby, at which club was
formed, and books treating on the
laws of health, procured, read and
circulated; but the advancement
along this line is not commensu-
rate with its value. The problem
especially engaging the minds of
the Temperance women of Ma
ryland to-day is, how to protect our
boys and girls, DR. Willard Parker
says We will never control alcohol
until we have taught the people
what it is, aohat 1t will do to us, if
we drink it, and what 1t aoiU make
as do. Teach them how it diminish
es the brain power, dwarfs the in
tellect and debases all The finer
sens:bilities. The pure young
mind, full of life and vigor, is pre-
pared to take impressions and re-
produce them. AS the example is
set and the precept given, so are
the impressions being directed by
the unconscious influence exerted
upon it. Thus it is with 10000
children attending the Public
Schools Of Maryland, many of whom
are totally ignorant of the nature
and effect Of alcohol upon the sys-
tenn; u1,taught save in the belief
that what Papa does is right and
what Christian men sanction IS not
bad. How my heart yearns for
these unsophisticated innocents,
many Of whom are already draavo
into this vast whirlpool of destruc-
ton, whilst others are standing up
on the brink, "almost persuaded"
We have held interviews with ed
ucators, physicians, school commits
sioners and Legislators, setting be-
fore them the results of researches
by the acknowledged talent of the
world" experimental truths, pre-.
sented years previous to the inau-
guration of the Temperance Reform
and carrying such arguments with
them as would not be received
from a Temperance fanatic"
Resolutions have been adopted
by both the Temperance Alliance
and the State W. c. T. u, empha-
sizing the Importance of having
text books introduced into the Pub
lie Schools, teaching the nature of
alcohol,and its effects upon the hu-
man system. Also, Press notices
were sent out and petitions to the
Legislature circulated, all of which
brought this subject directly be-
fore the people. AS a result. the