The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-08
.posTLES OF TEMPERANCE.
c.,obration Of the Twelfth Anniversary
e the Women's Temperance Union.
=. Work Accomplished During the Past
w War as Shown by the Reports Of the
officers of the Association.

81 = ohseryed last night at Roberts Park Church,
80 number OF active supporters and sympa-
..;,orx Of the cause being in attendance. After
...;,tural reading and prayer, with singing by
=. choir. Mrs. DR.. Harvey, president of the
II r-ior addressed the audience briefly on the
~o-t of the past year. She regarded it as
.0,ouragng, though accomplished under
i 20 difficulties, aud with . need of
Il ,.reer financial help. As to the
,.,ter while all expenses were met, certain enter
j -.i.as might have been more fully carried ont
II sd money been plenty. She left it to the re-
,o,ts to represent precisely what had been done.
Miss Josie Reed then read the corresponding
..eretarys report, which was brief review Of
,bs results of the several departments of philan
,bropy and charity under the control of
. he Union A significant event had been
e ,Ae removal of the Union to better
+ souse nearer the business center of the city.
II This gave an opportunity for larger work and
reater facilities in pursuing the purposes of the
Y ause The Young Woman's and the
Il state associations had been supplied with
\ rooms at the new headquarters. During
Il The year 5000 strangers and residents visited the
i o0fees Many sought occupation, to whose re
I quests earnest attention was given, others
Il came for information. while the greater part
i found there a comfortable resting place. Regu-
lar weekly meetings. besides those of special and
d sospel character had been held with benefcent
] results. The department of health and heredity
had during the year. been placed under the
superintendency of DR.. Rachel Swain, and al
though but one lecture had been delivered thus
1 far. the work was being effectively organized.
/ The kindergarten system of intoxicating temper
suce principles among the children showed en-
ccuraging progress, as do the methods
Of teaching temperance in the Sun
day,sch1ooss; Christ ~ Episcopal and tn, the
4 monthly lessons on this subject, while in the
d schools of other churches quarterly lessons are
given on this topic. The average attendance at
+ the Yandes- street Mission has been one hundred
and 6fty-six. Three weeks ago a Sunday-school
/ was organized at the Pennsylvania street home
Of the Union and at the first of the year in
dustrial school for girls and night school for
boys. was opened. All these enterprises are full
4 o. promise. AS it was not legislative year
aothing had been done in that direction. When
physiology is taught in fthe high-sehools the eff
fscts of intemperanee are looked after as part of
The study. The press had been uniformly kind
in its notices OF the Union and In advancing the
general features of its work. The department
devoted to the opium habit was being placed in
& an efficient condition for fighting that evil.
Temperance literature covering Al, 3l2 pages
had been distributed in iunch-rooms, street cars,
5 at the State fair and throughout other public
places. Quite large list of temperance books
& had been added to the City Library. A sys-
tematic effort with partial success for the sup
5 preston of sensational and pernicious publca-
! lions promised good returns. The principal part
of this work was devoted to seeking the assist
s ance of parents in this regard and an enforce
nent of laws Ministers had also been
asked to aid in this work while the
4 postofice officials had promised to look after
Iuch publications as far as lay within their line
Of duty. This is an evil as great as the rum
traffic. The work Of young women had been
we'll organized. 1t is largely directed in protect
ing and guiding Alright those who have been re-
leased from the reform schools. Newsboys and
bootbacks also receive earnest attention. The
HomenS reformatory well as that OF the
boys. ana Jail were especially visited on June 9.
s il honor of the meeting of the National Prison
left with each of inmates. Reg
{ ular visits have been made dur
Ing the year to these institutions.
It was found that three-fourths of the inmates
Of the Jail and station-house were there through
/ Drunkenness. The Union had obtained the ap-
pointment Of a matron to take charge of the
women prisoners at the work-house. The report
closed with reference to the evangelistic spirit
Of the organization. and the success of its Cos
pei features. An item Of especial note was that
all the Methodist and Christian churches now
use the unfermented juice of the grape for sac
nmental purposes.
Singing by a quartet Of male voices followed
after which Mrs. DR.. Siddall said that it was an
occasion of great thankfulness that we now had
workhouse where women prisoners could
be attended to by women The Union took the
need of such an institution to the Lord and
prayed for it. Since its opening twenty-eight
women had been sent there and twothirds of
them went there as the victims OF the drink
traffic. As yet but ono religious service had
been held there, but the lady hoped for good re-
suits in this direction before another year passed
Mrs NJ. A. Holloway, the financial secretary,
reported that during the year the receipts of the
lInch-roon were $l5' 69o q, which, with
the cash on hand last March ($1559).
gave total receipts of $l5 I'll 80. The
expenses of the luneh-roo were SIS GAG. 15 leav-
balance of $4719 OF the expenditures So. ASS
was paid into the treasury OF the Union. The
treasurer of the Union reported that the receipts
Of that organization had been &c. I12 IS. and ex-
penses outside of lunch-room, So, 1872 SO, giving
balance Of Sl199 80.
Miss Sarah Morrison was introduced and read
90 address in which she said that whoever speaks
against the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union speaks against power God approves. At
tsvery inception it gave fruit of its divine In
eeption, and as it progressed timid hus-
bands and rampant saloon-keepers were
guieted in their opposition. The grand
phlanthropie work it has accomplished shows it
TO be goodly tree planted by the river of life.
Faults and blemishes can be found in all human
] Institutions, and it is the habit, through ignor
ance or unwiliingness. to see their good to con-
denim them. But the Union has progressed I'M
III it now has thirty-nine State and Territorial
examinations, 10000 local unions. and 200, 600
Christian women enrolled in its cause. 1t was
the women against the liquor traffic. Human
PRIDE stands in the way of some entering this
work They are anxious to preserve the dignity
OF society, and claim that there are too many
common people engaged in the work. If people
WIN drink, let them drink. 1t
Is enough for Us to meet them
AZ tho sacramental table. They were
AFRAID of scandal brought about by disgusting
women and again it was supported by women
VINO want prohibition. and also want the vote by
which 1t can be achieved
!, mere is another class who voluntarily stir in
sner breast an opposition to what their heart
approves. There were politicians who submit
s ~ 70 the liquor power because their party would
ssnsetwise be injured. The only solution. the
. xnt way. the safe way the sure way, was to Sc
s safe prohibition by the votes of Christian men
and women
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