The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-09
WHITE RIBBON SISTERHOOD.
Maryland WOman's Christian
Temperance Union.
State Quarterly Institute at Bel Air,
Hartford Co.

The FREEMAN expected full re-
port of the proceedings of this In
stitute, direct. AS it has not
come to hand, we give the follow
ing items from the reports coming
to US in the Bel Air Times:
The Second Quarterly Institute
of the Woman's Christian Temper
ance union of Maryland, was held
at the M. P. Church, Bel Air, on
Wednesday, the sessions beginning
at 1890 a. NJ, and 1 p. m.
Mrs. J. Carey Thomas, President,
was in the chair. The Baltimore
unions and those of Darlington,
Bel Air, Level and Union Bridge
were represented,
The morning session was opened
with music, followed by Bible Les
son by Mrs. DIR. J. Carey Thomas,
of Baltimore. This was supple
mented by remarks by Mrs. S. F.
Chaplin, of South Carolina, who in
concluding offered prayer, Reports
Of the Secretary and Treasurer
were then read.
Mrs. J. G. Rouse, President of the
Bel Air Union, made a felicitous
address of welcome, to which Mrs.
Chaplin, who organized the Bel Air
Union year ago, responded for
the visitors. A rising vote of
thanks for her response was given
Mrs. Chaplin,
Mrs. Chaplin spoke in explana-
ton of the work being done by the
State Union at the headquarters in
Baltimore, where a kindergarten
and other departments of gospel
temperance work, some twenty-five
in all are maintained.
DIR, Hargraves, pleasant-faced,
brown-haired young woman, then
read brief paper on the subject of
scientific temperance instruction
IN the schools.
The report of the Superintendent
of Juvenile Work was read, in the
absence of Mrs. Morey, by Mrs. G.
Y. Thomas, President of Darling
ton Union.
Mrs. E. D. Finney, superinten-
dent of the Bel Air Band of Hope,
reported progress.
An anthem was then sung, after
which the training school exercises
were gone through with, by Mrs.
Nanny, of Baltimore, Miss Daisy
Callam, of Bel Air, Miss M. Emma
Norris, of Wilma, Mrs. G. Y. Thorn
as, of Darlington, Mrs. Tudor, of
Baltimore, Mrs. Geo. Bailey, of
Level, Miss Pamela Richardson, of
Bel Air.
In the afternoon Mrs. Chaplin
gave an interesting talk on the
subject of Social Purity"
Mrs. James Lake, of Mt. Wash
ington, spoke briefly of "the Power
of the press in Temperance work, :"
to which Mrs. Tudor added few
observations.
A short paper on "Cranks," read
by Miss Maggie Hollingsworth, OF
Bel Air, was happily phrased and
much enjoyed.
Then followed the "Question
Box" exercises. This consisted in
answers to questions on various
points and methods of practical
Temperance work.
Following this Miss M. Emma
Norris, of Wilma, read thoughtful
paper on "The Social Revolution )"
and a paper onl"The worth of Wo-
man to Man and Government" by
a member of the Crescent colored
Union of Baltimore, was read by
Mrs, Rutledge in the absence of the
author.
A committee embracing Mrs. J.
=, Rouse, of Bel Air, Mrs. G. Y.
Thomas, of Darlington, and three
ladies from the city, was appointed
TO consider the subject of pledges
TO be presented to druggists and
physicians, to restrain them from
freely prescribing or selling alco-
holic liquors for medicinal pur-
poses" This committee to report