The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-22
SERMONS AND SPEECHES.
Proceedings of the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2l.-The meetings of
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
today were presided over by Miss Willard,
Rev. Elizabeth w. Greenwood, of Brooklyn,
preached from Nehemiah, 81 am doing a
great work and can't come down." In the
afternoon DR.. Kate Bushnell, of Illinois,
evangelist of social purity, told of her work
in the sparsely settled regions of Wisconsin.
DR.. Mary A. Allen spoke of the laws OF
health, and Mrs. G. III. Harris, (Hope Led
yeari), of the mother department. spoke Of
the duties of motherhood. Miss Willard
read the petition presented to Congress for a
bill for protection against crimes against
women and girls. T. V. Powderly, she said,
had assisted in its circulation.
The evening service was taken up with a
sermon by Bishop Samuel Fallows, of the
Reform Episcopal church, of Chicago, upon
the ecclesiastical emancipation of women.
Conspicuous leaders of the movement were
noticeable all over the house, as Miss Will
lard took her place as presiding officer. At
her right sat Miss Pugh, the treasurer of the
organization, neI c0untenance beaming with
earnestness and good nature. At the table
with her was Miss Caroline Buell., the tire
less, energetic corresponding secretary. Mrs.
Woodbridge, who led the prohibition amend
ment campaign in Ohio four years ago sat on
the left of the president. She has been re-
cording secretary of the Union for eight
years. The stately figure of Mrs. Zerelda
Wallace, mother of Gen. Lew Wallace. au-
thor of ben Hur,o was observed with
pleasure among tine Western delegates. She
is at the head of the legal department of the
Union and is called the Temperance De5o-
rah" by her sisters.
Othes seen were Mrs. Mary L. Hunt, the
superintendent of scientific temperance in
struction the public schools, and the first
person to secure the passage of temperance
loxxy
one of the leading spirits of the Northern
Sanitary Commission during the war. Mrs.
l.. M. N. Stevens, president of the Maine
Union, and Mrs. Charles M. Bowers, of
Massachusetts, are among the representa-
tives from New England. Miss Mary LatL-
rop, whose ability as an orator has won for
her the title of "The Daniel Webster, of the
Temperance Reform" is talking with the
Rev. DIR. Anna Shaw. one of the ablest
speakers in the Union.
Mrs. Lille Devereux Blake andl Elizabeth
Cady Stanton occupy seats in the Women's
Suffrage box. at the left of the stage. Mrs.
Eliza ID. Stewart, or as she is more familiar
ly known, Mother" Stewart, who was in
directly the cause of the formation of the
British Woman's Temperance Union, and
| Mrs. Thompson, who led the first praying
band in the women's crusade of 1874, were
| the recipients of special honors on every
side. Mrs. j. Ellen Foster, the leader of the
element in favor of non-partisanship in the
Union, sat with the Iowa delegation, quietly
waiting for the contest which she knows i
| sure to come. Miss Sallie Chaplin, the lead
er of the Southern Union is detained on thu
| way by sickness, but Mrs. Clara Hoffman
| the clear logical talker is here. Mrs. Mary L
Burt, the hostess of the assembly, occupie:
| her place at the head of the New York dele
| CATION. Few men were present.
Reports submitted were on "Heredity,'
| by DR.. Mary Weeks Burnett; Health" by
Miss Mary Mather; Kindergarten by Mrs
e. G. Greene; Sunday Work." b,
by Mrs Helen g. Rice; "Higer Education, -
by Mrs. G. S. Hunt; Social Purity" b!
Mrs. j. Ii. Kellogg; Franchise" by Rev
| DIR. Anna Shaw; Parlor Meetings." Mrs
Anna M. Hammer; Literature" by Mrs
Julia Colman, and Suppression of lmpur
| Literature" by Mrs. Deborah G. Leeds, VIII
denounced in the most vigorous fashion 18th
vile photographs and other pictures, used a
advertisements, which continue to be sen
| out by the manufacturers of cigarettes, an
are either exposed or given to their custom
| ers by dealers everywhere. "