The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-03

| The Temperance mass meeting, Thurs
! day night given by the Eikton Union was
very largely attended. The NJ. t. choir
sang several pleasing selections. The
| Loyal Legion sang "We'u March Along
i WrJn You" A duet and qnartetta cnn-
posed of Misses Clara Scott and Lizzie
Merritt and Nelson Warner ard Harry
! D wis rendered ''Shun TIE Bro al Road"
, Rev. Mr.. Anderson, of Glasgow Pu,shy-
terrain Church. opened the meyilng with
pra yer and after thu music referred to,
Rev. Mr Otis, who presided. introduced
to the audience Miss Narcissa White,
| lecturer of the Ma ipnal Woman Chris
tian Temperance Union. Miss Whis':'s
appearance is decidedly in her favor. ! ie
is IN attractive and handsome woman.
H.r face is pleasing and her voice ren ID
ana veil modulateG. Shc speaks with
out notes. her accent being clear and her
sentences short and concise. Those who
have felt same preiudice agatust female
lecturers will be very agreeably disap-
pointed in listening To- her. ~ there is an
eutire absence OF that high-keyed, dog
matte stvle of oratory which character
ICES so many of our female platform
speakers. Her address showed EiIat she
hal at ready command all tms facts and
da L necessary iOr d full presentation of
th.. important question upon which she
SD Ike We should like to na:e teen
able to have presented her n,idres entire,
as we regard 1t as one OF Tie most fec
tive sneeches we have heard on The Tenn
perance question. Many oi her points
weis. TO. cbiy made. F0r Instance, in
answering the conlnun assertion mat
there WAS nothing wrnTg per sc III . glass
of wine Or glass of beer, the speaker
said that per Sc meant III itself or by it
self. OF course glass of peer did no
harm while by itself but generally there
! was a man around somewhere.
Miss Whites treatment of the beer
question and her answer to the advocates
of it's use, was very effective. This, said
the speaker, is the socalled great Tenn
perance drink. Very many really well
meaning people defended it's use, yet it
contained from three to eight per cent. of
alcohol and the balance o. it YVES water,
| aud very dirty water at that. That
healthy looking and pnnderous beer
| driuller seems the very parsOnitiGatiou OF
perfect health. yet generally he was
mass of disease from the top of his head
to the soleS OF his feet, and the habiuual
beer drinker was generally ready VIC
tim to any physical calamity that swept
across his system. But, says the beer
drinker, we do not drink it for the alec.
hul it contains but Tor the beLeticial eff
fects of the hops. Yes hops were an
excellent tonic for the stomach. AS the
times we're hard aud generally We're with
those who are habitual drinkers, Miss
White gave those who wanted to get the
full beustit Of a hop tonic good receipt
by which they could save money. A glass
of beer generally costs hive cents. Take
one cent out Of the five aud put the ather
four in the missionary box. Go to the
| nearest drug store buy penny's worth OF
hops, take them home, steep them in hot
water aud you have better tonic ten
| times over than contained III a glass of
beer. What better Investment could
seeker Tor hop" tonic desire.
In urging the claims of the w. -. 7.
| u, Miss White said that it was a grand
success in this country because it was
fashionable, ard women could not resist
anything that fashion endorsed. Among
| the officers of iG were the most promi-
nent women of this country. Mrs. Ex-
President Hayes, General Grants sister,
| Mrs. Kramer, Miss Rose Cleveland, and
| Mrs. Cleveland was to be commended for
excluding wines from her receptions.
! Miss White closed her lecture with very
pathetically told lnciueuG illustrating the
life of the poor boy who had no chance
in life. She was listened to with great
interest by her audience, tue opinion
being shared by every one, that her ad-
dress was most excellent.