Telegram-herald., 1888-04-25
ANNUAL CONVENTION
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yesterday afternoon st 30 o'clock ths
shiFtseafh sEnasl eongsati0n Of tie Fitn
Congressional District. ~bieh sas called 70
Be hela ia Grand Ksgi1s ApFii "a ~ ine-s-
slss. wss called % erdsr At the Ladies II
sraFy Clab rooms By AIRS. J. A SpTazae,s
tbs city
The stage was prettily decorated with
potfsd plaots n blossom. and MAS further
oruAmenlsd by banner. upon which vas
lascrbed The mote. '-fotal Abstinence
from All that viii Intonicats." A large
number Of ds,ssstss were present, the great
majority bsiax young. pretty and inteiii-
gent ia appearance aud veil ssrsed ia par
iiameot4ry I2s. A nua-ber ofthem brought
their fancy work With them.
Devotional sxsFcisss we're ted by Mrs.
sprsgae. after which ths President. Ars- A .
!. Benjamin. Of Portland, took the chair.
Ars Niilspsnzh, Of Alisssn. Mrs. Kellogg.
OF l0nia: Mss l. Ssxeo0rt. CT Ottawa
Mrs. r A. Clark, Of Kent. Vice Presidents
OF the unions Of the respective counties. to-
gethsr with their voting ielegatss, occupied
'front.' ssas, the remainder Of the room be-
/ ing nlled with yisllors
The folio wing COMMITTEES on Finance
was appoiated. Mrs. Pressey. Mrs Whosser.
Mrs. Dlnsmofs. Of PJrtlsnd. On Resoiu-
tons Mrs. Russell. OF AlIsgan; Mrs. Clark.
| Of SaraDac, Ars- Oldheld, OF Cedar springs
/ Mrs flnster. OF Ottawa. and Mrs. Magic
/ Smith, OF Otsego. member - large.
Mrs. IL. IA. Wilson. of Ionla. Superin-
/ tencent Cf the Flower Mission. Mrs u. b.
Powers. OF Sparta. sringendeat for the
/ PFess. Mrs. sophie Knight. on Opium aud
/ Narcotics, ali being absent. Mrs. DR.. Hill
/ yer. city. read az intsres ing paper on mar
cogics, treating opium, tobacco, chlOral and
| hssheesh from a scleDtlnc standpoint. The
speaker gave a graphic description OF the
/ condition OF she confirmed opium or NOR
pnine eater and to what dep hs they would
| 90 TO satisfy the cravings OF their deprayed
apDetites- Tobacco users might earn a
usefai lesson from the true story OF a little
child OF years. who smoked with all IA q
spIom0 and ease OF an old smoker. Th G
| father said the child had smoked since she
vas six months Old aud the habit was
hereditary. Toe III effects OF chloral and
| hashessh were also briefly cited
A vote OF thanks was offered Mrs. DR.
l Hillysr for hel kindness IN substituting her
paper.
Mrs. Mount, Of Lowell, followed with a
paper on Health" She said: Alcoh oil
nearly always produces diseases OF the di-
gestive organs. IL causes the walls OF the
stomach 10 thicKen and produces chronic
! Inflammation of the stomach IL poisons
and inpoyerishes the blood and causes It's
ga rly decay. Ii produces a paTslyzing effect
| on the minute blood vessels. thus causing
the fusn on the iace which Is seen alter
| partaxing freely OF wine. Confirmed alco-
hol takers seldom survive . surgical opera
ton. The constant use of alcohol Cause:
softsning OF ths walls OF the heart-fatty
degeneration-the finger can frequently be
thrust through its tissues II also causes
enlargement OF the liver. and Southerners
know that yellow fever IS always fata
when IL attacks person addicted 10 the use
Of alcohol. Ii does not keep out the C ID
~ tue Arctic explorers have discovered. IL
instantly attacks the nervous systsm and
causes Temporary paralysis. Dr.. Richard
son says. III / wished To entirely destroy
the working powers OF an animal, say. of .
horse, / could end no better agent than al
cohol It Is cumulative. AS long as ther,
is q portion IN the body the appetite calls
for more. Statistics show that a temperate
/ persons chance OF living is much create
than the internperate PERSONS chance. IL
conclusion let us, as Milton says, feed Oh
pulse"
several gentlemen who were sitting il
the parlors during the reading of this pape
were asked by the president If they ha'
heard readily the last paper from when
they sat As they answered IN the affirm
alton, they we're not invited forward.
Mrs. X. M. kellogg presented the repor
for Ionis county, which was accepted.
Miss l.. J. Sewcomb, OF Spring Lake, pre-
sented the report for Ottawa county. Al
! the unions. but West Olive, reported. Al
. mondale, -; Grand Haven. Is; Holland. sc
/ Lamont. .; Spring Lake. Is; Spring LAX
Y's, n members: ottawa Station, 20. Tn
report was accepted
A few moments were given to the discu.
sion Of health goods Miss II. f. Matthews
of this CITY, showed the effects OF compres
sion uDon the female liver. Miss Matths "
! brought eighty-four articles on hea I
! which we're distributed to the ladies of IL
, convention.
Miss Nssconb said the subject of prope
dress stirred her up considerably. Sa
! would wish to reform the young ladies e.
peci4lly. She did not know as the oil
women could be reformed in that respect
Miss " lizard says that the young wome
should not try TO reform the young me
: until they could give up their own ba
habits. A certain Doctor says that it Is q
bad to hang ores self By the waist rs {
hang ones self by the neck
The president thought the outlook YER
! duti0us for us old women"
Mrs. Docksry. of Rockford. thought To,
8 perhaps even the old ladies might possibl
be able TO profit by what had been saic
laughter.
Mrs Docxery Is o bright-eyed lady wh
. has silver threads among the brown tesse
eombed smoothly over Der temples, but SD
seemed to know good thing when Sd
! heard it.
, Aftsr miscellaneous business an adjourn
? ment wss taken until 7.S0 D. rn-
: At the close Of the afternoon meeting th
ladies Of the Esst-st. and Bridge-st. uni0r
served tea IA tns club rooms.
Evening Session.
The evening session opened with q "a