The Portland daily press., 1889-09-21
WoMAN's CHRISTIAN TEMPER
ANCE UNION.
The Annual Meeting Of the AssocIa-
ton Held Yesterday.

The Annual Meeting Of the Associa-
tIon Held Yesterday.
The Annual Reports and Election Of
Officers.
The annual meeting of the Woman S
Christian Temperance Union was held yes
terday, Mrs. George S. Hunt. the president.
In the chair. The rep orts were reads as fol-
follows:
sECRErARY'h REPORT.
We have reached today anctier milestone
In our work for "God and Home and Native
Landv and naturally pause 10 view the past,
not so much to recount the aeeoS done, but
to see wherein we have faile,t to reach our
ideal and apply the lesson thus learned to
our future work.
Since our last annual meeting. Mrs. j. b.
Donnell. long valued member a. nd officer
Of our Union has passed to her rewA' I'd. Her
counsel and enthusiasm in the work IRE our
irreparable loss, and her example an IL ,cen-
tive to more c0nsecrated labor.
The Friendly Inn Is the oldest feature If
our Work. During the past year, beside the
seven regular dodgers there have been 119
transients who have been directed to this
place Dy various citizens or sent by. an offfc-
er. large portion of this number have
been able to pay for the lodging, 70 cents a
night, but no one Is turned away who Is or
DERBY in conduct. The income thus derived
does not meet the expense of rent, fuel,
light and wages of superintendent. To the
friends of charity and the great cause we
serve we must look for means with which
to prosecute this and all branches of our
work.
The work for boys at the Friendly Inn
last winter was carried on with more of
temperance instruction than formerly. There
were 70 names enrolled with an average at
| tendance of A., Mrs. Gumsey's outline les
sons and Mrs. Crafts blackboard exercises
were used each evening for half an hour.
| Twice a week lessons in singing were given,
| cleanliness and courtesy were incneated land
| as o rule, the boys were respectful and Or
| derby and apprecative of the evening of
song instruction and md ssnen Three
present each evening and at
the close OF the six months term received
reward which at the beginning was offered
as an inducement to punctuality and good
an attempt was made to have the Saturday
night meeting gospel meeting for men, but
falling to induce the dodgers brother men to
attend, the meeting was given up to the
boys.
During the six months beginning with De-
| SSWpOL ohu AhStuuih6 Xuo1f WO uClu, oCtll-
monthly meetings, at which different
| branches OF the national work were taken
up, Dr. Mary Bates Stevens of Auburn
read a paper 10 the interest Of the Social
Purity Department. Prof. Estabrook, Of
other afternoon with an illustrated lecture
on Scientific Temperance Instruction. Our
president, in May. spoke in the interest of
her national department, instruction in
| schools OF higher education Another after
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| formerly conducted In our city.
In October Mrs. Maria Upham Drake de-
livered course of lectures In the Second
Parish vestry, under our auspices.
| Our monthly business meetings are always
| preceded by an hour of devotional exercises,
the Bible readings of Hannah Whitall Smith
| being used. These meetings are conducted
by some member of the devotional commit
tee, all present, however. joining freely in
| the stndy.
On Sunday, October IA, in common with
all Unions within the cali of the Worlds W.
G. L. y, we held an all day prayer meeting
at headquarters. and sent out
to the pastors of all the churches the re.
ing for Gods blessing on our Union in its
effort to promote temperance, purity and
| righteousness.
| On July 2Sth in response to call from the
National w. e. T. y. we held memorial
Chestnut street church whose doors are so
| often thrown open for our use. At this SER
| vice our State president, Mrs. Stevens, spoke
| Of the life and character of this woman
| whom we all so much honor for the whole
she knew to be right. Mr., Whitaker follow
ed In prayer and few remarks
In the interest of the State Department of
Social Purity, DR.. Kate G. Bushnell began a
series of meetings which extended to various
sections Of the State at Congress Square
church to which also we are always cordial
ly welcomed.
| On solicitation from our Superintendent
| OF Department for Cooperation with other
organizations we. were permitted through
educational phase OF our work to the State
| Conference of Congregational churches in
| session IN June 1t State street church.
The jail work has been prosecuted this
| year with unwonted yigor. The chairman
large number al the Jail this ss year A than 1e
ever knew in all my long connection with
| the work" This committee visit the jail
every Sunday distributing temperance and
religious reading and holding personal con-
city pastors have assisted at these week
| ly services. The fifth Sabbath when
it occurs In month is set apart as woman's
| day. and the services are conducted wholly
by our Union. The chairman says 'the wo-
the matron, Miss Webb and her influence
ever them has been very helpful"
An unusual amount Of petition work was
done last winter, this society cooperating
| with the Maine Woman's Suffrage Society
| In obtaining thousands of names to petitions
praying the legislature to grant municipal
Suffrage to woman.
This union with others all over the State
sent up large petitions praying that the sale
| of cigarettes and tobacco in all forms to the
youth Of our State be prohibited. Also peti
tions praying that the age of protection fol
girls be raised A committee from the I'm
Ion was present at the discussion of each oil
the petitions and urged the granting Of
| them.
At the request of the superintendent Of
the department OF peace and arbitration
| wall pockets for the dissemination Of oul
literature have been placed In our hotels and
are yet to be hung in the various railway
stations
The superintendent of work among sol
diers and sailors has established small loan
| library, which she hopes will be enlarged BY
our members. These books are placed upor
vessels leaving our port for a longer OF
shorter voyage and when returned replaced
by others. She has received letters from
sailors who have had the use Of these books
telling of the pleasant hours spent in this
way, which but for this department of Oul
work would have been idled away or spent
in playing cards. Nearly four thousand
pages Of literature including magazines
papers and tracts have also been used in this
way and tracts and Sunday school papers
distributed among the children on the
wharves.
In speaking of the work of our agent, Mrs
Raymond, 1t Is impossible to collect into the
form Of report anything more than tn,
| most prominent items. Much comes to hel
every day In various ways that never is re
| corded. Many who in years passed hav,
been helped by her to better life, call fol-
advice and encouragement and frequently
for material aid, looking always to this
union through her whom they knew as pc
lice matr0n for the help which is never re
| fused.
Two young girls have been sent to the In
dustrial school through Mrs. Raymond's ex
ertIons wholly. She collected all the fact,
and bringing the cases before the marshal
and the court. In one case she took the
child to the school. Both of the cases were
referred to this society by the neighbors who
knew Of the dangers surrounding the girls
There are still two other cases which she
is now investigating.
Eight women and children have been sent
to the Temporary Home. One of the women
was taken from the Boston boat to the DO
lice station helpless from liquor or othel
| drugs and the appeal was made to the union
| for aid in cariug for her. In response to
calls for adAice or aid made at headquarters
Mrs. Raymond has made over one hundred
calls in various parts Of the city.
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