Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-08
WOMEN AND TEMPERANCE.
What Has Been Done I'm the Gauss
During the Last Quarter.

The regular quarterly meeting Of the
woman's Christian Temperance union tooi
place this morning in Wesley chapel Prayer
was offered by Rev. Mr.. Wright. who was FOL.
lowed by Mrs La Fetra with an address Of
welcome. Mrs. Shelton then read the report
OF the executive committee, which WA
adopted
Mrs. Weightman read the quarterly report
Of the soldiers and sailors. department. which
showed That during the quarter just ended the
WORK AZ the arsenal had gone on brsvely, and
seventeen signers TO the pledge were reported.
Atfort Never thirty-fve soldiers had signed
sne pledge. The report touching the work
AMONG the sailors was most encouraging.
mrs. PowelTs report OF work among the
mefcnantmen sailors showed that eighty men
had signed the pledge during the last Quarter.
Inc statement that there was TO be no saloon
AT the soldiers home received with ap-
plause. The report shows further that anriny
the quarter the receipts from the Temperance
nome were S21s.lO against an expenditure of
s9lO.Ol The entire number of meetings dur
ing the quarter were Ill. During this time
there were 207 pledges signed. IA. go pares of
literature distributed. ssa5 IS expepded. NJ
visits paid, 5l7 meals and 25l lodgings supplied
TO INDECENT persons.
The report was unanimously adopted. and Q
vote OF thanks rendered Mrs weightman.
Mrs. Catlin, the chairman OF the committee
on Sunday observance, spoke at some length ON
the petitions she had on hand relative 10 the
sunday rest bill. She said there was cart load
OF petitions, with upward Of thirteen million
signatures. which il was almost impossible "a
get ready FOR Congress. The report Of Mira
Catlin was adopted
Mrs. Denham, the superintendent Of the
hover department, read her report which wa
adopted She was followed by Mrs. Deane,
, who read her report on temperance literature.
ms closed the morning session. The meetins
continued this afternoon.
AMONG THosE PRESENT
were Mrs. s. ID. La Fetra, Miss L. C. Kessler,
Mrs. Lydia II. Tilton. Mrs W. @. Mcdowell.
Mrs. Emma Shelton, Mrs. L. II. Tilton. Mrs. b.
X Catlin. Mrs. Rev. Alex Kent. Mrs. ". q. Me-
Dowei Mrs. Prof. W. +. Mitchell. Mrs. Mabel
welsh, Miss Lille Moffat, Mrs Alfred Wood,
mrs. l.: T. Deane, Mrs. l.. II. Chase. Mira II. Il.
hendrickson, Mrs. II. b. Moulton.
The following unions were represented Al
tne meeting: Chaplin union. Mrs NJ,
r Cohen, West End union. Mrs. s. NJ. Wesoott,
hast washington union, Mrs. f. A. Meeker,
nart"en union, --; Northwestern union.
Mrs; {. L; Ritter; Capitol Hill union, Mrs. NJ.
r.. Merrlck; Anacostia union. Mrs E l. Sher-
Moodi lIh-Street Baptist union. Mrs Rosetta
4. lawson; Zion Baptist union, Miss Maria L.
Jordan; Israel NJ. +. Church union. Mrs. l.. r.
nihliiips; North Capitol Union, Mrs Maggie b.
ri",,; Lincoln Memorial union, Mrs George
W. Moore; Pioneer union, Miss Ida Hodekins,
Vermont Avenue union Miss Eva Knovles,
North Washington No. union, Mrs. T. A WILL
iains; west Washington No. 6 union. Miss Clara
Ashley; Southwest Washington No. 1 union.
Miss Louise Strobell; Southwest Washington No
union, Miss NJ. L. Larcombe: Metropolitap
A. NJ L. Church union. Miss Letitia Lee.