Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-16
w. c. T. Z.
Sixteenth Convention Of the National WOman's
Christian Temperance Union.
To the Gazette


EVANSTON, Ill, Aug. 20, 1883.
The sixteenth convention of the Ma
tional woman's christian temperance
union meets in Battery D, Chicago, No
vember s, ana continues through the
18th, with meetings of special interest on
the Sabbath day. The society represents
over two hundred thousand earnest
hearted women who are devoted to works
of philanthropy along lines that build up
the temperance reform. That their view
of this reform is very broad is proved
from the fact that they have forty dis
tinct departments at work, under the
general heads of preventive, educational,
evangelistio social, legal, and the depart
ment of organization. Through their in
f1uence, scientific temperance instruction
has been secured by law in all the terri
tories in all schools supported in whole or
in part from the United States treasury
(namely: West Point, Annapolis, the
Indian schools, army post schools, etc. },
and in twenty-seven states the same laws
are now in operation. They have special
lines of work for soldiers, sailors, miners,
and all classes who are in circumstances
of especial temptation so far as pure and
wholesome habits of life are concerned.
They have a network of juvenile societies
extending from Tampa Bay to Puget
Sound They have Ii systematic course
of reading for mothers, and
mothers meetings are feature
of the local auxiliaries. In these
heredity and hygiene are subjects espec-
tally considered. They have publishing
house in Chicago which sends out about
sixty millions of pages annually, and
nh
subscribers, and Is the chief paper ever
edited and published by women. Their
gospel work has permeated the nation,
and it was never more earnestly pursued
than now In the social realm they seek
especially to enlist the influence of young
women, and to hold up the standard of
total abstinence for others sake. The
Department of the White Cross and the
White Shield which is one of the largest,
has called especial attention to the Sc
curing of laws for the protection of
women, and to the equaliZing of the
standard of an upright life, making it
the same for men that it has
ALWAYS been for women. This
society has about ten thousand local
auxiliaries, and representatives from
every state and territory will be in at
tendance at the coming convention.
Your influence, by way of good will and
good word is hereby respectfully asked,
to help make this convention q success
and your presence will be most cordially
welcomed.
VIII you be so kind as to enlist the in
terest and sympathy of those societies of
which you are a member, that they also
individually or in their corporate capaci-
ty, as may seem best, may signify the
friendllness of their attitude toward this
society, wholly constituted of and organ
lied and conducted by women?
The facts are stated to you for the
reason that current journalism has given
the impression that we are nothing if not
third party PrOhibitionists and women IS
rights agitatoTs. On these two subjects
we have nothing whatever to conceal,
and beg you to come and find out for
| yourself our position; but we wish you to
know how much wider is the scope of this
/ heaven ordained movement of the home
makers, than the public has been led to
| suppose Its motto is, No sectarianism
! in religion, no sectiOnalIsm in politics, no
! sex in citizenship; but each and all Of US
/ for God and home and native land.
Yours for the protection Of home and
| the redemption of the republic,
| FRANCES Z. WILLARD,
President, Evanston, H.. 8,
CAROLINE B. BUELL.,
| Corresponding Secretary -
| Office of the National w. &. T. T., 161
| La Sale street, Chicago.