The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-29

specfer OF pers0ns. She lays au emDarPo on tne
rich womans time and purse, and both are
given 20 her service. She says to the poor
woman, ''Come TO me AMI will make you rich
in good deeds" She has walked over church
fences and level them down and taken the
bar posts away. She has foldsd mp the pages OF
mnsty crceds and written thereon, Love thy
neighhor as thvself: love worketn no i'll there
fore love is the fulfilling OF the law" She is
answering the prayer of Christ himself, That
ye may all be one"
Such is the mission of the white RIB n. Is 1t
not one to be desired? Might not angels coyet
the work given 10 womens hands to do? Let as
each find our WORK aud keep IL, working syste-
maticaliy and in unity, and IL won't be long TIL
we viii have a voice I'm all political affairs
Then will tine liquor elems mt step down and out,
and we will still 60 ahead and not back.
Mrs. William Butter followed with
toast to .0ur Fountain" She said:
The subject OF fountains is one that has re-
ceived the attention of people in all ages.
So necessary is pure water to man, that the
degree OF constancy and plenty in which it is
procured is considered by some fair standard
of civilization.
We find Parisians asking II that can rightly be
called scity, which has neither ruler, gymna-
sum- FORUM nor fountain of water.
Among the Greeks fountains were very COM
mon, and were frequently dedicated to gods
and goddesses, nymphs and heroes The foun-
tain of Pirene, at Cornith, is described as being
formed Of white stone, and contained a number
of cells. through which the pleasant water
flowed into an open basin. Legend connects IL
with she nymph Pirene, who shed such copious
tears when bewailing her son, who was slain by
Diana, that she was changed into fountain.
The city OF Pompeii also possessed many fine
fountains. And so down to the present time we
find the erection Of fountains almost neces-
sity in cities of any considerable size.
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fountain. Faith is the substance of things
hoped. Possibly that is the condition of our
fountain at this time, as our plans have not ma
terialized sufficiently for it to be placed in the
category OF things that be. But you know that
''when woman will she will, you may depend
upon it,
At meeting OF our union not long since, as
we were contemplating the various lines Of
work before us in our rapidly growing city, and
we said let rs have some part. be il ever so
small, ia the future welfare of this great city.
We are told that travellers upon the great
Arabian deserts, upon discovering tn at they are
out Of reach of water. form a line across the
desert each man taking his position within
calling distance of the one next him, Thus form-
ing line W hich reaches long distance, and
moving in this manner until the one in advance
discovers the earnestly sought for and priceless
treasure-water.
When he finds it he calls to the one next him
"Water," and so all along the line the word is
passed. water, water, water" carrying with it
new life TO the iamished traveller. So in mag
ination we have stationed ourselves throughout
the length and breadth of this great city, and
have failed to discover any source from whence
could be obtained at all times the pure water
with which the Creator designed man should
quench his thirst.
Unfortunately we find places, whose name is
legion, where may be obtained that of which If
a wi for nd
find them open seven days in the week and at
all hours OF the night, till are led to exclaim
''oh, Cod that men should put an enemy in
their mouths to steal away their brainsr'
so We said. with the permission of the city
council, we will erect fountain, our fountain,
as near the center OF the city as may be, from
which may howa continuous supply of water
emblem of all that is pure and good; the re-
freshing and invigorating beverage designed by
the Giver of all good for the use and happiness
OF His creatures available at all times of the
year, and all hours OF the day or night, and free
as the air we breathe.
We do not know what may be the design az
vet but we intend to build fountain which
will be credit to Seattle and credit to the W.
G. T. U. That this fountain, erected in His
name and dedicated to our beloved and peerless
leader. Frances T. willard. may ever stand rs
monument of our thaDkfulness to God for his
mercies and goodness to our fair city, il the sim
w. ~. IL. u,
Mr.. J. Hestwood followed with "Prac-
tical Temperance. the evolution of which
he thought to be in the right of women to
become citizens and to vote. In speaking
of the fountain, he said that $4,000 per
day was expended in the consumption of
liquor in this city, and that he thong hit the
business men of this place could afford to
give as much toward the building of
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money extended daily in drinks of LIQUOR.
In comparing the amount of evil and good
existing in Seattle. he said, around every
twenty churches there are at least thirty
saloons.
Mr.. C. K. Jenner followed with a toast.
John L. Sullivan Versus the w. c. Il.
o." The idea to prevent John L. s exhib.
ting his muscular power in Seattle origin
ated with Mrs. c. X. Jenner, who exam
ined the legal lore of the state of Washing
ton, then territory, and found prize-fight-
ing prohibited. With her determination
she inspired her sisters of the w. C. T.U..
and they In body appeared before the
prosecuting attorney and read to him the
law, the result OF all being that John l..
postponed his fight in Seattle indefinitely.
Mr.. Il. t. Ronald spoke next in refer
ence 10 the fountain. He gave consider
able NEUROLOGICAL lore concerning fount-
ans. and SAID that in ancient times city
without fountain was not city. He
enumerated ancient cities noted for the
beauty OF their fountains, the remains of
which in some instances may be seen to-
day. He then pictured an analogy be-
tween water and purity. In reference to
the Seattle fountain, his fundamental idea
was that the fountain and the fountain
grounds should be as attractive to the men
of Seattle as the saloon. Shade trees, rus
tic seats, flowers, foliage and music were to
make up the attractiyeness of the place of
which pure and beautiful fountain should
be the central object
Mrs. T.. q. Johnson spoke in brief.
Below are reports respectively of work
done during the past year by the w. C. T.
U. at the jail, day nursery, and their social
work:
REPORT OF JAIL WORK.
For some time after the fire the condition NJ
the jail was such that il was not deemed advis.
able 10 hold services but in the fall our regular
work was resumed.
Services have been held regularly since that
time from three 10 four every Sabbath after.
noon, with the exception of short time dur
ing the extreme cold weather when there was
no way of heating the Jail II seemed cruel TO
expose the inmates TO any greater discomfort
by keeping the doors open and letting in nm.
necessary cold. As soon as the heating appara-
tus was IN operation the services were resumed.
and have been held every Sabbath since We
consider ms one OF the most important lines OF
our work. Our words are listened 10 with in
terest and oftentimes with eagerness by the
prisoners. and some have come from the jail to
the Mission and have been hopefully converted.
Ion may be surprised TO hear how earnestly