Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-11
WOMEN RUN IT.
ylR SIX HAD FULL SWING At hOuNDS-
VILE YBCSaRDAY.
In.rsclng Series Of Mss6ags-eOcd Speakers
Throughout the Session and *
cellsat Music.

The attendance at the Prohibition AS
sembly at Moundsville yesterday was
better than usual. 1t was q delightful
tay. 1t was W. c. T. U. day, and the
women had full swing.
It is said that tbs may be the last an
maj meeting that the Assembly may
hold on these beautiful grounds. The
managers are contemplating tearing
down this magnificent auditorium
which has a seating capacity for $500
persons, and which was erected last
gear a. an enormous cost Of several
thousands Of dollars, and removing H.
The question has been under conslaera-
Hon for some time past, but IS yeO NO
defnite conclusion has been reaeheu.
Shall it be removed or not removed tnae
Is the question which only can
Be answered by the true iriends
of prohibition in the Ohio Valley
Last year the expenses were q couple
IA thousand dollars in excess OF the
rate receipts, and this season IL VIII
sxeeed that amount. The deficiency
Generally has to be met out OF the prl-
Qate funds of J. w. Bodley.
From Q till $50 o'clock there was
cong service and from then till III there
Was a w. c. T. u. experience meetlhg'
conducted by Mrs. Jennie SisSon.
AT IL o'clock Mrs. Joseph Engle, OF
Benwood, president for West virginia,
had charge Of the Evangelical work.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon meeting was better at
tended than any heretofore, the meet
ing being what IS known as ''Song Ser
vlce." and addressed by Rev. Anna
Shaw. of Illinois. The subject OF Miss
sbaw's ADDRESS was "the relation OF
Woman 10 man."
Miss Shaw is a fluent and eloquent
sneaker aud held her audience spell
bOund for nearly two hours. About
a 600 persons were present. Miss Sis
son who introduced her, paid \ glowing
.trlbnte 10 the WOman's Christian Union,
saving that the w. c. 7. U. had in the
last fifteen years brought many noble
women TO the front, and among them
the Rev. Anna Shaw.
AS the subject indicates, Miss Shaw'S
address was a plea for women'S rights,
|or more particularly, upon the question
of woman suffrage. IL was q finished
f ii scourse, noble, bold and rich In
Thought and unanSwerable by argument.
Ever since the world began men have
been telling women what their duty Is
and what their relation TO men and the
home should be. All through these
ages women have been neglectlng man
They have not been telling men what
their relation Is TO woman and the home.
I have heard q great many preachers
lecture on the model woman. In the
temperance work we women have
been told where the responsibility
rests. but nothing has been done
10 correct the evil. Women are toe
complaining. believe the time will come
when IL will be considered a sin Tor
woman to be sick.
1t always ruflies me TO hear woman
complaining; to hear them exchanging
their aches and pains. IL makes Isl
c Sah4iiEsd4 "a. a ASefeuitary too far in the
temperance work. If a young maj
drinks we go back along the line Of his
ancestors to find one Of them who drank
and relieve the young man Of any re-
sDonsibillty or blame. We excuse the
young man from the fact that one OF
his ancestors imbibed at the bowl.
1t is said that it is wicked TO drink
liquor. tit is why do men drink II
is said that it is wrong TO sell liquor. II
IL is, why do men sell liquor, and why
do good men allow il 10 be sold ?
At the close of Miss Shaw's address
Miss Newcomb gave a talk to ladies
only, upon the subject of Health and
Hygiene"
EVENING SERVICES.
At the evening services NJ. V. B. Ben
net, of Kansas, delivered the address.