Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-17

Health means wholenes and ~holene.s means
TO duty
Il now So God where before did not 80
HIM breathe pure air. because IL was HIS
purpose that the body Of His creatures should
ne strong and healthful There h nothins in
the bible a -ainst the existence OF woman - a
perfect physical being and the fact that hey
are not 80 now Is because OF their envifor-
tnents and habits Of life. am glad that even
IN society life IL Is now beginning 20 be thought
that woman should have n fine athletic figure.
tha' massage and athletic exercise are taxing
the place OF cosmetics and drugs \ met
a young lady a few tiays ago who told me "a,
she was amember Of Al athletic club and lDew
fencing 20 a nicely. IL was not the sos Of
fencing with which used 20 be familiar On |,
western farm Hers was with q rapier with .
button on the end. but l rcjoiced because \
thought of how she Was broadening her oeess
and strengthening her frame.
WHAT rHE WHITE RIBnox xr.xs
Tho conservation of the white ribbon Is con-
secration of the body 90 our God The co,se
Grafton Of the mind. il seems 20 me- 10 anofh.r
radiant raw Of light that converges 60 max. the
pare white of our emblem / rejoice for
the conservation of the white ribbon in that "a
tells woman that she IL a drone and a slug
gard unless she stirs around and makes the
best OF the powers that have been intrusted 20
her. In women. as rule. the amount Of brain
IN proportion 90 the avordupois is much greater
uihh IL Is with men. lApplause.
some women persist IN having a round
waist-round as a nickel-whcn a woman.
waist should be an ellipticsl one. But rs long
as she persists In having a circular waist lust
SO long VIII there be not enough blood PUMPED
up INTO the upper story and she will never at
tain to her full growth of mind or body
The cotsecraticn Of the whit. rilyl.o,
means not only the conservation 20 the Lord Of
the body and of the mind the two halves 81
the great whole, but Il also means the coa@e-
r r TO the home. use the motto of Father
freoei, Come. let rs live for our children
and have heard another wise kind.rsartper
say Let US rather live with the children
When see white ribbon I know that thst
woman has mo hers heart If she be a true
white ribboner. whether or no she has Children
OF her own 10 prattle around her knee anu 20
can Tor her care and affection. The Whit rih-
Don means that We consecrated 70 the en-
termination Of the legalized saloon.
coNRADEsHP AMONG WOMEN.
And then comes comrsdeship Think What
IL means, that little group of Grand Army men
on the platform in every town and hamlet
through which Shermans body will be bo-pe
on ats way 70 -. Louis. gathered 90 give the
shsht salute 10 the dead leader. That cssm-
radeshlp- We women used not 20 know what
that meant We were segregated each fs,ht-
ing her own battles. But now we are members
not of the Grand Army of the Republic, bus az
the grand army of reform organized in loving
~ artA 10 DC eiltl tilat woman rgf
clubable creature. but this has now been slis-
proved TO a large extent. Chlvalry of man
toward women AZ nothing TO be surprised at
out there Is already new sentiment growing
up a chivalry Of women toward men.
IN science ne woman L. beginning 10 stndv
II she has learned this: Here stand two u,en
vi them one SAYS: All. the rudy bumls.rl
lis sweet TO the taste and n makes an cloailaut
tongue And here's another. physician uho
saws; AN, my friends, If you fail to take ysur
proper amount OF sleep and. eNhilarate aud eK-
Gle your system by drink, instead of letting I'M
on the amount Of work You demand Of yaur
heart you are increasing, and heart failure Al
not visitation of God
The women of today are teaching the CHI
oseh o, our schools, the future men and women
OF our land, what the result must be If they ais-
obey the laws of God and nature. That Is
what mean by the chivalry Of the women TO-
ward the men"
Miss Willard introduced into her discourse a
number oil beautiful and pathetic incidents that
mad come under her own observation so tl,st
tears and applause were both called forth bv
her eloquent words. The HYMN ''Blest Re
The lie That Binds" was sung. and after answer
ing several queries from the audience Miss
wizard closed the meeting with prayer.
SOME WHO ARE PRESENT.
Among those who are in the city this week
attending the convocation Of white ribboners
IRE Mrs A. c. Thorpe. president of the W C.
:, y. VI NahoifuSt, Mass; ncr ffiend- Mrs. A.
T. shapleigh; her daughter. Mrs. Ole Bull end
her beautiful granddaughter. Miss olea Bail.
These ladies are all at the fredonia and il IA
hoped that at some of the sessions during the
week Miss Olea Bull, who inherits much Of her
renowned fathers gift, may accompany fbe
singing with her violin.
AT the meeting this evening young womsn's
v DIRK Will be the subject of discussion and sd-
iresses VIII be made by Mrs. Frances J. Barnes
national superintendent of sly work and Miss
Anna Gordon. the assistant national superip-
endent of juvenile work.