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

MRS $. D. LA FErRA- made a brief nrayer o.
more strength and courage for the women of
.ne union 10 90 more and more Of the great
work that is at their hand to do.
MISS wrILARD's OPENING RrNARKs
Miss Willard said in her opening remarks
that the union was now organized as n worlds
union with thirty-four countries confederated
IN the noble cause. There were missionaries
abroad weaving the white ribbon around the
world She referred 10 the great petition that
Is being circulated all over the world for sigma
lures, addressed TO the governments of the
world and praying for the protection Of the
nome. She said that her hearers would he
greatly surprised to hear that the country, the
largest proportion of whose inhabitants had
signed this petition, was Ceylon. Mrs. Thorpe
OF oamprldge, Mass. was in charge of this
peunon last night. and Miss Willard asked ALI
mat would to come up after the meeting and
alnA their signatures to this great plea for the
salvation of the homes of the world
The quartet from the Central Union Mission
sang the song of the Union, white Ribboner
vibrations" Miss Willard, in a pleasant little
speech OF "Reminiscences of her irst meeting
with Mrs Gov. Wallace, introduced the latter.
Wallace.
MRS. WALLACE on woNaS's BALLOT.
Mrs Wallace began by saying that it was
hardiy necessary to speak to a Washington
audience on why women wanted the ballot.
out perhaps 1t was not quite so clear what the
especial reasons were for which the women OF
tne temperance union wanted a chance 10 vote.
NO grander spectacle, she said. had ever been
presented than women struggling in the name
OF God humanity and native land Here was
one-haif OF mankind. without money or political
power striking out to assert their power in the
courts OF man and in the courts of Heaven.
Speaking of the matter Of the franchise Mrs
Wallace said that in the last TWENTY-FIVE wears
seventeen states had given women the RICH. 10
vote on school questions, seven had granted
the right OF franchise at municipal elections
and one had thrown open the doors TO women
to exercise her right of franchise on an equality
with man.
)ect Tor over an hour and concluded her aryu-
ment by giving the principal reason why
women should be allowed to vote that they
would thus be enabled 10 vote down the cursed |
'ralnc that was enslaving the youth of the land.
Mhile collection being taken up Miss
W Iiaru presented a petition or pledge and |
called for signers. II was pledge Of women
not to wear feathers in their bonnets and has |
or It's object the stopping of the tremendous
daughter of song birds.
MRS. CHAPLIN on THE WORK N THE sourH.
Mrs. Sallie Z. Chaplin described the work as !
t has been carried on in South Carolina from |
is beginning, when Miss Willard first visited |
he south. She then gave interesting reminis-
,ences OF her visit to Washington to a conyep- \
ION ten years ago and her connection with the 4
work ever since. At the request of several /
adies she repeated an original poem which she
iao read at the convention in 1881.
MISS ANNA GORDON
Miss Anna Gordon. the assistan. national
uperintendent of juvenile work, is to make an
ddress at this evenings session of the conyo-