St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-08
SOME MILD ROASTS.
Critical Annual Reports by Ladies
Ofthe w. G. L. U.

of the w. G. L. U.
Yesterday afternoon the Central W.
C. T. U. held its sixteenth annual meet
ing. There was nothing remarkable
about this meeting-no quarrels, no
splits. All was harmony, with large,
variegated S. The address of Mrs. H.
]. Moffet. the president. was of con-
gratulatory nature. Speaking of the
work of the future. she said:
what shall our sowing be this year?
The question will be answered as in
the past, more by doing what comes to
our hand day by day than making plans
for the future. One thing we must
promise ourselves and GOd-that we
will not take one backward step, and
that, as the way has been opened and
we have entered in, so we will continue
to advance. looking to Him as leader,
and Loyalty taking counsel of those who.
under Him, are over US in state and ma
ton"
One of the most interesting of the
annual reports was that read by DR..
Mary Milestone, superintendent of
health and heredity. She also has
charge of the industrial school. During
the year there have been in operation
in the industrial school free classes in
| dressmaking, stenography and type
writing. The art of housekeeping
has been taught to class Of
twenty-one girls. OF these fifteen
took the complete three months course.
All but three of them were free pupils,
receiving board, room and training. They
| are all now putting into practice at
| home the training received in the in
dustrial school. There was also class
| of little girls in plain cooking. There
were two paid classes of servant girls
! and paid class of nurses from st. An
| thony hospital. who received training
| in sick room cookery.
One of the longest and most interest
! ing reports was that of Mrs. A. G. Nc
Curly. the secretary. She detailed the
| establishment of a free kindergarten.
| She gave Mayor Winston sly little dig
| under the fifth rib. She said that Mrs.
Rust had gone to the mayor with a petit
ton to which were attached the sigma
lures of 1000 women, request
ing the removal of Objectionable pic
lures from the streets, The mayor
said he would "have it attended
| to" and also requested the ladies to
designate the pictures to which they OBJ
| iected. She also spoke of the establish
| ment of a lunch-rOOm for girls of the
| night school and of the successful
operation of the restaurant.
Mrs. McCurdy had still another re-
| port. Jails and Jail work come under
| her supervision. Last year. it will be
remembered, Mrs. McCurdy created
| small sensation by writing a most I'M
mitigated roast on the Henne-
pin county Jail. This year her
report is milder, probably because
as she says she has been unable to visit
| the Jail very much. However, she says
| it is the 'Same old Jail with the same
| old system of herding men together"
She cOmmendS Gen. BrinkerhOf's roast
on the Jail as a good thing. The cOndi-
ton of the jail. she says, Is fair. Every
cot now has pillow and pillow case,
something new. The food is good,
but not served in such vari-
| ETY., nor served as well as in the
Ramsey county jail. Mrs. McCurdy
| gave long dissertation on her work
| among the families of which a member
is in Jail She finds startling amount
| of unfaithfulness TO the marriage vows.
But, she says, as long as men
make the laws for both men and
women, so long will this state
of affairs exist. She made three recon-
mendations in closing-that the school
of crime now doing duty as a county
iail be discontinued. and the enforce
ment of the state law prohibiting the
| confinement of men and boys in one
cell: organization for the relief of pris-
Oners newly from Jail; the passage of
suitable law for the punishment of men
| who desert their wives and children.
Mrs. Bicknell reported on the work
| against the use of tobacco and narcotics.
A long time ago she called on Gen.
| Goodrich, of the street railway and eX
| horted him to put stop to the smoking
and chewing on the street cars. He
promised her that he would have
the difficulty remedied. Mrs. R.
S. Smith read a report on the
work in the interest of female
suffrage She did more work in the
good cause during the i, P. s. G. E.
convention than any other time. Mrs.
II. E. Gallinger, the treasurer, reported
the receipts of the year as $3.50 and the
expenditures S4,274. The expense of
maintaining the industrial school was
only S2115.75. The following officers
were elected. all being reelected except
| vice president:
President Mrs. H. ]. Moffett; vice presi-
| dent, Miss a. NJ. Henderson; corresponding
secretary Mrs. C W. FOss; recording secre-
| tary. Mrs a. c. McCurdy; Treasures Mrs H.
E Gallinger. The officers, together with
! Mrs r. ). Smith, DR.. Mary Milestone and
Mrs. Fleming constitute the executive COM
mittee Mrs c. E. Gaskell and Mrs. j. B.
Ellis were elected delegates to the state con-
vention. with Mrs. j W. Whittier and Mrs.
NJ. NJ. Nichols as alternates.
The Eighth ward W. c. I. U. elected
the following officers:
Mrs. j. P. Pinkham, president; Mrs F. W.
Crisp, Mrs A W. Moon, Mrs. II. Z. Sloan,
Mrs A. J. Woodrow and Mrs. c. w. Davis,
vice presidents; Mrs. II. II. WEIGH recording
secretary; Mrs. f. A. Welch, corresponding
secretary, and Mrs. F. W. Crisp. treasurer.
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