River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-01-21

faces before me as a pleasant picture.
Mrs. knowles. whose heart was bound
! up IN our reading room, and who could
always be depended upon for Union
work, and who rode in the procession
| following the old Maine law petition,
should most certainly be called faith
fui--but no less So are the others
named, who are never seen without
the little white bow, showing they
belong to the ttoo hundred thousand
good women who are pledged against
the great wrong.
W. C. L. U. work in the main means
Self.sacrifice. but u me it has been a
blessing, not in disguise, either, and
for all ever did came back good, in
every way pressed down and running
over. II often think, and | do not
mean it irreverently, that it has done
more for me than the church has done.
1t has certainly given me clearer
and better understanding of what the
church is, and has drawn me out of
self and given me broader outlook,
and now and always, shall thank God
for it's influence over my life) As our
Union Signal editor says, "the woman
who does not belong TO the w. c. Il.
U. does not realize how much she is
missing
Miss Moore is to be with you and
hope she may give you the same lee
ture she delivered here, only that she
may give it in the spirit of the con-
vention at Augusta and not ''feel I'M
der bonds as she told me she did
here. The spirit of California Unions
is not that of Wisconsin, as far as
know of them.
A freight train just rolled past with
several cars from the Fredericksburg
brewery, filled with lager beer for the
eastern cities, just as though there
was not enough on the other side of
the mountains. California will be a
long time getting rid of its evil, for it
is a wine-cursed state and too many
homes use it on their tables, where
the little ones drain the cups, and for
every ailment some stimulant or other
must be called into use. speak of
what | know. The ladies' entrances
to the saloons are in constant use, and
from the lips of our minister learn
that young girls are nightly led to
their ruin in this way, and yet 1--WE
must not vote for prohibition for we
can't win and we should throw away
our votes-and the license helps to pay
our taxes, you know" Do any of you
ever hear such talkl / think there is
one prohibition minister in this city
if there are more | never heard of
them. | did not need to come to Cali
fornia to become a prohibitiOnist, but
since hearing and seeing all | have,
have become rooted and grounded in
the belief that the ballot only, in the
hands of the legaliZed voter, can do
the work, and if every christian man
in the country would get upon a pro-
hibition platform and stay there,
though the heavens should fall the
work would be done, for 'sone with
God is majority" and if God be for
US land we know He isl who can be
against use These are my sentiments,
but forgot that was only writing
letter.
We have many grand women on this
coast, among Which is Miss Sarah
Severance of Gilroy, whose work is
for suffrage, and for which she strikes
many telling blows, Mrs. Brown of
Santa Clara, Mrs. Churchill of San
Jose, and Mrs. Nellie B. Eyester-
names familiar to all Signal readers.
The white ribbon is not universally
worn but enough so that it shows The
w. @. Il. U. is here to stay.
Since writing the above L find / am
mistaken-there are two ministers
who talk, pray, preach, and vote pro-
hibition.
Another good woman, Mrs. Negus,
whose name has been often seen in
the Signal. a woman of means, has left
her home in Oakland and gone to New
York to study law at her own expense
so that she may more successfully
fight the liquor traffic.
And now will close, hoping | have
not wearied you by my long, rambling
letter. Please sing for me Hold the
Fort" and God be with you till we
meet again.
Lovingly yours,
JENNIE r. RH0ADs.