The record-union., 1892-07-16
SCHOOL OF METHODS" F."
The Women's Christian emperanCe
Union at Work.
First Days Proceedings of the Con-
vention at Pacific Grove
Addresses, Etc.

PACIFIC GROVE, July 10Th.
EDS. RECoRD-UNIoN: The summer
School of Methods for the Women's
Christian Temperance Union opened
Thursday morning, July 14th, at o'clock
with service of song, conducted by Mrs.
Annie Hilliker. State superintendent,
followed by greetings from Mrs. B. Ster-
tevant Peet, State President. Miss Many
Allen West then gave the plans and pur-
pose of the school, which is simply a
training school for Christian Temperance
Union women, known as the School of
Methods.
Skilled labor pays as well in philan
thropy as in science, said Miss West. To
do the Lords work in the Lords way
requires something more than mere
goodness. She noticed many changes in
the manner of doing philanthropic work
since the days of our grandmothers, and
while she recognized the old methods as
beautiful and bringing the workers heart
to heart. yet, as rule, they are out-grown,
and in our different departments we
must have skilled workers or our best
efforts will be lost through misdirection.
The speaker cited several instances of
wise training, one being that of Catherine
Wolf, who, beside inheriting great prop
erty from her mother, would inherit her
fathers fortune, and, knowing much of
wills, he determined not to leave his
money TO institutions, but to train his
daughter so that she should make the
best use of his means, and through a
channel she loved and was naturally
fitted for, she should know the world.
She spent her fortune and sixty years OF
l1i, rrOnI oF0d hpr militant hrnvU =
known as among the best in the world.
Miss West says: ''Our departments are
not formed, they grow. Someone felt
desire to accomplish certain results, and
working earnestly along that line per-
manent department. of work is formed.
The vision of permanent training school
for the temperance workers, sending out
yearly its trained teachers, is always be-
fore me. God will not work needless
miracles, neither will he accept bungling
work The motto of our training school
should be, What we have we must give
to Others
The afternoon session opened with de-
vOtions, led by Mrs. NJ. E. Tryon, fol-
lowed by an able paper by Mrs. NJ. G..
Norton on Lines of Work That Lead
Toward God"
Mrs. Emily Pitt Stevens spoke on the
words, "a Little Leaven," citing many
instances where in her constant travelling
Sne h2u seen great results from q KIM
word fifty spoken.
A paper by Mrs. Mayhew of Sacra-
mento was entitled, more Sunshine
Than Shadow" in which she urged re-
formers to more patience, and assured
them if the clouds were thick, there were
riffs that showed the sun still shining.
1--WE wives" she said, too often obstruct
the trend of the great current Of Gods
providence, and by not working in har-
mony with that current much time and
strength is wasted" Among the sun
beams gathered up was the organized
work of woman's prohibition in several
States, and the breaking down Of party
lines. The paper closed with the predlc-
ton that the women of the land will carry
the United States for prohibition.
A discussion followed on What New
Forces Can be Incorporated into the w.
c. L. U.?''
The address of the evening was by Miss
S. NJ. Severance, on why's and Where
fores,' and sparkled with gems of
thought, as does everything from the pen
OF that gifted and superior woman.
We have followed close on the footsteps
of that moving army, our Chautauquan
sisters, and on every side we see traces of
their camps, in books, bunting and ban
ners LETT behind. Although their rank and
file may outnumber ours, the w. c. L.
U. and G. L. 5. c. have common watch
Iword-''Progress." NJ. L. TRYoN,
County Correspondent w. c. L. U.