The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-04
WOMEN IN CONVENTION.
Once Again they Convene TO do Battle Against
King Alcoh l.


Lutheran church in the opera house block.
The attendance was large enough to fill
the church, and outside of the EAGLE re-
porter only one other man was present,
and he was Congressional Candidate Mon
roe. Mostly all present were matrons
whose hairs were either gray or on the
eve of turning gray and of course, they
were earnest though many of them seemed
TO think the outlook before them was very
discouraging.
The meeting was called to order by Mrs
Boyle of Valley Center, while Mrs. DeVore
| presided at the secretary's table in the alb
sence of the regular secretary.
The meeting opened with devotional
exercises by Mrs. Henry Fellows of this
city, after which the regular business
commenced, the first being the reading of
papers by Mrs. Clark of Cheney. and
| remarks by Mrs. Mason of this city on the
cure of inebriates by such methods as the
| Kelley cure, etc. These were responded
| to by others, the general idea prevailing
| that the cures were worthy of encour-
| agement The reading of these and other
less important papers occupied the entire
forenoon.
ar IERNOON SESSlON.
The afternoon session commenced by
devotional exercies by MRS. Shellaire,
after which Mrs. f. E. Shaffer delivered
the address of welcome which was very
nice and very creditable to that lady's
ability. This address was responded to
by Mrs. McClelland of Valley Center
President Mrs Boyle then delivered the
following address which is printed in full
at the request Of several of the ladies.
MRS BoYLE's ADDRESS.
Dear Sisters and Friends.
Again have we assembled together in
our annual meeting to close up the bust
ness of the year just closing. and prepare
for the work of the one before u.s. We
feel grateful to our Heavenly Father for
all the tender mercieS and evidences of
goodness that he has vouchsafed unto us,
both individually and collectively, and rs
we turn our thoughts to the duties per.
tanning to our gathering, we feel to i'm
plore His blessing, that His love may
overshadow US, that He may bless the
work done in every union and Ill our
county union the past year.
We entered upon the work under every
Encouragement. As you all know, the
last annual meeting was reorganizing Of
the county union.
called together the scattered forces to meet
in county convention at Wichita in Au-
gust. Wichita Central and Valley Center
unions responded to the call with full dele
cations. A good meeting was the result.
County officers were elected for the ensu
ing year and work planned for the ad-
vancement of the cause in the county.
We very reluctantly and under protest |
undertook the work of county president,
pleading inability, time, means, ETC., as a
plea for not serving, but of no avail.
AT the first of the year we were called
away by the sickness and death of Sis
ter. After my return n cOnven-
ley Center, Jan. :. Owing to the sick |
ness of so many with the prevailing |
disease lagrippe only three members from |
Wichita Central, and a part of the dele |
gates from Valley Center Union were able |
to be present.
Mrs. Fuller, the secretary elected in |
August sent in her resignation, making it |
was elected to fill her place the remainder
of the year.
Although very much discouraged in our
first meeting, those of us present held the |
fort for God and home and humanity in
the county work. The second convention
of the year met at Cheney in May. which,
to some extent, rolled away the clouds of |
mourning the loss of their Ioved president,
Mrs. Wakefield, who had passed from la
Dor to rewards. Her mantle has fallen on
one every way worthy to receive it and the
work is being successfully carried on.
Delegates from three unions were pres
ent. The royal welcome given the con
vention by this union seemed to stimulate
us all with renewed zeal and energy for
more and better work. We feel that we
have accomplished but little more than
to keep the county organization together |
There have been no new unions organized
for want of some one with time ana means
to perform the work. We realize there is
a great work for us in this county, as we
see the enemy entrenchidg themselves in
every community in one guse or another:
we feel that Truly the harvest is great
but the laborerS are few"
No one who discernS Alright the signs of |
the times, can fail to realize that another
great battle is to be fought. 1t is not per-
haps to be a war of bloodshed, fought with
shot and shell but war of law and order
against IawlesSness and disorder, of NOR
allty against immortality, of religion
against lrreligion. There seems to be an |
apathy amounting TO almost indifference |
even among christian people to these evils
up around Us. Many seem con-
tent with having themselves abstained
from the use of intoxicants others rest in
moderate use of all the good things God
has made and see no necessity of going
farther than to bear testimony against
the lmmoderate use of intoXicants
as beverage. They do not seem 10 see
TIE danger or seeing, heed not the fact,
that If our children are reared among those
evil Influences they will soon become so
accustomed to them as To see no harm in
their existence. Alexander Pope truly
says:
Vice is a monster of such hideous mien
As to be hated needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft familiar with his face
We first endure, then pity, then embrace
Scarcely a week passes by but we read of
a strike against some corporation or or
sauizstion. Employees are dissatisfied
with their EMPLOYER for some faucied or
real grievance. But do we ever hear OF
strike of the employees of alcohol the one
great element that causes most of this dis
GA tue other hand
he strike is against those who
would Danish ii from our land
II there Is a wrong in a community are not
we as individual members OF that commu-
llty responsible Tor il in the measure in
which We have contributed TO its exist
snce, or have failed TO do all we could for
lis removals Much of the evil which is
IN the world today exists because
We seek TO place the response bllity uDon
numbers of individuals Instead of upon
ZACH one personally. Some one has said
III men could be made TO know and be-
ieve what is the uualterable memorable
act that God wIll hold them responsible
n their measure for what exists about
hem, then would they make the effort TO
remove the evil and save nlen from its con-
No evil WAS ever erSdicated, |
wrong or good established save by person
Il effort
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