The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-07
WAR ON INTEMPHRANCE.
The w. C. T. u. Undaunted,
ReorganizeS and Plans
for New Conquests.
PLANS AND PROSPECTS.
A Kitchen Department to Be
F~ormed-Weddings and
Social Chat.

Social Chat.
The Jersey City branch of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union has been
in active existence since 1884. when it was
organized in the Tabernacle. Since then
IL has Kept up a more or less energetic
fight against intemperance with varying
success. 1t has given lectures and par
lor talks, conduc, ed a school and a flower
mission, aud furnished the inhabitants of
Hudson County Jail with entertaining
and instructive total abstinence iitera-
ture. With all this past record, the So
ciety was beginning to seriously consider
disbauding, and had indeed taken the
frat steps in that direction. when it was
decided to issue a call to women inter-
ested in "the cause and reorganize the
fast expiring society.
Obedient to the summons. eight men,
bers of the Jersey City W. C. T. U. and
eight strangers met in the parlor5 of the
Peoples Palace yesterday afternoon. The
President, Mrs. Charles Bapta. opened
the session with devotional exercises. and
Mrs. William H. Vance, Recording Secre-
va Q AS&A NaS AaN LNPbL - w
committees Were next considered, and
Miss Florence Trowbridge, Secretary OF
the school, told how the enterprise mad
prospered; That forty meetings had been
held in humboldt Hall, at which Mrs.
Hannah Cairns had presided, and where
the children had bean taught the evils of
intemperance. Mrs. Fred Stewart, of
the Flower Mission. reported torJy-seyen
calls made and q large amount of flowers
and delicacies distributed. This depart.
ment shares with the temperance school
the success of the year. Mrs. Cairns
told of parior work done, and Miss A.
Dawson, Treasurer, read an itemized re-
port for the year, showing a balance III
hand OF $l55.09 When this amount was
announced there was u general murmur
of "Disbaud? With al. that on hand?"
and the question of going on was practi-
cally settled.
A CALL TO ACTION.
The President then made an earnest
appeal to the audience, asking for y con
tinuance of the work. She quoted the
advice Of Mrs. Boole. when asked to de-
eide the society's future at the County
| Convention, which was not to d%isband,
but to meet together and pray, IL only
two or three were left and that was all
| they could do. Mrs. BanJa replied that
they cou d do that in their WI house
the question was whether they would
meet together and work. A general dis
cussion took place, at which 1t was de-
cided to try 1t another year at least.
At this point entered Assistant Pastor
Wells. offering the Peoples Palace par
lors for a W. G. Z. U. clubroom. Acc
cepted, and a rising vote of thanks ten
dered. but as the Kev. Mr.. Wells had
made his escape, he did not see
this manifestation of gratitude. The
election of officers resulted in a
tie between Mrs.. Banta and Mrs.
| George Clerihew for President, which
nrougnt out a State Of affairs much like
that IL u street car when there are two
ladies and one vacant seat. AS neither
would accept, the Society elected Mrs.
| Bahra vi ct GrniS. and put in Mrs. Cleri-
new as Vice President. Mrs w. H.
Vauee consented. after urging,to combine
the Offices of Recording aud Correspond
ing Secretary. and Mrs. Wright OF Sns-
sex street was mad Treasurer. Miss
Florence Trowbridge was offered the lat
ter position. but like the late Caesar. put
away the crown three times. Mrs. Cairns
introduced the subject of kitchen garden
ing in connection with the school, and it
WAS voted to engage someone to conduct
this work. Mrs. Cairns was elected
School Superintendent and Mrs. Stewart
assistant.
TO VISIT H JAIL.
The society is meditatlug placing tenn
perAnce literature i'll all puhlic reading
rooms, and Mrs. Bants il looking out for
that. Mrs. Cairns will continue to at
tend to the Sunday schools aud Mrs.
Stewart to the flower mission. The ladies
are congratulating themselves upon OBJ
tanning Miss Isabel West OF Seventh ave-
nue., New York, to conduct the jail WORK.
Miss West has had wide experience
with this branch in Europe as we'll as in
this country. and The society consider it
especially fortunate that she decided to
jUiu the Union in this city at this time.
Two new members were received and
several others promised for the next
meeting. II was decided to hold meet
Jugs on the first Thursday of each month,
in the Peoples Palace, No. 18S Grand
street. Tue meeting then concluded
with the temperance doxology."
The kitchen garden. which is to be n
prominent feature or next years work.
has already received a thorough trial in
this city. Mrs. Cairns has for some time
conducted such an enterDrise in the North
Baptist Church, aud will soon give an ex-
hibition of their work. It takes three
months to train the children, and as soon
as they graduate another class is at once
formed. 1t is expected that Miss Jennie
Lewis will assist Mrs. Cairns in the con-
duct of the new enterprise. Instruction
in this branch will be gwen once d month,
the temperance school as usual holding
sessions once q week.