St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-26

| on the public conscience that it shall
! demand at the hands of these powers a
| different action. then will come victory
for u.s." After urging the necessity OF
| publishing temperance truths, of wear
| ing the white ribbon badge, and Of dis
| tributing TEMPERANCE literature broad
cast, the spt aker concluded her remarks.
| ''The coming MONTHS" said she. ARE
! important ones for us to think and act
! in. Our literature should be Sown
broadcast. We should get tue union
and the White Ribbon into as many
| homes as possible. Our purpose is not
| to anger and enrage those who differ
| with us on the political issues of the
! day. but to bring before them what we
, believe to be better path i'll politics
| and higher outlook for humanity.
| The w. G. L. U. is mace up OF women
| of all political faiths, but its spinal
| column is strong on cord OF prohibit
! ton principles. A home protected from
| drink, a manhood pure, womanhood
/ clothed with power to defend itself
and its little ones from the saloon and
( its influences are issues that may
well stir the blood Of every .,Oman who
| has brain to think, 4 heart to feel and
a hand to help"
Mrs. w. w. Nicholas, the able presi-
! dent of the Willard union, read an in
| teresting paper on the Loyal Temper
| ance Legion. a Semi-inilitary order.
! which has been of great service among
| people.
| Miss Carrie Holbrook. secretary of
! the association. also spoke of the legion.
! of which order there are three societies
! in the county.
She had had considerable experience
| in this line of work, and had found the
| attempt to conduct a legion of the chill
dren from the Door districts of the city
| and those from st. Anthony bill fail
ure. The poorer child ell had objected
and had remained away. She thought
that the outlook for the winters work
Of the legion was very bright. The
! parents of the poorer children seemed
! TO be quite willing that they should
| come to the meetings OF the legion. 1t
| seemed to her that it would be WiSeSt TO
carry on the work in the districts where
| these children lived. Some lady sug-
| gested the bethel as proper place, and
| the suggestion was received with favor.
Mrs &. v OrmWOud conducted nOon-
day devotiuns, and the convention ad-
| Journed to the church parlors. where a
| luncheon was served by the EpWorth
league and the Willard union.
Miss Carrie Holbrook opened the aft
| ern0on session with a Bible reading.
Gods Call to Women"
Mrs. l.. w. Irvine, president of the
W followed with il paper on SUNDAY
| day School Temperance Work." which
was perhaps the ablest paper read at
the convention. Mrs. Irvine began
hood is pre-eminently thestudy among
advanced thinkers. What shall we
do for the child is the
question now receiving the
| careful consideration Of the Christian
| and philanthropic world. In the issues
| OF this question none are more deeply
| interested than the friends of temper
ance. 1t Is more Christian to throw
about the child the safeguards which
will enable him to lay the foundation
OF character than to recue him from the
! sea of SIM"
"Since the ultimate triumph of the
temperance cause rests in the hands of
the rising generation. who can deny that
our legitimate field Of labor is in the
children?s continued Mrs. Irvine, as
| she urged the Importance of the doc
trlne of prevention rather than cure.
Her words on temperance training OF
children were forceful and thoughtful.
| The lack of teachers was dwelt upon,
| general hints for Sunday school work
| given, and the necessity for earnest
WOrk urged.
DR.. Helen BIssell's paper was on
Mothers Meetings" The greatest III
| fluence In the world is that of a mother.
and this alone will often triumph
against what would seem insurmounta-
| bic obstacles. Thinking women are
waking up TO sense of their immense
responsibilities and opportunities"
DR.. Bissell enlarged On the growing
| tendency of women to give earnest at
! tention to temperance education in the
| home.
1.-The home is woman's primary and
| greatest sphere" said Dr. BiSsell, land
any system of education that should en-
| courage an ignoring of its duties is rad
| ically false and would do more to en-
| danger our land than foreign invasion.
pestilence or famine. There is no place
on earth calling for greater di-
+, verSity OF talent than that of a wife and
and mother" After dwelling Oh the
Importance of domestic education for
girls and the lack OF information about
| the care and education of children
which prevails among mothers, the
speaker outlined the purpose of moth
ers' meetings. OF girls education she
said: 1--WE instruct our girls in little
| music and china painting. the making
of cake and whipped cream, and leave
and health, the breaking of which en-
tail endless suffering Oh themselves
and succeeding generations. The
parent who has the full confidence of a
child has a grasp on its lie that no
| Oiher influence can shake"
! The paper was exhaustive and was
listened to with closest attention. DIR.
/ BesSellS suggestions for the conduct Of
mothers meetings will doubtless be
adopted by various unions.
! Mrs. SOule made the report from the
| Lady Somerset union and Mrs. Flagg,
from the union at ST. Anthony Park.
Mrs. Reid spoke briefly and earnestly
on gambling, and suggested petition
to the legislature for the suppression of
pool rooms.
Election of officers was then held and
resulted as follows: County President,
| Mrs. G. Soule; secretary. Miss Mary
Valentine: treasurer, Mrs. Irvine.
Resolutions were offered and adopted.
| The most impO1 tant were as follows:
Be it resolved, As one of the greatest
agents towards this end, we recon-
mend that each church be asked to
form loyal temperance legion with the
| young, and through this agency thor
oughly educate them in this cause. so
that they may be able in future to take
| the places of those now engaged in
active work. Thus securing more
efficient and we'll directed effort.
Resolved. That we use our influence
! to secure more thorough attention in
! our schools to temperance instruction
| as required by the laws of the state.
! And to this end. we will visit the
schools, converse with the teachers and
| show our interest in that important mat
ter, and our desire that our children
should have the benefit of this class of
instruction.
Thanks were returned to the Willard
J league for the luncheon and dinner pro-
vided.
Mrs. Brnkerhoff offered PRAYER, and
the singing of the doXoiogy ended the
| afternoon session.
| At s O'Clock the convention reaSSem-
| hled Devotional exercises were con-