Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-20
The w. C. T. U. the Subject
Considered.
Mrs. Wills Announces Several
New Undertakings.
A Kitchen Garden and Cooking School
Which She Will Conduct.
Miss Mary Allen West of Chicago De.
scribes the Work of tho w. @. Il.
U.-The Features of tho Pro-
gramnie for Next Week.

Miss MaryAllenW West Of Chicago was the
speaker of the morning at the last meet
ing of the Friday Morning club, under
the direction of the reform and philan-
thropic committee, of which Mrs. Jud-
son is chairman. The morning was
given to the work OF the w. G. I. U.
Miss West is a fluent talker, is thor
oughly at home on the platform, and
spoke without notes. She gave agraphic
sketch of the organization of the move
ment in the beginning OF 1874, when the
work of the crusaders swept like
mighty wave'over the country. 1t was
then God took the seal of silence from
the lips of women, and the work begun
in prayer by little bands OF earnest
women has grown to mighty and sys-
tematic organization encircling the
world. Every race, every country is
represented, with the daughters of Shem,
Ham and Japhet working side by side.
The key note to the great success OF this
movement is its systematic division into
departments, of which there are forty,
where each woman finds her place and
fits into the work of the great whole.
Believing the formative work far better
than reformative, the work begins in the
training of children at home, in kinder
garten, kitchen garden and public
schools. Here is taught the effect OF
stimulants, narcotics and evil desires.
In thirty five states and all the terrific
ries these subjects are taught in the
public schools, and in twenty-eight
states the law forbids the sale of tobacco
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efforts OF these noble women this has
been done.
The union has been called "crystal-
is it in reaching the little hearts of
sided. Intemperance proceeds from a
thousand evils, and to reach them all
must be originated innumerable ways
The police matron's work originated IN
Portland, Me. There are twenty-six
police matrons in Chicago. Few realize
the great necessity for this department.
Thousands OF women in our large cities,
put in charge of men only when arrested,
suffer untold injustice in misery. In
Chicago "anchorages" are established
for girls after leaving prison. Mrs. Lit
tell OF that city was the means OF restor-
ing fifty girls to their parents who other
wise would have been lost in the dens of
infamy and vice.
The press department., for securing
temperance news for secular papers, was
lightly touched upon by Miss West,
though the work is heavy accom-.
plishes much good. The department ol
literature includes the publishing oi
temperance papers, an army of pamph.
let's, books and tracts. There is the
department of physical religion, where
the necessity for keeping the body strong
and well and the study Of heredity is
taken up. There is bright side in the
laws OF heredity, for where the evil ex-
tends to the third and fourth generation
it dies there, but the good never dies.
Mothers may make children strong to
resist temptation.
This movement is world wide in its
reach. 1t is a monument to Miss Will.
lard of untold beauty and strength. II
has its departments of work for railroad
men, soldiers, sailers, it's flower missions
(spelled flourin winter), and its foreign
missions.
Miss West gave brief sketch OF the
work done by the Japanese women, and
she exhibited little Japanese paper de-
voted to this cause, most charmingly il
lustrated, with Japanese angel scat
tering temperance literature over tht
world. Lady Henry Somerset, with hel
regal soul and her vast riches, stood
at the head of this movement in Eng
land.
The social purity or White Cross worl
has been engrafted on the w. G. T. u
Mrs. Gen. Butler and Mrs. Ballingtor
Booth are great helpers here.
The suffrage lires of work receive
great attention. In England they are
much in advance of US, women having
full suffrage except in elections to parli
ament. But the temperance movemen,
among the women of England is greatly
needed, for grocers and fruit venders ar.
licensed to sell liquor, and thousands O
women learn to drink.
Lodging houses are established il
London where for 10 cents a man car
have warm bath and clean bed al
night.
Miss West gave graphic picture O.
Faneuil hall at the world 3 convention ir
Boston last year. Miss Wizards petit
ton against stimvlants and narcotics,
addressed to all the governments of the
world, with it's million signatures, was
festooned around the hall.
Mrs. Margaret Parker of London. one
OF the clubs guests, epoke briefly
of the inspiration of this work in Eng
land.
Mrs, Wills addressed the club in re-