San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-11-24
WHITE RIBBON COLUMN.
lAll matter for this column should be
sent to Mrs. Hattie Jackson, West End,
City,


The past week has been one of great
rejoicing to all interested in the work of
the w. c. L. U. We feel now that some
thing definite has been the result of the
promises made during the Jones Stuart
meeting, and Thanksgiving Day will have
a peculiar significance 10 San Antonio's
white ribbonerS."
Mrs. Stoddard has already organized
two new unions, and will organize an
other before the week is over. We have
not been able to obtain the exact number
of new members as yet, but hope TO give
full report next week.
Mrs Stoddard is truly conSecra ted
christian woman and is doing a grand
work in her chosen field of action. We
feel that her coming has been productive
of much good, and her words will long
linger in the minds of her hearers. No
one listening to her gentle, womanly ac
cents an" feeling the zeal and earnest
I eSS lat inspire her utter Ince, IN pos.
by object tU a woman appearing in the
cause she represents. She came to us
full of the enthusiasm of the recent ma
ttOnal convention and made all her listen
erS wish they too could have attended
that assembly of intelligent, conSecrated
women. We hope that San Antonio will
some time be favored with their presence.
Our hearts swell with gratitude to the
women recently, enrolled under our white
tanner appears before us, and many
sweet dreams of future possibilities come
floating DER us.
Mrs Stoddard tells us that the Denver,
Col, city authorities donated three hun
dred dollars for the entertainment OF
the W. G. T. u. national convention.
That amount will return to them three
fold in the good effect OF such visitors.
No doubt there were many people who
before that had treated the cause with
indifference or deriSOn who are now ar
deaf supporters of the w. c. T. U.
We had he pleasure of attending the
organization of the Prospect Hill w. c.
r. q. and were greatly delighted with
the little baud of bright earnest women
who composed it They numbered TWEEN
ty-seveh, and with such capable officers |
we feel sure will push forward TO the |
front ranks in this work.
TIE Vast Fad w. c. L. U. meets every |
Friday at3 o'clock p m. and cordially
invites members OF our sister unions TO
visit us occasionally. We look forward to
q treat next meeting. as Mrs Stoddard
will give us talk on the convention do
ingS and sayings.
We hope all the Unions will send in
large lists OF subscribers to our ma tiOnal
organ The Union Signal. and state or
gan, The Texas White Ribbon and also
take an interest il our White Ribbon
Column.'n Daily LIGET.
T. a grand tempe zee advocate W.
Jcn..g, DemUreSL ha, an article in tn L
December number of DemOreSt'S Month
ly Magazine that We wish everybody |
could cad and ponder we'll 1t is headed |
The Effect of Alcoholic Beverages |
He makes the poisonous influence of this |
inSidiOuS enemv.SO plain that one invol- |
unfairly shudders with horror that its |
use has become 80 widespread through |
out our fair land. He says:
There is no such thing as 'MOdera |
ton in the u.e of alcoholic bever |
ages: the poison fla them is al |
Ways active in it, deadly mission and |
goes on all through the body, but the re-
suit Oh the brain and heart is especially !
noticeable, as these organs are very Sensi.
tive, and are so retarded in their opera
lions that disease and death would rapid |
lv ensue were they no. in nature a gen
eIOlS amount OF active recuperatiOn
struggling to counterfeit and eliminate
the poison. Many Of these indications of
a poisoned and diseased body would
Norrfy drinkers were they SutlininntIv
a DuScd or were they anxious or willing
believe the facts as they develop them
selves in their experience or could they
realize that they transmit TO their pOSteri-
~ a hereditary saint that is for horrible To
contemplate. ..... Even when taken aS
medicine, alcoholic beverage frequently
produce results far worse than the di
SPaSe. Extensive hospital practice both
in this country and in Europe has proved
I great benefits of an entire exclusion
or this poison as a remedy other agents
being used, which are quite efficient,
but no. followed by the paralyzing or
StuDefying effects OF alcoholic corrosive
poison. II. A. J.