St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-15
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man lectures I'm. Oriental
Dress Election and Medal
Contest Today. .i&
Yesterday mornings session of. the
W. G. 4. u. conference was conducted
by the VS." the Young Womea't
Temperance union. Mrs. Bessie LaytIle
SeOveiie talked on hygienic dress and
physical culture. She pointed cut How
to stand, breathe, walk and dress SO as
tc enjoy good health. Sine made raid
On the corset, which she says must be
done away with. ut is not thing OF
beauty" she said, and why should
wonieh be So devoted to il? Some of
the girls who had promised year ago
to give Up the instrument of torture
testified as to the wisdom of their &C
ton, and many others resolved to 20
ahd do likewise.
After the regular convention had
been called to order, Rev Mr.. Gjertsen,
OF minneapolis. presented plan OF
work to be pursued in the state insane
asyluuiS, which lie hoped the W.C.T.U.
would take up. He hoped that COM
inittec might be appointed whose duty
1t would be to visit the asylums and
hear the complaints that patients are
OF the board of charities and cOrrec-
tiUHs, The speaker was we'll received,
but the ladies did not deem it best to
take any action iii the matter.
Mrs Hobart suggested to Mr.. Gjert-
sen that 1t might 10y well to call the at
tentiOD of the national convention to
the matter. which he would have an
opportunity to do when they meet next
month";. .A ..ss..
Mrs. Fannie l.. Ames, who has been
state organizer of the work of the
union, made brief report of her work
She assured her sisters that she had
not left the field because she was not
sufficiently paid, but because she had
duties at home which demanded her
whole time. Her collections were
1862, IS and expenses S1S2.42.
49, Mrs. Chase. editor of the White Rib
bOner, the official state organ, presented
in an able manner the claims of her
paper. The circulation at present is
LOO. Mrs. Hudson, Of Pine Island.
spoke in behalf of the ''Woman's Col
umn.
A short discussion was then INDUCED
in over the adoption of a report OF a
special committee {appointed to make a
revision OF tAe 'cOnStltutiOn), which was
presented 10y Mrs.. Newcomb, of Mime
apOIIs, who had acted as secretary OF the
committee. As there seemed to be some
misunderstanding in regard to the whole
matter, the discussion was postponed
indefinitely OH a motion of Mrs. Heard.
TIE WORK FLoURIsHEs. ms
Mrs. T.. s.; Wright, of Red Wing. the
corresponding secretary, read rather
lengthy report, i'll whicn she stated that
the work was iii flouIiShing condition
in spite OF the hard times.
Mrs. Hobart, in speaking of the oh
Servance OF the Sabbath, said: ''If we
do not pay more attention to Sabbath
observance we will be4held guilty before
God. We have BEEN known as Ged-
fearing nation, but we. have been dis
graced as nation in the Sunday open
ing of the exposition. | believe there is
hardly a G0d-fearing woman in the
country who is not aggrieyed. We stand
today with Shamed faces aud bowed
heads"
A great deal of interest is being taken
in the election OF officers which takes
! place today. A majority of the dele
| gates would like to -re-elect Mrs. HO-
| Dart, who has Served for mauy years, Oh
| aS that lady says emphaticalty that she
! must give up tie amount OF work that
| holding this office involves, some one
| else must be chosen. Mrs. l.. w. Irvine,
| OF st. Paul, will receive very strong
support, should she be one of the candi-
dates. which is very likely. and she is
| wonderfully well adapted for the posi-
| ton, being a young and very enthusiasts
| tic worker. Among the other candidates
spoken of for the presidency are Mrs
| Clifford, of Mortified; Mrs. Julia b.
! Nelson, OF Red Wing, and Mrs. Neal, of
| Minneapolis.
The afternoon services were opened
by a conservation meeting, led by Mrs.
| h. 5. Farnswurth. The reports of the
district presidents, each three minutes
| in length. consumed the greater part of
the afternoon. Following are the dis
lrct presidents, very few of whom
| were absent:
First district, Mrs. Ruth Nj. Rowell;
Second district, Miss Ella j. Cook:
Third district, Mrs. Mary c. Greene;
Fourth district, Mrs. Mary f. Plymat:
mn OlSllISbs 4llO- W. IL. SIdWlOIu.
Sixth district, Mrs. ID. A. Sherman;
Seventh district, Mrs. J. A. Clifford: :
Eighth district, Mrs. w. II. Heard !;
Ninth district. Mrs. E. j. NJ. Newcomb:
| Tenth district, Mrs. Webster; Eleventh
district, Mrs. Z. Bullivant; Twelfth
district. Mrs. NJ. NJ. Moses; Thirteenth
district, Mrs. l. j. Collins; Fourteenth
district, Mrs. Jessie Powell; Fifteenth
district, Mrs: Alice White; Sixteenth
district. Mrs. Emily Merritt.
Mrs. Laura Rodgers read a paper on
My Call to the w. c. L. u" Miss
Edna Edison a paper OH "Woman's
Rights" and. Miss Nellie c. Green
favored the convention with a violin
solo.
AN ORIENTAL TALK.
The feature of last nights session
was Miss Ackermans talk Oh the
Chinese. winch she gave dressed in
Oriental costume. The church parlors,
vestibule and steps were all crowded to
hear this wonderful woman talk
One of the many interesting as we'll as
amusing things that she said was in re-
gard to the great heat and moisture of
the climate. She remarked that if people
retired at night and LETT their shoes out
of ktheir trunks in the morning they
would be ruined with mold. She said
that when she first visited the country
her dresses were made with the tight
fitting sleeves that were being worn at
that time. The Chinese women laughed
at the cut of her dress. remarking that
the American people must be crazy, to-
wear such barbarous sleeves.
A MEDAL CONTEST.
Quite a new feature is to be intro
duced at tonlght'S session, notice of
which is here given:
This, the last evening of the conven-
ton, will be devoted to a Demorest
medal contest, i'll which eight young
ladies of ST. Paul will take part. Three
disintereSted persons are to be chosen.
as judges, for whom suitable blanks will
be furnished. The member of the class
adjudged TO have made the best recita-
ton will be awarded silver medal.
The following are the names of the con-
testants: "A Vision of Prohibition"
Miss Flora Hare; The Nations Curse.p
Miss Addle Knapp; Young Americas
War Cry Miss Lettie Leyde; 'Pict-
ures From Life,'' Miss Abbie Lund: